Read any good books this summer? Rentschler Library wants to know about it. We have created a display titled “Dive into a Good Book.” Write up a brief (1 or two sentences) summary or review of what you’re reading this summer and we’ll post it on our display. Library staff will be participating, too. Not sure what to read? Rentschler Library has a collection of popular reading materials, called the McNaughton Collection. Currently, it includes books by Lisa Scottoline, Jane Fonda, James Patterson, David Sheff, Daniel Tammett, and Patricia Cornwell. Come by and check it out!

EBSCOhost databases are getting some nifty enhancements this July. This will affect Academic Search Complete, CINAHL Plus with Full Text, America: History and Life, and more.

Here’s the news release from EBSCO.

To see some screenshots of the advanced search, take a look here.

Some of the features EBSCO is touting include improved relevancy ranking, collapsible panels, article previews, and the ability to bookmark searches, articles and publications.

By the way, here’s a list of all the EBSCOhost databases Miami University library offers.

* Academic Search Complete
* AgeLine
* Agricola
* AltHealthWatch
* America History & Life
* ABSEE
* Business Source Complete
* CINAHL
* Communication & Mass Media Complete
* Computer Source
* Computers & Applied Sciences Complete
* EconLit
* Education Resource Complete
* Environment Complete
* ERIC
* Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
* Gender Studies Database
* Health Source
* Historical Abstracts
* Humanities International Complete
* Index to Jewish Periodicals
* Insurance Periodicals INdex
* International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance
* International Political Science Abstracts
* LGBT life
* Literary Reference Center
* MasterFILE Premier
* Medline
* MLA International Bibliography
* Professional Development Collection
* Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
* Regional Business News
* Religion and Philosophy Collection
* RILM
* SocINDEX
* Sociological Collection
* SportDiscus
* Women’s Studies International

Rentschler Library is now offering laptops for 3 hour checkout. The laptops are wireless Internet ready and loaded with the Office 2007 software you need to type up papers, prepare presentations and work with spreadsheets. You will also be able to send print jobs to any of the laser printers in the library.

Here’s how it works: stop by the library’s circulation desk and fill out a laptop loan agreement form. We’ll keep the form on file for an academic year and each time you come in, you need only show your Miami I.D. A big thanks to Computing Services staff for preparing these laptops for checkout!

The Miami University library catalog will be unavailable Tuesday evening (May 13th) beginning at 7 p.m. due to some electrical work being done on the Oxford campus. The catalog should be available again after 5:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 14th.

For the week of May 12-16, the library will be open 8-5 Monday-Thursday, and 8-12 on Friday. Regular weekday hours resume when Summer I classes begin Monday May 19th. Please keep in mind that the library is closed on weekends until fall semester begins. See the library’s full schedule of hours.