Friday, May 7, 2010




Would you like to offer your online students individual help with their research projects?

Trexler Librarians now offer one-on-one research help via eluminate.
We can guide  your students through the wealth of electronic resources the library offers as well as
 help them find reliable information on the web.

We can help them with their APA or MLA format citations as well.Tell your students to call us at 610.282.1100 z1266 or email loretta.ulincy@desales.edu

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Databases on Your Mobile Device!

Some of our most popular EBSCOHost databases have been optimized for your mobile devices. These include Academic Search Premier, Business Source Elite, CINAHL, Newspaper Source, ERIC, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition and Professional Development Collection.

EBSCOhost Mobile features basic searching, HTML and PDF Full Text, Multi-database searching and emailing articles.

The following devices have been tested with the EBSCOhost Mobile Interface:
-Android
-BlackBerry
-Dell Axim
-iPhone
-Palm 750


Look for and click on the following icon from your mobile device.
EBSCOhost Mobile

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Films On Demand - Free Database Trial




Trexler Library is currently running a free trial of the "Films on Demand" database which provides licensed streaming videos from a variety of commercial providers including PBS, Films for the Humanities and much more. The trial runs until April 22, 2010. Check out Films on Demand located on the Free Trial tab of our database page.

Drop in APA Citation Workshops

Trexler Library is offering drop-in APA Citation format workshops Monday through Wednesday, March 29-31.

Monday and Tuesday sessions will run from 7pm to 8pm, and the Wednesday March 31 session will run 4:45pm to 5:30pm.

Participants should bring their APA Handbooks if they own one. Please tell your students about these additional workshops

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Guide to Web 2.0

Trexler has a new guide to Web 2.0 and social networking tools such as wikis, blogs, tweets, YouTube, Flickr, Pandora, Del.icio.us, Facebook and more! Go to http://desales.libguides.com/web2 to get links and lots of background information.

Friday, March 19, 2010

What Trexler Can Do for Students


Are you frustrated by the inappropriate types of resources that your students include in their written and oral projects for your classes? Are you short on class time to help students learn to do better research?

Trexler Librarians can help your students become better and more confident researchers. We can help them find and use more scholarly resources, and we can save them time in the process.

We offer one-on-one research help by appointment to students as they begin looking for material for their papers and projects. We can do this via email, phone or in person in the library. Some instructors are offering extra credit or extra points to students who seek this research assistance.

Participating librarians enjoy working with your students in this more personal way. We have forms that students complete when they make their appointments, and we have included a line for librarians to sign and validate the student’s participation. We can send you these forms if you want to offer extra points or credit.

Our hope with this service is that students will have a positive experience working with librarians early in their college careers and then use our services throughout their time at DeSales.We would love to hear from you and your students.
Debbie Malone (x1253) – Library Director, debbie.malone@desales.edu

Lynne Kvinnesland (x1443), Public Services Librarian (evening), Lynnne.kvinnesland@desales.edu
Loretta Ulincy (x1346) – Public Services Librarian,
Loretta.ulincy@desales.edu
Michele Mrazik (x1612) – Public Services Librarian,
michele.mrazik@desales.edu

Monday, February 8, 2010

Feb APA Workshops in Trexler

We have four APA workshops scheduled for the last weeek in February, 2010. Monday, Feb 22 (7pm to 8pm), Wednesday Feb. 24 (4pm tp 5pm), and Thursday, Feb. 25
(5pm to 6 pm) will be drop-in face to face sessions in the library conference room behind the circulation desk.

We are also providing an online workshop from 7pm to 8pm on Tuesday, Feb. 23. for our patrons who cannot get to campus for the face to face sessions. Go to the DEIT page (Distance Education and Educational Technology Dept.) at http://www.desales.edu/default.aspx?pageid=4516 to register for this session that will provided via elluminate.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Brown Bag Lunches for Spring 2010

On Wednesday, March 17 at noon, Juilene McKnight will be our Library Brown Bag Lunch guest once again. Who better to celebrate with us the feast of St. Patrick? Stay tuned for title and location information.

On Wednesday, April 22nd Mr. Ben Marcune will speak about "The Sacred Geometry of Painters." This topic addresses the mathematical relationships appearing in our natural surroundings, in music, in art and in Salesian spirituality. We will meet in the library lobby area at 12:30pm.

