New(s) @ Axe

Open Access Journals from the Royal Society of Chemistry

2010-07-02T13:30:00.002-05:00

Axe Library is now providing access to open access journals from the Royal Society of Chemistry with access up to about 2 years ago for most titles. The journals are all indexed by databases such as Compendex, SciFinder, and Academic Search Premier. To access the full text of the journals, go to the library’s website at http://axe.pittstate.edu/ and click on the “Journals” tab in the center of

Women’s History Month

2010-03-05T13:03:00.011-06:00

March is National Women’s History Month. Axe Library is celebrating Women’s History Month by creating a display about Amelia Earhart and the influence she has had on aviation and on women. Amelia Earhart was born July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. During an attempt to fly around the world, she disappeared in the Pacific Ocean somewhere near Howland Island. She set many flight records, wrote a

Axe Welcomes New Dean

2010-02-05T10:45:00.001-06:00

The Axe Library would like to welcome the new Dean of Library Services, Dr. David P. Bunnell. Dr. Bunnell had been the Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Research for Griffin Technical College in Georgia. Dr. Bunnell has numerous publications to his credit in sources such College and Undergraduate Libraries and Academic Exchange Quarterly, in addition to several presentations at

Tax Time!

2010-02-04T09:28:00.001-06:00

This year there is a strong emphasis at the state and federal levels for e-filing. Some paper IRS forms are available on the third floor. No photo copied forms should be used, as this will slow down the processing of forms and delay refunds. The official forms have dropout ink and can be processed by machine. There are no state forms this year. The State of Kansas will mail these out on request,

Axe Library Holiday Schedule

2009-12-03T16:12:00.000-06:00

Even though Pittsburg State University offices will be closed the week between Christmas and New Year’s, Axe Library will be open Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of that week, December 28-30.During the semester break, Axe Library will be open Monday – Friday from 8 am until 4:30 pm except for December 24, 25, 31 and January 1. Most services will be available. Come in and catch up on your reading

"Axe" Library's 30th Anniversary to be Celebrated

2009-11-06T15:35:00.003-06:00

On November 18, Axe Library will celebrate its 30th anniversary. Although Pittsburg State University has had a library since its birth in 1903 as the Manual Training Normal School, it did not have a building until Porter Library opened in 1927. (Porter Hall now houses the Art Department.) In 1979, the library moved into the present building which was named after Leonard Henry Axe, our college

Nursing Journal Changes Title

2009-11-03T16:14:00.003-06:00

The popular nursing journal, RN, has changed title to Healthcare Traveler beginning with the October 2009 issue. The journal is indexed, and full text is available, in CINAHL Plus with Full Text database, as well as Proquest Nursing and Allied Health Source and Academic Onefile among others.As always if you are doing a search in one database and want to find out if the library has a given

Axe Library Proudly Announces Its 26th Annual Faculty Author Reception

2009-10-23T11:21:00.003-05:00

This reception, which Axe Library has held since 1984, is designed to honor the faculty members who have published books, chapters in books, journal articles and other publications during the previous year. This year, the Library will hold its reception on November 5, 2009 from 3PM to 4:30PM. Refreshments will be served and the books, journal articles and chapters will be on display. There

Axe Library Welcomes Alumni

2009-10-21T11:15:00.000-05:00

Welcome to PSU Alumni, especially this year’s featured group, PSU Marching Band Alumni. Axe Library is the University’s third library, opening in 1979. The first library was in Russ Hall (1903-1927). The first library building, Porter Library, was completed in 1927 and housed the library until 1979. The historical displays in Special Collections cover the history of southeastern Kansas and the

Axe Adds New Academic Database

2009-10-21T10:09:00.002-05:00

Oxford University Press handbooks in the areas of Business and Management, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion are now available on-line through Axe Library. More than 65 titles containing scholarly reviews of various specific areas can be accessed. The Oxford Handbooks Online may be found by going to our "Databases by Title" page - the link is on our home page. Try it out.

Students Asked – AXE Responded!

2009-10-06T14:04:00.000-05:00

Last Wednesday evening, 9/20/2009, the reference desk was inundated with request for the ‘Methods of Research Manual’. This manual was developed for a particular class and very few copies remained available.Recognizing the student interested, the staff at AXE quickly moved to put the manual in its entirety online. The manual is available from the following path:AXE Library Homepage > KTC

Three from Osage Street

2009-09-16T15:49:00.005-05:00

Three poets from Girard, Kansas look back to their childhoods, bringing them to life in a volume about growing up in 1950s Southeast KansasOn October 1st we are very proud to present a reading by three poets who grew up on Osage St. in Girard, KS. After high school, they moved away and traveled the United States - and sometimes the world - pursuing very successful careers in museum management,

