Thursday, July 17, 2008

Hot Document in July

Memorial Tribute to Lady Bird Johnson

U. S. Government Printing Office distributed the congressional serial set no. 15075 - First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, 1912-2007: memorial tributes in the One Hundred Tenth Congress of the United States to all federal depository libraries in July.

"Wife, mother, grandmother, conservationist, businesswoman, philanthropist, First Lady. LADY BIRD JOHNSON holds claim to all of those titles and more.""

"Today, LADY BIRD JOHNSON’s legacy lives on in the millions of blooms planted in the Nation’s Capital, in the sweeping banks of wildflowers lining U.S. highways, and in the charm of Austin’s revitalized Town Lake....."

First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, 1912-2007 is available online via the GPO Access web site. A print copy of the book is available in the Government Documents collection at Tarver Library.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

EBSCOHost 2.0 Release

EBSCO has announced that the new EBSCOhost 2.0 interface will be released tomorrow, July 16th. This means that some of our most widely used databases will have a new look and will have some new features in the search interface. If you have any questions about using the new interface, please AskUs!

In addition, with such a significant upgrade there may be unforeseen technical problems. If you have any technical problems with EBSCO databases, please let us know.

Thanks, and happy searching!