The Library at the Center for Graduate Studies of Asheville

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

Spring is in the air here in Asheville, making it a very fitting time to celebrate   National Poetry Month. "National Poetry Month was inaugurated by the  Academy of American Poets  in 1996. Over the years, it has become the largest literary celebration in the world with schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets celebrating poetry’s vital place in our culture" (Poets.org). Not sure how you can participate? Check out  30 Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month   to get some ideas. 11.  Attend a poetry reading at a local university, bookstore, cafe, or library. You can easily check #11 off your list at any of the upcoming WordFest events. WordFest is sponsored by Lenoir-Rhyne University Asheville, April 12th-14th and the festival director is LR's very own,   Laura Hope-Gill , Assistant Professor of Writing. "The 11th Asheville WordFest invites audiences and participants to venture deeply into spaces of tension and complexity in sea