Online Database Tutorials in YouTube

2009-09-16T13:59:00.002-05:00

Axe Library is proud to announce the creation of two online tutorials to be used by students, faculty, staff, and the general public in order to learn more about databases. Links to them may also be included in email, Angel, and syllabi, among other locations.The tutorials were created by Waudenna Agee and Barbara Pope using a combination of Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, Windows Moviemaker, and a

12th Annual DeGruson Lecture features the music of Carson Robison

2009-09-14T13:08:00.006-05:00

Mr. John Kendrick, Lecturer, Musician, Scholar and Recent Graduate of PSU With a Masters in Communication; and Mr. Alva McNeely, Talented Singer and Player of the Fiddle, Mandolin and Guitar, Will Teach Us about the Amazing Career of Carson Robinson.One of the favorite topics of research in our Special Collections Department has always been the life and music of Carson Robison, a very talented

New Online Journals in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics

2009-07-16T10:00:00.003-05:00

Axe Library is continually striving to expand its offerings in online journals to support the research and information needs of the Pittsburg State University community. The Library is now providing online access to Annual Review of Biochemistry published by Annual Reviews, a nonprofit organization which helps scientists by providing comprehensive scientific information on a variety of fields.

Now Available: American History in Video

2009-04-13T09:25:00.002-05:00

History buffs, scholars, students or anyone interested in American history and life now have available over 1200 videos available covering the 16th century to the 20th century. This new collection, added to the Axe databases in March, will grow to 5000 titles in a few years.American History in Video includes public affairs videos from CBS’ Longlines Chronoscope, documentaries from A&E Television

Friends of Axe Library Wins Internationalization Grant

2009-03-25T16:59:00.007-05:00

The International Academic Affairs Committee has awarded an internationalization grant to the Friends of the Leonard H. Axe Library. The purpose of the grant is to purchase films in French, Spanish and other languages to support instruction as well as to provide opportunities to study international films and the cultural differences (and surprising similarities) exhibited in them.The film list

Press Release: Go Local Kansas

2009-02-26T13:47:00.007-06:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact:Amy RitterskampDykes LibraryThe University of Kansas Medical CenterPhone: (913) 588-7168Fax: (913) 588-8675aritterskamp@kumc.eduNew website makes it easier to find health care services in your neighborhood: Go Local KansasKansas City, Kansas - A new web site makes finding health care services faster and simpler for Kansans.Go Local Kansas (www.golocalkansas.org)

IM comes to the Reference Desk at Axe Library

2009-02-23T09:08:00.001-06:00

This semester the Axe librarians are experimenting with a new way to talk to their users: instant messaging via an embedded chat widget on the Library's homepage and help pages.People with questions about how to find a book, an article, or any information, can contact librarians in real time from right where they are at their computers. The person does not need to have an IM account or any

New Economics Journals For 2009

2009-01-30T15:12:00.001-06:00

Axe Library has for several years subscribed to the Journal of Economic Literature and American Economic Review, both published by the American Economic Association. Axe Library strives to subscribe to journals and magazines which support the curriculum and research needs at Pittsburg State University. Beginning immediately, the Library will be providing electronic access to all of the

Axe Digital Provides Online Access to Two Major Collections

2009-01-21T09:12:00.006-06:00

Axe Library is digitizing many of its leading photograph and manuscript collections to form the Axe Library Digital Collections. At present there are two collections available for public view. The Ira Clemens Photograph Album is a collection of over 250 photographs and postcards compiled by Ira Clemens in 1923 to document mining communities and towns in Crawford and Cherokee Counties in

John Edgar Tidwell presents the “Gordon Parks’ Learning Tree Experience”

2009-01-14T10:12:00.014-06:00

“Gordon Parks’ Learning Tree Experience”To be presented by:John Edgar Tidwell, PhDProfessor of English, KUThursday, February 19, 2009, 4PMCrimson & Gold Ballroom, Overman Student Center, PSU_____________________________Dr. John Edgar Tidwell, who has been a professor at the University of Kansas since 1993 specializing in African American authors, will deliver his lecture “Gordon Parks’ Learning

Axe Library now offers Document Delivery

2009-01-09T09:14:00.005-06:00

The Axe Library will now offer a Document Delivery service to the PSU community using the Interlibrary Loan "ILLiad" system. This system will allow patrons to request journal articles owned by the Axe Library in paper or microform formats, and have them delivered to their desktop online. Here is a copy of the Axe Document Delivery FAQ: What Is Document Delivery?The ILLiad Document Delivery

Reference USA Webinar

2008-11-13T17:13:00.003-06:00

Date: Tuesday, Nov. 18thTime: 3:00 p.m. Location: Axe Library Computer ClassroomDo you need to verify names and addresses? Do you ever have a need for a customized list of names and addresses for a community or a zip code area? Do need to find what services/products are available in a community, state, or zip code?This coming Tuesday, Axe Library is hosting a webinar to highlight the use of

