tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313856052811189552012-01-26T09:40:31.271-06:00For friends and members of <a href="http://www.seminary.edu">Northern Seminary's</a> campus community. Read about new items and services at the <a href="http://www.seminary.edu/BGL/Index.htm">Brimson Grow Library</a> along with any changes in library hours.Blake Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03136002121175414103noreply@blogger.comBlogger931100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931385605281118955.post-9304243945907607602010-08-10T10:27:00.003-05:002010-08-10T10:37:12.421-05:00

As of yesterday, Monday, August 9, there have been problems with finding full text articles in the ATLA Religion Database. EBSCO recently released a new upgrade to their search interface, and evidently something has happened to the ability to limit searches to only full text articles, particularly in the ATLA Religion Database.Until EBSCO can resolve this problem, please be aware that if you are

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I-Share connects the resources of 76 academic libraries in the state of Illinois. Thanks to I-Share, Northern Seminary students, staff, and faculty can access over 9 million library items either by requesting them online or by going to any I-Share library and checking out books directly from that library.One of I-Share's strengths has been its flexibility. Cooperatively, the I-Share libraries

Blake Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03136002121175414103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931385605281118955.post-43108245025114535842010-07-29T12:16:00.004-05:002010-07-29T12:27:43.445-05:00

For any Northern Seminary faculty or students who make use of the JKM Library in Chicago (which serves LSTC and McCormick), please be aware that there will be changes to their library that will extend into the foreseeable future.The JKM Library will be CLOSED July 30 - August 15 while all library services are moved into temporary quarters on the other side of their building. While renovations to

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In general, the library will not be open on Mondays and Fridays during the summer. The exceptions will be the weeks when summer courses are in session. When there are no summer courses scheduled, the library's summer schedule will be:      Tues - Thurs         2pm - 6pm      Saturdays             2pm - 6pmThis will make for an irregular summer schedule, so please consult the library web site (

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We will have extended hours during the week of June 7 due to the DMin course that is meeting:     Mon - Thurs         8:30am - 8:00pm     Fri, 6/11                 8:30am - 4:00pm     Sat - Sun               CLOSED

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Library hours will be slightly different for the week of May 31:   Mon, 5/31       2pm - 6pm   Tues, 6/1         10am - 11:30am; 1pm - 10pm          (Closed during final chapel & campus BBQ)   Weds, 6/2       2pm - 6pm   Thurs, 6/3      10am - 10pm   Fri, 6/4            2pm - 6pm   Sat, 6/5           CLOSED for Commencement   Sun, 6/6          CLOSEDThe library will reopen on Monday, June 7 at 8:

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The library will be closed Good Friday - Easter Sunday:     Mon - Tues          10am - 10pm     Weds, 3/31          2pm - 6pm     Thurs, 4/1           10am - 10pm     Fri - Sun               CLOSEDThe library will reopen at 10am on Monday, April 5.

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The library will have reduced hours during the spring break week:     Sun, 3/21         CLOSED     Mon - Fri          2pm - 6pm     Sat, 3/27          10am - 6pm     Sun, 3/28        CLOSED

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Tonight, Tuesday, February 9, the library will close at 7pm due to weather.

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The library, along with the rest of the seminary campus, will be CLOSED on Monday, January 18 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.The library will reopen at 10am on Tuesday, January 19.

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Many thanks to those of you who participated in the library hours survey emailed to students over break. I realize that our hours remain limited, and, due to budget concerns, they will remain limited for the rest of this year. Based on feedback from the survey, though, I believe that offering longer hours on days when classes are in session will better meet the needs of most students. This

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This is your New Year's reminder to check the expiration date on your library card. If you were not taking classes last quarter, or, if (*gasp*) you never used the library last quarter, please take a moment to verify that your library card is current.Without a current library account, you will not be able to check out materials, place requests for materials from other libraries, or access the

Blake Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03136002121175414103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931385605281118955.post-33456671372756516472009-12-23T17:54:00.003-06:002009-12-23T17:57:44.757-06:00

A brief survey on the library hours has been emailed to student email accounts. So far, 22 people have responded. If you have not checked your seminary email recently, please look for the survey and take a few minutes to respond as this will help us plan our hours for the winter quarter.

