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The Lamont News-List lamontnews-list@fas
February 18 , 2004 http://hcl.harvard.edu/lamont
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IN THIS ISSUE:
-- Power Searching Tip
no. 5: InterLibrary Loan: the answer to what Harvard Libraries
don't (yet) own
-- Cool Tools on Lamont Library Shelves
"Very Short Introductions:" a series of books you'll be glad to
know about
-- Learn the Ins and Outs of Data Resources at Harvard
1 hour workshops that Gov, Ec, Social Studies and Sociology
concentrators should consider
-- MorseLs: Little Bits About our Morse Music & Media Collection
Here's how to find sheet music in the Level 2 stacks
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POWER SEARCHING
Tip no. 5: When Harvard Libraries don't have it, try InterLibrary Loan
It doesn't happen often at Harvard, but there's always the chance you'll
have the experience sometime in your undergraduate career. You come
across a book or article that looks perfect for your research--that may
even be essential to it. You're elated at your good fortune. You click
the "Find it @ Harvard" button or click into the HOLLIS catalog . . .
only to discover that the unthinkable has happened. Not one of the
Harvard Libraries owns the item that you need.
If you find yourself in this predicament, your answer is a service called
INTERLIBRARY LOAN (ILL). Through arrangements that Harvard has made with
libraries across the country (and even throughout the world), we can
usually borrow the material for you to use (unless special restrictions
apply). As if that weren't enough, ILL is provided to you completely
free of charge.
Widener Library takes care of processing all ILL requests for faculty,
staff and students of FAS. To initiate the process, you fill out the
online form you'll find here: https://illiad.hcl.harvard.edu/. The first
time you use the ILL service, you'll have to set up a personal login and
password, but that's an easy thing to do. And you'll know what to do from
there.
The key to using InterLibrary Loan effectively is your ability to plan
ahead and to start your research early, so you'll have some time to spare.
ILL materials can take as long as two weeks to get here and if they're
coming from overseas, you could have a longer wait time. You'll be
automatically notified by email or phone (whichever way you prefer) when
the item or items you've requested arrive.
ILL is also a good option for getting Countway Medical Library materials,
by the way, and when you're busy, it's a great alternative to that long M2
Longwood shuttle ride!
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COOL TOOLS ON THE LAMONT LIBRARY SHELVES
A (not so) short introduction to a series called "Very Short
Introductions"
_Very Short Introductions_ are a series of books, published by Oxford
University Press, that we've been adding to our collection as fast as we
can. The series is enormously popular with Harvard students and many of
the Very Short Introductions have made their way onto course reading
lists (and Lamont's Reserves shelves).
They're not all *that* short, of course; most titles average about 162
pages. Written by experts, _Very Short Introductions_ tackle central
problems and issues in over 100 key subjects. The range of things covered
is wide (and impressive), so whether you're into pre-Socratic
philosophy or particle physics, Heidegger or hieroglyphs, modern Ireland
or Roman Britain, you'll nearly always find a title suited to your
interest.
Don't think "very short" is the equivalent to "dumbed down," however.
VSIs distill challenging topics and present them in readable but
intellectually satisfying form. Jon Lanham, our Chief Collections Officer
here in Lamont, tells us that there's "nothing better as a series" than
these_ Very Short Introductions_. "Almost universally, the volume nails
the subject."
So what might you use _Very Short Introductions_ for?
** You're taking a course here at Harvard that covers a particular topic,
individual, or movement and you'd like to get an overview of that subject.
** You're a freshman thinking of concentrating in one of the (many)
academic fields covered by VSIs. You'd like to know a little more about
what people in this field do, what they care about, and how they look at
the world.
** You're a senior boning up for oral examinations and want to refresh
your memory of certain theories, thinkers, and the like.
** You like learning new things--or learning "enough" about them to feel
well-informed.
** You're just looking for something good to read.
How do you find _Very Short Introductions_? In HOLLIS, you have two
options:
** You can do a TITLE KEYWORDS search for: "very short introduction"
(just like that--include the quotation marks).
** You can a SERIES KEYWORDS search for: "very short introductions" (just
like that--note the pluralized form).
You can see all of the titles in the _Very Short Introductions_ series,
including ones that are coming out this year and those that are planned
for future, at the Oxford site: http://www.oup.co.uk/general/vsi/titles/ .
We'll be adding them all to Lamont's collection just as soon as they're
published!
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LEARN TO USE DATA SOURCES AT HARVARD THIS TERM
These one-hour workshops are perfect for Gov, Economics, and Sociology
Concentrators
The Harvard-MIT Data Center is sponsoring a series of workshops throughout
the Spring term. Taught by Meghan Dolan, a Data Reference Librarian from
Littauer Library, these courses cover everything from quick look-up
sources to micro-level datasets. Different workshops, with different
emphases, are given for students working in Government, Economics, and
Sociology.
You can view handouts from past workshops, see a list of workshop
offerings, and sign up for one or more of them by going here:
http://www.hmdc.harvard.edu/jsp/topic.jsp?id=36&bct=dData%2BServices.s7.t36
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MorseLs: LITTLE BITS ABOUT MORSE MUSIC & MEDIA
Tips for finding sheet music in the Level 2 stacks
Looking for sheet music--for your favorite Ray Charles song, a Broadway
musical, a Count Basie classic or a Beatles tune? You won't often find
individual song titles listed in the HOLLIS catalog, but don't take that
to mean that they're not available.
In fact, Morse Music & Media, on Level 2 in Lamont, has lots of
anthologies of printed music and popular song lyrics. These run the
gamut, from medieval folk melodies to union songs of the 1930s and
protest songs of the 1960s. Heavy metal, easy listening, instrumental
music, and even a collection of television show theme songs can be found
on the Morse shelves, too.
Popular music anthologies are grouped together in Morse Music and Media,
and we encourage you to drop by to peruse the collection. General
anthologies begin with the Dewey decimal call number 788.2. American
popular music begins with the call number 788.83.
You can also browse a list of song anthologies via the HOLLIS catalog.
Choose the browse by "Dewey Decimal" option from the main screen and type
in (for example) 788.2.
What should you do when you're not sure where the printed music for a
particular song might be anthologized? Stay tuned. We'll tell you next
time!
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