New JSTOR Arts & Sciences Databases

2008-10-24T14:04:00.002-05:00

JSTOR was founded in 1995 for the purpose of providing “trusted digital archives for scholarship.” Axe Library has had the JSTOR Arts & Sciences I database for several years now. The Library has recently acquired two more JSTOR databases, JSTOR Arts & Sciences II and III, for use by students and faculty. JSTOR Arts & Sciences II contains 124 titles, covering subjects such as history, economics,

L. Frank Baum: Royal Historian of Oz

2008-10-22T08:54:00.003-05:00

October 30, 2008, 7:00 p.m. Crimson and Gold Ballroom of the Overman Student Center“L. Frank Baum, Royal Historian of Oz” to be presented by Fred Krebs, professor of English, Johnson County Community College.L. Frank Baum, one of America’s premier writers of children’s literature, was a native of New York State, Dakota Territory (later, South Dakota), Chicago, IL and, his most loved, California.

PubMed and Article Linker

2008-10-08T12:25:00.006-05:00

The PubMed database is a fabulous open access resource for locating research and review articles in the areas of medicine, pharmacy, life sciences, and related areas back to the 1950s. For those of you who search the PubMed database on a regular basis, it is a somewhat difficult and laborious process because you must then search the database and find a citation to an article. Then, you must

New Online Encyclopedia on Environment Issues Added

2008-10-08T11:48:00.003-05:00

The Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, a 5 volume set, has been added to the growing number of electronic reference sources in Axe Library. This set is unique in its emphasis on the intersection of environment and society. While explaining topics in a science point of view, the authors relate the issues to resulting society problems and challenges. In addition to searching by topic, the

11th annual Gene DeGruson Memorial Lecture

2008-08-29T09:45:00.001-05:00

October 9, 2008 will mark the 11th annual Gene DeGruson Memorial Lecture. And to commemorate this occasion, we have invited Mr. Shelby Horn, attorney and one of Gene DeGruson's best friends and closest collaborators to present a talk about Gene’s much loved pet project The Little Balkans Review. This literary, historical and cultural journal from Pittsburg State University was edited by Gene,

Library sees interior, exterior improvements

2008-08-19T12:21:00.008-05:00

By KEVIN FLAHERTYThe Morning SunPITTSBURG — As Pittsburg State University students begin to move back for the year, they’ll be treated to a renovated Leonard H. Axe Library, both on the inside and the outside of the building.Paul Stewart, PSU facilities planning director, said the exterior improvements were needed to keep water, and carbon off the library’s finish.“We’ve done a lot of

New Interlibrary Loan system launches in August.

2008-08-04T16:16:00.001-05:00

Continuing the Axe Library’s goal to improve Library services, the Axe Interlibrary Loan Department will institute a major change this month. Beginning August 12th, a new Interlibrary Loan system known as ILLiad will be put into place. ILLiad, or “InterLibrary Loan Internet accessible database”, allows Axe patrons to monitor their Interlibrary Loan requests, ask for renewals, and pick up

Friends of Axe Continues to Enhance DVD Collection

2008-05-15T13:57:00.007-05:00

Friends of the Leonard H. Axe Library, at its last Board Meeting, continued to pursue its ambition of enhancement of the DVD collection of Axe Library. All films check out for three weeks with three renewals. Here is the latest list of classic films which the Friends hope that University and community patrons will enjoy:Abstract Art 1999- Artists such as Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian,

"Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography" Now Online

2008-05-09T09:50:00.004-05:00

The Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography is an excellent scholarly work, known for its accuracy and reliability. The Dictionary provides the history of science through the lives of scientists from antiquity to modern times. Scientists from all areas are included, particularly mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and earth sciences. The biographies are extensive (1-5 or more pages)

Grove Art Online—redesigned and now part of Oxford Art Online

2008-04-30T14:16:00.002-05:00

Grove Art’s new look includes better searching capability to find images and image links from a search box on the opening page, or from a link at the top of the page. Find the more than 5,000 images in Grove Art as well as links to the 40,000 links from partner sites such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), Art Images for College Teaching (AICT), and the Artists

Waudenna Agee Joins the Axe Reference Dept.