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Please check the library home page to verify the library's hours during the December break.The library will be closed on Sunday, December 13. After that, the library will be open noon - 5:00pm Monday - Friday. The library, along with the rest of the Northern Seminary campus, will be closed December 24 - January 3.

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With the start of classes on Monday, September 28, the library will begin regular hours for the fall quarter (September 28 - December 11):    Monday - Thursday       Noon - 10pm    Fridays                              Noon - 5pm    Saturdays                         1pm - 5pm    Sundays                            8pm - 10pm

Blake Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03136002121175414103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931385605281118955.post-26263220643535181082009-09-06T16:28:00.002-05:002009-09-06T16:30:29.469-05:00

The library, along with the rest of the seminary offices, will be closed on Monday, September 7 for Labor Day. The library will reopen at 2:00pm on Tuesday, September 8.

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The library, along with the rest of the seminary offices, will be closed on Friday, August 7.The library will reopen at 2:00pm on Monday, August 10.

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If you search the library databases regularly, you will notice that the interface for the ATLA Religion Database has changed. We now subscribe to ATLA via EBSCOHost. If you have not tried the new interface, take a moment to see what you think:ATLA Religion Database on EBSCOHostOne reason for this change is that EBSCOHost provides five major religion databases: ATLA, Old Testament Abstracts, New

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The library hours for the week of June 29 will be:        Monday - Thursday                2:00pm - 8:00pm        Friday, July 3                           CLOSED        Saturday - Sunday                  CLOSEDThe library, along with the rest of the seminary campus, will be closed on Friday, July 3 for the Independence Day Weekend.The library will continue to have reduced hours for the rest of

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From June 8 - 28, the library will be open in the mornings while the D.Min. seminars are being held. During these three weeks, the library hours will be:    Mon - Thurs   8:30am - 8pm    Fridays             8:30am - 5pm    Sat - Sun          CLOSEDFor our D.Min. students: If your library card has expired, please remember to stop in the library to have it renewed.

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The library will be closed Saturday and Sunday, June 6 - 7 for the commencement weekend.

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The library will be open from noon - 5:00pm on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25.We hope you will be doing something fun for the holiday weekend, but if that includes working on papers for the end of the quarter, the library will be open!

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You can once again call the library front desk at (630)620-2104. While some adjustments to the new campus phone system are still ongoing, calls to the library are working normally again. Thank you for your patience!

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Today, Monday, April 13, the phones have been out in the library. This is due to a campus-wide phone upgrade. If you are not able to reach the library by phone, please send an email to library@seminary.edu so we can respond to your request as soon as possible. I will post an update when phone service has been restored in the library.

Blake Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03136002121175414103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931385605281118955.post-70585383461924497532009-04-07T12:34:00.006-05:002009-04-07T13:09:13.277-05:00

It has come to my attention that there may be some questions about how to renew books online with the new version of the online catalog (VUFind). The link from the library home page now takes you to:https://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-nbt/When you are in VUFind, look for the Login button in the upper right corner:If this is the first time that you have ever logged in to VUFind, you will have to

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The library will have the following hours during Holy Week, April 6 - 12:          Monday, 4/6            Noon - 10pm          *Tuesday, 4/7          8:30am - 10pm          Wednesday, 4/8      2pm - 10pm          Thursday, 4/9          8:30am - 10pm          Friday - Sunday       CLOSED*On Tuesdays, the library is closed from 11:30am - 12:30pm for chapel.

Blake Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03136002121175414103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931385605281118955.post-77782805280328689402009-03-30T08:28:00.004-05:002009-03-30T08:32:59.685-05:00

In response to feedback received on the library evaluation forms, the library will be open again on Saturday mornings during the spring quarter. On Saturdays, the library hours will now be 9am - 5pm.While the library hours are still limited due to the reduction in staffing last quarter, we hope that providing more hours on Saturday will help address the need for longer library hours.

