What I Wished I Knew… (Advice from Liz Roepke, Peer Research Advisor)

peer_galFirst off, welcome to the University of Puget Sound! We’re glad to have you. I hope you had an awesome orientation and a great first week of class. You might be feeling a bit overwhelmed, homesick, nervous – all normal! Hopefully, you’re excited, too. Now I’m sure you’ve gotten a lot of advice in the past few weeks, days, and probably even hours. But here’s some more: six ways to boost your success in your first semester of college. You might have heard some of these points before, but that probably means that it’s good advice!

 

  • If you’re reading this, you’re already on the right track! Reading your emails is one of the best ways to stay up to date with your professors and learn about campus events (sign up for clubs you’re interested in during LogJam or on the ASUPS website – they’ll keep you informed!) If you’re reading the library’s blog, Collins Unbound, – even better! Actively engaging in campus happenings will help you feel more connected and you’ll get the full Puget Sound experience.
  • Use a planner. ASUPS hands them out for free so there’s really no excuse for not having one. Some of you are probably thinking “I can totally keep track of my assignments in my head; I don’t want to waste all that time writing everything down.” BUT eventually you will forget about something – maybe it will be a meeting you scheduled with your professor three weeks ago, or a homework reading assignment your professor just added that isn’t posted on Moodle. Part of being successful in college and as an adult is being organized and punctual, so start practicing now!
  • Read your class syllabi! I know your professor probably already went through some of it in class with you, but looking through it again and writing down important dates (quizzes, exams, paper due dates) in your planner will really help you out later this semester.
  • Go to your professors’ office hours, even if it’s just to introduce yourself. In the end, your professors are the best academic resource you have. Build a good relationship with them now so you feel more comfortable asking for help later in the semester.
  • Learn about some of the schools resources: the library, CES (Career and Employment Services), CHWS (Counseling, Health and Wellness Services), and the CWLT (Center for Writing, Learning, and Teaching). Learning what these resources have to offer before you need them will greatly reduce stress later on.
  • Last but not least: get off campus! Go hike a trail at Mt. Rainier while the weather is still nice, walk down to the farmer’s market on Proctor this Saturday, go study at one of the many coffee shops nearby, or join Habitat for Humanity and help them build a house. Washington has so much to offer, and I promise you won’t regret exploring it.

Remember: there are so many people on campus who want to help you achieve all your hopes and dreams – let us!

Liz Roepke ’15 is a geology major and the library’s first-ever Peer Research Advisor.

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From the Archives: Freshmen Traditions

“The Judge” – one of the sophomores who enforced the rule that freshmen must wear their green beanies, by requiring violators of the rule to sit in the electric chair “hot seat” in the Commons eating area of Kittredge Hall, Oct 1953.

“The Judge” – one of the sophomores who enforced the rule that freshmen must wear their green beanies, by requiring violators of the rule to sit in the electric chair “hot seat” in the Commons eating area of Kittredge Hall, Oct 1953.

Back in the older days of our highly esteemed university, there were some very… odd traditions pertaining to freshmen and their relationship with the sophomores. Trust me; if you haven’t heard of the freshman beanie, you’re missing out.

Upon arriving on campus, the “freshies” were required to wear green beanies for the first semester until homecoming in November, or unless they beat the sophomores in a competition. This competition entailed either a “Bag Rush” – imagine football, but with giant bags instead of a ball – or a tug of war. The bag rush is still a bit enigmatic to me, as there are plenty of pictures and scores for it, but very few rules that I have found. The only explicit rule was that if the freshmen won, they could stop wearing the beanies. They would even be allowed to burn their beanies at the Homecoming bonfire, according to the 1934 yearbook.

The punishment for not wearing the beanie depended on the year, of course. In the 1933 edition of Tamanawas, we can find at least a dozen students handcuffed to trees and porches. In 1955, they dyed one girl’s hair green. In 1953, they implemented the “hot seat – freshmen only”, as seen in the picture. Though described as an electric chair, I’m fairly certain that actually electrocuting students (even for such a hideous grievance as not wearing their beanie) was still illegal, and that the sophomores really only smeared black paint on the offenders. Or at least I hope that’s all that happened.

Either way, I’m sure all of our new frosh can be glad that the beanie is now just a tidbit of the past, though if you’d like to try one on for size you can stop by the Archives & Special Collections’ open hours any Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. You could always just leaf through the yearbooks for some of the pictures, too.

