Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Finding sources for humanities papers

Many of you are writing humanities papers this spring. Understanding Library of Congress subject headings will help you locate better source material.  Subject headings are what libraries use to catalog their materials. High schools tend to use the Dewey Decimal system; academic libraries use Library of Congress. Zip through this little booklet in 3 minutes for a quick tour.  If you have additional questions, please ask them.  Email your house librarian or libraryATcaltech.edu  Or stop by any library and speak to a librarian.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Free access to Oxford's African American Studies Center

In honor of Black History month, Oxford University Press will provide free access to its African American Studies Center, for the month of February.  To Access Oxford’s African American Studies Center please visit www.oxfordaasc.com.  username: blackhistorymonth  password: onlineaccess

Monday, February 3, 2014

Extraordinary announcement from Johnson & Johnson

From an op-ed in today's New York Times: 

LAST week, Johnson & Johnson announced that it was making all of its clinical trial data available to scientists around the world. Read more.

Monday, January 6, 2014

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Sidney Buchbinder wins $100 Amazon gift card





George Porter, engineering librarian, congratulates Sidney Buchbinder



Sidney Buchbinder, a junior from Lloyd House, won a $100 Amazon gift card this morning.  The Caltech Library sponsored a drawing for the gift certificate in an effort to publicize its house librarians.  To enter the drawing, undergraduates simply had to introduce themselves (in person) to their house librarian.  Learn more about house librarians here.  Congratulations, Sidney!

Friday, September 27, 2013

WELCOME!

We hope you had a terrific summer and are ready to start a new school year.

A few items about the library that we want to make sure you know about:

  •         This year, both  Millikan Library and Dabney Library will be open 8am- 11pm, weekdays, 9am-11pm weekends.  Additional library hours are here.
  •         Introduce yourself to your house librarian, and you’ll be entered into a drawing to win a $100 Amazon gift certificate.
  •         All course textbooks are  on reserve  in the library.
  •         The Caltech Library is participating in a national survey, run by University of North Carolina at Greensboro, of how library websites meet the needs of library users.  Please consider taking a 15 minute survey to help us learn what works and doesn’t on our website: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/caltechlibrarypatronsurvey
  •         There is a new computer classroom on the 3rd floor of the SFL called Lab326.
  •         This library webpage is just for undergraduates.
  •         You can borrow Kindles, iPads, laptops, Nooks, and cameras from the Sherman Fairchild Library.
  •         The library offers free, 1-hour workshops on a host of topics.