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There has been one more adjustment to the library web site as part of the rollout of the new campus web site: The library home page is now at http://www.seminary.edu/library/library.html.If you had bookmarked the library home page before today, you will want to make a note of this new URL.

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Along with the Northern Seminary campus web site, the library's web site has been updated, too. The new URL for the library web site is: http://www.seminary.edu/library/library.html.All book searches are now directed to the updated interface to the library catalog called VUFind. You can read more about VUFind here.If you ever want to use the previous version of the online catalog, just look for

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Please note the following hours for the library during finals week and spring break:Finals Week, March 16 - 22, 2009          Mon, Weds, Fri      2pm - 10pm          Tues, Thurs      8:30am - 10pm          Sat, 3/21      1pm - 5pm          Sun, 3/22      CLOSEDSpring Break, March 23 - 29, 2009          Mon - Thurs      2pm - 8pm          Fri, 3/27      2pm - 5pm          Sat, 3/28      9am - 5pm

Blake Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03136002121175414103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931385605281118955.post-18101930938762722432009-03-16T14:43:00.002-05:002009-03-16T14:47:30.864-05:00

The Brimson Grow Library book sale is going on Monday and Tuesday, March 16 - 17, from 2pm - 8pm each day. In addition to great bargains on library duplicates, there is also a silent auction for 4 different sets of books. If you have any questions, please call us at the front desk at 630-620-2104 or send an email to library@seminary.edu.

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Brimson Grow Library will be holding a book sale on Monday and Tuesday, March 16-17. The book sale will be open from 2:00pm - 8:00pm each day. The library is located at 680 E Butterfield Rd in Lombard, Illinois.Come early for the best books; come late for the best bargains!

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Beginning Monday, March 2, the library will be reducing the number of hours that it is open.Northern Seminary recently experienced a reduction in force in which several positions were terminated to help reduce costs including two full time positions in the library. A reduction in library staffing this large will require us to make a number of adjustments in library services including reducing

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The library will be open for new student orientation on Saturday, January 10. Our hours for this week will be:     Monday - Saturday       9:00am - 5:00pm     Sunday, Jan. 11              CLOSEDThe library will resume regular hours with the start of the Winter Quarter on Monday, January 12.

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The library, along with the rest of the seminary offices, is closed today, Friday, December 19, due to the weather.The library and the seminary will remain closed for the holidays and will not reopen until Monday, January 5. The library will reopen on January 5 at 9:00am. There is an outside drop box by the front of the library, so library materials may be returned there during the Christmas

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The library will be open for the following hours during finals week, the week of December 8:     Mon - Thurs     8:30am - 11pm     Fri, 12/12          8:30am - 10pm     Sat, 12/13          1pm - 5pm     Sun, 12/14        CLOSED

Blake Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03136002121175414103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931385605281118955.post-47113155638155986912008-12-01T14:23:00.003-06:002008-12-01T14:29:24.201-06:00

Once again, the library is featuring late night study snacks in the library, including extended hours on Saturday. During the week of December 1, the library hours will be as follows:    Mon - Thurs -- 8:30am - 12am    Fri (12/5) -- 8:30am - 10pm    Sat (12/6) -- 9am - 10pm    Sun (12/7) -- 6pm - 10pmCoffee, soda, and study snacks will be available each evening after 6pm.

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Over the next several weeks, you will want to watch the library home page closely for changes in hours as we approach the end of the fall quarter.The week of November 24 is Thanksgiving Recess, and the library will have reduced hours:      Mon - Tues (11/24 - 11/25) -- 9am - 8pm      Wednesday (11/26) -- 9am - 5pm      Thurs - Sun (11/27 - 11/30) -- CLOSEDThe following week, December 1 - 7, will

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In case you haven't noticed it, there is a new link appearing in the upper right corner of the online catalog:Clicking on the link to Try it now! will take you to VUFind, named after Villnova University where it was developed.VUFind is an open source program for searching a library database. The great staff at CARLI have developed VUFind for use with all the I-Share schools.VUFind gives you

