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Elisabetta Morani, JCU's long term and well-beloved Head Librarian, sadly passed away last Friday.

Out of respect for the bereavement of Elisabetta, the Frohring Library will be closed the morning of Monday, November 30.

All services will re-open on Monday at 1pm.

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EBSCO's new Business Searching Interface!

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 ReportsIndustry ReportsFeatured CollectionsBrowse Featured Business Magazines Spotlight OnFeel 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. ...

New and Upcoming Titles on Kanopy

As the new semester starts, the Frohring Library is happy to provide some updates about new content available on Kanopy.Kanopy This link opens in a new windowFeaturedKanopy is a video streaming solution offering access to more than 30,000 documentaries, movies, and educational videos from thousands of producers such as Criterion Collection, PBS, Great Courses, Kino Lorber, and more. Recently added titles…New documentaries from Psychotherapy.comNew award-winning titles from Documentary Educational Resource 114 new fiction and nonfiction titles from BBC Studios New open-access titles from NASA (free!) New supplier alert: NQV Media specialises in LGBTQ+ & coming-of-age stories and started with 3 titles on Kanopy earlier this month Coming Soon…Additional BBC non-fiction series – more will be added each month in 2025 ...

12 Nights in the Library

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 PMWhether 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!...

International Games Month

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!...

Library closed on Monday morning, November 30

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