SC Williams Library featured in Jersey Journal

Stevens alum Alexander Calder was featured in a recent Jersey Journal article on American masters with local roots. The article includes a slideshow of Calder's art, some of which is on display at the library. Read the full article...>>

It's not too late to submit feedback about the library!

Missed our focus groups but have comments, complaints or suggestions to share with the library? We still want to hear from you: http://bit.ly/u64FYG

Win a bookstore gift card!

The library is giving away 25 $10 gift cards to the campus bookstore (just in time for holiday shopping!) Just try out our search bookmarklet and complete our quick 6 question survey @ http://www.stevens.edu/library/research/surveypage.html

Soft Matter

The library now provides access to the journal Soft Matter. Soft Matter focuses on the interface between physics, biology, chemical engineering, materials science and chemistry, and should be of particular interest to physicists, biophysicists, bioengineers, biological scientists, biochemists, chemical engineers, materials scientists, surface scientists, physical, organic and theoretical chemists.

S.C. Williams Library 2011 Annual Report

This year, the library decided to publish our annual report as an infographic. We thought the current trend of representing data graphically would help highlight our astounding growth over the past several years. You can pick up a print version at the front desk of the library, or view/download the report here.

Free IoP Webinar

The Institute of Physics is sponsoring a free online talk on "The Forgotten Contributions of Medieval Physicists," on Thursday, Oct. 20th at 1pm EST.

Graduate Student Research Conference 2011

The Graduate Student Research Conference 2011 (GSRC-2011) is a conference organized and presented by the graduate students in the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering & Science at Stevens Institute of Technology.

E-book survey + chance to win and iPad

Students: take the ebrary e-book survey, and get entered to win an iPad. The survey is about your use of e-books, and it takes less than 20 minutes (though most questions are optional, so you can make it as quick as you like!)

JSTOR releases free early journal content

JSTOR announced last week that they would be releasing all their pre-1923 journals for free. This includes almost half a million articles from over 200 journals. The content is being released gradually, starting this week, and will be accessible alongside our three current JSTOR collections (Arts and Sciences I & II + Math and Statistics) via http://ezproxy.stevens.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org. You can also browse the list of newly available content by discipline or by title.

Database Access Issues

We are experiencing some server issues, causing some of our databases to load slowly, or be temporarily unavailable. If you are having problems accessing any of our online resources, please report it @ http://www.stevens.edu/helpdesk

Fall workshops @ the library

Thursday, September 15, 1-2 p.m. – Serious social networking

Learn about online tools you can use to craft a professional presence and network on the web, while protecting your reputation and privacy.



Thursday, September 29, 1-2 p.m. – Searching the deep web

The deep web, also known as the invisible web, consists of content that you won't find through general internet searching. Search engines have difficulty indexing certain kinds of web pages (i.e., PDFs and dynamically-created pages), but there are tools to help you find this "hidden" information. This workshop will introduce you to searchable databases and explain why some pages are "invisible" to search engines.



Thursday, October 13, 1-2 p.m. – Using LaTeX for your dissertation or thesis

The library provides a LaTeX template that contains all of the formatting required for doing your dissertation or thesis. We will be holding a workshop to go over how to use the template and the different ways to create a bibliography using BibTeX for your paper.



Thursday, October 27, 1-2 p.m. – Using RefWorks to manage references

RefWorks helps you organize and manage your references as you work on a paper or project.  Learn how to move references directly from the databases to your own RefWorks account, cite your sources easily, create bibliographies, and insert references into your research paper as you write it.



Thursday, November 10, 1-2 p.m. – Analyzing your citations using Scopus & Google analytics

Citation searching and bibliometrics can help you determine how much impact an author has in a field and which journals are the best in a field.  This workshop is important for students, researchers, and faculty thinking about publishing, writing a thesis or dissertation, or applying for promotion or tenure.



Thursday, December 1, 1-2 p.m. – Investment and company research

The library’s access to business & industry databases can help you with your job searching, personal investing, and course work.  We’ll discuss Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage, Value Line, Lexis-Nexis Academic, Datamonitor Reports, Plunkett Research, and Gartner Research.

Need a little relaxation?

The Cortiva Institute-Hoboken Campus is offering a reduced rate for 1-hour massages ($25) for Steven's Institute students, faculty and staff at their Student Massage Clinic-Massage Therapy Center.

Moodle resources for faculty

As of Summer II, Stevens will be replacing the WebCT course management system with Moodle. The library has a plethora of e-books on working with Moodle (and distance education in general.) You can access these e-books through our catalog via http://bit.ly/moodlebooks.

Keep track of your citations on Google Scholar

Google has launched Google Scholar Citations, an easy way to keep track of your citations from one web page.

New Library Q&A Tool

The library has a new question and answer system called Ask the Library. This tool allows you to contact us via the online form, instant message, text message (just text your question to 201-399-2792) or even Twitter (via @scwLibrary)!

Haitian art exhibit at Hoboken Public Library

The Hoboken Public Library will be hosting a special gallery exhibit featuring photographs and original Haitian artwork provided by Community Development International, which is a non-profit working on sustainable development projects in Haiti, as well as local green community projects in NYC.

Spring workshops!

The library is offering an extensive workshop schedule this spring, covering every topic from term paper research, to using LaTeX to prepare your thesis, to online networking, to GRE test prep...

Dissertation submission goes green!

Doctoral candidates will now submit their finalized dissertation electronically through the ETD Administrator.

Welcome, New President Nariman Farvardin

Dr. Nariman Farvardin was appointed the seventh president of Stevens Institute of Technology in January 2011. He joins Stevens from the

Spring semester library hours

Welcome back and best wishes for a successful and happy Spring 2011 semester!

Here are the library hours for the Spring semester:

Monday through Thursday- 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 a.m.
Friday - 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Saturday - 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Sunday - 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

The library will be open 24 hours during the final exam period.

For more library hours information and for the holiday schedule, please go to the library website.