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As Northern Seminary is expanding its classes to multiple campuses, the library is expanding its services to get materials to our students more quickly.Any student who wishes to receive books by mail instead of picking them up in the library may request to have them mailed. In the past, we have relied on media rate mail as a less expensive option for mailing books. Unfortunately, it is also an

Blake Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03136002121175414103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931385605281118955.post-72289987719694377732008-10-21T09:46:00.006-05:002008-10-21T10:04:30.863-05:00

There is something new in the online catalog. When you are looking at the full record for an item in the catalog, you can scroll down to see the call number information:Clicking on the Text Me logo will let you enter your cell phone number and service provider to receive the title and call number as a text message:Some people prefer this to scribbling down the call number on a slip of paper

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Last year, in response to student requests, the library started offering Sunday evening hours. This year the library will continue to be open Sunday evenings from 6-10pm. When classes are in session, the library schedule is as follows:Mon - Thurs     8:30am - 11pmFridays     8:30am - 10pmSaturdays     1pm - 5pmSundays     6pm - 10pmPlease remember to check the library web site at http://

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This summer, the number of schools in the I-Share network have increased from 71 to 76. The five new schools are:Adler School of Professional Psychology Chicago School of Professional PsychologyHarrington College of DesignPrincipia College Rush University Remember: Your Northern Seminary library card is valid at all 76 I-Share member libraries. Requests placed through the I-Share catalog are

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What used to be the new books list for the library has now been converted into the new books blog:http://bglnewbooks.blogspot.comYou can scan the list of new books in either call number or subject heading order, and you can subscribe to the blog to receive the list of books anytime it is updated.

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During weeks when summer courses are in session, the library will be open from 6pm - 10pm on Sundays. This policy is especially for our doctoral students, many of whom are arriving from out of state on Sunday before the start of seminar sessions on Monday. If you need to finish some reading or just want a place to check your email or connect to the campus wireless network, stop by the library

Blake Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03136002121175414103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931385605281118955.post-9994186504922393212008-07-03T10:53:00.003-05:002008-07-03T11:28:57.905-05:00

The Library (along with the rest of the campus offices) will be closing early at 3pm on Thursday, July 3. The Library will be closed on Friday, July 4 for Independence Day. The Library is also closed Saturday-Sunday, July 5-6. We will reopen at 8:30am on Monday, July 7. Have a wonderful holiday!

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As of July 1, all 10 ACTS libraries are now part of the statewide ILDS courier service. ILDS provides five-days-a-week service between all participating libraries with a 24-hour delivery time from when it picks up a shipment of books to when it drops them off at the destination library. By participating in ILDS, the ACTS libraries are improving their commitment "to collaborative collection

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This is a reminder that the Library will be closed Saturday and Sunday, May 31 and June 1, for Commencement.Also note that the library will have reduced hours for the week of June 2:Monday - Friday -- 9am - 8pmSaturday, June 7 -- CLOSEDSunday, June 8 -- 6pm - 10pm

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The Library will be open on Monday, May 26 from 9am - 5pm.

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As we get ready for finals and then Commencement, the Library will once again have extended hours during the week of May 19:Mon - Thurs (5/19 - 5/22) -- 8:30am - 12amFriday (5/23) -- 8:30am - 10pmSaturday (5/24) -- 9am - 10pmSunday (5/25) -- 6pm - 10pmStarting at 6pm each evening, beverages and study snacks will be served. Come in to study or just stop by and pick up something during a class

Blake Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03136002121175414103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931385605281118955.post-79143886669027508922008-04-16T16:55:00.000-05:002008-04-16T16:56:15.120-05:00

You can view the list of new book titles at Brimson Grow Library here.If you would like to receive the list of new book titles by email, you can subscribe to the library email news.

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The world's largest database of library records continues to grow at an ever increasing rate. OCLC's WorldCat had:1 million records in September 1974;10 million records in October 1983;25 million records in December 1991;50 million records in June 2002;75 million records in November 2006;100 million records in April 2008.From OCLC Abstracts:On April 1, a record for the 1950s publication from the

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CARLI announced the system upgrade process was completed by 12:30pm Sunday afternoon, March 30. Online searches and requests from both I-Share and the online catalog should be working normally. If you experience any problems connecting to library resources, please contact the library at (630)620-2104.