2008-04-29T13:32:00.005-05:00

On April 7, 2008, the Axe Reference Department was very pleased to welcome Ms. Waudenna Agee, resident of Mindenmines, MO and instructor of Speech Communication at Crowder College, to its staff. The very energetic Ms. Agee will be taking the place of Mr. Bill Pfannenstiel as liaison to the Kansas Technology Center Library as well as Reference and Instruction Librarian at Axe Library.Ms. Agee has

Grove Music Online now Oxford Music Online

2008-04-18T08:37:00.004-05:00

Grove Music Online - new look, better searching and, now, part of a new music gateway, Oxford Music Online. Grove Music Online is now the major source of a new online music gateway: Oxford Music Online. Oxford Music Online will be the access point for Grove Music as well as new and forthcoming Oxford music titles. Currently The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music can

Multilingual Matters

2008-04-03T09:53:00.004-05:00

Multilingual Matters is an independent publishing house in the United Kingdom and publishes a collection of twelve peer-reviewed journals. The collection concentrates on multilingual education, teaching English to speakers of other languages, and language and inter cultural communication. Most are indexed in ERIC and other databases. You may access the Multilingual Matters Journals through the

Third Annual "Children's Book Festival"

2008-03-21T09:02:00.004-05:00

Friends of the Leonard H. Axe Library is pleased to announce its Third Annual Children’s Book Festival, due to take place from 11:30 AM to 4 PM on Saturday, April 12, 2008 in the East Lobby of the Weede Gymnasium. Since 1988, the Friends has purchased furniture, equipment, films and books, sponsored numerous lectures and an art exhibition and published a guidebook about the history of the campus

Magill's Medical Guide

2008-03-19T14:12:00.002-05:00

MAGILL’S MEDICAL GUIDE Published by Salem Press, 2008This excellent source is a boon for health professionals, students and any user with a health/medical question. Available online and in print, it includes more than 1,000 signed articles, with the major articles having 3,000-5,000 words. Illustrations and photographs enhance the text, such as the “Major Bones of the Human Skeleton” or “

Friends of Axe Purchase Science DVDs for the Axe Film Collection

2008-02-20T14:04:00.007-06:00

Friends of Axe has appropriated funds to purchase films on physics, science and astronomy for the Axe Film collection. The films on physics are from the Films Media Group (Also known as Films for the Humanities and Sciences) and the ones on astronomy and science are from WGBH.Physics ~Albert Einstein and the Theory of Everything -Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku and experts from Cambridge, MIT,

Making of America Journals

2008-02-05T09:06:00.000-06:00

Axe Library is now providing access to the Making of America journal collection, a collaborative open access effort between Cornell University and University of Michigan. The Cornell University's Making of America website notes that the collection is a "digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction."The Making of America journal

American Chemical Society Legacy Archives

2008-01-30T09:34:00.000-06:00

Leonard H. Axe Library is now providing access to the American Chemical Society Legacy Archives. The database provides access to articles published by the American Chemical Society from 1879 to 1995. The American Chemical Society website notes that this database is "essential" and that 4 out of 10 citations in 2005 were to articles in the Legacy Archives.The content in the Legacy Archives

Article authors’ works on display at the 2007 Faculty Authors Reception

2007-11-07T17:01:00.000-06:00

Since 1995, the Faculty Authors Reception has recognized and honored the authors of articles, book chapters, published papers and creative works. A display in the Axe Library browsing area features the first pages of the article or creative work. In addition a Bibliography is created to be a permanent record of faculty scholarly achievements.This year 47 PSU article authors are represented from

Twenty-Fourth Annual Faculty Author Reception

2007-11-01T11:31:00.000-05:00

The 2007 Faculty Author Reception will be held Thursday, November 8 at 3 p.m. in the Axe Library browsing area on the first floor. The Reception is presented by Axe Library and the Friends of Axe Library. The 2007 book authors, with their works on display, will be honored at the Reception. In addition to the book authors, the works of over forty authors of articles and other creative works

"Emanuel Haldeman-Julius: The Paper Giant"

2007-09-19T12:22:00.000-05:00

On October 9, 2007, the Friends of the Leonard H. Axe Library will host the tenth annual Gene DeGruson Memorial Lecture. Dr. Sharon Neet, professor of History at the University of Minnesota-Crookston, and a colleague and friend of Gene DeGruson, will be the keynote speaker. At 7:00 p.m. in Axe Library Dr. Neet will speak on the topic of Emanuel Haldeman-Julius, the controversial editor and

Friends Table at the Community Bazaar

2007-09-13T13:10:00.000-05:00

From Thursday, September 27th to Saturday, September 29th, Friends of Axe Library will have a table at the Community Bazaar at Meadowbrook Mall. Besides memberships, the Friends will sell leftover books from the Children’s Book Festival, donated paperbacks and our new edition of A Closer Look, a history of the PSU campus written by Ms. Shannon Phillips and Mr. Randy Roberts, curator of Special

A New Journal in ACS Publications Database

2007-08-28T15:21:00.000-05:00

A new journal, titled ACS Nano, is now available in the ACS Publications database. An email from the American Chemical Society notes that:"ACS Nano is a new international forum for the communication of comprehensive article on nanoscience and nanotechnology research at the interfaces of chemistry, biology, materials science, physics, and engineering." In addition to research articles, ACS Nano

Microsoft Looks Good... on the Surface...

