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Time Flies, and So Can You!
With so many activities crammed into the beginning of the semester, you might become wearier of the tick-tocking clock than Captain Hook himself! But if you think your schedule is already so jam-packed...
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ABC’s of the Library
Welcome, or welcome back! You’ve survived move-in, pinned up your inspirational posters and tucked in your extra-long twin sheets. But now what? Well a good place to start is the library. Since there’s...
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Catalyst Lifehacks
Now that you're back and shaking the dust off of your research brain, let's look at some handy Catalyst features that might get overlooked when you're otherwise laser-focused on cranking out a paper....
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Improve Your Skills at the Library
A lot of skills are involved in a successful academic career. Active listening, note-taking, and studying...all of these will help you pass exams and write terms papers. Library skills will also help...
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Browsing, Serendipity, and Virtual Discovery
Recently I went down to B-level in search of four books—titles I had come across in my reading that I was sure were going to explain the mysteries of the universe, or at least, help me answer one part...
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Comparing Different Cultures? Try eHRAF World Cultures!
Good news, anthropologists! Now there is an easier way to do a comparative study of different cultures from around the world. Just try our recent addition to our growing database collection, eHRAF....
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“A Plague of Sheep”— The Wonders of Browsing
Do you need another way to open your mind? Wander around the library and look at the titles of the books. Browsing is a marvelous thing. Try it -- just put your stuff safely in a locker and stroll down...
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Got a Research Idea? Get Paid to Do It!
For most researchers, grant writing is part of their job. As one of the best research institutions in the nation, Johns Hopkins offers a wide range of resources and services to its faculty and...
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How do I share my research data?!
Any researcher who has either followed another’s work, or has helped another researcher follow his or her work, knows that it can take a lot of time and effort. I've done both; prior to joining Johns...
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Bibliography: it’s not for the faint of heart. Part One
When you hear the word "bibliography," what comes to mind? A dreaded assignment in an English class? The very last, incredibly annoying and frustrating thing you have to do before you turn in a paper?...
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Intersession in Special Collections: Get Down and Dirty with Books
So, you like the smell of ink and old paper? You love strange tales? Maybe you’re into the exotic locales they can take you to? Or maybe you like to do weird digital things with printed matter? Yeah,...
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Catalog This!
Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes to make library materials accessible to the public (that’s you!)? After books are selected and ordered, Cataloging staff work their magic to let you know what...
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A Toast to the Old Year: 2013
The Sheridan Libraries Blog team was busy in 2013, serving up blog posts on a variety of topics related to the libraries, JHU, Baltimore, or... nothing in particular. Here's a look back at the blog...
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When Librarians Gather
Several years ago, there was an amusing video making the rounds (well, it was amusing to librarians anyway), that was a parody of the then popular film March of the Penguins. It was a light-hearted...
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The History and Future of Libraries: “The wisdom of our ancestors”
What is a library? Is it a collection of books, a suite of digital resources, a space for studying? Where do our current ideas about libraries come from, and where will our new tools take us? Does the...
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NEW! Research Clinics!
Have you ever gotten stuck with zero results trying to find articles on a topic on which you know articles exist? Or, stuck with too many articles that are completely unrelated to what you need? Have...
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Library as Emergent Infrastructure
This post is guest-authored by Shannon Mattern, Associate Professor of Media Studies at The New School, NYC. Professor Mattern will be giving a public talk on April 8, 4:30 pm, in the Macksey Room...
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I'm betting you've used FindIt before. FindIt is a great tool that lets you move from a description of an article, book chapter, or book, to the online version of that item. You'll see FindIt when you...
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Printers are Important!
We've been talking with students lately about the different services MSEL and Brody offer. The printers are the most heavily used service we offer (we're talkin' OVER A MILLION prints/scans/copies per...
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Summertime at the Library
It's (almost) summertime! So, what happens in MSEL and the BLC during the summer? We still answer questions, select and make available research resources, checkout books and DVDs, and offer a place to...
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