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The CARLI system will be upgrading the I-Share server this weekend starting at 5pm on Friday, 3/28. This will also affect the library's online catalog: While you will still be able to search for books in I-Share and the online catalog, you will not be able to place requests for items. The upgrade process may also interrupt off-campus connections to library databases. The upgrade is expected

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In an experiment to learn more about Web 2.0 and social media technologies, I have created a group page for Brimson Grow Library in Facebook.If you haven't tried Facebook yet, you will find that there already are a lot of Northern Seminary people active on Facebook. I have heard rumors of even more Northern Seminary Facebook pages to come in the future. I'm still trying to decide on the best

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Thanks to everyone's feedback on our library hours survey, we will begin offering Sunday hours starting with this spring quarter. After March 24, the library hours will be:     Mon - Thurs   8:30am - 11pm     Fridays   8:30am - 10pm     Saturdays   1pm - 5pm     Sundays   6pm - 10pmNote that the library will no longer be open on Saturday mornings.Due to a limited budget this year, we could not

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Four new resources have been added to the library's Virtual Reference Library:Baptists in America, by Bill Leonard (2005)Encyclopedia of Race and Racism (2008)Protestantism in America, by R. Balmer & L. Winner (2002)The Religious Right (2007)You can connect to the Virtual Reference Library by going to http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/sout60148. You will need a password in order to connect

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Once again, during the week of March 3, the Library will have extended hours:Mon - Thurs (3/3 - 3/6) -- 8:30am - 12amFri (3/7) -- 8:30am - 10pmSat (3/8) -- 9am - 10pmSun (3/9) -- CLOSEDStarting at 6pm each evening, beverages and study snacks will be served. Come in to study or just stop by and pick up something during a class break. Everyone is welcome!

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The library has received a number of requests to consider being open on Sundays. All students should have received an email with a link to the library's Sunday Hours Survey. Please check your @seminary.edu email account in order to participate in this survey. If you have any questions, please contact someone in the library.

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You can view the list of new book titles at Brimson Grow Library here.If you would like to receive the list of new book titles by email, you can subscribe to the library email news.

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In January, we upgraded our subscription to SAGE Journals Online. Now, instead of only providing full text access to journals through 1988, we can access the full text of over 490 journals up to the current issue.Click here for more information about SAGE Journals Online.You can search SAGE Journals online by clicking here. A password is required in order to connect from off campus.

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There will be an upgrade to the library's software starting at 5:00pm Tuesday, January 8. This will affect both the library's online catalog and the Illinois-wide I-Share system. Both the Brimson Grow Library online catalog and the I-Share system will be unavailable during this time.The upgrade is expected to finish by 8:00am Wednesday morning.

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The week of November 26 is another one of our once-a-quarter, late-night weeks complete with coffee, sodas, and study snacks:Mon - Thurs (11/26 - 11/29) -- 8:30am - 12amFri (11/30) -- 8:30am - 10pmSat (12/1) -- 9am - 10pmSun (12/2) -- CLOSEDBeverages and snacks will be served every evening starting at 6pm. Come in to study or just stop by and pick up something during a class break. Everyone is

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The week of November 19 is a break week at Northern Seminary and the library will have reduced hours:    Mon - Tues (11/19 - 11/20)      9am - 8pm    Weds (11/21)                                 9am - 5pm    Thurs - Sun (11/22 - 11/25)     CLOSEDAfter the Thanksgiving weekend, the library will reopen at 8:30am Monday morning, 11/26. You can view the full library calendar here.

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You can view the list of new book titles at Brimson Grow Library here.If you would like to receive the list of new book titles by email, you can subscribe to the library email news.

