Wednesday, July 16, 2008

New interface for EBSCOhost!

If you search the EBSCOhost databases (available through NC LIVE) regularly, you’ll notice that EBSCOhost has a new search interface. If you work the reference or genealogy desk, you may wish to familiarize yourself with it a bit if you have not already.

The new interface was just launched today, but has been available for people to preview and test for a while.

If you are asked for the current NC LIVE password, NC State Agency employees with library cards at the State Library of North Carolina may call the reference desk to obtain it at 807-7450. You may also obtain it by logging in to your account with your library card number and PIN number at http://go.dcr.state.nc.us.

If you do not use EBSCOhost regularly, you may be surprised at the range of resources available through it! Through EBSCOhost, you may search a variety of resources including journals, newspapers, primary documents, images, and reference books. Take a moment to read over the descriptions of the databases that are included! In addition to academic journals for a variety of fields, there is also a “Military and Government Collection” as well as “Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts.”

Have fun! Happy searching!

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Article about government blogging

There is a nice list of Federal Government blogs at http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/News/blog.shtml Whether you are interested in staying on top of what might be going on at the Smithsonian American Art Museum or at the Department of Homeland Security, it seems there is a federal blog that may peak your interest! I have been enjoying Gov Gab, myself!

For those of us who work for government and contribute to a professional blog, they also have a nice article with guidelines on blogging for government at: http://www.usa.gov/webcontent/technology/blogs.shtml.

Perhaps we are on our way to Government 2.0!

Monday, January 07, 2008

NC Government blogs

More and more North Carolina state government entities seem to be taking advantage of the usefulness blogs can bring. I've listed a few below. If you know of others, please post links to them in the comments. It would be helpful to have a comprehensive list, wouldn't it?

Drafting Musings: 31st Year on Jones Street
http://ncbilldrafting.wordpress.com/
The blog of Gerry Cohen, Director of Bill Drafting for the NC General Assembly.

NC Dept of Cultural Resources Project Green
http://dcrgreenteam.blogspot.com/

NC State Archives Blog
http://history4all.blogspot.com/

NC Dept of Environment and Natural Resources's Office of Environmental Education
http://eco-smartconsumer.blogspot.com/

NC Dept of Environment and Natural Resources's Division of Pollution Prevention's RE3 Blog:
http://re3org.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Genealogy Services on del.icio.us

Our Genealogy Services section now has a list of links on del.icio.us! To view them, simply go to http://del.icio.us/genealogync. Feel free to add "genealogync" to your del.icio.us network. If you come across other sites that are helpful to genealogy research, please send us a link to them through del.icio.us!

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

The Information Center is open

The First Floor (Information Center) of the State Library has reopened. The hours are 10-5 Monday through Friday.

Friday, July 13, 2007

Genealogy will not be open this Saturday, July 14

SPECIAL CLOSING NOTICE JULY 14, 2007

The Archives/State Library Building will be CLOSED on Saturday July 14,2007, due to emergency electrical maintenance.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Friday, July 06, 2007

Just a reminder...

The Genealogy Collection will be open for business this Saturday!

Saturday Hours:
9:00am - noon; 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Location:
Mezzanine Floor, West
Archives & History/Library Building
109 E. Jones Street
Raleigh, NC