TRIAL: Mango Language Learning

We now have a trial to the Mango Language learning program.  The online program is designed to help you learn practical conversation skills for over 30 languages spoken all around the world, from English to Arabic, Spanish, French and even Pirate (Arr!)!  The interactive tool offers voice comparison, translation tools and more.  Visit the Mango Language Learning Center to access this resource.

50 | 50 The Road to Independence: Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago

Lecture & discussion presented by the FIU Libraries' Special Collections department and the Digital Library of the Caribbean: 50 | 50 The Road to Independence: Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, to commemorate their 50th anniversary of Independence.  Event will be held on February 28th, 2012 at 5.30pm in Green Library 220.  

Common Reading Essay Contest

The Common Reading Essay Contest is on and the contest is open to all 2011/2012 First-Year Experience Students.  CASH prizes for the top 3 essays!  More info at: libguides.fiu.edu/commonreading
... and submit your essay at: tinyurl.com/commonessay

INFO Newsletter: Spring2012

It's back!  The Libraries' INFO Newsletter is back and better than ever.  Get your Spring 2012 copy now!

GET A ROOM! Reserve a Group Study Room Now!

Students are now able to reserve study rooms at Green Library and Hubert Library using the new online reservation system.  Rooms can be reserved in 3-hour blocks and up to 14 days in advance.


Rules to Remember:

• The student who made the reservation must bring their FIU One Card with them in order to claim the room
• You have 15 minutes from the time of the start of the appointment to claim the room or it will be forfeited and assigned to the next group
• All members of the group must be present when you pick up the room key
• You can only make one reservation every 3 days (on the 4th day, you can make a new reservation)

ASK US via Chat!

Throughout the library website, our FAQs pages, guides, blog, and more, you'll run across chat windows (like the one below and on the right-hand side) that allow you see when a librarian is online and available to answer your questions.  Get help with finding articles, finding a book, using course reserves, searching databases, tracking down statistics, or other research needs!

We also have a dedicated screen name-  fiulibrarian1 - so you can use your AIM, Hotmail/MSN, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ or Meebo account to IM us, too.

Are we not online? NO PROBLEM!  Just type your questions below.  Be sure to include your e-mail address.   Leave us a message or send us an e-mail!  Remember you can always search our FAQs system too!

Your Newest FAQs

What's on your mind?  What kinds of questions have you been asking us lately? 
...Below is small sample of the questions from our Library FAQs that you've searched for or asked.  Click on each of the questions for more info/detail. 

• Can I pick up a movie that is on reserve by one of my professors?Yes you can!  The Sound & Image reserves desk is located on the 5th floor of the Green Library or at the 1st floor Service Desk  at Hubert Library. 
• How do I use Citation Linker?It helps you find the full text of articles. When doing research, you often find a citation or maybe an abstract, of an article in a database but the text of the article isn’t included. CitationLinker and its associated tools (360Link, eJournal Portal, Find it) will let you check all the other library full text resources to see if you can get the article either in a different database or in the library’s print or microform periodicals.
  
• How do I configure Google Scholar to display Find It @ FIU links?
  Click on Scholar Preferences in Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com); Type Florida International  University in the "Library Links" section; Save your preferences; Start Searching!
  
• Does the library own every article in a database?When you are using a database, you will notice that there are articles that will include the full text.  Other articles will only have the citation information or abstract available.  For those articles with only citation information, you must click on the  'Find it @ FIU' button/link  in order to be sure we don't have the article full text in another database or in print. 
  
• How do I find scholarly peer-reviewed articles?
  Most of our databases have an option to limit your search results to either scholarly, peer-reviewed, or refereed articles.  For example, when searching Academic OneFile, you can limit your results to peer-reviewed publications either before searching or after getting your results.
  
  

Do you have a question?  Just Ask Us!