2007-07-13T09:37:00.000-05:00

It seems as though Microsoft is helping us leave our mice behind, just as we've left the 3 1/2 disk and even the zip disk behind lately. A new product called "Surface" is their latest innovation. Basically a large table-like wireless monitor/interface that combines the functions of a monitor and touch pad in one.This is pretty much a Vista computer inside of a table. Using 5 internal cameras,

NCBI Bookshelf

2007-07-09T11:53:00.000-05:00

Axe Library is now providing access to freely accessible e-books available on the NCBI Bookshelf. As of July 3rd, the growing collection contains more than 70 books on subjects such as neurochemistry, hematology, cancer, cardiology, biology, endocrinology, genetics, and microbiology, among other topics. To search for the books, you may access the library’s catalog on the library’s website at

Texas Tech Mixes New Tech with Old Texas

2007-06-07T09:29:00.000-05:00

The Digital Projects Unit of the North Texas University Libraries has found a great way to promote their digital collections. The Portal to Texas History delivers a vast amount of scanned historical documents covering the history and development of Texas using Young Scholars' Pages, a Researchers' Portal, and Portal Services for Educators. Well, most of us Yankees know about the Alamo, The Texas

Kansas Library Database Workshop

2007-06-06T16:42:00.001-05:00

On June 14th, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Robert Lindsey will lead a workshop sponsored by the Southeast Kansas Library System. This professional development workshop is designed to inform SEK library employees in how much information is available to them through databases accessed with a Kansas State Library Card. The four databases that will be covered are:InfoTrac with nearly 6,000

Axe Library Toolbar is Available

2007-05-21T15:15:00.000-05:00

The Axe Library now has a browser toolbar available for download. You may already be using a Google or Yahoo toolbar in your browser, and this one is very similar.Not only are you able to search the Axe web site and online catalog, but you may search Google, Google Scholar, Technorati, and others. Links to our online databases and Research Guides make it easy to get to information on your

Celebrating the Centennial of the Founder of the Modern Environmental Movement

2007-05-11T11:16:00.000-05:00

This month, in honor of Rachel Carson, marine biologist, ecologist, bestselling writer of popular science and author of Silent Spring, one of the most influential books of the 20th century, the Library will be putting up a display of her works in the 2nd floor along with a collection of books and documents on pesticides and their damaging effects on the environment.Rachel Carson May 27, 1907 –

Display Cases, May – Jamestown

2007-05-11T10:28:00.000-05:00

Most of us learned about Jamestown in school. We learned the mythological story of Captain John Smith and the teenaged Native American princess Pocahontas who supposedly threw herself over John’s body to keep her father from killing him. We also learned that the colony, despite being planted in an area abundant with plant and animal life, was a death trap for the unfortunate colonists who moved

Academic OneFile added to Database Pages

2007-05-10T14:47:00.000-05:00

The Library has just added Academic OneFile to it's ever growing list of online databases. Academic OneFile contains 8,000 journals, some reference books (in medicine, science, and biography for example), the New York Times, etc., for a total of 10,000 sources in all disciplines.You may limit search results to peer reviewed journals or to full text items. Citations may be generated in MLA and

Chemical Information: SIS

2007-05-09T14:33:00.000-05:00

Chemical Information : SIS (Specialized Information Services) is a division of the National Library of Medicine and contains links to many free resources on chemistry, including ChemIDplus, TOXLINE, HSDB, DART, GENETOX, IRIS, ITER, LactMed, TOXMAP, and many others. ChemIDplus alone contains more than 379,000 chemical records with 257,000 having the chemical structures displayed in the record.

Gale Virtual Reference Library

2007-05-09T09:59:00.000-05:00

The Gale Virtual Reference Library is one of the new services provided by the Axe Library. This virtual reference set covers a wide variety of subjects: Poets, novelists, drama, small business, medicine, economics, popular culture, biology. It includes encyclopedias on cancer, genetic disorders, medicine, and alternative medicine.More sources will be added over time. The following titles are

A New Universe to Explore

2007-05-08T16:52:00.000-05:00

The Library has recently added a new reference service called ReferenceUniverse. This new tool allows you to search back-of-the-book indexes of 10,000 reference works going back to 1985. About 85 percent of the titles are printed reference works, not available for federated (collective) searching any other way. Many of the titles are located in the Axe Library collection.ReferenceUniverse