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The Encyclopedia of Philosophy is the most recent addition to our Virtual Reference Library. This brings our collection up to a total of 12 available online reference sets:     Contemporary American Religion (1999)      Dictionary of American History (2003)      Encyclopaedia Judaica (2007)      Encyclopedia of American Religions (2003)      Encyclopedia of Education (2003)      Encyclopedia of

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All Northern Seminary students should have received notice by now of their new @seminary.edu email addresses. Northern Seminary is now using these new email addresses for all official communication with students. This means that Brimson Grow Library will also be sending all overdue notices, renewal reminders, and other library information to each student's @seminary.edu email address. If you

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You can view the list of new book titles at Brimson Grow Library here.If you would like to receive the list of new book titles by email, you can subscribe to the library email news.

Blake Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03136002121175414103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931385605281118955.post-55601526115325066492007-09-24T08:34:00.000-05:002007-09-24T08:42:08.478-05:00

Over the summer, we added two new databases to the library's online resources:SAGE Journals Online andThomson/Gale's Virtual Reference Library.Access to both of these databases from off campus requires a password. If you do not have the password for these databases, please contact the library at (630)620-2104 or library@seminary.edu to request your password.More information about these databases

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During the week of September 17, the library will be open until 8pm for anyone wanting to get a head start on fall reading:Mon, 9/17 - Thurs, 9/20    9am - 8pmFri, 9/21 - Sat, 9/22         9am - 5pmSun, 9/23                            CLOSEDWith the start of classes on Monday, 9/24, the library will resume regular school session hours:Mon - Thurs     8:30am - 11pmFridays              8:30am -

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The Library is pleased to announce the availability of two new online resources:The Virtual Reference Library -- Gale's Virtual Reference Library provides online access to 11 reference sets:     Contemporary American Religion (1999)    Dictionary of American History (2003)    Encyclopaedia Judaica (2007)    Encyclopedia of American Religions (2003)    Encyclopedia of Education (2003)    

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The CARLI consortium has added six new libraries to the I-Share system, bringing the total number of I-Share libraries to 71. The six new libraries are:Carl Sandburg College, GalesburgIllinois Eastern Community Colleges, with four locations: Frontier Community College, Fairfield; Wabash Valley College, Mt. Carmel; Olney Central College, Olney; and Lincoln Trail College, RobinsonKnox College,

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We have a free trial of Routledge's Religion Resource available to us until July 11, 2007.To connect, go to http://www.reference.routledge.com and enter the username and password in the upper left corner of the page. Contact the library at (630)620-2104 or email us at library@seminary.edu to request the username and password.Once you have tried it, let us know what you think -- do you think that

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For the week of June 11 while D.Min. classes are meeting the library hours will be as follows:Mon, 6/11 - Thurs, 6/14          8:30am - 10pmFriday, 6/15                               8:30am - 5pmSat, 6/16 - Sun, 6/17               CLOSED

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For the week of May 28, the library hours will be as follows:Monday, 5/28                     CLOSED for Memorial DayTues, 5/29 - Thurs, 5/31          8:30am - 11pmFriday, 6/1                          8:30am - 10pmSaturday, 6/2                     CLOSED for CommencementSunday, 6/3                          CLOSED

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For the week of May 21, 2007 the library will once again offer extended hours:Monday, 5/21 - Thursday, 5/24     8:30am - 12amFriday, 5/25     8:30am - 10pmSaturday, 5/26     9am - 10pmSunday, 5/27     CLOSEDCoffee, soda, and study snacks will be served each night from 6:00pm until closing.NOTE: The library will be CLOSED for Memorial Day on Monday, May 28.

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There is a new link on the library's home page to assist researchers in locating Doctor of Ministry theses. (Look for the "NEW" icon.)While none of these resources is new, the Quick Limit for theses in the library's online catalog is a new feature. You can either click on the D.Min. link on the library's home page, or you can go view the new instructions directly here.

