Announcements:

• Celebrating NJCU Authors! - Displays on the first floor of the Library and online featuring books by current NJCU authors in the Library collection.  Displays run from Dec. 2024 to the end of Jan. 2025. [12/2/2024]
• Native American Heritage Month (Nov. 1-Nov. 30) Book Displays on the first floor of the Library and online. [11/4/2024]
• Library blog has new entries on the Hispanic Heritage Month [9/23/2024]
• National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 - Oct. 15) Book Displays in the Library [9/18/2024]
  Celebrating the National Hispanic Heritage Month at the Congressman Frank J. Guarini Library with books of classic Hispanic literature, notable biographies, and graphic novels! Come to visit in-person on the first floor of the Library or view the display online.  Students, faculty, and staff can use their Gothic ID cards to check out the print books from the Library, and access the eBooks for free from their computers, phones, or tablets.
   

Newly Expanded Databases [8/20/2024]

Newly expanded Gale databases include resources such as:

• Archives Unbound
• Gale eBooks (a much enlarged collection)
• Gale OneFile: Computer Science 
• Gale OneFile: Contemporary Women's Issues
• Gale OneFile: Diversity Studies 
• Gale OneFile: Economics and Theory 
• Gale OneFile: Environmental Studies and Policy 
• Gale OneFile: Fine Arts 
• Gale OneFile: Informe Académico 
• Gale OneFile: Religion and Philosophy 
• Gale OneFile: Vocations and Careers 

New Database [7/16/2024]

• Gale Research Complete (Gale Research Complete provides subscription access to the largest package of primary and secondary sources available to libraries today, covering journals, newspapers, eBooks, literature resources and archives. Empowering users at all academic levels, from the undergraduate student to the experienced researcher, and covering nearly every research area and discipline, Gale Research Complete offers high quality, authoritative and unique content.)

New Database [3/14/2024]

• ScienceDirect College Edition (Elsevier's ScienceDirect College Edition contains almost two thousand peer-reviewed full-text journals in the health & life sciences, physical sciences, and social & behavioral sciences. Coverage for most journals begins in 1996 and runs through the present with no embargo.)

New Databases [3/3/2023]

Through collaboration with JerseyClicks, a statewide electronic resources program offered by the New Jersey State Library, we have added and/or re-instated the following databases:

• Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep  (The database provides tools and guidance on jobs, careers, and practice for college entrance exams and civil service job exams.)
• Health Source: Academic/Nursing Edition (This full-text database covers nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more.)
• Health Source: Consumer Edition (This database provides information on. It provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines on topics such as medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health)
• Legal Information Reference Center (This database contains full-text publications and legal forms, with a majority of the resources through Nolo, a well-established provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses.)
• Military & Government Collection (This database offers a collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.)
• Newspaper Source Plus (This database includes millions of full-text newspapers articles, and more 857,000 television and radio news transcripts.)

We also added the following EBSCO databases:

• Newswires (This database provides near real-time access to top world-wide news such as Associated Press, United Press International, CNN Wire, and Business Wire on a continuous basis. The index to the full text content is held for a rolling 30-day archive.)
• OpenDissertations (This is an open-access database providing researchers with citations to graduate research across a span of time, from the early 20th century to the present, this database will continue to grow through regular updates and new partnerships with graduate degree-granting institutions.)

Announcements:

• Due to unsustainable price increases and the availability of cost-free alternatives, the Library’s subscription to RefWorks will be cancelled effective September 30, 2022.  Please use this RefWorks Migration Guide to export your references/files in the RefWorks to either Zotero or Mendeley. [6/29/2022]
   
• As of 10/12/2021, please use 201-576-8072 for SMS (Text a Librarian). The old number is no longer in service. [10/12/2021]
   
   
• OSCAR to be Discontinued in Fall 2021.  With the start of the Fall 2021 semester,  WorldCat Discovery will replace OSCAR as the library's online catalog. This change is part of a larger behind-the-scenes transition from our SirsiDynix Integrated Library System to OCLC's Worldshare Management Services. 
  
  Please use  WorldCat Discovery as you formerly used OSCAR - to search for relevant library materials on your topic using any combination of keywords, subjects, authors, or titles. The key difference between the two systems is that OSCAR only searched our library's physical collections, but a  WorldCat Discovery search includes results from both print and electronic library holdings.
  
  WorldCat Discovery filters can limit search results to include only print books, e-books, fulltext content, or peer-reviewed journal articles depending on your research needs. Shelf locations, call numbers, and availability statements display within the item record for circulating books, reference books, and DVDs. E-books and e-journal articles can be downloaded or accessed directly from within the item record.
  
   WorldCat Discovery can also help identify information available in other libraries worldwide. Many of these books and journal articles can be requested using our Inter-Library Loan service.
  
  We hope that our new library system will improve access to our print and electronic collections and enhance the research experiences of NJCU students, faculty, and staff.If you need any assistance, please reach out to us via Ask A Librarian   
  
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• Chat With Us is a new online service using Libanswers platform.  In addition to the live chat and other online reference services, it also has a knowledge based FAQ to help find answers to frequently asked questions. [4/21/2021]