Public Library Card Sign-up Drop by the Library Atrium between 2-5 PM on April 16th and sign up for a local public library card to use for all of your entertainment needs. 

Baltimore County Public Library logo

Baltimore County Public Library (BCPL) lends DVDs, video games, graphic novels, popular books, e-books, Zinio (digital magazine service), and more. Cookies and giveaways during the event, too!
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This database presents comprehensive information and unique insights into modern genocide, focusing on the beginning of the 20th century to the present day. Includes images and videos, facts and figures, timelines, articles, and more.

Access to this trial requires a username and password. Visit the website for login information. 

Trial runs through April 30, 2013. Feedback on the usefulness of this product is appreciated. Please leave a comment to let us know what you think, or contact Drew Alfgren at alfgren@umbc.edu
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Participants will be given a campus card worth $20. Refreshments will be served.

These focus groups will consist of a small group discussion, led by a moderator. Your participation is greatly appreciated.

In order to participate, you must be currently registered for classes at UMBC and have experience using the Library. Current student employees at the UMBC Library are ineligible for participation.

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April 10 & 11, 2013
9 AM - 4 PM each day
Location: AOK Library, first floor behind the Reference room

Items sold include books, CDs, LPs and more! Prices generally range from $.25 to $5 with some individually priced items. We accept cash or checks - sorry, no credit cards. Proceeds will be used to purchase new library materials and equipment.

The book sale is open the the public. Contact 410-455-2341 for further information.
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The Graduate School at UMBC in partnership with the Career Services Center is sponsoring the annual "Career Paths for Graduate Students" networking dinner seminar on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 4:30 PM in UC 312.
 
 
Employers will be discussing expectations for hiring, and will share information about alternative careers. This seminar is for students at all levels, master's and doctoral, including those in their first year of graduate school. It's never too early to develop a network! Some of our UMBC alumni will be present at this event. This seminar utilizes a "speed dating" format to expose students to different sectors of government, industry, and academe.
 
This seminar is part of our "Pathways Through Graduate School and Into Careers" initiative, based on the 2012 report by the Council of Graduate Schools.  *All guest representatives have job openings available.*


Please RSVP here so that we can order enough food: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/16894
Dinner will be served. 
Time: 4:30 - 6:00 (program and dinner), 6:00 - 6:30 (additional networking)
This event is free!

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Access Engineering contains 320+ professional McGraw-Hill texts in 15 major areas of engineering including civil, electrical, and mechanical. Texts include: Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook, Marks’ Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain, as well as Schaum’s Outlines. You will find approximately 750 Interactive Tables and Graphs, 108 Videos (50 from Mark’s, 30 from Schaum’s, and 28 from Perry’s), and Curriculum Maps designed by the Editor in Chief of Perry’s and Mark’s.

For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu) and follow the link to the UMBC Library Homepage. Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the Library's homepage to return to this post and click on the "View Website" button to access the database. For more info on remote access, see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php .


The trial runs through April 27, 2013. Feedback on the usefulness of this database is appreciated. Leave us a comment to let us know what you think, or contact Drew Alfgren at alfgren@umbc.edu.

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Global Issues in Context ties together sources to present a rich analysis of issues - social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, cultural - and headlines in world hot spots. It provides information seekers with a framework to better understand 21st-century issues and events while highlighting global connections and the interdependence of all nations.

Global Issues in Context focuses on broad issues, such as war, genocide, terrorism, human rights, poverty, famine, globalization, world trade, nuclear proliferation, and global warming, as well as more specific events and topics in the news that are related to these broader issues. It also includes detailed information on nations to provide a foundation for cross-cultural studies and, International periodicals and news sources that bring additional insight and currency.

Sources and media formats include:
    • Overviews summarizing background information, historical context, and contemporary stances
    • Expert perspectives analyzing an issue or event through multiple aspects
    • Reference documents providing background information on all issues and nations
    • Full-text international magazines, academic journals, and news sources
    • Primary sources
    • Statistics, including interactive graphs, tables, and charts
    • Multimedia elements
    • Links to Web sites, including government sites and organizations
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context is the premier online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration. Opposing Viewpoints in Context helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more.

Features include:
    • More than 14,000 pro/con viewpoint essays
    • 5,000+ topic overviews
    • More than 300 primary source documents
    • 300 biographies of social activists and reformers
    • More than 775 court-case overviews
    • 5 million periodical articles
    • Nearly 6,000 statistical tables, charts and graphs
    • Nearly 70,000 images and a link to Google Image Search
    • Thousands of podcasts, including weekly presidential addresses and premier NPR programs
    • A national and state curriculum standards search, correlated to the content that allows educators to quickly identify material by grade and discipline


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Opposing Viewpoints in Context is the premier online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration. Opposing Viewpoints in Context helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more.

Features include:
    • More than 14,000 pro/con viewpoint essays
    • 5,000+ topic overviews
    • More than 300 primary source documents
    • 300 biographies of social activists and reformers
    • More than 775 court-case overviews
    • 5 million periodical articles
    • Nearly 6,000 statistical tables, charts and graphs
    • Nearly 70,000 images and a link to Google Image Search
    • Thousands of podcasts, including weekly presidential addresses and premier NPR programs
    • A national and state curriculum standards search, correlated to the content that allows educators to quickly identify material by grade and discipline

Global Issues in Context ties together sources to present a rich analysis of issues - social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, cultural - and headlines in world hot spots. It provides information seekers with a framework to better understand 21st-century issues and events while highlighting global connections and the interdependence of all nations.

Global Issues in Context focuses on broad issues, such as war, genocide, terrorism, human rights, poverty, famine, globalization, world trade, nuclear proliferation, and global warming, as well as more specific events and topics in the news that are related to these broader issues. It also includes detailed information on nations to provide a foundation for cross-cultural studies and, International periodicals and news sources that bring additional insight and currency.

Sources and media formats include:
    • Overviews summarizing background information, historical context, and contemporary stances
    • Expert perspectives analyzing an issue or event through multiple aspects
    • Reference documents providing background information on all issues and nations
    • Full-text international magazines, academic journals, and news sources
    • Primary sources
    • Statistics, including interactive graphs, tables, and charts
    • Multimedia elements
    • Links to Web sites, including government sites and organizations

Both trials run through April 6, 2013. Feedback on the usefulness of these databases is appreciated. Please contact Drew Alfgren at alfgren@umbc.edu, or leave us a comment to let us know what you think.
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March 27, 2013
12 - 1 PM
LIB 259

Need images for presentations, research and other projects?  The AOK library now provides access to the ARTstor Digital Library.  ARTstor provides access to over 1 million images in the arts, architecture, humanities and science.  These images are hi-resolution images that may be downloaded and used for classroom and research purposes.  

Join us for a 1 hour workshop that will introduce some basic and not-so-basic tips for making the most of this exciting new resource.
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