English 1020 Scavenger Hunt

Mr. Collin Olson's English 1020 students might ask you for help with a tricky scavenger hunt assignment. It's not a new assignment, so some of you may have encountered it before, though I never had. A copy with answers is in the "assignments" folder in the tray at the reference desk.

How will you know you're looking at Mr. Olson's scavenger hunt and not something for another class? It's 36 questions and involves tasks like finding how many copies of a certain book exist in a foreign country (worldcat), or finding how a certain scholar describes a particular term (check infosearch for a book by that person, probably a reference book).

K. West

D2L troubles in the library

If a student asks for help with a D2L error, check what browser they are using. D2L doesn't like IE9, which is what we have in the library. Have them launch Firefox, and that may fix the problem.

Popular Reading

We discussed using the catalog to search the popular reading collection in a meeting several weeks ago. While you can't limit by a "popular reading" location to do a completely accurate search, two browsing options are:

• Search popular reading in infoSearch. Narrow by community tag (not all inclusive).



• Browse the RSS feed of new bestseller titles. This feed shows all the popular reading titles as they arrive.

Can't find it? Suggest a Resource

On the top of the 'Resources' page, you'll notice a link to 'Suggest a Resource'. You can use this form if you find that we don't have enough resources (or current resources), in a subject area. This will help to identify holes in the collection that may need to be addressed.
The 'Suggest a Book' form is still available for specific book suggestions.

Assignments at the Reference Desk

Just a reminder that there is a manila folder at the reference desk, in the 3-level filing tray by Ref1, titled "assignments." It contains copies of and answers for current and previous library-related assignments, "scavenger hunts," etc.

At the top of the folder now is an answer key to Amanda Moore's Legal Writing and Research assignment. Please don't give answers to students, but use the answer key as a guide to directing students to the next step.

ENGL 3030 Scavenger Hunt

FYI: Students in Dr. Bradley's ENGL 3030 class have apparently been asked to find the following article as part of a scavenger hunt:

Dawson, Hugh. "Recovering Rip Van Winkle: A Corrective Reading." ESQ. 40.3 (1994): 251-73.

We have this in print, but not online... or so it seems. The same piece is also available via Literature Resource Center as a reprint in 19th Century Literature Criticism, but it doesn't show up as an online option in Journal Locator because it's technically in a book.

Student Jobs in the Library

Here is some information about student jobs in the library that may help you answer questions.

Blank application is at http://library.mtsu.edu/administration/StdApp.pdf

Completed application with attached class schedule should be submitted to the Service Desk. Applications are purged at the end of each semester.


Academic Service Scholarship and work study students are placed first. It could take a few days to a couple of weeks into the semester before we reach into the pool for other applicants (we're still placing scholarship students right now).

University 1010K

Just a reminder about University 1010K (University Seminar). Regardless of the instructor, the class Web site, syllabus and assignments are at http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl (easily located by Googling MTSU study skills).

Students can't always clearly articulate their question, but you can interpret most questions by looking at the Web site, the syllabus, and/or assignment. The current assignment is a scavenger hunt about the Web site itself: http://frank.mtsu.edu/~studskl/scavweb.html

Yes, an idea more productive than writing this blog post would be for someone like the instruction librarian to coordinate with the course coordinator so the assignments are clear and effective, but our instruction librarian hasn't done so.

Kristen

LibData Information Types: Videos & Films / Digital Audio and Video

There were two very similar information types in LibData: 'Videos & Films' and 'Digital Audio and Video'.
I consolidated all streaming media collections in the 'Digital Audio and Video' information type.
Please let me know if you have any questions or any other suggestions.
~Mary Ellen