Inside
The Clarion University Libraries
October 14, 2008

In This Issue
Chat Is Back!
“Image. Object. An
Artist’s Perception”:
Franchino Topic At
Faculty Author
Seminar
Library Tip: Faculty
Access To Special
Databases
Computer Tip:
Dating In Excel
Something To Think
About

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Chat Is Back!
If you haven’t already noticed, our online Live Chat
Reference Service is back in operation. We had technical
difficulties with the software, but they are fixed and the
software appears to be stable.
Chat Reference services are available during the times that
Carlson Library reference services are available:
Monday – Thursday:

10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Friday:

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Sunday:

1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

If online Chat is not your thing, please don’t hesitate to stop by the
Reference Desks in Carlson or Suhr Libraries, contact us via email using our
Ask a Librarian service, or contact us by telephone at:
Carlson Library:

814-393-2490

Suhr Library:

814-393-1242

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Or

Search the Libraries’ online
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814-676-6591 Extension 1242

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Dr. Terry Latour
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Distance Education students may also contact the Reference Department

using the toll-free telephone number.

“Image. Object. An Artist’s Perception”:
Franchino Topic At Faculty Author Seminar

Mark Franchino, chair of the Art Department, will
present on the topic, “Image. Object. An Artist’s
Perception” at the second Faculty Author Seminar
Series sponsored by Faculty Senate and Carlson
Library.
Join him on Monday, October 20th at 12:15 p.m.
in the Center for Academic Excellence on Level A
of Carlson Library. A light lunch - served beginning at noon – as well as
Franchino’s presentation are free and open to the public. Please join us.

Library Tip – Faculty Access To Special
Databases
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Library
makes available to state employees, including
Clarion faculty and staff, dozens of databases that
the University Libraries do not have access to.
Subject fields include biography, business,
computing, education, government, health,
history, historic newspapers, law, science,
statistics, and other general reference works. Check out what’s available at
the Commonwealth Libraries: Research Databases at the State Library of
Pennsylvania Website.
To gain access to the databases you will need a State Library Card which
you can request through their Website. After the form is submitted, the
card will be mailed to your home address within 3-5 business days.

Computer Tip: Dating In Excel
No… not that kind of dating!
I'm sure by now, you've realized that when you type a
date into MS Excel, the program seems to magically know
what it is and treats it as such. But have you ever wished
the date was in a different format? Maybe you want just
the month and day (5/26), for example. Or, perhaps
you're looking to have something like 26-May-09.
Well, what you may not know is that Excel has a whole list of built in
formats to choose from. Here's the scoop on dating your way!

Select the cells to be formatted.
In Excel 2007, you can:
 right click and choose Format Cells or
 Ctrl + 1 or
 click the little down arrow in the bottom right hand
corner of the Number section under the Home tab on
the ribbon.
No matter how you get there, you should be looking at the Number
tab in the Format Cells dialogue window.

On the left, in the
Categories list, choose
Date.
On the right, in the
Type section, a list of
standard options is
displayed.
Select the format you
need.
Click OK. Poof! The
date format is done.

Today’s tip is borrowed from
the good folks at WorldStart.com

Something To Think About:

I look to the future,
because that's where
I'm going to spend
the rest of my life.
--George Burns