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LB 2369 .T8 2007A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 7th ed., Kate L. Turabian, revised by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007)The 7th edition of Kate L. Turabian's A Manual for Writers features significant new material, a more user-friendly arrangement, much-needed rules for online resources, and an

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BV 3160 .N49 2006New Faith in Ancient Lands: Western Missions in the Middle East in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, edited by Heleen Murre-van den Berg (Boston: Brill, 2006)It is a common conceit that our problems are unique in human history. One of the reasons for studying history, of course, is to deflate that conceit by finding the overarching stories that have been part of

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BV 639 .P6 P57 2002Render Unto God: Economic Vulnerability, Family Violence, and Pastoral Theology, by James Newton Poling (St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2002)In his introduction, James Poling writes, "In this book I extend my research to discover how economic vulnerability among working-class and poor women and children in European American, African American, and Latina/o cultures exacerbates

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You can view the list of new book titles at Brimson Grow Library here.If you would like to receive the list of new book titles by email, you can subscribe to the library email news.

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Everyone can now have a personalized subscription to Academe Today, the Chronicle of Higher Education's daily email news report. One advantage of having your own subscription: You can personalize your login and password so if you want to connect to the Chronicle's web site from home, you will be able to do so with your own login and password instead of having to remember the school's login.

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BS 191.5 .A1 2005 .C65The Saint John's Bible is the first hand-lettered and illuminated Bible produced in over 500 years.The monks of St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota wanted to commission a hand-illuminated Bible at the start of the 21st century. Jewish and Islamic communities have kept alive the art of hand-lettered scriptures, but this practice in Christianity died out with the

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BV 652.1 .C735 2006Off-Road Disciplines: Spiritual Adventures of Missional Leaders, by Earl Creps (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006)This book is Earl Creps's take on the role of spiritual disciplines in forming the life and practice of believers. He steps outside of the traditional definitions of spiritual disciplines and encourages believers to go "off-road" by practicing disciplines that

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The library will be closed Good Friday through Easter Sunday:Mon, 4/2 - Thurs, 4/5    8:30am - 11:00pmFri, 4/6 - Sun, 4/8     CLOSEDThe library will reopen at 8:30am on Monday, April 9.

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BX 6232 .R43 2005Recycling the Past or Researching History? : Studies in Baptist Historiography and Myths, edited by Philip E Thompson and Anthony R. CrossThis title is volume 11 in the Studies in Baptist History and Thought series published by Paternoster. Click here to see all the available volumes in our collection. We have recently added this volume along with others from this series to our

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The library will have reduced hours over spring break, Monday, 3/19 - Sunday, 3/25:Monday - Thursday    9:00am - 8:00pmFriday                            9:00am - 5:00pmSaturday - Sunday    CLOSEDRegular hours will resume on Monday, 3/26.

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The wireless connection in the library has changed because the classrooms and Kern Commons are now also wireless hot spots. If you have been using the wireless connection in the library, you will have to reconfigure your settings to take advantage of the new, extended wireless on campus.

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Ref BS 491.3 .A47 2006The Africa Bible Commentary, edited by Tokunboh Adeyemo (Zondervan, 2006) is new to our reference collection. It provides access to African biblical interpretations, intentionally from a conservative theological perspective. As the following review makes clear, this can be viewed as a strength or a limitation, depending on your perspective.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Reviewed by

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For the week of March 12, finals week, the library hours will be:   Monday - Thursday     8:30am - 11:00pm   Friday                              8:30am - 10:00pm   Saturday*                       9:00am - 5:00pm   Sunday                            CLOSEDLibrary hours will be reduced the following week for spring break.*On Saturday, 3/17, new student orientation for the spring quarter will be

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You can view the list of new book titles at Brimson Grow Library here.If you would like to receive the list of new book titles by email, you can subscribe to the library email news.

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For the week of March 5, library hours will be extended, and study snacks will be served from 6:00pm through closing. The library hours for this week will be:   Monday - Thursday 8:30am - Midnight   Friday                   8:30am - 10:00pm   Saturday              9:00am - 10:00pm   Sunday                 CLOSEDStay late to study or just stop by to pick up a cup of coffee or a cold drink to

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You can now preview some of the books available from Google Book Search on the library's home page. The rotating display of covers will give you some idea of the kinds of books available from Google's site. See the link to Google Book Search on the library's list of other full text resources for more information.

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