WorldCat Ports

I am having trouble accessing WorldCat once again this afternoon due to the "All Ports Full" issue. If you think of it, would you all mind sending me an email when this happens to you as well? I would like to keep a log of "lock outs" to send to SCELC. I am still working on getting WorldCat added to our training account as well. At least we have some access with Open WorldCat...

Brubacher Assignment

You may be seeing some of Elaine Brubacher's students in (I think) BIOL 133 with the annual assignment in which they must find a (reputable) web site, a primary source, and a secondary source. They most often have questions about the secondary source. Reference books are OK! If the topic is appropriate, I just hand them Mosby's Medical Dictionary (Ref Desk R 121 .M89), which has the added advantage of some really gross pictures. ;}

Son of Business 126

For your reference, there is a link on the library website to Susan's handout, "Recommended Resources for Business 126."

WorldCat Ports

I don't know if anyone else has experienced this but I have been locked out of WorldCat on three separate occassions, receiving the error message "Ports Full: Your library's authorized maximum number of users are currently searching WorldCat. Please try again in a few minutes or try another database." I emailed our OCLC rep as it was my understanding we had unlimited search access through our SCELC subscription. Apparently SCELC has opted to go for the purchase of 50 ports to be shared by all SCELC subscribers so if fifty people from any one place are searching WorldCat at the same time, we will be locked out of the database. This, of course, could be allievated by SCELC subscribing to unlimited access at a 5-6% cost increase... At any rate, I anticipate this could be a problem during our instruction sessions. I will see if I can get WorldCat added to our training account for instructional purposes.

ProQuest Lock Out

This morning ProQuest presented us with an error message, "The ProQuest account you entered is locked due to too many failed logon attempts." In talking with ProQuest Technical Support, it appears that the problem is a result of our recent password change. ProQuest's policy to lock our entire account when too many incorrect passwords are entered. After twenty incorrect password entries, the database locks everyone out-- regardless if they are entering through our proxy server or using the old username/password system. I have fixed the problem for now but anticipate that it will occur again until current students and faculty realize they should be entering ProQuest through the proxy server and former students realize they no longer have access. I will continue to monitor ProQuest but suggest you might want to check it before each instruction session. If I am not around (particularly Wednesday mornings), ProQuest technical support can be reached at 1-800-889-3358. It is a relatively quick fix. Hopefully this system will be changed in the ProQuest-CSA merger? It seems silly to continually punish us for not violating our license agreements!

BUS 126 Assignments

Hello All,

Here are the essay assignments and topics for Bus 126. The library instruction sessions are coming up next week -- Sept. 10 - 14. There are 5 sessions so be prepared for lots of questions. In each session I will offer to meet with the students on their topics so feel free to send them over to me.

Business 126 Assignments


Osborn Topics


Andress Topics

Lexis-Nexis: It's Worse Than We Thought

Running search samples for next week's BI, I discovered that Lexis-Nexis is now defaulting to a search that produces primarily NEWSLETTER sources, not NEWSPAPER sources. It does this in the Easy Search under both General and News tabs. In order to specify that I wanted actual newspapers, I had to go into Power Search and use the dropdown menu. Grrr...

New Databases!

New databases added to the virtual collection include the Bibliography of Asian Studies Online, HAPI, and the JSTOR Music Collection. ComDis Dome and AnthroSource will be coming soon as well. Happy database exploring!