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Plans are currently underway for the renovation of the Dana Porter Library's third floor containing our collection of print periodicals. These renovations, scheduled to take place over the 2005 spring term, are funded by the recent $500,000 Campaign Waterloo leadership gift from local community members, Peter and Betty Sims. This gift will provide an innovative learning and research space. [full article - Porter Renovations]
Implemented by TriUniversity Data Resources (TDR) , the Nesstar web retrieval system will soon be unveiled as the new web interface and retrieval system for accessing statistical and numeric data for academic use. The enhanced options provided by Nesstar include advanced search capabilities, a user-friendly interface, plus the ability to retrieve data in a variety of formats, including SAS (Statistical Analysis System) and SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). [full article - NESSTAR]
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (PQDT) (formerly Digital Dissertations) provides users with a web database for accessing citations, abstracts, and full text for doctoral dissertations and master's theses from over 1,000 North American and international graduate schools. Overall, there are approximately 2 million dissertations and theses indexed in ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. Citations are provided to dissertations and theses dated as early as 1861 and as recent as the previous fiscal academic semester. The full text is provided for dissertations and theses from 1997 to the present for all submitting schools, and in the case of some schools, all years are available. [full article - PQDT]
Howard Burton, Executive Director of the Perimeter Institute, is this year's speaker at the annual Friends of the Library Lecture and Authors event scheduled for Tuesday, May 17 at noon in the Theatre of the Arts. [full article - Authors Event]
Sometimes we take for granted the people that provide the essential services that make the UW Library a great place for study and research: Sheila Kielbasa provides one of these services. [full article - Sheila Kielbasa]
Sometimes the important research material that you need is not available from the TriUniversity Group of Libraries (UW, UG, and WLU). [full article - RACER]
The Getting Material from Waterloo web page provides comprehensive information about borrowing (and returning) material from the Library. [full article - Getting Material]
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