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Library Hours – Thanksgiving Holiday
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All University Libraries will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 24 and 25. The Sciences and Rockefeller Libaries will be open Saturday, November 26, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Regular hours resume on Sunday November 27.
Library hours can be found at: http://dl.lib.brown.edu/hours/index.php
Thanksgiving Hours for all libraries: http://dl.lib.brown.edu/hours/thanksgiving.pdf -
Library Ejournal of the Week – New York Times
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The Library provides online access to the historical New York Times (1851-2001) and to the current version (1980-present.) The links are available through Josiah or the alphabetical ejournals list on the Library Web under “New York Times”. The newer material comes to the Library via LexisNexis.
Historical New York Times:
http://proquest.com/pqdauto?COPT=U01EPTYmSU5UPTAmREJTPTFBQ0Q@
Current New York Times:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/form/academic/s_guidednews.html
To search for an article from the current New York Times in LexisNexis:- Select “U.S. News” in Step One under “Select a news category”
- Select “Northeast Regional Sources” in Step Two under “Select a news source”
- Enter your search terms in Step Three
- Specify a range of dates in Step Four
- Enter “The New York Times” in Step Five under “Search this publication title”
Reminder: Off-campus users of both products must log in via the VPN client or EZproxy.
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Library Workshop: ArcGIS II: Intermediate Map Making
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This workshop is a continuation of ArcGIS I. The emphasis is on creating and editing data. Topics covered include tagging, joining tables, geocoding, buffering, selecting, editing, making new features, merging shapefiles, and creating new data. Tools and toolboxes are explored. Remote sensing will be discussed.
Location: Hecker Training Room, Rockefeller Library.
Times: Monday, November 28, 2:00-4:15 pm and Wednesday, November 30, 5:00-7:15 pm.
Register at: http://comped.brown.edu/
For further information contact Thomas_Stieve@brown.edu