3.25.2010

Spring Break Hours


Are you staying in Boise during Spring Break next week? Albertsons Library will be open limited hours:

  • Saturday 3/27: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
  • Sunday 3/28: CLOSED
  • Monday-Thursday 3/29-4/1: 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM
  • Friday 4/2: 8:00 AM to 5 PM
  • Saturday 4/3: CLOSED
We will resume regular hours Sunday, April 4 when we open at 10 AM. Check out our calendar for more library hours.

Need more library time? Don't fret! All of our online resources will be available to you 24/7 through the break, be they reseach databases, our catalog, or our growing collection of research guides.

And if you haven't checked out our new phone-friendly website, you can try it at http://library.boisestate.edu/m. Let us know what you think--we'll keep making this better if you tell us how.

Have a nice week!

3.05.2010

New Databases!

Albertsons Library supports your research pursuits by purchasing access to databases that help you achieve academic success.

We recently acquired the following databases from Alexander Street Press, available via our Databases, Articles page:
  • American History in Video - provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history
  • Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives & Reference Works -  a searchable collection containing real transcripts of therapy and counseling sessions and first-person narratives illuminating the experience of mental illness and its treatment, as well as reference works to contextualize the primary material.
  • Dance in Video - Dance in Video will contain 500 hours of dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century.
  • Ethnographic Video Online - provides the largest, most comprehensive resource for the study of human culture and behavior–-more than 750 hours and 1,000 films at completion.
  • North American Indian Drama - contains 172 plays by 33 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more.
Let us know if you have any questions, or contact your library liaison for an instruction session on how to use these or the more than 230+ databases available to you at Albertsons Library.