Search EBSCOhost journal databases from your mobile phone!

Milligan College Library patrons with Internet-capable smartphones (e.g., iPhone, BlackBerry, Palm) and wireless handheld devices (e.g., iPod touch) can now search our EBSCOhost online journal databases on the go!
Point your device web browser to http://m.ebscohost.com/. This will take you to EBSCO’s service selection page for Milligan College. (The following screenshots were taken from an Apple [...]

APA and MLA Workshops

Mary Jackson, Reference and Instruction Librarian, will be offering several citation workshops in the next few weeks.

ABCs of APA citation style

An overview of how to do citations according to the APA style. You are welcome to bring your lunch to this workshop.

Monday, September 14           11:45-12:15
Tuesday, September 22           12:00-12:30
Sunday, September 27             7:30-8:00 [...]

New and recently added electronic resources

The Library is very excited to announce the addition of several new and recently added electronic resources to support research for Milligan College students and faculty.

ACM Digital Library is a premier resource of citations, full text journals, conference proceedings, transactions and newletters covering all aspects of computing hardware and software, research, and the computer and [...]

Meet our new Librarian Assistant!

Please join us in welcoming Jack Weinbender, our new Librarian Assistant, who began work with us on June 15th.
Jack is a first-year student at Emmanuel School of Religion.  He recently graduated from Johnson Bible College in Knoxville with a B.A. in Biblical Studies and a minor in Audio & Radio Production.  Following his junior year [...]

What we did on your summer vacation, Part 1

“So, what do you, like, DO at the library all summer?” is one the most frequent questions students and faculty ask library staff as one school year ends and another begins.  I mean, it’s only reasonable to expect that library staff  play Scrabulous and Minesweeper in an empty library all summer while kindergartener-sized tumbleweeds roll [...]

What I didn’t learn in library school

There are lots of things I didn’t learn in library school, but as we approach the end of another school year, I’d like to focus on one.
But first I need to give some history.  When I decided to go to library school, it was not because I had great librarian role models.  I had the [...]

Scheduled Server Maintenance Thursday, Feb. 5th from 7-9 PM

The library’s proxy server will undergo scheduled maintenance Thursday, February 5th from 7:00-9:00 PM.  During this time, users will not be able to use the online catalog, databases, electronic reference, or e-books.
Library staff will update the library’s Twitter feed when service has been restored.  If you need assistance while the system is unavailable, please stop [...]

Finish the semester strong!

The Library can help you survive these last few weeks before break with nary a scratch. Need help with papers or projects? Library staff members are on hand from 5-10 pm Monday-Thursday and 7-10 pm Sunday to help you with all your research needs (and the library stays open until midnight those nights, too). Staring [...]

New Look to JSTOR

JSTOR has unveiled a sleek new look on April 7, 2008! Most veteran JSTOR users will find that the basic and advance search screens retain many of the old features, while adding a few new twists.
Highlights of the new features:

In Advanced Searching, searchers can now specify that search terms be within a certain [...]

I didn’t know we had THAT in the Milligan Library…

As Milligan’s resident reference librarian, I am aware of some really great resources. Some of these are located physically in the library, some are available online through a subscription, and some are free out on the Internet. I hope to have occasional posts highlighting interesting resources that are often overlooked by students and [...]