Movies, TV, and more online--for free!

Have you ever missed an episode of you favorite TV show? Don't feel like paying iTunes $2.00 to watch it? Well fear no more! If you're not already familiar with it, check out Hulu.com a collaboration between NBC, Fox, and other networks, you can find some of your favorite shows online and watch the episodes that you missed! Wanting to watch a show from CBS? Check out TV.com or CBS.com for your favorite TV shows.

Interested in some classic movies such as Ghostbusters? Well guess what, Hulu has that and other movies as well. So if you need entertainment and the library and movie stores are closed, check out these sites online!

New JSTOR e-Journal Collection

Mercer University Libraries have added a new JSTOR online journal collection to our repertoire. The Health & General Sciences collection is now available to all Mercer campuses and access to these additional journals has been integrated into the familiar JSTOR interface. A title list is available at http://www.jstor.org/about/gs_content.html

Library of Congress on Flickr!

One of the worlds largest libraries has decided to partner up with Flickr to share some of its treasures with the rest of the world.

Browse photos in this collection that is a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the online photo management and sharing application Flickr. Users are invited to view photos and help describe the photos by adding tags and comments. Free account required to comment or tag photos. Initial photo sets include "1930s-40s in Color" (with photos from the Farm Security Administration and the Office of War Information) and "News in the 1910s."

Librarians Internet Index week of January 28, 2008

Why should you know about this? Because you no longer have to travel to Washington, DC to see images related to the history of the United States. It's a unique partnership that will hopefully open doors for other institutions to share their treasures with the rest of us.

EBSCO Databases Back

Access to all EBSCO databases has been restored.

EBSCO Databases Down

All EBSCO databases are currently inaccessible. The vendor has been notified and is working to rectify the outage. We will post again to this blog to let you know when access has been restored. Other Mercer databases should be functioning as normal.

Did you know?

Did you know that the library gets new books in almost every week? The library is always acquiring new materials from books to movies to expanding our coverage in our databases. Some of these books make it to the new book shelf, others however make there way up to the stacks first. So how can you tell what's new? You can take a look at this page to see some of the different areas new materials are arriving in.

You can also suggest new materials that the library should purchase on this page or through any of the staff.

Please remember that bearDVD's you need to contact the Student Government Association on.

Study skills

Looking for some tips on how to improve your study habits? There are a number of different routes that you can take:

1st Talk to your adviser or professor. Believer it or not, but they've been through studying before and can offer you the best advice on how to prepare for their tests.

2nd Talk to the Academic Resource Center. It's what they are there for. They can help you find tools and offer advice on everything from writing a paper to studying for a test.

You can also take a look at this website on study skills, but try the other options first.

Young vs. not so young in technology

An article was released today on young adults vs. the not so young and "tehcnological turf." More young adults are finding not only their friends on Facebook and Myspace, but their parents and grandparents. Gone are the days where they had to walk their parents through how to use a computer, now they want to be "friends" on Facebook or IM. This has raised some issues for young people interviewed in the article, as they try to find a space that adults can't see every move they make.

What do you think? Are your parents using some of the same webtools you are? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

Did you know?

Did you know that you can access databases from off campus? That's right when your writing that paper from home you still have access to the resources that you need. If you're asking how you can do this, look no further than following these simple steps.

The situation:
You've gone home to your parents house in Hawaii, but you've got a paper due first thing when you get back. You don't have time to go to the library and your professor said no Google, only library databases! What are you to do?

Here's what:
1st you're going to need your Galileo password and you're MUID, so grab you BearCard. You can find out your Galileo password by going to your Library Account off of the Tarver home page. You can also use this page for other things, like seeing when your books are due.

2nd Go to our databases page and choose the database that you want to search. Not sure which one it is? Go to our subject librarians pages to give you a start. Once you select the database that you need it will ask you either for your Galileo password or your MUID. That's it! Just put in the correct password and your good to go.

3rd Now you can find those articles that you need for research.

Please note that the Galileo password changes on a regular basis, so don't worry if you forget it, just go back and take a look.

If you need any help during this process check with one of the reference librarians, who will be glad to help you with your searches. Please do note our hours we're open and the days that we're closed. If you need help when we're closed check with your local public library they may be able to offer some help. Or start your research as early as possible!

Did you know?

Did you know that the bearDVD's are provided by Macon's Student Government Association? This collection is found on the main floor of the Tarver Library right next to the popular fiction. They are available for three day checkout, LIMIT ONE, with a $1.00 a day late fee. So don't be late! SGA provides these newer releases for your viewing pleasure.


The bearDVD's are limited to Macon campus undergraduate students.

Welcome back students!

We just wanted to take a moment here at Tarver Library to say, Welcome Back! We hope that you all had a good holiday and we look forward to helping you be successful in the upcoming semester. Please let us know what we can do to best help you with your projects.

Please be sure to take a look at our hours to come visit us or contact us by one of these alternative methods.

As always good luck this semester!