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Come check out some of the new, exciting, or lesser know services and resources from the library. This session will give a quick overview of new services such as the bX recommender service, a tool that enhances research by generating scholarly article recommendations; research guides tailored for your classes that can be embedded into Blackboard; LibX, a toolbar for the Firefox web browser that makes accessing library subscription resources easier; and a number of mobile resources to keep you connected to library research on the go!
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What’s Shaking Under the [Info]Dome?
New and Notable Library Services
bX
• Another way to discover articles on a topic
• Article recommender service• Works like Amazon’s suggestions• Based on usage at scores of institutions
and thousands of users• Recommendations restricted to our
online subscription
LibX Toolbar
• Carry the library everyway you travel on the web
• Easy add-on to Firefox or IE
• Install from the Help - Library Tools & Widgets
LibX Toolbar
• Searches• The PAC• Circuit• Link+• Journal List• Google Scholar
Highlight title and right-click
Research Guides of All Kinds
General Research Guides
• All majors and programs
• Embeddable into Blackboard
Class Guides
• Resources just for your class
• Embeddable into Blackboard
Special Guides
• By format• Multimedia• Cited Reference Searching
• How To Guides• Citing Your Sources• Blackboard linking
Tutorials
• Library basics
• Plagiarism
• Research Tutor
• Find more at http://infotutor.sdsu.edu/
Videos
• Library tour• http://infotutor.sdsu.edu/tour/librarytour.cfm
New Databases
• Dictionary of Literary Biography
• Something About the Author
• Literature Criticism
Mobile Services
• Text call numbers
• QR codes
• Search for books and more
