The Tri-College Film Library, which has served MSUM, Concordia, and NDSU for over 30 years, will close December 15, 2009 as a result of a budgetary decision by the Tri-College Commissioners, approved by the TCU Board in Spring, 2009.

Film Library materials–in both DVD and VHS formats–are being distributed among the three institutions based upon usage. Most titles will be included in the institutions’ online catalogs and available for circulation by January 20, 2010.

NDSU faculty can continue to make use of the NDSU Libraries’ interlibrary loan service to request films not available at NDSU. Please contact your subject librarian to discuss the possible purchase of films of sufficient interest not held by NDSU or the Tri-College.

Should you anticipate needing a film over semester break, please contact your subject librarian prior to December 15th.

The Germans from Russia Heritage Collection has released the November edition of its monthly column, In Touch with Prairie Living.

Organizers of the Dakota Memories Oral History Project, in cooperation with Prairie Public Broadcasting, will air a new radio program titled “German-Russian War Memories.” The program will air on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Central Standard Time on Prairie Public Radio and features stories about military service, cultural exchanges and domestic policies from narrators of the Dakota Memories Oral History Project. Many narrators share stories about World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam Conflict and the War on Terror. Andrea Mott, public historian and 2009 interviewer, has added scholarly insight into this ethnic group’s experiences during wartime in America and abroad. The NDSU Libraries’ Germans from Russia Heritage Collection and Prairie Public provide major funding for the program. For additional Information on the program please see the following site: http://library.ndsu.edu/grhc/articles/releases/articles/war.html

Planning for H1N1 Flu – Critical Steps You Need to Take to Prepare, an audio CD by Thompson Publishing Group, is available for checkout through the Circulation Reserves System. Ask for it at the main library’s circulation desk.

EBSCO recently changed the address of its z39.50 server. If you are using EndNote to search any EBSCO database, you need to use zgw.ebscohost.com as the server. Please note: The NDSU Libraries do not provide technical support for EndNote. If you are experiencing issues with EndNote or EndNote connection files, please visit EndNote’s technical support page:

http://www.endnote.com/support/

On September 14, 2009, significant new SciFinder enhancements will be available via your web browser. These enhancements include new search, analytical, and collaboration tools to help synthetic chemists and other scientists save time, increase productivity, and streamline their research process.

Some of the new features include:

• Get similar reactions
• Limit reaction searches by select solvents
• Sort reaction answer sets (e.g., by number of steps, percentage yield, publication year, or similarity)
• Export physical property data to Microsoft® Excel®
• Tag references with helpful descriptive user-defined terms
• Add comments to references for sharing information and insights with colleagues
• Link to other SciFinder users within your research site to share both research comments and tagged references

Some features you know from the client version:

• Variable number of answers per page
• Variable number of columns per page – structure scale
• Customizable abstract display
• Combine Keep Me Posted results
• Next/Previous detail

New content enhancements include:

• View 13C-NMR Predicted Spectra for 25 million substances

In addition, several performance and usability improvements have been included in the enhancement. Training and support resources are available at www.cas.org.

The NDSU Libraries recently implemented the Interlibrary Loan Request feature available in the First Search (World Cat) databases. Requesting items is simple. When you locate a bibliographic record you’d like to request, click on the ILL icon near the top. Fill in the required (*) fields, enter your EMPL ID in the ‘Patron ID’ field, and submit the form. By clicking on the ‘My Account’ button you can even create a profile to use in these databases which will fill in the required fields so you don’t have to each time you make a request.

For more information or help in using this feature please contact the Interlibrary Loan Department by calling 231-8885.

The Libraries’ microfilm and microfiche collection has been relocated. It has moved from the Main Library to the Annex and the Institute for Regional Studies. The Fargo Forum, Bismarck Tribune, Grand Forks Herald, USAIN, and some other North Dakota titles on microfilm are now located at the Institute for Regional Studies. The Annex has all the other microform holdings.

NDSU Faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduates can make appointments to visit the Annex by calling 293-6564. Annex hours are 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. The Annex is located at 3601 7th Ave. N.

As a pilot program, the Annex is now offering free e-mail delivery of articles (from microforms and paper journals) to Faculty, Staff, Graduate and Undergraduate students to their NDSU e-mail. You can still opt to receive physical journal or book materials and choose the library where you would like to pick it up. It does take a little longer for items to be delivered to the branch libraries. You can also request to have microfilm or microfiche delivered to the Main Library, and a microform machine is now available in the reference area.

NDSU Faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduates can make appointments to visit the Annex by calling 293-6564. Annex hours are 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. The Annex is located at 3601 7th Ave. N.

As public concern about Pandemic H1N1 and the upcoming flu season continues to grow, the medical and nursing editors from EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) respond by offering the latest evidence-based flu-related information available for free.

This free flu information resource is located atwww.ebscohost.com/flu and will provide continually updated, evidence-based clinical information from DynaMed, Nursing Reference Center and Patient Education Reference Center.