Search for Magazine Articles in Google Books

Google Book Search now allows users to search for articles from selected magazines, in addition to books. Articles from the most current issues are not available, but Google provides access to back issues going back many decades.

If you search Google Book Search from the main page, the magazine results will be incorporated in with all the book results. If you want to search only for magazine articles, you should use the Advanced Search feature , and check "Magazines" in the Content field.

Some examples of magazine titles available are:

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Jet
New York Magazine
Popular Mechanics
Popular Science

LIFE photo archive hosted by Google

Life may have just gotten better for those looking for historical images. Google has created a database of over 10 million photographs from the archives of LIFE magazine. LIFE (no longer published) was for decades the premier photojournalim publication, and many of its pictures have achieved iconic status. Most of the photgraphs in the Google archive were never published in the magazine - so they are now available to the public for the first time.

Visit the archive at http://images.google.com/hosted/life

Network Issues Resolved!

I'm glad to report that it appears that our recent network issues have been resolved. You should now be able to log in to the databases normally - which means no login is required if you are on the Graceland campus, and if you are off campus, you can either use your ID# as username and last name as password, or use your regular Graceland network login (the one you use when accessing your Graceland email).

The New Library Blog!

Welcome to the new F.M. Smith Library Blog! We have started this to give library news and information about library services and to provide research tips.

We are still suffering from the effects of the Graceland network problems. The most important changes you will notice are:

• You will need to log on to many of our databases. When prompted for a username and password, use you regular Graceland network login (the one you use for accessing your Graceland email). If you don't know what that login is, you can use your Graceland ID number as your username, and your last name as your password.
  
• In EBSCOhost databases, currently the "request this item through interlibrary loan" link is not working. To work around this problem, choose the email option and have the email sent to grabskelibrary@gmail.com. This will rout the request to Twila at the Independence campus who is handling EBSCOhost requests at present.