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The library hours for the Labor Day weekend are: 

• Saturday, September 2, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
• Sunday, September 3, Noon - 11:00 p.m.
• Monday, September 4, Closed

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Interim Library Hours August 5 - 20 Monday - Friday* 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday CLOSED *Friday, August 11, the library will open at 11:00 a.m. so that all library staff may attend a morning meeting. ITS will also be working on the computer wiring on the first floor of the library. All first floor computers, including those in the Snack Lounge, will be down. Computers on the upper floors will be available to students, faculty and staff.

Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration (SOAR) participants, come on in and see your integrated information foraging environment. Through its varied resources, Helmke Library offers a rich environment for finding information and doing research. Learn more about our collections, services, and facilities by taking a library tour.

The Helmke Library will be closed Tuesday, July 4 in observance of
Independence Day.

IPFW librarians and library staff held their second annual round robin session on favorite reference books this spring. Books were chosen for their helpful content, unique approach, favorite format, or just because we liked them! Here are the sources we presented: More...

Library Hours

• Intersession Hours - The library will be open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. during the week of May 8 through May 12.
• During the summer, May 13 through August 4, the hours are as follows:
• Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
• Friday 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• Saturday 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
• Sunday and holidays Closed

INHealthConnect offers access to health related Web sites from health services, providers, and programs throughout the state of Indiana. More than 2,600 Web sites are made available from INHealthConnect. Visit the About INHealthConnect Web page to find out more.

Using a database to find articles? Automatically generate citations in MLA or APA format for a works-cited list or bibliography by following these four simple steps:

1. As you search for articles in a database, select the articles you want by adding them to a folder or marking a check box.
2. When you have collected all your articles, go to the folder view or the marked list and choose the print option.
3. Select the format (such as MLA, APA, or Turabian) that you want to use and print your citations.
4. Check your results for inaccuracies or poor formatting. Although convenient, these automatically generated lists are not always error free.

These are the basic steps. For more information, read the screens as you work through the process. Or contact a Helmke Library subject librarian or Writing Center consultant. Remember, your instructor has final say on the format you use in your paper, so it is your responsibility to make any changes that might be needed. This tip works with all EBSCOhost, ProQuest, and CSA databases.

Faculty are cordially invited to attend a series of workshops offered by Helmke Library librarians and CELT:

• "The Web of Science & Cited-Reference Searching"
• "Copyright and You"
• "Secrets of the Searchmaster"
• "How to Set up a Search Alert (and Become a Successful Information Gatherer)"

The library will be closed Sunday, April 16.

Special Needs Funds from the library's endowment are again available this year for specially defined needs such as support for a new program. Proposals from Arts & Sciences Departments are due April 3, 2006. More information, including the guidelines and an application for these funds are available on the library's Special Needs Funds Web page.

IPFW students, here is your chance to have a say about the future of instructional technology on campus. IPFW is currently developing a strategic plan to help guide its use and implementation of technology used in support of teaching and learning, often referred to as "instructional technology." Your input is essential to shaping this plan, plus when you complete the survey you will be entered into a drawing for a chance at winning one of three available 512 MB flashdrives.

You will find the Student Technology Survey when you login to my.ipfw.edu. It is the last of the surveys listed in the lower right box. Act now, the survey will only be available until March 31st!

Helmke Library is pleased to announce that Tiff Adkins, Reference & Information Services Librarian at IPFW, has been selected as a member of the FACET Class of 2006. As one of the 19 Indiana University faculty honored to join the Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching, Mr. Adkins will lend his leadership and creativity to teaching and student-learning initiatives across the university. He will participate in a retreat with other FACET alumni and guests to be held at the Potawatomi Inn in Angola during May. His colleagues sincerely wish him success in this exciting endeavor, and we all look forward to working together to extend the reach and power of information literacy among our faculty and students.

The library has copies of the most-requested tax forms. Available on the Web are U.S. tax forms, Indiana forms, and tax forms from other states.

INCat (Indiana Library Catalog) is a collection of over 24 million titles available from hundreds of libraries in Indiana. INCat is part of the WorldCat (OCLC) database and is designed to provide easy access to the library holdings in Indiana. This includes many types of Indiana libraries such as Academic, Public, Health Science, Government, School, Law, and Theological libraries. You can search INCat for items by author, title, keyword, regions of Indiana and more. A link to this resource can be found on the library's Databases & Indexes page.

The library will be open regular hours during spring break, March 6 - 12.

Congratulations and best wishes to Larry W. Griffin, IPFW Librarian and University Archivist, who is retiring this month. Larry has served the IPFW community with distinction for over 20 years. Among his many contributions is the newly launched online Encyclopedia of IPFW History.

 This month, IPFW will be conducting the National Study of Student Engagement among a sample of first-year and senior students. The NSSE is a national survey used by over 700 post-secondary institutions to gain insight into the quality of teaching and learning at the undergraduate level. For the 3,200 IPFW first-year and senior students selected to participate in the survey, it will be a 15 minute investment that will help the university improve the experiences for all IPFW students.

Learn about the native trees of Indiana by visiting IPFW's own Native Trees of Indiana River Walk Web site. The site features a "Tree Walk Map" as well links to common and scientific names of native trees. Enjoy a walk today.

The schedule of Faculty Workshops for Spring 2006 (PDF) is now available! Get some timely, hands-on experience using databases and other library resources. Meet with a librarian, and let us show you some useful tools that will help you teach your students about information literacy and the skills they need to become lifelong learners.

The Library will be closed on Monday, January 16, for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.