Can’t find the scholarly references you need for your research paper, but the library is closed? Don’t worry, librarians are available to help 24/7 through our Ask a Librarian chat service. Look to the upper right of the re:search portal. You’ll see a green box labeled “Ask a Librarian”. Type a question into the bottom of the box and a librarian will answer. When the library is open, you’ll be chatting with a UDM librarian. When the library is closed,...
Did you know that you could mark and save book and journal titles for future reference right in the catalog? This catalog function may be useful in many ways. Maybe you need to keep track of the books that you have used for a research paper. Mark them on My Lists , then consult the list when it is time to compile your bibliography. Or, perhaps you want to keep track of library copies of class recommended texts. Or, maybe...
Are you planning a long drive this summer or planning to work on a project? How about taking an audiobook along for company, or an interesting story to listen to while you are working on your projects? McNichols Library has over 250 audiobooks that are brilliant, inspiring, funny, exciting, enjoyable, mysterious, and profound. Come discover a wonderful read you can listen to. History In the Garden of Beasts written by Erik Larson in 1933, President Roosevelt personally selected William E....
MOOCs, (pronounced mooo-ks), Massive Open Online Courses are free courses taught online by a number of universities: Harvard, MIT, Stanford, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, and many others. The courses range in subject from chemistry, physics, programming, computer science, business, history, political science, philosophy, Nordic film studies, and too many subjects to fully mention here. Classes have lectures, some both audio and webcasts, they may include written assignments, online discussions, quizzes, and written assignments often graded by other students using rubrics....
