Penn State Great Valley Library Blog

Penn State has created a new Scientific Search Engine call CiteSeerX. The beta version was released earlier this summer, and it can be used to search scientific literature including: algorithms, data, meta data, services, techniques, software, and even tables. With more than a million journal articles and other scholarly works, this resource, developed by Penn State’s College of Information Sciences & Technology (ITS), is accessible to anyone. It is funded by the National Science Foundation, Microsoft, NASA, as well as ITS. To access click on CiteSeerX or the link: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/

The library is a great place to meet for your class group projects. Groups of 6 can comfortably sit at any table within the main area of the library, or a conference room can be reserved. As mentioned in a previous posting, two “collaborative workstations” are available, as well as digital, VHS or Hi-8 cameras, tri-pod, Fire wire, video recording equipment and video editing software. All equipment must be reserved ahead of time. For more information or to make a reservation, call The Library 610-648-3215

Also, food and drink are welcome within the library. So grab a pizza and plan on meeting in the library. Have access to all the scholarly information Penn State has to offer with a reference librarian nearby who can answer questions.
Library hours are: Monday – Thursday (9:30am-9:30pm), Friday (9:30am-6pm), and Saturday (8:30am-4:30pm).

PSGV students can now use two “collaborative workstations” that are available in the Library. These workstations provide computer power and workspace for group projects and can be used by anyone with a Penn State Access account. For more information call the Library at 610-648-3215 or stop in to use them.

Penn State University Libraries recently unveiled its new website at www.libraries.psu.edu. Some of the new features on the front page include detail on Multisearch - which enables users to search multiple databases simultaneously; searching The CAT (our online catalog), Google Scholar, and Google Books in a drop down box feature; and general library information for students, faculty, and alumni.

The new site also showcases several of Penn State University Libraries outstanding collections including our archival and digitalized materials. Subject resource guides and a new online reference shelf is also available.

Feel free to stop by the Great Valley library to learn more about the new Penn State University Libraries website.

We now have access to the full text of Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports via Gallerywatch. It will be showing up on the A-Z and Subject lists of databases shortly, but those of you who can’t wait can access them at http://login.gallerywatch.com/pennstatecrs (this is a redirect and they are working on shortening the wait so it becomes essentially transparent).

CRS Reports are objective, non-partisan research reports prepared by the Library of Congress for the use of Congress when they are studying public policy issues and preparing legislation.