The Library at the Center for Graduate Studies of Asheville

Today, the summer solstice marks the longest day of the year. The sun is at it's northernmost point today, and as a result we're getting 14.35 hours of sunlight in Asheville! In relationship to the sun in its highest point, the moon will be at at its lowest point in order to give us a cool sight:  This year, the summer solstice coincides with a full moon for the first time since 1948. Tonight, the sun will linger long enough for us to see the sun and a FULL moon in the sky together.  It may be worth your while to turn your eyes westward for sunset (8:49 pm in Asheville) and moonrise (8:55 pm in Asheville) to witness this once in a lifetime night sky. You can also watch a live webcast from the online Slooh Community Observatory. Traditionally, June's full moon is known as the Full Strawberry Moon, signifying that the time is 'ripe' to pick berries. Later, notice that the moon is more amber in color as its beams must shine through denser, more humid summe...

It's (almost officially) Summer!   Summer sparks images of travel, mountain hikes, river floats, cookouts, and lazy hangs with your crew listening to that classic jam Summertime by Will Smith & Jazzy Jeff feeling like this: No? Well, um, ok. Guess that last bit is only some of us I suppose...carry on... If you're a graduate student, though, summer may be looking like nothing but attending class and studying for you.  Here are a few quick summer school tips to make summer school worthwhile and, hopefully, inspire.  Keep yourself motivated and engaged with school.  Immerse yourself in what you are studying. Consider creating a study group with your classmates. A study group will not only help keep you accountable, but it is also a support system for your summer time woes i.e. it can help to remind you you're not the only one working through summer. It just may turn school work into fun, too.  Study outsid...

Welcome back, Lenoir-Rhyne Asheville!   Make an appointment with a librarian today - before your assignment is due! We can help you: Find scholarly/academic articles, e-books, and more at library.lr.edu Find leisurely articles, ebooks, videos, etc. too! Request print books and other resources through InterLibrary Loan Select and start on a research topic Employ APA/MLA/Chicago/AP format correctly  Finish your cookies Polish off your sandwich AND MORE For the Summer semester, you can find us in our office from 3 pm - 9pm (Sarah on Mondays & Tuesdays; Allison on Wednesdays & Thursdays). Feel free to call us, email us, or chat any time! More info at  libguides.lr.edu/ashevillelibrary

We are wrapping up the last week of classes here in Asheville. WooHoo! We thought we could help give your brains a break before any finals you may have left and allow you to gaze upon our glorious view from the library computer lab. Recently very cloudy, but we have a feeling the sun will be showing its bright eyes very soon. Good luck on all your finals. Enjoy the view! 04/28/16 05/04/16 05/05/16   05/05/16

In late March, the FCC released its proposed rules for consumer Internet privacy . If adopted, these rules could mark first step in implementing strong net neutrality rules (stay tuned for our blog post on Net Neutrality). Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699) in a landslide vote. The Email Privacy Act provides a reform to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act: the government is now required to obtain a warrant to access digital communications stored in the cloud. Choose Privacy Week , put on yearly by the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, reminds us to assert to our individual rights to privacy, lest we forget we ever had them. You may think that you don't have anything to hide, so you don't care who sees what you do -- but that's kind of the point. Accessing information, even that of a sensitive nature, is not indicative of guilt. In fact, many believe there should be reasonable ...

We are smack dab in the middle of NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK! That means that on Monday, the 2016 State of America's Libraries Report was released, and we take this week to reflect on how libraries have impacted our lives and our communities! You can check out some of the modern trends that libraries of various types are keeping an eye on in 2016 at the libraries transform website . Trends such as: connected learning, resilience, data everywhere, and Internet of things reveal the meaning behind the theme of "Libraries Transform" - libraries are tuned in to the needs of the communities they serve, and are evolving to meet those needs. There's no denying that the Internet has been revolutionary - it has changed the way we do a lot of things in our society, but it should also be said that access to the Internet is still not a given for many Americans - in fact, one of the " because statements " for the Libraries Transform campaign reads: "becaus...

As graduate students , you specialize in your field of study. As you learn the lingo of the profession, the names of influential people and theories, and get familiar with popular academic journals in the field, you begin to conduct more informed searches. Citation searching is a shortcut to all this hard-earned knowledge. Using this research technique, you can easily find related resources which you can use to strengthen your reference pool and also gain insight into the field - a holistic view that you can't get when cherry picking individual resources from a results list. Citation Searching: L ook backward  at the references list of a resource.  Look forward  to see if this resource appears on other references lists. Two essential tools:  Journal Finder  and  Powersearch Journal Finder  helps you locate the academic/scholarly journals you have access to as a LR student, as well as other periodical publications, like newspapers and magazines....