WorldCat Identities Beta

2007-04-09T13:57:00.000-05:00

WorldCat Identities Beta is one of the many projects being rattled around in OCLC Research Works, basically an "OCLC Labs" type project.WorldCat Identities is a way to find out which books by or about an author, artist, composer, etc., are the most popularly held in libraries. The opening page lists the top 100 'names' in libraries. Each link goes to a page on Shakespeare, Beethoven, Mozart,

Display Cases, April and May

2007-04-06T09:39:00.000-05:00

Partly to commemorate the European discovery of Brazil by Pedro Alvares Cabral on April 22, 2007 and partly because Brazil was a key (and problematic) stop on George W. Bush’s March visit to our restive neighbors in South America, our first floor lobby display is entitled Brazil, Economic Powerhouse. Brazil, one of the more prosperous countries in South America, enjoys a trade surplus due to

And...For those Folks Planning a Trip this Summer

2007-04-06T09:29:00.000-05:00

The Reference Department has been busy this Spring (with the diligent assistance of the Government Documents Department, whose assistants have eagerly helped us every step of the way) writing to tourist boards, chambers of commerce and other organizations who assist travelers. We have asked them to send us maps, brochures, guidebooks or other publications. They have obliged us by providing

What’s Friends of Axe Been Up to Lately? (Or...More News Is Good News)

2007-04-04T16:45:00.000-05:00

Well, as you all know by now, we are all very busy working to improve the collection and services of Axe Library. Here is just a brief list.1. Children’s Book Festival, March 31st, 2007 – The Friends earned quite a lot of funds at our book festival last month. We hope to invest it in our 10th annual DeGruson Memorial Lecture (see below) as well as our new edition of A Closer Look.2.

Second Annual Children’s Book Festival

2007-03-23T15:23:00.000-05:00

Here is a brief reminder that Friends of the Leonard H. Axe Library will hold its Second Annual Children's Book Festival, from 11:30 AM to 4 PM on Saturday, March 31st , 2007 in the East Lobby of the Weede Gymnasium. It will be held in conjunction with the annual Young Authors' Conference. Authors from all over the United States, Australia and England have donated representative samples of

Family & Consumer Science Research Guide Available

2007-03-23T13:42:00.000-05:00

We've recently activated a new Research Guide... this one in Family and Consumer Sciences. These guides feature Axe resources such as selected Reference titles, our online catalog, relevant databases, and "Serials Solutions" for links to our periodical holdings. In addition, there are links to Associations and Societies in the FCS field, general web sites, and when available, hand-picked web

Axe Library Consortium Growing-Adding Thirteen New Members

2007-03-09T17:07:00.000-06:00

For many years Axe Library has been a part of a local library consortium that included the school district libraries, Pittsburg Public Library and Fort Scott Community Library. This has allowed users at any of these sites to be able to search the holdings of any of the member libraries.With the advent of a new library system, Horizon 8.0, the consortium has attracted other Southeast Kansas

Friends of Axe Library Receives Award from Friends of Kansas Libraries.

2007-03-09T09:17:00.000-06:00

Friends of Axe Library will receive an award from Friends of Kansas Libraries (FOKL) as the outstanding Friends Group in a Kansas Community of from 5,001 to 10,000 patrons. The award will be given out on Wednesday, April 11, at the Trustee-Friends Library Celebration Luncheon at the 2007 Tri-Conference in Topeka KS ( held every year by the Kansas Library Association, Kansas Association of

Axe Library Consortium Growing-Adding Thirteen New Members

2007-03-07T16:05:00.000-06:00

For many years Axe Library has been a part of a local library consortium that included the school district libraries, Pittsburg Public Library and Fort Scott Community College Library. This has allowed users at any of these sites to be able to search the holdings of any of the member libraries.With the advent of a new library system, Horizon 8.0, the consortium has attracted other Southeast

Jefferson Highway Association, Crawford County Division, Records, 1915-2005

2007-02-23T10:43:00.000-06:00

A new series of records have recently been added in Special Collections. The Jefferson Highway Association, Crawford County Division, Records, 1915-2005 contains items such as correspondence, minutes, maps, newspaper clippings and other related items to the Jefferson Highway, basically a precursor to Highways 69 and 71.Here's the official description from the Special Collections page:The

You Don't Have to Come to the Library to Crack Your Favorite Dictionary or Encyclopedia Anymore

2007-02-23T09:17:00.000-06:00

On February 4, 2007, in blog in the New York Times, former talk show host-turned-newspaper-columnist, Dick Cavett, castigated our President for his "goofy inability" to pronounce the word "nuclear", scolding our Leader with the words: "What is so hard? A school kid botching it Bush's way - "nuke-you-lur" - would have to stand in the corner. Fortunately, an oval office has no corners." Very funny

