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UST Libraries now has access to a database of online videos called Films on Demand. An initial group of 20 films are available via an on-demand video stream from the Media Resources Collection's Web site, the CLICnet library catalog, the Libraries' Databases and Indexes page, or directly.

Videos from this pilot project are available for classroom or individual viewing via a Web browser and are accessible from on or off campus (off-campus users will need to log in with UST username and password) using broadband high speed (i.e., cable modem or DSL) Internet connections.

This pilot project will test whether streaming videos can better meet curricular needs of faculty wishing to assign in-class or asynchronous viewing and determine whether this mode of video delivery is feasible without excessive consumption of computer network bandwidth resources.

See the Web site for usage tips, including minimum computer, browser and media-player software requirements. If you have questions on how to access the videos or comments, how well this streaming video content meets your needs, and whether you think this effort should expand beyond a pilot project, contact Cindy Badilla-Melendez, UST media resources librarian, (651) 962-5464.

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We opened our Christmas presents early so we could share them with you! This is what we got…

Continue reading "The Music Resource Center has been very good this year" »

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The Music Resource Center’s Thanksgiving Holiday was bookended with new arrivals!

Continue reading "Bolcom and Segovia and more Jazz, oh my!" »

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Visit this list to see what goodies are new to the library’s music collection. This month’s highlights includes a handful of Jazz performers, a dash of opera, sacred choral and orchestral masterworks, plus CD's of world music from Peru, Ghana, India and Tibet.

If you'd like to suggest scores and recordings for the MRC collection, please send titles, label, and performers to mrc@stthomas.edu.

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Check these out and comment via our Database Trials page.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Browse the free content available in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography – 55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2003.

Social Work Abstracts
UST libraries also have a trial for Social Work Abstracts from Ebsco. The library would like to know if users prefer this new user interface for SWA or the version from its current vendor. E-mail your preferences, comments, etc., to Jan Orf, by Monday, Aug. 6.

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The UST Media Resources Center is providing a new trial to the Films Media Group (FMG) On Demand online video database. Over the next two months, you can use your computer to watch educational videos on a vareity of subjects. Details here.

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Please note that the federal government and the state of Minnesota no longer provide print copies of income tax forms for distribution in UST libraries. The 2006 income tax forms and instructions may be printed from the Internal Revenue Service and Minnesota Department of Revenue web sites.

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