Writing Center Help in the Library

A reminder that folks from the Writing Center are available for walk-in consultations on the first floor of the Library every Sunday, from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

The Reference Desk is open Sundays, as always, until midnight. Stop by the library and power up your research papers with solid research help and Boise State's writing experts, all in the same place!

Children's Literature Event

Parents, Educators, please join BSU faculty and students in exploring how quality literature can introduce disabilities to young children during a drop-in event at the Curriculum Resource Center in Albertsons Library.

Children's Literature in Support of an Inclusive Classroom
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
4:00-6:00 pm

We'll have a student poster session, a short story time for kids, a guest speaker and more!

This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Early Childhood Studies & Special Education and Albertsons Library, and could be of interest to community educators. Please feel free to invite those who might want to attend. Questions can be directed to saraseely@boisestate.edu.

International Connections Luncheon: Damien Bard & Project 60

Join us this Thursday to hear about "Project 60 – Growing Idaho’s Economy Despite Challenging Economic Times,” presented by Damien Bard, Director of the International Business Division from the Idaho Department of Commerce.

“Project 60” is Governor Otter’s economic development strategy for increasing Idaho’s state gross domestic product from $51 billion to $60 billion.

Location: Student Union Building, Lookout Room.
Date: Thursday, April 16
Time: 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM

Introducing GrantSelect

In times of economic crisis finding grant funding becomes more important than ever. Albertsons Library proudly offers a tool that will help: GrantSelect! Whether you’re a foundation manager, a dean, a faculty, or a student, the GrandSelect database can help. It contains information on over 10,000 grant opportunities from 4,000+ granting institutions in the United States and Canada.

GrantSelect is searchable by keyword, geographic area, or subject and has an advanced search option for more detailed searching (by sponsor or agency, among others). Each record in the database offers all the information you need to start a grant writing project, including: subject terms for related searches, sponsor contact information, type of agency, grant application information, links to sponsors’ / grant websites, and granting histories, when available.

Whether you’re a student who has to complete a grant writing exercise for a social work class, a dean looking for outside college funding, or an engineer or biologist looking to find funding for a new research project, GrantSelect has the information you need to get started. To start using this valuable tool, check out Albertsons Library’s Grant Information Guide, or find it on the database A-Z list on the library’s website.

Campus article delivery: priceless

Attention Faculty & Staff: Do you have deadlines and need articles but no time to pick them up at the Library? Interlibrary Loan provides article delivery to faculty and staff from the materials that we own.

Yes, we even do electronic! We do it all: microforms, electronic, paper... just submit the requests via Interlibrary Loan at http://library.boisestate.edu/ILL/

What's the cost, you ask? For you, free!

You can get books from our collection and interlibrary loan items delivered, too. For more information about campus delivery, check out FAQ page or contact Gwen Pittam, Interlibrary Loan Manager.