June eBook of the Month:Tracking Down Your Ancestors

June eBook of the Month:

Tracking Down Your Ancestors
Discover the Story Behind Your Ancestors and Bring Your Family History to Life
by Dr. Harry Alder
How To Books

Researching genealogical history can be an absorbing hobby, or a fun project that the whole family can enjoy. Jun's eBook of the Month is packed with ideas about the different aspects of genealogy and the many free or low cost resources available to help aspiring family historians in their quest.

Written by Dr. Harry Alder, a prolific writer and long-time researcher, Tracking Down Your Ancestors offers clear, accessible and inspiring text, plus practical tips and key websites to support research. It will help readers learn how to get started without getting stuck, how to track down vital information from record offices and parish churches, how to harness the power of email lists and newsgroups, and how to unlock the unique pleasures and challenges of documenting their family histories.

The June eBook of the Month is provided through the generous support of How To Books and will be available to the Mount Aloysius College community with free, unlimited access June 1-30 through the Library webpage (on Library home page click Library Databases and scroll down to OCLC NetLibrary and eBook of the Month) or by following this link: http://www.netlibrary.com

Please take a look at this resource and share your comments and suggestions with the library staff or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu

On-site Faculty Borrowing at E-ZBorrow Libraries

A number of PALCI (E-ZBorrow) libraries have agreed to extend free reciprocal borrowing privileges (onsite) to each other's faculty so they may have direct, personal access to materials that are not available at the home institution.As a full-time faculty member at Mount Aloysius College, a PALCI member, you are eligible to borrow materials on-site from the participating libraries. To borrow materials from these libraries you must:

• Get an authorization form signed by the circulation department at your home institution's library. This form can be mailed to you if you prefer. Call 886-6445 or email either Shamim Rajpar (srajpar@mtaloy.edu) or Sharon Markovich (smarkovich@mtaloy.edu).
• Take the completed and signed authorization form to the participating library.
  The library will establish a record for you in their system that will allow you to check items out from their library. Additional information may be requested to complete the registration process.
• You will be responsible for returning the material either to the library from which it was borrowed or bringing it to the circulation desk of Mount Aloysius College where the staff will return it through E-ZBorrow on your behalf.
• Each participating library sets their own policies. Upon request, the lending libraries should supply you with the full details of their policies when you borrow materials from them. For a list of participating libraries and their general policies, please click on the following link: http://raman.library.pitt.edu/Palci/allInstitutes.do
• You will be financially responsible for the items you borrow as well as for any overdue fines that are charged by the lending library.

Free Trail: RefWorks

RefWorks is an online research management, writing and collaboration tool designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.

A free institution-wide trial of RefWorks is available until June 07, 2007 and can be accessed through the Library webpage by clicking Trial Databases or following this link:
http://www.mtaloy.edu/academics/library/trial_databases.dot

The Quick Start Guide is avialble online by following the below link and it outlines what a new user needs to know to start using RefWorks: http://www.refworks.com/Refworks/help/Refworks.htm

Please share your comments questions with us by emailing askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu

May eBook of the Month: The Little Book of Common Sense Investing

May eBook of the Month:

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing:
By John C. Bogle
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2007

To learn how to make index investing work, there is no better mentor than legendary mutual
fund industry veteran John C. Bogle. Over the course of his long career, Bogle is founder of the Vanguard Group and creator of the world's first index mutual fund has relied primarily on index investing to help Vanguard's clients build substantial wealth.

Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing will demonstrate how to capitalize on this proven investment strategy. As revealed by Bogle, the real formula for investment success is to own the entire market, while significantly minimizing the costs of financial intermediation. That's what index investing is all about. And that's what this book is all about.

The May eBook of the Month is provided through the generous support of John Wiley & Sons and will be available to the Mount Aloysius College community with free, unlimited access May 1-31 through the Library webpage (on Library home page click Library Databases and scroll down to OCLC NetLibrary and eBook of the Month) or by following this link: http://www.netlibrary.com

Please take a look at this resource and share your comments and suggestions with the library staff or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu