Masland Library Blog

What are they?

No, don’t worry, we don’t have people’s diaries on display in the library…so what are they? A journal is a collection of articles published by a particular reliable academic source by a specific magazine or group that addresses particular topics.

So for example, when searching for an article published in the TIME magazine several years ago, the way to find that would be to go to the TIME Journals, which are the bound TIME magazines all set in one location for you to use!  If you’re interested in the hard copy, you will find all the journals alphabetically organized on the first floor of the Masland library. Not only can you access them in hard copy at the Library, but some journals are also found online.

One way to access the electronic journal is through the databases. If you’ve searched for an article and find that the source is from TIME magazine but don’t like this article you found, you can easily look at other articles that TIME magazine has published.


In this sample picture of an article, you can see the Title, Author, and Source. Clicking on the Blue “TIME” by the Source, the database will take you straight to a page where you can access the journal articles from those in the early 90s up to the most recent ones.


 Then select your year, your issue, and scroll through the articles in this particular journal. Or if you’re interested in searching within the entirety of TIME magazine, click “Search within this publication” and find if there are any articles relating to your topic in TIME magazine.
 
It’s as easy as that! Start with the database; find your magazine, access your journal, search or browse within your publication and viola! You will have found the sources you need in no time. So next time you write a paper, remember that the first floor Journals may have more to help than you think!

~Grace

Let’s be honest, sometimes the weekends seem a bit dead around here with many people heading home to be with family. It’s fun to go out with friends and try to do eventful things on the weekends, but typically that requires money, which many of us don’t have much of. Therefore, a great thing to fall back on is just hanging out with some friends and watching a movie.

Finding someone who has Netflix or a good selection of movies in their room can be difficult at times, but did you know that the library has movies? You can ask to look at them behind the front desk, or better yet, you can actually look up the whole list online! You can find this list by typing in “feature films” in the search bar at library.cairn.edu.

The list under featured films is most, but not all, of our movies; to find the complete list you can also go to library.cairn.edu/search/e and type in “PN 1997.2 or PN 1997.3”. You can browse through them, see what looks interesting, and the best part is that you don’t have to worry about driving anywhere. Although we may not have the widest selection to choose from there are several good movies. Cast Away, Enchanted, Star Wars Episodes 4-6, and Stranger Than Fiction are just a few of the movies that we have to offer.

Just remember, if you were hoping to watch a movie on Friday or Saturday night try and plan ahead a little because we close at 7pm on Friday and 6pm on Saturday. Have a great weekend!

- Leia Brunette

It’s that time of the semester, SPRING BREAK and soon to be Easter weekend!!

Many of us have planned to go on trips, sleep, spend time with family and friends, or maybe even get a project done. As exciting as our plans may be, we must remember the most important thing over break, to actually give ourselves a break. Often times we go home and actually exhaust ourselves from too much fun, and extra late nights. We must remember that this break is only a little over a week and then the games begin again. Let’s do ourselves a favor and take advantage of the sleep we deserve, but remember that this is also the chance to revive spiritually. As students we tend to put our assignments before our devotions, but praise God for giving us these days of oasis. 

For those who have planned to get ahead on some assignments, and may need a book over break, but it can’t be checked out, do not be dismayed. The library has a very helpful tool that may make things a bit easier, the copier. Yes, the copier not only prints out pages for you, but you can also scan pages from a book and email them to yourself. This helps save money and prints on your card. Feel free to come to the library and ask a librarian or student worker to show you how the wonders are done. Enjoy your break, and let it be glorifying to the Lord, full of rest, sleep, and joy.

~Dominique Delva

           
While listening to Dr. Joshua Bogunjoko speak in Chapel yesterday, I was marveling at the expanse of the Global church and rejoicing at the thought of worshipping with believers from around the world before the throne of God.  Global Missions Week is one of my favorite weeks.  I love hearing what God is doing around the world both through the speaker and the missions representatives.  God has been teaching me recently the importance of missions, but not missions in the traditional sense (going overseas to serve Him).  Rather, He has been showing me how much of a mission field is right around us, here in Langhorne and in any community.  He has also been showing me the power of prayer, and one of my favorite books relating prayer to the global community is Operation World (located both in the reference section: BV2050 .M35 2010 and on the main floor BV2050 .J63 2001 and BV4811 .J596 1993 – these three call numbers are three different editions).  Operation World presents a brief synopsis of a country and then provides prayer concerns for that country.  Looking through the different editions from 1993 to 2010, it is amazing to see how God has answered prayers over the years.  I challenge you to come and look at Operation World or the other books about missions that we have on display in the library lobby.  What mission field is God calling you to?

~Allison Beyer

Students around the country should all know about Amazon Prime for Students.  Yes we have a bookstore and sometimes it can be a wonderful place to get the books we need, but sometimes they run out and it could be several days before they will get in the book that you need quickly.  When that happens where do you go for books? 

Amazon has Amazon Prime for Students.  The first 6 months is free, and then the next 3 years there is a wonderful discount.  To find out more you can click this link.  http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200500380

Want to sign up? 

You can click here: Amazon Student Prime

Or here:Amazon Student Prime 2