By Morgan Ford ‘17

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Brandy Wine Workshop in Collins Library, September 4, 2014

PosterSeptember 4 – November 13, 2014

OPENING RECEPTION
September 4, 2014
5:00 PM – 7:00PM
in the Link @ Collins

Since 1972, the Brandywine Workshop has inspired artists of diverse backgrounds to produce innovative collaborations in printmaking. Collins Library and the Art Department are honored to host this exhibition of six artists associated with the Workshop: Curlee Raven Holton, Letitia Huckaby, Samella Lewis, Allan Edmunds, Richard Whitman and Tomie Arai.

For directions & parking information, please visit: www.ups.edu/directions
Questions? Please contact: libref@pugetsound.edu

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Collins Library Links: PRIMO – A new library search and discovery system

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PRIMO:  A new library search and discovery system

Librarian Lori Ricigliano developed this Primo Tip Sheet
to help introduce our new system.

Questions about Primo?
Contact your liaison librarian or email libref@pugetsound.edu.
Read our Primo FAQ at research.pugetsound.edu/primofaq.

PRIMO TIP SHEET
Primo combines the strengths of both Collins Catalog and Puget Sound WorldCat in one intuitive interface. With Primo you can:

  • Find books (electronic and print), journals (electronic and print), maps, sound recordings, videos, online resources, digital collections, and more.
  • Find journal and newspaper articles from multiple resources simultaneously.
  • Refine your results to electronic resources, by availability, location, format, publication year, subject, and more
  • Sign in to access your e-Shelf to view saved results and your library account.
  • Export items by email and to RefWorks and del.icio.us.

Try Primo when:

  • You are finding a known item.
  • You are starting your research. Primo casts a very large net and can bring back many books, articles, web sites, and more.
  • You want to save your searches and resources you find to your personal e-Shelf.
  • You need to refine your results by availability, location, format, publication year, subject, and more.
  • Consider other sources when you want to search a specific database. Some databases have not yet been incorporated into Primo so use the Database A-Z list. Additionally, items in the University Archives are not yet incorporated into Primo.

Sign into your account. 
By signing into your account, you can: access externally licensed resources; request or recall items; save items from your results list and searches you have performed for future use; set preferences to reflect the way you usually search and save them for future sessions; access your account to find out what you currently have checked out.

Use scopes to search different collections.
The default option is Collins, Summit, and Articles which includes items owned, subscribed to, or accessible by Collins Library, and items owned by the 36 academic libraries in the Orbis Cascade Alliance. Selected articles subscribed to by Collins Library are available. Search individual databases for more comprehensive results.

Other scope options for collections are:

Collins and Summit

  • Items owned, subscribed to, or accessible by Collins Library and the collections of 36 academic libraries in the Orbis Cascade Alliance. Journal titles are searchable, but articles are not.

Collins

  • Only owned, subscribed to, or accessible by Collins Library.
  • Includes eBooks, print books, CDs, scores, DVDs, course reserves, government documents and more.
  • Journal titles are searchable, but articles are not.

WorldCat

Use to find items at libraries around the world and submit Interlibrary Loan (ILL) requests

Colored dots next to your search results indicate availability.

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Use the facets on the left side of the search screen to refine your search.

You can narrow by date, resource type, subject, author, availability, full text, peer reviewed journals, and more.

Click on the “actions” tab in the search results for options.

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Use quotes around a phrase to find a specific title.

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Use AND in upper case to find all words.

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Use advanced search to find journals that the library owns, subscribes to, or has access.

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Click on my account to see what you’ve checked out and to renew items.

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Need Information? Don’t forget the Collins Memorial Library Library Guides
Questions? Contact your liaison librarian
Comments: Contact Jane Carlin, Library Director
Remember – Your best search engine is a Librarian!

 

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From the Archives: Welcome to Campus!

Beginning next week the Archives & Special Collections will have regular open hours on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. You are welcome to contact us to set up an appointment for other days and times.

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Freshmen unpack in Anderson Hall, 1953

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Check out our Popular Reading Collection!

PopularReadingOver the summer, we added 20 new titles to our Popular Reading Collection. These include novels of suspense, love and mystery, some humor and a few biographies. If you are new to this collection, you can find bout 200 books of current popular books at the front of the library in this collection. Look for the Starburst sign!

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Research & Writing in the Disciplines

displaysWelcome home, Loggers! Collins has plenty of resources to help you with your research, studies, coursework, and more. This month we’ve gathered some books with guidelines and tips for writing and researching. You can check these books out for your research and writing on topics from Bach to brains – neuroscience, although we can help you researchzombies as well. You can find these books outside room 123 on the first floor.