Library Display Cases: A Way to Keep Abreast of College and National Events

2007-02-20T08:46:00.000-06:00

Do you take an interest in national and international events? Would reading books, newspapers and magazines about them give you an idea for a report or speech.? Is it between terms and you find yourself with time on your hands to read? Then have a look at our library display cases. (First Floor Lobby and 2nd Floor Stacks.) If an event of interest comes up in the news or on campus, we gather

Tax Forms Available in Documents Department

2007-01-25T14:53:00.000-06:00

We have some federal personal income tax forms available in the Axe Library Government Documents department on the third floor. These forms are also available on the IRS website.We have Kansas income tax booklets and reproducible forms. These forms are also available on the Kansas Department of Revenue website.We have selected forms from the State of Missouri. Other forms are available on the

Opposing Viewpoints Database Now Available

2007-01-24T13:35:00.000-06:00

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is now available on the Library's database pages. Over 500 book titles discuss the pros and cons of current issues. In addition a library of magazine, newspapers, statistical sources, court cases, biographies, and primary documents help round out the "viewpoints." The "Resource Center" concept pulls a variety of sources into one seamless search for the

Exciting Year Planned by Friends of Axe

2007-01-17T16:40:00.000-06:00

Friends is planning such a busy and action packed year that for a full round up you will just have to read our Spring, 2007 edition of A Chat Between Friends. However, since we know that our readers are typical 21st century academics and are always on the go, we are giving you a quick peak on the pages of our blog. Here goes:Fundraisers:Children's Book Festival: To take place on Saturday, March

Something's Bugging Us ! !

2006-12-29T08:51:00.000-06:00

... and we just haven't been able to put our finger on it. Especially, since it's on top of the Axe Library. It's KOAM-TV's latest addition to their local WeatherNet system of web cams, and part of the InstaCam weather system by WeatherBug.Now you can get a look around and see an almost up to the minute view (there is about a 30 minute delay) of the campus weather conditions.For a quick peek,

Google experiments with "searchmash"

2006-12-22T09:17:00.000-06:00

For some time now, Google has been trying out their latest version of a new search interface called "searchmash". They are not branding it yet (nor adding Gooooooooogle adds [yet] ), but you can find them on the "Terms of Service" page if you look really hard.You may still use the same search methods; plus signs, quotes, parentheses, tildes, etc. to pinpoint your search. It's all in the

Opposing Viewpoints Available until Dec. 31st

2006-12-01T16:49:00.001-06:00

Most of our students love the series Opposing Viewpoints. They are those conveniently sized, shiny books located mostly on reserve and occasionally in circulation which grab hold of immensely polarizing issues in the U.S. or abroad, such as Abortion, Domestic Violence, Education, Gangs, Juvenile Crime, the Patriot Act and many, many others and assemble several essays, pro and con, written by

PsycARTICLES now available

2006-12-01T16:44:00.000-06:00

Axe Library, continuing the expansion of its online collection, has added a new database. PsycARTICLES fills a gap in our journal collection for psychology, psychiatry and education, providing full text access to 58 journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group. The

Research Library

2006-11-30T16:01:00.000-06:00

New this fall is Research Library, a one-stop source for most academic topics. Research Library includes nearly 4,000 magazines and journals. Most are full text. In addition to a core set of titles, the database covers 15 subsets including arts, business, children, education, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social science and women's

Twenty-Third Faculty Author Reception

2006-11-06T12:17:00.000-06:00

PSU authors will be honored at a reception at Axe Library on Thursday, November 9th at 3pm in the Library Browsing Area.The reception, sponsored by Axe Library and the Friends of Axe Library, recognizes scholarly and creative works published during the past year. This year authors publishing books include Suzanne Arruda, Maeve Cummings, Donald Baack, and Mihail Ionescu. Suzanne Arruda is being

Western Writer Don Coldsmith Arrives to Present 9th Annual Gene DeGruson Memorial Lecture

2006-10-11T09:31:00.000-05:00

Don and Edna Coldsmith, posing for a photo theevening of October 3, 2006, just before returning to Emporia.__________Don Coldsmith, writer, lecturer, historian and journalist arrived on the evening of October 3rd, 2006 to deliver his "Circle of History" address to a packed audience in the Special Collections Department. About 70 listeners filled an overflowing room in the basement of Axe

Friends of Axe Library to Hold a Table at the Community Bazaar at Meadowbrook Mall

2006-09-20T11:19:00.000-05:00

Friends of Axe will have a table at the Community Bazaar at Meadowbrook Mall from September 28 to the 30th, 2006. Besides memberships, the Friends will sell leftover books from the Children’s Book Festival,the Silent Auctions and donated paperbacks and hardbacks. Proceeds will support the Friends’ ongoing activities such as the proposed piece of statuary for the library patio, the library film

"This Just In..."

