Library News

Join us for the Frohring Library’s first-ever Open House on Wednesday, September 17, from 5:00–8:00 pm!

• Explore the library: Discover all the resources and services available to the JCU community.

• Meet the librarians: Get to know the friendly faces behind the library.

• Trivia at 6:30 pm: Test your knowledge and have some fun!

• Eat & explore: Snacks and refreshments will be available throughout the event.

• Giveaways: Surprise!

• Collaborative playlist: Add your favorite tracks when you RSVP!

👉 RSVP here: Library Open House RSVP

Fall 2025 Orientation Week is less than one week away and the Frohring Library staff is getting ready to welcome all our new and returning students.

We’re delighted to welcome both new and returning students to campus this semester, as well as faculty members. Whether you’re finding your way for the first time or settling back into familiar routines, the library is here to support you.

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The Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Services will be suspended from June 11 to June 24.

Requests submitted during this period will be processed starting June 25.

Happy summer!

Business Source Premier has now a new interface: Business Searching Interface (BSI).

It offers a clean, easier to browse UI to make any research faster and more intuitive.  Read the full overview from EBSCO's website.

Some of the new features include:

• Discover Popular Topics 
• Explore Featured Content 
• Company Profile Reports 
• Country Reports
• Industry Reports
• Featured Collections
• Browse Featured Business Magazines 
• Spotlight On

Feel free to ask to any of our Reference and Instruction Librarians any tip and suggestion how to optimize your research while using this new Interface.

If you are a Faculty Member, feel free to also book an in-class library session with our Instruction Librarians to explain in better details how to retrieve Reports, Literature and Analyses useful for upcoming assignments. 

As the new semester starts, the Frohring Library is happy to provide some updates about new content available on Kanopy.

As finals approach, our 12 Nights in the Library tradition returns to help our students succeed! 📚✨ 

🗓️ When: December 1–12
⏰ Hours: 8 AM–1:45 AM (10 AM opening on Dec. 8)
📍 Where: Frohring Library and Secchia Lab (Guarini Campus)
☕ Bonus: Free tea & coffee at 11 PM

Whether you're prepping for finals or finishing that big project, the library is here to help you with your references, finding sources, and offering some much-needed moral support. 

See you there!

November is International Games Month, an initiative run by volunteers from around the world to reconnect communities through their libraries around the educational, recreational, and social value of all types of games.

The Frohring Library has inaugurated the month with a spooky Halloween event in collaboration with the Board Game Club.

The students had fun playing games in the library that, for once, was not a quiet place!

The Frohring Library is thrilled to announce a new addition to its collection: the Canadian Journal of Zombie Science is here, just in time for Halloween. 🎃 

From zombie plants to possessed critters, dive into the eerie side of science! Check it out at https://shorturl.at/G3ZHl 

From the publisher: “Read by academics, zombie enthusiasts, and survivors in the field, this spine-tingling journal is dedicated to the scientifically intriguing exploration of ‘zombie-like’ phenomena in the realms of plants, animals, and the environment across the world. After all, zombies have no borders.”

Beware...it's not a real journal! While this unique journal is just for fun, it showcases real scientific papers that were previously published in Canadian Science Publishing journals!

Newly acquired books, ebooks, and videos are constantly updated in the New Acquisitions list. In this way, our users can always be updated on what's new in the library!

Join the Frohring Library in celebrating 2024 International Open Access Week in October!
 

Community over Commercialization
October 21-27, 2024

Open Access Week is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research.