Kettering University Library

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A representative from Google was out on the street in New York asking passersby "What is a browser?" Here are the results....

Still not sure what a browser is? Visit the Kettering Library and ask one of your friendly librarians!

Zero Section/Summer Break Hours

 June 22nd -  26th - 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Closed - June 27th & 28th

June 29th - July 2nd - 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Closed - July 3rd - 5th

July 6th - 10th - 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Closed - July 11th & 12th

Normal Library hours will resume on Monday, July 13th.

New Movies in the Library!

The Library has recently added titles to its DVD collection.  Stop by and browse all the titles that we currently have to offer or check out our online DVD list.

24/Fourth Season (4 Disc Set) - Fox TV Series
A Tale of Two Cities/Charles Dickens -  2004/Not Rated.   A Masterpiece Theatre Presentation..
Analyze That - 2002/Rated R.  Comedy and Sequel.
Bleak House by Charles Dickens -  2006/Not Rated. BBC, WGBH Boston Co- production in association with Deep Indigo.
Bolt - 2008/PG.  Action/Adventure, Comedy and Animation.
Dracula - 2004/Rated R.  Suspense/Horror.
Eureka/Season 2 (3 Disc Set) - A TV show of the Sci-Fi Channel.
FLCL. 2 - 2003/Not Rated.  Animation, Short, Comedy, Fantasy & Sci-Fi.
Filing Your Claim for Unemployment Benefits & Finding a Job: A UIA & MWA  Partnership - 2009/Not Rated. Career Counseling.
High School Musical 2 - 2007/Not Rated.  Family, Musical & Dance.
High School Musical 3: Senior Year - 2008/Rated G.  Musical/Performing Arts.
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens  -  2008/Not Rated.  Produced by Granada Television Ltd. and WGBH Boston.
Madagascar : Escape 2 Africa - 2008/Rated PG.  Action/Adventure, Comedy, Animation and Sequel. 
Mansfield Park -  2008/PG-13.  Drama/ Romance.  Produced by Company Pictures and WGBH/Boston.
Marley & Me - 2008/PG.  Comedy, Drama.
Modern Marvels: Thinking Machines the Creation of the Computer -  2005/A Show on the History Channel.
Monty Python's Flying Circus -  1999/ BBC Television Series
Nicholas Nickleby - 2002/Rated PG.  Drama and Adaptation.
Northanger Abbey/Jane Austin - 2008/Not Rated.  Produced by Granada Television Ltd. and WGBH Boston
Planet Earth, The Complete Series (5 Disc Set) - 2007/ Produced by the BBC, Discovery Channel, & NHK.
Quantum of Solace - 2008/PG-13.  Action/Adventure, Thriller, Adaptation and Sequel.
Seven Pounds - 2008/Rated PG-13.  Drama and Romance.
Slumdog Millionaire - 2008/R.  Comedy, Drama, Romance.
Space Buddies - 2009/Rated G.  Kids/Family and Science Fiction/Fantasy.
Starsky & Hutch - 2004/Rated PG-13.  Action/Adventure, Comedy, Crime/Gangster.
Swan Lake -  1997/Noted Rated.  Tchaikovsky Ballet.
That Old Feeling - 1997/PG-13.  Comedy and Romance.
The Brontë collection - 2007/Not Rated.  London Weekend Televison and WGBH Boston Production.  The set includes:  Jane Eyre Special Edition & Wuthering Heights
The Charles Dickens Collection 2 - 2006/Not Rated.  Produced by the BBC.  The set includes:  David Copperfeld, Dombey & Son, The Old Curiosity Shop, & The Pickwick Papers.
The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare/Comedy - 2000/Not Rated.  Produced by BBC & Time-Life Films.  The set includes:  As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew, & The Tempest.
The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare/History - 2000/Not Rated.  Produced by BBC & Time- Life Films.   The set includes:  Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, Henry V, Richard II & Richard III
The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare/Tragedy II - 2000/Not Rated.  Produced by BBC & Time-Life Films.   The set includes: Anthony & Cleopatra, Coriolanus, King Lear, Titus Andronicus, & Timon of Athens.
The Guns of Navarone - 1961/PG.  Action/Adventure, Drama, Adaptation and War
The Motorcycle Diaries  - 2004/Rated R.  Drama 
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie  - 1969 & 2004/Rated PG.  Drama
The Simpsons/Seventh Season (4 Disc Set) - A Fox Television Series.
The Sopranos/First Season  (4 Disc Set)- A HBO Television Series
Twilight - 2008/PG-13.  Drama, Romance, Thriller and Teen.
Valkyrie - 2008/PG-13. Thriller and Action/Adventure.
Women in Love -  2003/Not Rated.  Drama.
Yes Man - 2008/PG-13.  Comedy.

Extended Hours for Finals Week

                                                   

The library will be extending its hours of operation during Finals Week:

Monday, June 15 - Friday, June 19:  7:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.

Saturday, June 20:  7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Sunday, June 21:  Closed

Search Engine? No, it's Wolfram|Alpha

Launched on May 18, 2009, Wolfram|Alpha is not your average search engine.  In fact, it is not a search engine at all.  Instead, it is labeled as a "computational knowledge engine: it generates output by doing computations from its own internal knowledge base, instead of searching the web and returning links."  Examples of how to use the service include entering dates, town names, stocks, calculations and mathematical formulas.  Want to find out more?  Try watching the Introductory video or simply go to the website and give it a try. 