2006-09-13T16:33:00.000-05:00

The Axe Library, in conjunction with University Communications, has purchased the 2006 edition of the Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Public Law. This is the number one style and usage guide used by newspapers and news related magazines in the United States.The Stylebook is available in both HTML and PDF formats and covers topics such as:SpellingGrammarPunctuationAbbreviations and

Friends Receives Gift from Goldberg Family Foundation of Overland Park, KS

2006-09-13T16:23:00.000-05:00

Due to the generosity of the Goldberg Family Foundation, Friends of Axe has been able to purchase several educational DVDs for the library’s film collection. The titles are:Comedies of William Shakespeare (As You Like It; Taming of the Shrew; The Tempest; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Merchant of Venice)Tragedies of William Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet; Macbeth; Julius Ceasar; Othello)

Viewswire Database Training

2006-09-08T14:36:00.000-05:00

Gary Weise of the Economist Intelligence Unit will be here next Friday (September 15, 2006) to do a training session on the Viewswire database. The session will begin at 1:30 in the Computer Classroom on the main floor of the Axe Library. Interested teaching faculty are invited to join us. Gary will also be available to answer specific questions about the databases after the

Dr. Don Coldsmith to Speak at DeGruson Lecture

2006-08-29T11:30:00.000-05:00

Dr. Don Coldsmith, Physician, Novelist and Historian, to Speak at the 9th Annual Gene DeGruson Memorial LectureDon Coldsmith, prolific novelist and writer of the “Spanish Bit Saga”, historian, professional physician (retired), tireless

Axe Recovering After Grueling Renovations

2006-08-22T15:27:00.000-05:00

After making room during the Dog Days of August for carpenters and paperhangers who denuded the Circulation and Browsing Areas to put up new and beautiful wall coverings and carpeting, the entrance to the Library looks a little sane again.Here is the Browsing Area on the first day of school (August 21st), still a little bare and untidy, but recovering slowly. More good news - the “Axe Grind”

News Briefs from Friends of Axe Library

2006-08-22T09:25:00.000-05:00

The following are news briefs from Friends of Axe Library. For completedescriptions see the Fall 2006 ed. Of A Chat Between Friends, available onthe Axe Library web site after Labor Day.Fall 2006 Meeting – Will take place on Thursday, August 23, 2006 in theconference room on the 1st floor of Axe Library at 3 PM.DeGruson Memorial Lecture – Will take place on October 3, 2006 at 7PM inthe Special

Axe Adds Oxford Reference Online

2006-08-21T17:36:00.000-05:00

Most of us probably know and appreciate the famous publisher of reference for the College and University market, the Oxford University Press. Oxford is famous for its huge collection of encyclopedias and dictionaries which cover the sciences (biology, mathematics, chemistry), social sciences (law, politics, geography), technology (computers, astronomy) the fine arts (literature, visual arts,

Axe Library Adds New Services to It's Film Collection

2006-08-21T11:50:00.000-05:00

The Axe Library, which in recent years has been adding titles to its buddingfilm collection, has added new services to assist patrons in finding whatthey want.Browsing Shelf Since for security reasons the films are held behindthe circulation desk, the library staff has created a "browsing shelf"right next to the "New Reference Books" shelf on the first floor of thelibrary. The covers have a

Interior Upgrades Scheduled for Axe Library

2006-07-17T14:15:00.000-05:00

A number of interior improvements are scheduled to begin inside of the Library, starting on July 31st. The estimated time to completion is two weeks. New carpeting and wall coverings are to be installed during that time and the main Browsing Area will not be available. The Circulation desk will be in operation and reserve materials will generally be available on request.Newspapers -- The

Axe Library shifts into OverDrive !!

2006-07-14T12:24:00.000-05:00

The Library is pleased to announce it's participation in a new audio book and music service called OverDrive, a collaborative project currently made up of 56 Kansas libraries and sponsored by the State Library of Kansas.Using Gus identification (Kansas residents have access to the service using their Kansas Library Card), you may set up an account in OverDrive and check out items from a

Say Hello to EDGAR

2006-07-14T10:44:00.000-05:00

A new link has been added to our online database pages. EDGAR, the Electronic Data-Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, is one of the latest. EDGAR provides SEC filings for almost 10,000 publicly traded companies, financial data, management policy, products produced, corporate history, and current and future prospects of publicly traded companies.The primary purpose of EDGAR is to "

New Special Collections Page

2006-07-12T11:38:00.000-05:00

A new Special Collections page has been added for the Midlands Magazine, a locally-produced, daily, thirty minute news and feature program produced and aired by KRPS Radio, a National Public Radio affiliate station located at Pittsburg State University, from 1988 to 1990. The recordings contain news broadcasts, weather, business reports, and interviews pertaining to regional activities and

Welcome

2006-07-11T10:48:00.000-05:00

Welcome to Axe Library, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas.