Booth Library updates, Fall 2024 (GEO) by Kirstin

Understand context for hundreds of science topics through overviews, journals, news, interactive experiments, and more.

Access here: Gale in Context: Science

Streaming films

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Need video footage for your class? Check out Films on Demand. Films on Demand features 40,000+ educational videos including over 1,500 videos related to Geography, over 500 videos related to Earth Science, and over 1,600 videos related to Environmental Science.

New at Booth

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Booth Library now provides subscription to The New York Times for all faculty, staff, and students! Visit this guide to find out how to set up your free subscription to the News. The subscription also comes with access to The New York Times inEducation.

3D Printing 101

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This workshop will walk you through the basic process of taking a 3D model from a digital file to a printed 3D object.

Sept. 10, 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Students, faculty, and staff register here

New EBSCO interface workshops

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This fall, EBSCOhost databases have a new look and enhanced functionality! Join a Librarian to learn about the changes and the new features available in our 40+ EBSCO article databases and ebook collections.

Scheduled throughout semester, beginning Sept. 9, 10:00am - 10:30am

Students, faculty, and staff register here

RES Night

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Bring your new roommate or grab someone you met in the dining hall! The Library is hosting an evening of games, crafts, Bingo, snacks and more.

Sept. 5, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Students register here

The LAB presents: Get Involved @ Booth BINGO

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Learn ways you can get involved at the Library. Snacks and GREAT prizes will be part of the fun!

Aug. 29, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Students register here

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Check out the variety of events and workshops offered by Booth librarians this Fall 2024.

A selection is listed below.

We deliver!

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Booth is happy to contact you when new titles arrive. You can also have books and media delivered to your departmental mailbox on request. Use this form to request single books or email booko@eiu.edu with your name, library number, department, and a list of books including title, author, and call number to have them pulled by our staff and and delivered to you.

Suggest a purchase

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Please send book and media requests to your department's library coordinator, to me directly (kduffin@eiu.edu), or fill out this form by December 1st: https://www.eiu.edu/booth/requests/suggest.html

Schedule a class visit

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Fill out this form if you would like me to visit your class.

Did you know you can reserve the Center for Student Innovation active learning classroom for up to four sessions per semester?

AI in the classroom

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How does AI know stuff?

AI at EIU

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Guidance for students and faculty

From EIU's Dean of Students and FDIC, Fall 2024.

View more resources in FDIC's AI toolkit.

New at Booth

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Includes case studies, news, reference materials, academic journals, videos, and more on subjects such as climate change, food security, soil ecology, and tourism.

Access here: Gale in Context: Environmental Studies

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The rural voter: The politics of place and the disuniting of America

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The lies of the land: Seeing rural America for what it is--and isn't

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The next supercontinent: Solving the puzzle of a future Pangea

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Weather prediction: What everyone needs to know

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Rethinking American disasters

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