Summer Projects

July 1, 2009

Please excuse our appearance this summer, we have several ongoing projects on the collections that require us to have some material not where you might normally find it. If you can not find something or if you have a question please ask one of the staff.

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Trial Database

June 8, 2009

EBSCOhost is providing complementary access to Research Starters – Sociology until June 2010.
Research Starters are study and research guides designed specifically for advanced high school students, college students and selected graduate students. They consist of comprehensive, yet concise topic summary articles of about 3,000 words in length written by researchers, scholars and other subject matter [...]

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Bangor Public Library Book Sale

May 4, 2009

Bangor Public Library will be having a book sale this weekend for those interested.

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More Open Access Journals

May 1, 2009

Directory of Open Access Journals – recently added titles
Advances in Hematology
Advances in Mathematical Physics
Asian Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Asian Journal of Crop Science
Asian Journal of Mathematics & Statistics
Asian Journal of Scientific Research
British Journal of Medical Practitioners
Current Research in Bacteriology
International Journal of Analytical Chemistry
International Journal of Biomaterials
International Journal of Chemical Engineering
International Journal of Pediatrics
International Journal of Zoology
Journal [...]

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Next to Nothing is Everything

April 28, 2009

Prints and Drawings from the private collectin of Bruce Brown, UMPI 2009 Honorary Degree Recipient, will be on view in the Reed Fine Art Gallery April 27 through May 23, 2009. A reception with Bruce Brown, will be held Friday, May 15, 2009 from 4-6pm.
Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday 9am-4pm

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Local libraries using Twitter

April 28, 2009

If you use Twitter several of the local libraries have Twitter accounts that you may find interesting to follow.  Northern Maine Community College is NMCCLibrary on Twitter; Turner Memorial Library is PresqueIsleLib; one of the reference librarians at the University of Maine is using Twitter at jfernz; and the UMPI library is represented by gmalbc.  [...]

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World Book and Copyright Day – April 23

April 23, 2009

By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright.
23 April: a symbolic date for world literature for on this date and in the same year of 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. It is also the date of [...]

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NMCC Library RSS Feed added

April 16, 2009

We’ve added the RSS feed of the NMCC Library to our growing list of news sites. Check it out on the right side of the screen.

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Flickr: The Commons

April 16, 2009

The key goals of The Commons on Flickr are to firstly show you hidden treasures in the world’s public photography archives, and secondly to show how your input and knowledge can help make these collections even richer.
http://www.flickr.com/commons

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UMaine Twitter added to site

April 13, 2009

We’ve added the Twitter feed for Fogler Library at the University of Maine to our RSS feeds. Check it out on the right side of the screen.

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