Still in the planning stages we look forward to hosting Susan Gatanis, a member of Dr. Angie Corbo's Communications class. The title of the presentation will be "Girl Talk and Other Feminist Research" and it will be held sometime in March in celebration of Women's History Month.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Friday, January 22, 2010

APA Drop in Workshops

Unsure how to format citations in APA format? Trexler Library is offering two more APA format workshop on Wednesday, Jan. 27 and Thursday Jan. 28, 2010 from 4:30pm to 5:15pm.
We will be meeting in the library conference room behind the circulation desk. Be sure to bring your APA manual if you own one. No registration is necessary. Drop in and bring along your questions.

Friday, December 11, 2009

New Database - Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries

Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries is the premier source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education. Users need to create individual accounts and interest profiles.

Check it out!

Thursday, December 10, 2009

News: Made for the Web
http://livingstories.googlelabs.com/

The Living Stories project is an experiment in presenting news, one designed specifically for the online environment. The project was developed by Google in collaboration with two of the country's leading newspapers, The New York Times and The Washington Post.

All in one place
Complete coverage of an on-going story is gathered together and prioritized on one URL. You can now quickly navigate between news articles, opinion pieces and features without long waits for pages to load.

Easy to explore
Each story has an evolving summary of current developments as a well as an interactive timeline of critical events. Stories can be explored by themes, significant participants or multimedia.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Save the Date! Tech Fair 2010 is coming.

Tech Fair 2010 is coming! Trexler Library and the Distance Education and Instructional Technology Department once again join forces to bring you Tech Fair 2010. Join us January 12, 2010 (snow date January 14) in Trexler Library, 9:00am - 2:30pm. New exciting offerings this year including Web Offerings (via Elluminate) and our new Tech Clinic! Workshops include Discovering Windows 7, Advanced Database Searching Tips and Tricks, Advanced Word, APA and MLA 2009 Updates, The Power of HTML and much more.

Registration will open Monday, December 7 online at:

http://www.desales.edu/deit

We hope to see you there.

Friday, November 20, 2009

APA Citation Format Workshops Nov. 30 - Dec. 3

Trexler Library is offering drop in APA Citation Format 2009 workshops Monday through Thursday, November 30 through December 3, 2009 from 4:30pm to 5:15pm.

We will also offer the workshops at a slightly later time on Tuesday (Dec. 1) and Thursday (Dec 3) from 6:30pm to 7:15pm. We hope these later workshops will accommodate our students who are also working full time.

Please bring your copy of the APA Manual if you have one.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

"Mystery in the Library"

Calling all freshmen! Come to Trexler Library on Thursday, November 19th (3:30-4:30 p.m.) for the first “Mystery in the Library” event! Students will divide into teams and follow clues throughout the building to solve the literary mystery while also learning to use library resources. Snacks and prizes will be available after the mystery has been solved! Students will receive one Academic point for Character U. Get there on time because only the first 60 people will be admitted

Thursday, November 12, 2009

New Database


ATLA Religion Database™ provides information on topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues. This database is the definitive index for religious and theological literature. It contains 1.6 million bibliographic records covering the research literature of religion in over 60 languages. Most coverage spans from 1949 to the present. The database is produced by the American Theological Library Association.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

New Laptops!!


Good News! Trexler Library has added 12 brand new laptops for circulation and use in the the library. They have large screens, improved battery life, and speedy Internet connections. They go out for 2 hours at a time, but you can renew them if no one else is waiting for a machine. Ask for them at the circulation desk and bring along your DeSales ID.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Drop in APA Citation Workshops


Trexler Library is offering four drop in workshops on APA citation formatting next week.
Join us either Nov. 2, 3, 4, or 5 from 4pm to 4:45pm for a quick session on the basics of citing your sources for your papers and presentations. All are welcome. Bring along your puzzling citations and we’ll try to help you format them.
Bring your APA Manual with you if you own one.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Snapshot: One Day in the Life of PA Libraries


The Pennsylvania Library Association and Commonwealth Libraries are launching a project called Snapshot PA: One Day in the Life of Pennsylvania Libraries-October 28,2009. Its purpose? To capture the impact that Pennsylvania libraries have on their communities on a typical day.

Librarians from all types of libraries, public and academic libraries, school and special libraries, hospital libraries and government libraries; from the tiniest facility to the largest county systems will participate

Trexler Library will be reporting events of this day. Come and be a part of a day in the life of Trexler!

Monday, October 12, 2009

New Books on Social History


"Creating an Opportunity Society" by Ron Haskins and shelved at: HN90.S65 H35 2009

"Giving: How Each of Us can Change the World" by Bill Clinton and shelved at:HN18.C477 2007