Want to help us improve our service and get a free meal at the same time? Lamson Library & Learning Commons is looking for four hungry students. Here’s how it works: we’ll give you an “assignment”, but don’t worry, there’s no essay or exam. You simply search for materials (books, magazines, websites, etc) like we [...]
Lamson Library celebrates Benjamin Franklin’s 300th birthday with a display of books and other information about one of Boston’s most famous sons, located adjacent to the new book shelves. Also check out some of these celebration sites: The Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Benjamin Franklin: A Documentary History — J.A. Leo Lemay PBS’ Benjamin Franklin
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January 15, 2006 – 12:00 am
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Google Books provides limited previews of thousands of books: Books in the public domain are available in “full view” and free for download. For in-print books where permission has been granted, the number of viewable pages is limited to a “preview” set by a variety of access restrictions and security measures, some based on user-tracking.
[] When you want to know what material is available in the Library, the online catalog is the best place to start! it is available from the library website http://library.plymouth.edu, from any computer with access to the Internet. From within the PSU portal (myPlymouth) click on the Library tab. How do I find the online [...]
Presidential Election National Election Results(from CNN) Purple U.S. Map (Created and posted by Jeff Culver on BoingBoing.net) “I was thinking today about how the ‘red v. blue’ states graphic is really misleading considering the slim margins that the candidates won some of those states by, so I sat down and created the map that’s attached. [...]
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November 30, 2004 – 12:00 am
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In recognition of Banned Books Week 2007, Lamson Library is featuring a series of books that challenge our beliefs and test our commitment to free speech. David Irving has been called the most controversial historian in the 20th Century. While his books Hitler’s War and The War Path: Hitler’s Germany 1933-1939 demonstrated an extraordinary amount [...]
Check out some of the advanced searching options or visit the index labels options. Try these advanced techniques for more specific searches. ti= Exact title phrase Search e.g., ti=alice’s adventures in wonderland au: Author Search e.g., au:mark twain su: Subject Search kw: Keyword Search mt: Material Type Search e.g. mt:dvd nt: Notes Field Search e.g. [...]
Come check it outWe welcome you to Fall 2010! We’re glad you’re here! If this is your first semester, take some time to walk around the building and take a look at your “academic HUB.” Have a question about getting online? Ask the Info Desk. Question about an assignment? Ask a librarian. We are always [...]
The Library and Lamson Learning Commons has begun to offer displays of student art work. The first exhibit, located on both sides of The Commons Cafe, features the work of Rebecca McCormack ’07, a senior Art major. Rebecca describes her artwork entitled “162″ below. There are a million ways to paint. Some paintings are more [...]
The transformation of Lamson Library into Lamson Learning Commons has brought with it a passel of new computers. The group study rooms on the upper level have all been outfitted with new PCs with DVD players (some rooms also have VHS players), and this line of private study carrels in the lower level now sports [...]
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September 6, 2006 – 12:00 am
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Well, not the Army, per se Yes, I want U. Well, we want you. Lamson Library & Learning Commons is looking for students to volunteer and help us improve the Library’s website. On January 21, we’ll be asking some questions about our site and then we’ll give out food and drinks. Just tell us what [...]
The Lamson Library and Learning Commons welcomes you to experience, as part of the Library Print Series, W.D.’s Midnight Carnival, a collection of 10 poems by Pulitzer Prize winning poet W.D. Snodgrass and 10 vibrant etchings by artist DeLoss McGraw. The Noxious 25 ¢ Song, DeLoss McGraw, etching on paper copyright Brighton Press, 1988
Lamson Library and Learning Commons presents Art and Poetry, a 5th annual exhibition featuring the creative and collaborative efforts of PSU’s Student Exhibition Committee and PSU’s Student Organization, Poets and Writers.
JSTOR Arts and Sciences I Collection of online full-text material includes many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. This collection also includes a selection of titles in the more science-oriented fields of ecology, [...]
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June 15, 2005 – 12:00 am
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Some people have received an error message since we transitioned ILLiad to single sign-on with myPlymouth. The message states they have been “disavowed.” If you see this message, the solution is to clear your browser cookies. Below you’ll find instructions on removing cookies in the most common browsers. (Note: it is easiest to clear all [...]
