Extended Hours for Late Night Study

Mahoney Library offers extended hours on Mondays and Tuesdays for the next two weeks:

The library will be open from 9am - 11pm on the following dates: 

Monday-Tuesday December 3-4
and
Monday-Tuesday December 10-11

If you need a quiet place to study or get some writing done, come to the library. Please note that research assistance will not be available after 9pm.

We hope that this helps. Any questions or suggestions? Please add them in the Reply box below.

Borrowing Deadlines and End-of-Semester Due Dates

Thanksgiving break is almost upon us. As the semester is winding down, please remember that research time is short. If there are items that you would like to borrow from other (non-FDU) libraries, the last day to submit those requests is this Friday!

Nov. 23rd is the deadline for making interlibrary loan requests for books. Article requests may continue, as there are no due dates for those (they are yours to keep).

For requests from FDU, you have a couple more days - Monday 11/26 is the last day to submit requests to borrow books from FDU libraries.

Lastly, all books (or videos, etc.) that you have borrowed, whether they belong to CSE, FDU, or some other library, must be returned by Friday, 12/7. Bring them to the front desk, or drop them in our return box just outside the main library entrance.

Which Careers database is right for you?

Vault Online Career Library vs. Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center

Envision Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center as the Occupational Outlook Handbook for young people who are anticipating their first professional job. This online database highlights more than 2000 jobs in 93 industries. Vault Online Career Library covers only 53 occupations and 40 industries - does this mean Ferguson can be a better choice?

Comparatively, each database presents information in a different format. If you are looking for an overview of the industry, job characteristics, salary ranges or tracing career paths, then try Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center. This online tool also enables you to track the best city for a job or where industries are booming. Vault Online Career Library, on the other hand, will provide company snapshots and highlight strengths and drawbacks of being employed by a company. Browse employees’ survey responses about various issues such as workplace diversity or corporate culture in a specific company.

If you are planning to do an internship, learn more about careers, or add some interesting facts to a research paper, take the opportunity to explore Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center AND Vault Online Career Library. Both databases cover key topics - resumes, interviews, internships and searching for a career - but their format and content may vary.

In Vault Online Career Library, find an internship by state and industry, and narrow down by number of interns, education level, or pay/credit. Vault offers in-depth guides on an array of topics such as resumes, letters, interviews, starting your own business, plus more (you may need to update your computer to Adobe 7.x (Digital Edition) in order to download).

Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center will provide you with an overview and some historical facts about these topics in a short essay format: e.g., how volunteering and internships may further your career. In Ferguson’s Skills section, learn about teamwork, ethics and etiquette in the workplace or how to gain the professional edge. For psychology students, the information on career assessment tests can be used as a starting point to Tests in Print or Mental Measurements Yearbook.

Now is your opportunity to explore the many features and resources available in both databases. You can connect to either database anytime, day or night, on or off campus. Find them via the Databases by Subject page - look under Career Information - or, access via the links below:
Vault Online Career Library
Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center

Database Trial - Nursing Reference Center

Calling all nursing students and faculty….

We encourage you to try out this brand new nursing database offered by Ebsco. It is available through the link below, and you can find it on both of our databases pages (Subject, A-Z). Our free trial access is available from Nov 5 through Jan 31. Let us know what you think about Nursing Reference Center by posting a comment below.

“Nursing Reference Center offers staff nurses, nurse administrators, nursing students, nurse faculty, and hospital librarians the best available and most recent clinical evidence and knowledge on conditions and diseases, patient education, and drug & reference information from top publishers. A point-of-care reference tool designed to provide relevant clinical resources to nurses, Nursing Reference Center provides access to thousands of full text documents, covering diseases & conditions, labs & diagnostics, as well as drug & reference information from top publishers. This database also features best practices guidelines, continuing education modules, and patient education information in English and Spanish.”

You may wish to take Ebsco’s introductory tour through the database, available here: http://support.ebsco.com/training/flash_videos/NRC.html. If you’d rather go straight to the database, click here to access Nursing Reference Center. Don’t forget to tell us what you think! Post a comment below or email aschleigh@cse.edu.