New Books Shelf

Have you visited the new books shelf on the first floor of the library lately? If not, you may want to stop by, as this ever-changing collection of the newest items purchased by Albertsons Library always offers a mix of interesting and compelling titles.

Here are just a few of the titles you can find there now:

• The Comanche Empire, by Pekka Hämäläine
  
  
• Happiness: a revolution in economics, by Bruno S. Frey
  
  
• Emotion-regulating Play Therapy with ADHD Children, by Enrico Gnaulati
  
  
• Book Crush: for kids and teens: recommended reading for every mood, moment, and interest by Nancy Pearl
  
  
• Fort Stanwix National Monument: Reconstructing the Past and Partnering for the Future, by Joan M. Zenzen
  
  
• Caribou and Conoco: Rethinking Environmental Politics in Alaska’s ANWR and Beyond, by Robert J. McMonagle

You can see our steady stream of new purchases by visiting the catalog and clicking on the "New Books" tab:

Blackwell Synergy Merges with Wiley InterScience

On June 30th, 2008 one of our database vendors, Blackwell Synergy, will merge with new provider Wiley InterScience.

Wiley will close Blackwell Synergy at the end of business (Pacific Standard Time) on Friday June 27th and anticipates that the migration will be completed by Monday June 30th. Over the weekend of June 28th and 29th, there will be a period when both Blackwell Synergy and Wiley InterScience will be unavailable while they transition and re-index data.

After June 30th, Blackwell Synergy will no longer be available. Details about the actual downtime period will be posted on each site prior to June 27th, and you can find other essential information and FAQs about the change in service here:
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/aboutus/wiley-blackwell/transition.html

Some important things to remember:

• No new Wiley-Blackwell content will be published online from June 21st until July 7th. After July 7th, publication schedules will resume as usual.
• Links to journals on Blackwell Synergy will automatically redirect to Wiley InterScience.
• Subscriptions for Blackwell journals on Synergy will migrate to Wiley InterScience, with the terms of all existing licenses honored
• IP authentication will continue to function seamlessly.