From the Research Desk

W E L C O M E  B AC K Students and Faculty!

What you need to know about the Library:

Need Help?

Stop in and see the Librarian at the Research Desk or make an appointment for more in-depth assistance.  Off campus? Use the 24/7 Ask a Librarian chat box at http://research.udmercy.edu, or call us at 313-993-1071 (McNichols Campus Library) or 313-494-6900 (Dental Library).

Need relaxation?

The McNichols Campus Library has approximately:

• 2300 Motion Picture DVDs and Videos
• 141 TV Series and shows on DVDs
• 300 Books on CD
• 1000 Music CDs (Classical, Jazz, Pop, etc.)
• 450 Kids Music CDs

General Information:

MOST books may be check out for 28 days. Exceptions are reference books, books from the Michigan Core Collection, books on Reserve, etc. Renew your books for another 28 days using the 14 digit number on your UDM ID card — http://catalog.dalnet.lib.mi.us/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=udm&menu=account&submenu=itemsout

Free Printing: 

The McNichols Campus Library provides 400 free prints in an academic year.

The Dental Library provides 500 free prints in an academic year.

Databases:

The Libraries subscribe to approximately 200 databases with over 55,000 ejournals covering all UDM disciplines, as well as over 140,000 ebooks and growing.

Interlibrary Loan:

Still can’t find what you need?  Order books or articles through our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service — http://research.udmercy.edu/find/ill/

Extended Hours for Finals

For McNichols Campus Library: http://research.udmercy.edu/about/hours/mcn.php

RefWorks:

Later this semester, look for “drop-in” classes at McNichols on using RefWorks, a research management software product that allows researchers to gather, manage, and store articles and papers as well as generate Reference or Work Cited pages.

By Sue Homant and Sandra Wilson

Librarian Consultants

Social media of varying sorts has been highly influential in documenting and reporting many recent incidents where police have used excessive, or deadly force. Read about this growing trend in the book Cop Watch: Spectators, Social Media, and Police Reform.  Social media continues to quickly spread the news, sometimes faster than the mass media, and sometimes when the mass media is unable, or unwilling to make the effort. Are you interested in leveraging social media for your personal, business, or organizational goals? Take a look at some of the resources available in the library’s collection:

Audience: Marketing in the Age of Subscribers, Fans, and Followers

Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture

In light of the continued troubles going on in Ferguson Missouri and the many other incidents that take place regularly around our country there has begun to be a renewed interest in what it means to have white privilege, a renewed interest in discussing how we can achieve racial justice. The library can help you get a handle on these ideas. What does it mean to have “white privilege”? Is it possible to achieve “racial justice”? What do these things look like and what are the desirable and undesirable outcomes, if any? So many questions! If you can’t find what you’re looking for on your own you can always ask a librarian for help.

Can you believe we have added over 400 new entertainment movies/TV programs DVDs to our collection this past year? Did you know you can check out the movies for a week for free?

Here is a trick for searching the catalog to see the newer DVDs added to the library: when you are on the homepage, click on Books, eBooks + DVDs and search this in the keyword acq2013dvd    Here are few of the more popular DVDs

Game of Thrones: The complete second season: From the scheming South and the savage Eastern lands, to the frozen North and the ancient wall that protects the realm from the mysterious darkness beyond, the powerful families of the Seven Kingdoms are locked in a battle for the Iron Throne.

 Game of Thrones: The Complete third season: In the third season of the HBO hit drama series Game of Thrones, the Lannisters barely hold on to the throne after a savage naval onslaught from Stannis Baratheon, while stirrings in the north threaten to alter the overall balance of power.  Robb Stark, King of the North, faces major calamity in his efforts to build on his victories over the Lannisters while beyond the Wall, Mance Rayder and his huge army of wildings continue their inexorable march south.  Across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys Targaryen – Reunited with her three fast-maturing dragons attempts to raise an army to sail with her from Essos, in hopes of eventually claiming the Iron Throne.  In Season 3 of this original series based on George R.R. Martin’s best selling books, the battling families of Westeros continue to clash as bonds are strained, loyalities are tested, and cruel fates are met.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire  Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark.  winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a Victor’s Tour of the districts.  Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but hte Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow Prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games, The Quarter Quell, and announces a competition that could change Panem forever.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1  In the highly anticipated fourth installment of the Twilight Saga, a marriage, a honeymoon, and the birth of a child bring unforeseen and shocking developments for Bella and Edward and those they love, including new complications with young werewolf Jacob Black.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2  After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.

If DVDs simply aren’t your style you can search new materials by using budget codes: acq2013mgt for the management code.  You’ll see new materials, books, DVDs purchased for management.   I bet you can figure out some of the other codes.  Go ahead check it out, and check out the light entertainment.

Michigan Legal Help is a user-friendly website designed to help Michigan residents learn about their legal rights and responsibilities and to help them navigate through the legal system to resolve civil legal problems without a lawyer. It includes information, checklists and court forms on common issues such as landlord/tenant issues, divorce, custody and paternity issues, and some income tax and public benefit issues. For example, if you’re having trouble getting your landlord to make repairs to your home, the site will ask you a series of questions and then generate a “Letter Requesting Repair”. You can also find information on what you can do if the landlord fails to comply.

Michigan Legal Help also includes information Michigan courts, including a short video on what to expect and how to prepare to go to court. You will also find explanations of which types of cases go to which courts, and contact information and directions to the different courts in Michigan.

If you need more help, there are links to legal help centers where you can get in-person help, directories of lawyers, and local community organizations that may offer additional assistance.

The website was developed by the Michigan Legal Help Program and is managed by Legal Services of South Central Michigan and the University of Michigan Law School, and its content is regularly reviewed by court officers and attorneys to ensure that it is accurate and up-to-date.

Jill Spreitzer, Librarian Consultant