Library will be closed on Veterans Day Wednesday, November 11, 2009.

The library will be open from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm on Saturday, November 7.

Visit our New Books page for a list of the newest books added to our main collection.

For a list of the most recent additions to the Media Collection, please see the New DVDs and Videos page.

Visit our New Reference Books page for a list of the newest books added to our Reference collection.

For a list of the most recent additions to the Leisure Reading collection, please see the New Leisure Books page.

The NTRL (National Technical Reports Library) has added over 8,000 digitized copies of Toxic Substances Control Act Test Submission (TSCATS) reports. These reports are unpublished, non-confidential studies covering chemical testing results and adverse effects of chemicals on health and ecological systems.

To get to this database, log in to ERNIE, scroll down to the Admin Services section, and click on Library Databases.

DTIC (Defense Technical Information Center) Online provides access to publicly accessible information sources, including report citations and many full-text technical reports. It serves the Department of Defense community as the largest central resource for DoD and government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information available today. The scope of DTIC's scientific and technical (S&T) collection covers defense research, including biological and medical science, environmental pollution and control, and behavioral and social science. The collection also contains DoD directives and instructions, budget information, conference and symposia proceedings, and patents and patent applications.

The NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) offers full-text access to NASA-created and funded materials, including NACA documents, images, journal articles, photos, meeting papers, patents, and technical videos. This database includes approximately 500,000 aerospace-related citations, 90,000 full-text online documents, and 111,000 images and videos.

The Videos and DVDs by Subject and Videos and DVDs, A-Z pages have been updated with our newest acquisitions. As always, you can also search the Catalog for videorecordings by title or subject.

The Periodicals Listed By Subject page has been updated with our newest acquisitions.

You may also use the alphabetical Periodical Holdings List, which contains valuable additional information such as which databases index each journal, or you may use the Catalog to search for a specific journal title or subject.

The new study rooms on the first, second, and third floors are now open! They are extremely popular, so make sure that you have a study room when you need it by signing up in advance on the paper attached to the door. You can sign up several days in advance, and you can sign up for two hours per day.

For more information, see the Library Construction Blog.

Next time you are in the library, check out our September displays on National Library Card Sign-Up Month and National 'Update Your Resume' Month. Later this month we'll have a new display for Banned Books Week.