More information about the technology behind the knowledge engine is listed below.  You can also check out the FAQS page for more information about Wolfram|Alpha.

What is the core technology of Wolfram|Alpha?
There are many parts to it, each with significant innovations. Four key general areas are the data curation pipeline, the algorithmic computation system, the linguistic processing system, and the automated presentation system.

How big is the Wolfram|Alpha source?
It's currently about 5 million lines of symbolic Mathematica code, together with many terabytes of data.

How easy is it to scale Wolfram|Alpha?
Wolfram|Alpha uses a modular server architecture, similar to many modern supercomputers. Scaling to accomodate more requests simply requires having more modules.

 

Get the most from your Facebook account.

While many people are familiar with Facebook and use it on a regular basis, there are a number of interesting things that can be done on (or with) Facebook that are not widely known.  Check out these 20 Facebook Tips/Tricks You Might Not Know and see how your Facebook skills compare. 

Library Hours for Memorial Day Weekend

The Library will be closed Saturday May 23rd-Monday May 25th for Memorial Day weekend.  We will be open Tuesday May 26th from 7:45am to 8pm and will return to regular business hours on Wednesday May 27th. 

Have a safe and happy holiday!

Get Caught Reading!

May is Get Caught Reading month.  Established by the Association of American Publishers (AAP), Get Caught Reading promotes reading for all cultures, ages and interests.  You can view more of their celebrity posters, as well as find events that celebrate reading at www.getcaughtreading.org.

RefWorks Trial

The Kettering University Library has a trial subscription to RefWorks with RefShare through June 13^th.  RefWorks is a web-based citation management tool that enables users to store, manage, and output bibliographic references from various sources, including online article databases.

RefWorks can help you effectively organize and manage citations while conducting research, incorporate references into word processing documents, and create independent bibliographies in a variety of styles.  Subscribers can store their reference databases online, use and update them from anywhere, and share data with other subscribers.

There is a link to the RefWorks trial on the Library’s homepage (http://www.kettering.edu/library) with on-campus IP recognition.  Create an account and give it a try.  A tutorial is available at http://www.refworks.com/tutorial, and a Help menu is available once a user is logged in.

A help sheet for exporting records from the ASME database which is hosted on the Scitation platform can be found here: http://guides.library.unlv.edu/content.php?pid=3847&sid=25582.  A help sheet for exporting records from Science Citation Index is here: http://www.stlawu.edu/library/node/1131.  Exporting records from OCLC FirstSearch seems to work best in Internet Explorer.  Exporting records from other Kettering databases is relatively straightforward.  

 We would appreciate your thoughts on RefWorks.  Please send feedback or questions to library@kettering.edu, or call the Reference Desk at 762-9598. 

FOLA Book Sale and Silent Auction!

7th Annual FOLA Book Sale & Silent Auction

When:  Thursday May 7th 7:30am - 5:00pm 

    Friday May 8th 7:30am - 3:00pm

   (Auction closes at 1:00pm on Friday)

Where: Campus Center - Sunset Room

Don't miss out on the chance to get great deals on diamond necklaces, artwork, restaurant gift certificates, golf packages, gift baskets, watches, clothing and more!

COS Scholar Universe

The Kettering University Library has a free trial subscription to COS Scholar Universe through May 14, 2009.  There is a link to the database on the Library homepage http://www.kettering.edu/library with on-campus IP recognition.  The database is unavailable off campus. 

COS Scholar Universe provides access to more than 1.3 million active researchers in many countries working in over 200 disciplines.  Searches in the database provide information about scholars currently studying a topic of interest.  Exploring this living research community expands awareness and access to cross-disciplinary research perspectives, publications, research methodologies, expertise, and collaborative opportunities.

We have enabled linking to articles from full-text resources to which Kettering has access.

We would appreciate your thoughts on COS Scholar Universe.  Please send feedback or questions to library@kettering.edu, or call the Reference Desk at 762-9598.

Stay healthy, get the facts about infectious disease.

With the recent outbreak of swine flu spreading across the globe, concerns of staying healthy during a pandemic have continued to increase on a worldwide scale.  In order to help people find current news and facts about the spread of infectious diseases and how to fight them, the Michigan eLibrary (MeL) has put together a collection of useful links to government and international organizations that specialize in the prevention and treatment of disease.  Check out the Health and Wellness Gateway to easily find information on the facts surrounding the current swine flu cases in Michigan and the United States, who is at risk, and how to prevent the spread of this virus.

Gaming Night Photos!

Thanks to the particiaption of Kettering students, faculty and staff, we had one of our most successful gaming nights ever!  The addition of the ping pong table was a huge hit and Rock Band won as the most popular video game of the night! You can view photos here from throughout the night.  

A very special thank you goes to the Student Housing Dept for allowing us to borrow their games, the Business Office for loaning us their ping pong table and to FOLA for sponsoring the event.

Gaming Night will return in July.

FOLA Speaker Series - KU Alum Ken Kayser '73

Date/Time: Thursday, April 23, 2009 (12:20pm-1:20pm )
Location: The "Cribathon" (2-225 Academic Building)
*Lunch will be Provided*
Topic:  The History of GM's Ramjet Fuel Injection on the Chevrolet V-8 and It's   Corvette Racing Pedigree

Details: Ken Kayser '73 will speak on his book which was named 2008 Book of the Year by the National Corvette Owners Association. This presentation is part of the FOLA Speaker Series, bringing alumni authors to campus to share their book and their experience writing it.