Of course, these books are not the only resources Collins has to help you study. Our online Libguides can help you get started researching and connect you to resources. You can find even more resources with a Primo Search, or by browsing Databases A to Z for articles. If you need help right now, just use our Ask a Librarian 24/7 service for research help at any time. Finally, you can use our Citation Guides to cite all the resources you’ve found.

We wish you a successful semester!

P.S. – Here’s a list of the books on display:

Writing Philosophy Papers
Making sense: a student’s guide to research and writing: religious studies
A short guide to writing about history
Writing History: a guide for Students
Handbook of Research methods in Tourism: quantitative and qualitative approaches
The Research Process in Sport Exercise and Health: case studies of active researchers
Research Methods for Sports Studies
A Realist Approach for Qualitative Research
Qualitative Research from Start to Finish
Ethnographic Research in the Construction Industry
Practical Statistics: a handbook for business projects
Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Marketing
Writing in Sociology
Student’s guide to writing college papers
New Approaches to Qualitative Research: Wisdom and Uncertainty
A short guide to writing about music
Creative Arts Research: Narratives of Methodologies and Practices
Rhetorica in motion: feminist rhetorical methods & methodologies
Introducing Communication Research: paths of inquiry
The Elements of Style
The Cambridge introduction to creative writing
The Rowman & Littlefield guide to writing with sources
A short guide to writing about literature
A short guide to writing about film
Writing Creative Nonfiction
Macroanalysis: Digital Methods and Literary History
Gettin the most out of the research experience: what every researcher needs to know
Evaluating Research: methodology for people who need
Evaluating Research Articles from Start to Finish
The SAGE Handbook of qualitative methods
The Design of Experiments in Neuroscience
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Library Class on Demand: Instruction Made to Order

ClassOnDemandWhat’s Library Class on Demand? A library class designed especially for you (and three or more students) on any research topic. A librarian will design a class specifically to meet your needs – whether you’re getting ready to write a research paper, seeking information to support an extracurricular project, or just curious.

Any group of 4 or more students can schedule a custom library class. To request a session, please complete this form at http://research.pugetsound.edu/help and we will call or email you to set the date and time. Typical subjects include searching databases, finding background information, using RefWorks or Zotero, and much more.

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Collins is Listening: Where are the magazines? They should be with newspapers.

CALLOUT_magazinesOver the past year we have monitored the use of our popular magazines and they received very little use.  We determined that it would be easier to have all the magazines together in one place.  Often library users were confused as to the many locations for magazines in the library.  We kept the newspapers upstairs because we do not keep them for extended time and know many people come in just for the newspapers.  We altered our policy and now all magazines can be checked out as well.  So while you do have to go downstairs to find an issue, you can also check it out.   In addition, many of the magazines are being replaced by electronic versions.

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Behind the Archives Door Series – Fall 2014 Events!

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Each month at 4:00 p.m., the Archives & Special Collections will hold a series of informal presentations on current research, unique resources, and rare books that are part of the University of Puget Sound Collections. Join us for informal discussion, refreshments, and the opportunity to handle documents and artifacts hundreds of years old!

  • 9/16:  Solveig Robinson, The Book in Society: An Introduction to Print Culture —
    Solveig Robinson, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Publishing & Printing Arts Program at Pacific Lutheran University, will discuss her recent book, The Book in Society: An Introduction to Print Culture, which examines the origins and development of the book, modern publishing and bookselling.
  • Thursday, 10/9:  Gudrun Aurand – “At Home” Preservation. Learn how you can preserve and maintain your personal papers, photographs, and documents.
  • 11/4:  Peggy Burge and Laura Edgar, Digital Humanities —
    Peggy Burge, humanities librarian at the University of Puget Sound, will discuss opportunities to incorporate digital methods into humanities classrooms while Laura Edgar, curator of the Abby Williams Hill Collection, will give an overview of the planning, implementation and outcomes of the Hill digital project which utilized portions of Hill’s personal papers.
  • 11/18:  MalPina Chan, Artists’ Books as a Framework for Personal Narrative — MalPina Chan, a local artist and founding member of the Puget Sound Book Artists, will discuss her own work The Coaching Book that uses immigration papers, maps, photographs and artwork to examine her Chinese-American heritage.  She will showcase how books can be the media in which powerful personal narratives can be expressed using images and media to tell a story. http://malpinachan.com/home.html
  • 12/2:  Behind the Scenes Tour of the Archives & Special Collections —
    Curious about what is behind those locked doors on the second floor of the Library in the Archives & Special Collections?  Interested in seeing some of the little known resources and treasures and learning about how the University of Puget Sound collects, preserves, and uses material from the Archives & Special Collections?  Join us for a behind the scenes tour!

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