App: BrowZine™   By: Third Iron, LLC Price: Free Device: Reviewed on an iPad BrowZine™, by Third Iron, LLC, allows users to easily access free and licensed content from scholarly journals available from CUA Libraries. BrowZine™ promises to deliver your academic journals to your tablet in a way that’s “fun, practical, and intuitive.” And it Read More

App: lynda.com   By: lynda.com Price: Free Device: Reviewed on an iPad The lynda.com app, by lynda.com, allows users to access their lynda.com content from mobile devices. While lynda.com offers a wide variety of education videos, my experience with lynda.com has been learning about desktop softwares and applications. What makes this application great is that Read More

Welcome to Appy Hour, a series in which we review apps related to learning, reading, or that may be of special interest to the CUA community. App: Blackboard Mobile Learn™   By: Blackboard Inc. Price: Free Device: Reviewed on an iPad Blackboard Mobile Learn allows users to access their Blackboard content from mobile devices. With a 1 Read More

On Thursday, October 23 from 10 am to 2 pm, the University Libraries will host a Tech Fair. The entire CUA community is welcome to attend! SCHEDULE 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Vendor Fair (Reading Room, 2nd Floor) Featuring: lynda.com, Blackboard, Piktochart, BrowZine, The Sunlight Foundation, Tanya Gupta (Examiner.com), ArcGIS, QOMO, Extron, Epson, Panasonic, Read More

CUA Libraries is providing 2 in‐depth training sessions for researchers; no registration required. Date: Thursday, February 27 Time:  10:00 AM (WoS) and 11:30 AM (EndNote) Location:  Scullen Room, Pangborn Hall, First Floor

CUA Libraries is now providing the database INSPEC as a trial from Thomson Reuters. You can access this trial through the Databases tab from the SearchBox – use the A-Z list or go in through Web of Science. Please see this document of screen shots for WoS_INSPEC_Trial.  

The Department of Art presents the first of a semester-long series of Friday afternoon Open Houses, this week featuring a lecture by Daniel Yum, research specialist, lab coordinator, and Apple Genius. Yum will discuss how to use Mac computers, including how they function and how they differ from the Windows operating systems, among other topics. A Read More

Confused by copyright?  You are not alone.  Two newly created research guides will be help you find the answers to your questions.  Copyright and Beyond (Basic Edition) is written with the undergraduate in mind and Copyright and Beyond (Advanced Edition) will be of assistance to graduate students and faculty.

From this Summer, we changed the system behind the “FindIt” button , and have a new page to access our online databases and e-journals. Please see below for the summary: Before Now FindIt button The page after clicking “FindIt” button     Articles Databases and More CU’s e-Journal We also have a new ticket system Read More