Library News

In less than 2 months, more than 300 Universities have screened this movie.

LET'S WATCH IT TOGETHER!

The International Open Access Week is now in its tenth year. 

As the organizers say

The Frohring Library is participating to the initiative with setting up a new open access filter in the JCU Discovery to help our patrons finding open access literature.

This is how the search filter looks in the searching bar

The filter searches open access articles from Worldcat, and connects their DOI to Unpaywall, a database harvesting over 50,000 legal sources  to provide access to over 20,000 000 articles. 

Here is an example of an available article:

DOI codes are now directly searchable in our discovery. You just need to enter the DOI in the main search box.

  GET ENGAGED IN THE OPEN ACCESS MOVEMENT!  

Here is what you can do as Faculty member, University Administrator,  Student or Librarian

In a joint effort, BBC America and Women's Media Center are releasing a series of reports on this issue, with a goal of expanding both the diversity and representation of women and girls, on both sides of the camera

The report is available here.

New workshops are available this week in the Library. Don't miss the opportunity to learn about citation managers and styles for citing your sources. If you are writing your final thesis, you can also take the opportunity to attend a lively session on how to use the thesis template.

Reserve your seat on the Library website or by clicking on the buttons below:

ZOTERO CITATION MANAGER

APA (Tuesday October 9, 2pm)

APA (Thursday October 11, 6pm)

HOW TO USE THE THESIS TEMPLATE

MLA

There is also a dedicated workshop for Art History Faculty interested in learning more about the two art databases on trial: 

FACULTY Workshop - Art History Databases on Trial

During the month of October, the Frohring Library will partner with the English Department, in collaboration with Student Services, Student Government, the Literature Club, The Theatre Society, and Keats Shelley House, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Frankenstein and to explore the extraordinary afterlife of Mary Shelley’s creation through our participation in Frankenreads – a worldwide celebration of the novel.

Students, faculty, and staff are all invited to participate in a global read-a-thon of Frankenstein which will be happening every Wednesday and Thursday lunchtime this month.  You can sign up to read 10 minutes of the novel on film by clicking on the following button.

Sign up to read

Throughout October there will also be screenings of four of the many films inspired by the novel, and other events will be organized. Here you can find the full FrankenMonth schedule:

Frankenstein Read-a-thon

Tiber Cafe / Frohring Library

Every Wednesday and Thursday, 12:45-1:30pm

October 31st – 9:30am -12:30pm, Upper Reading Room, Frohring Library, Guarini Campus

Screenings, 7:15pm, G.K.1.3

October 3rd

October 10th

October 17th

October 24th

October 30th – National Theater Live’s Frankenstein with Benedict Cumberbatch (2011), Aula Magna Regina

October 15th – Spoken Word Poetry Event, 7:30pm, Tiber Cafe

October 16th – Roman Ghost City Tour

October 31st – Literature Matters Lecture: Prof. Fiona Sampson, author of In Pursuit of Mary Shelley, 6:30pm, Aula Magna Regina

As every week, the Frohring Library is offering a series of workshops on a variety of topics. 

From October 1 to October 5, students will have the opportunity to register for one of the following workshops:

CHICAGO STYLE

COMPANY RESEARCH

APA STYLE

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Please, note that the Company Research workshop has been rescheduled to a different date than what was initially announced.

If you are interested, you can simply click on one of the buttons above and reserve your spot for the workshops. If you have difficulties doing it, or if you have questions, you can get in touch with the Reference Librarians at referenceservices@johncabot.edu.