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Monthly Archives: July 2008

New library homepage!

Yes! We decided it was time for a fresh look and some new features for the library homepage. So we sat down with some students, looked at some surveys, and came up with a new homepage which includes:

  • Today’s library hours
  • Most of the old links in a menu on the left
  • A news feed from the new library blog
  • A search widget so you can search the catalog, reserves, and databases right from the homepage as well as access your library account to see what you have checked out
  • A research guides widget for quick access to research help and database links

We hope the new homepage is easier to use, easier on the eyes, and makes it easier to find the library resources.

Do you love it? Hate it? Leave us a comment below :) .

Factiva is now Dow Jones Factiva

Dow Jones Factiva™, formerly called Factiva, provides both local insight and global perspective on business issues through more than 14,000 sources from 159 countries in 22 languages. Dow Jones Factiva™ is used by over 80% of Fortune 500 companies and is offered to academic and public libraries exclusively through Proquest. Access to Dow Jones Factiva™ is provided to Longwood University through VIVA, the consortium of nonprofit academic libraries within the Commonwealth of Virginia.