Inside
The Clarion University Libraries
September 2, 2008

In This Issue
CINAHL With Full
Text: The Newest
Database For
Healthcare
Professionals
Professional (Library)
Help When You Need
It The Most!
Library Services For
Distance Learning
Students
Mary Buchanan Joins
Carlson Library
Faculty

Volume 4, Number 2

About “Inside The Clarion University Libraries”
The Clarion University Libraries newsletter is published weekly when classes are in session. Through Inside,
we share information about our services and resources with the campus community. Inside is best viewed
with Microsoft Outlook. However, you can read a PDF version of Inside online. Access it through the
Libraries’ homepage at: cmswww.clarion.edu/students/student/library/29806

CINAHL With Full Text: The Newest Database
For Healthcare Professionals
For those students and faculty in the fields of nursing and
allied health, we have added the CINAHL with Full Text
database. It provides indexing for 2,928 journals from the
fields of nursing and allied health and contains the full text
for more than 600 of the key journals. The full text
coverage dates back to 1981.

Wireless Access
Computer Tip: Get
The Real Scoop At
Snopes
Something To Think
About

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Professional (Library) Help When You Need It
The Most!
Need help finding Information? The reference librarians at
Carlson and Suhr Libraries are here for you. They can guide
you to a wealth of information resources in print, media, and
electronic forms, including authoritative Websites. For
personalized assistance, stop by or contact them via the
phone or through the Web.

Library Home

Your link to all of the
Libraries’ resources

Reference Services At Rena M. Carlson Library –
Clarion Campus

814-393-2490

PILOT
Search the Libraries’ online
catalog

A-Z Database
Search the Libraries’
extensive collection of
electronic journals and ebooks

Contact Us

Monday - Thursday

10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Friday

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Saturday

Unavailable

Sunday

1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Reference Services At Charles L. Suhr Library –
Venango Campus

814-676-6591

Dr. Terry Latour

Monday – Tuesday

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Dean of Libraries

6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday – Thursday

11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Friday

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Saturday

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Sunday

Library Closed
Other hours by appointment

Library Services For Distance Learning
Students
If you’re a distance education student, the libraries have
services and resources to support you too. Check out our
Web page for Distance Learning Students. It outlines a
range of services and resources designed to support you.

Mary Buchanan Joins Carlson Library Faculty
The University Libraries is pleased to welcome Mary
Buchanan as Carlson Library’s newest Reference and
Information Literacy Librarian. Mary has helped us out in
the past and now joins us as a permanent, full-time faculty
member. Her responsibilities include assisting faculty in the
classroom with information literacy instruction, providing
reference services in Carlson Library, and helping to enhance the
information resources and services available through the Libraries.

Wireless Access Update
Both Carlson and Suhr Libraries are equipped with wireless
access. However, recent upgrades in hardware and
software have caused access issues within Carlson Library
and elsewhere on the Clarion Campus. Because of these
problems, Carlson Library has suspended loans of laptop
computers until the wireless network is once again stable.

We apologize for this inconvenience but remind you that many desktop
computers are still available for your use.

Computer Tip: Get The Real Scoop At Snopes!
Do you know about “Snopes”? Snopes.com is a Web site
that is known as the “Urban Legends Reference Pages”. It’s
a place where you’ll find out if something is true or not.
Snopes is dedicated to finding out the truths and falsities of urban legends,
modern day myths, and other stories that travel around the Internet and
the world.
Snopes.com is hosted by Barbara and David Mikkelson, a married couple
from California. They are very determined to provide the complete truth to
their Web site visitors. They don't want anyone leaving Snopes feeling like
they still don't know the facts. They spend most of their time researching
their topics and when I say research, I mean extensive researching. They
also try to include references with their findings when they can.
The official Web site address is http://www.snopes.com. Go there to read
everything from Businesses to Old Wives' Tales and from Sports to food.
They even have a special category for Disney myths and one for Coke
products. Everything is covered!
Each story on the Snopes website has a rating of either: True, False,
Multiple Truth Values, Undetermined, or Unclassifiable Veracity. Each one
will also have the facts behind why it's rated the way it is. The Mikkelsons
try to keep the site updated as much as possible, so you can be sure you'll
find the latest news there. If you'd like to add your own story to the site,
you can use the message board to do so.
Snopes also works with photos, so don't forget to check those out as well.
Be careful, though! You could easily lose yourself in all of the great stories.
Have fun and keep it real, my friends!
This Week’s Computer Tip Was Borrowed From
The Good Folks At WorldStart.com

Something To Think About:
Help others achieve their dreams
And you will achieve yours.
-- Les Brown