Finding the right book to read for fun or the articles to cite in your next paper might sound daunting sometimes. Libraries and librarians are there for you to help. Here’s a quick example how to use Subject Headings, such as “Dictators” in the title of this post, to find content in the collection of … Read More
With over 1,000 books, the Carr Library Recreational Reading Collection offers a wide variety of genres — something for virtually everyone to read. The collection features some of its own genres that can be found under “Subjects,” which might sound different from the general collection at Rutgers University Libraries. The filters in the left panel, however, … Read More
When the world wakes up to the news, the librarian ponders: What do we know about Ukraine? What do we have in our collection? Preferably in English? A lot? Not enough? Anywhere in between? An advanced search with QuickSearch, the Rutgers University Libraries search engine, on (Ukraine OR Ukrainian) as “Subject” narrowed down to books … Read More
The Recreational Reading Collection in the Carr Library has more than 1,000 titles written by over a hundred popular bestselling authors in a variety of genres. The list of results can be sorted by authors or titles, as well as filtered by authors shown in the example below. Once in the record, you may want to click … Read More
Librarians are often invited to provide instructional knowledge about citations. Since I just taught such a class for one of my favorite colleagues, a SEBS instructor and researcher who deeply cares about her students, I thought I’d share what a librarian can accomplish in about an hour. The next installment of the “Cite Right” series under … Read More
The Recreational Reading Collection is physically located in the Carr Library. More than 1,000 books are available for borrowing to current Rutgers affiliates. Rutgers NetID is required. But how do you find a book in the online catalog if you don’t want to drive over to check them out locally? You can browse the collection … Read More
Note: The perfect excuse to re-post* an excerpt from a previous book review of The Dispossessed by Szilárd Borbély is that his posthumously published novel Kafka fia (Kafka’s Son) has finally been published in Hungarian, the author’s native language, after its German version Kafkas Sohn. While the English translation is yet to come, we’d like … Read More
Interviews with Authors: Images of America – South River by Stephanie Bartz A picture tells a thousand words, as the saying goes. With its ambitious goal to preserve and present history, a book series called “Images of America” chronicles various periods in the history of American towns. These books are not only delightful to browse, … Read More
[Includes excerpts from communications of the RUL Electronic Resources Librarian] Good news for all of us scrambling before another semester that starts with remote learning as the only option: the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS) program was reinstated last week. What does it mean for you? In sum, it will make your life easier. If you … Read More
Looking for a good book to read? Aren’t we all? 2022 has barely started, working and learning off campus, which will soon bring stress back into our everyday lives. Did you know that New Brunswick Libraries have a special Recreational Reading Collection? Located in the Carr Library, the more than 1,000 books in the collection … Read More