Farewell Sarah!



Last week we said goodbye to my co-librarian Sarah Reeves. Sarah has gone on to work at a lovely company on the French Broad river where the beer flows as steady as the French Broad river...but is much cleaner and I imagine it is much tastier, too. 

 We miss her and we wish her all the best!

 Now, back to business...


In the meantime, only I will be here to meet your library needs until we find a new librarian to join the LR-AVL team. If you stop in to the library area when Sarah was usually here and you don't see me, don't fret! I'm still here to help you! However, I highly suggest making an appointment with me to ensure someone is physically here to help. Still, pop-ins are welcome. Email or call to set up an appointment! 

Allison Etzel
email - Allison.Etzel@lr.edu
phone - 828.407.4259

As always, feel free to reach out to our cohorts on the Hickory campus. They keep more regular hours and are happy to help you via phone call or email. 

Hickory library contact info: 
Circ. Desk (ask to speak to a librarian) - 828.328.7677
email - refdesk@lr.edu

    Finally, on our library website, you can use the Ask a Librarian chat box to seek the help of a real live librarian from the state of North Carolina via virtual chat! Look for that on our website here. The website also has a section called LIBGUIDES that offers some good research tips, sorted by program. Check it out, yo! 

    Have a productive and fun week, everyone!

    All the best, 

    Allison, your AVL-ibrarian 


    Comments

    Post a Comment

    Popular posts from this blog

    Have you ever heard of a LibGuide?

    LibGuide/Research guide is a term librarians use frequently when describing their resources. Honestly, it’s a bit of jargon term. Essentially, what we are talking about is a mini-website filled with information resources around a particular topic so you can easily navigate to them when you need them. Here at Lenoir-Rhyne, all of our Research Guides tend to follow a familiar format. I recently put together an 8 minute video going over "the what and the why" of Research Guides so you can feel comfortable in using them for your research. This video also covers some important library basics as well. Students who haven’t used a library website in a while may find this particularly helpful refresher information. It discusses what a database is and when to use one as well the nature of academic journals and general library research.
    Read more

    Some Great Online Resources for Counseling and Allied Areas

    Image
    Government Websites National Institute of Mental Health https://www.nimh.nih.gov I mentioned National Institute of Mental health in my last blog entry, but this resource bears repeating. Their tagline, “Transforming the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses,” says a lot. It is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders and promotes a prevention-based outlook. Go here for - continuing education, research news on science and mental health, informational reference pages, statistics. You can also learn about their many research areas and funding opportunities as well as how to join a study. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration https://www.samhsa.gov/ “The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substa
    Read more

    Updates and FAQs on the New Library Search

    Image
    I've been getting a lot questions about the new library website and library search lately. I want to cover a few Frequently Asked Questions about our new search service, Summon and share a video I made recently on how to use it. PLAY VIDEO HERE FAQs  Why do I get so many results? Summon searches about 100 online resources—most of our electronic collection and all of our ebooks!  That includes a number of large e-journal collections, not available through PowerSearch—scholarly journal collections from publishers like Wiley, Sage, Elsevier, and Springer.  We’ve also added selected open access content sources as well. The amount of “stuff” that is being searched is bigger than ever before. For this reason, be sure to take advantage of the various filters on the left hand side. When looking for research articles, students often select both "Full Text Online" as well as "Scholarly & Peer-Review” as the filters they automatically apply to ev
    Read more