Pumpkins, cranberries, and towns named “Plymouth” are among the things that have been counted by the U.S. Census Bureau. Check out Facts for Features: Thanksgiving Day on the Census Bureau Web site for more interesting facts about Thanksgiving Day.

When using Sage eJournals from off campus to locate and export articles to RefWorks, please note that the direct export to RefWorks is not functioning properly.  When on campus, direct export works properly.  We suggest you choose to download and save the citations in the RefWorks format.  This file can be saved and imported into RefWorks using the “Import” option on the “References” menu when logged into RefWorks.

Google settled with publishers over two copyright lawsuits related to its book scanning project. Google will pay 125 million to settle the lawsuits. The settlement also set up an agreement that will share payments for content and advertising among all interested parties. Google Books will also sell subscriptions that allow library patrons to have access to the full text of scanned books. For more information check out the New York Times or Christian Science Monitor.

The American Chemical Society Publications database is producing an error in Find Articles under Chemistry.

SFX Linking Fixed 11/18/2008

Due to a the change American Chemical Society made in their interface over the weekend, SFX links to ACS journals from the Pollak Library Find Journals list are not working properly.  You can still get to the ACS full text content by searching the American Chemical Society Publications collection directly.