Library News

The library is now open for our regular semester hours.

• Monday through Thursday: 7:30am to 11pm
• Friday: 7:30am to 5pm
• Saturday: 12 noon to 4pm
• Sunday: 4pm to 11pm

The Writing Center will be open

• Monday & Tuesday: 10am to 5pm
• Wednesday: 10am to 8pm
• Thursday & Friday: 10am to 5pm
• Sunday: 5pm to 8pm

The Learning Lab will be open

• Monday through Thursday: 10am to 5pm
• Friday: 10am to 3pm
• Sunday: 5pm to 8pm

Back in June, we put a prompt on the large library whiteboard to find out what the Edgewood community is reading. We got a lot of responses! So many that we decided to create a book display from titles that were shared. Stop by and check one out today.

Here's the list of books that were written down.

• What the Robin Knows by Jon Young
• Circe by Madeline Miller
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond
• The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen
• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
• The Magician by Michael Scott
• 11/22/63 by Stephen King
• Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
• Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton
• A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead
• Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
• A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
• The Women by Kristin Hannah
• Tell the Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams
• Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi
• If Only I Had Told Her by Laura Nowlin
• Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Spawn by Todd McFarlane
• The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelide
• You're Not Old Until You're Ninety: Best to Be Prepared, However by Rebecca Latimer

Unfortunately we don't own every one of these titles, but you can check the Library Catalog for print books, Libby for ebooks, or you can request any of these through Oscar Express.

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The library will be closed on Wednesday, August 21 for College Assembly (along with all other college offices), to help us prepare for the new school year.

We're eager for the fall semester to start!  Just as these students were at their orientation in 1960.

Freshmen Orientation, 1960

From Jonathan Bloy, Librarian - Head of Digital Initiatives

The 2024 edition of Lost/Found, the student creative arts journal, is now available online. You can browse the 2024 edition, as well as previous student arts publications in our Edgewood College Creative Arts Journals collection.

The Edgewood College Creative Arts Journals collection features digitized copies of the various literary and creative arts magazines published at Edgewood College.  These magazines contain fiction, non-fiction, and poetry written by Edgewood College students, as well as student-created photographs, digital art, paintings, and other artistic work.  The collection includes the following journals:

• 2020 - 2024 (Lost/Found)
• 2007 - 2019 (Edgewood Review)
• 1990 - 2006 (The Cerebral Café)
• 1984 - 1986 (Portraits, Odyssey, Left of Center)
• 1962 - 1969 (Signature)
• 1932 - 1943 (The Conifer, Vignettes)

Summer library hours begin the week of May 14.

• Monday through Thursday, 8am to 4:30pm
• Friday, 8am to 12:30pm
• Saturday and Sunday, closed

We will also be closed on the following holidays:

• Monday, May 27 (Memorial Day)
• Wednesday, June 19 (Juneteenth Day)
• Thursday, July 4 and Friday, July 5 (Independence Day)

Current library hours are always available on our website.

From Karen Cherone, Senior Library Assistant

Libby

Catch up on leisure reading (eBooks and audiobooks)

To check out eBooks and audiobooks through Libby, install the Libby app on your device or use the web browser on your computer.

• In the Libby app (or website), click "Sign In With My Card"
  • If you already use the Libby app for another library, go to the account screen and click "Add a Library."
• Search for Edgewood College, then click next.
• Sign in with your Edgewood email and password.
• Your Libby account is now ready, and you can start checking out ebooks and audiobooks.

For more info, see the help page, Getting Started with Libby.

Stay informed with news from around the world:

New York Times

First time users will have to create a New York Times account by connecting through the New York Times on our website. 

Note: Our subscription includes news only. No additional add-ons.

Wall Street Journal

First time users will need to create a Wall Street Journal account by connecting to the Wall Street Journal through our website. Once your account is created, you'll be able to access all articles on the Wall Street Journal's site.

Links to both of these can be found on research guides like the News and Current Events guide, and on the A-Z Database page.

Bring your mug

For some free coffee, tea, and the occasional treat to help you through all the studying and work you need to do during these last two weeks of the semester.

We'll start brewing on Monday, April 29.

Need help with your final projects?

Library staff is here if you're struggling with end of the semester projects.  We can help with:

• Research or citation help from librarians
• Assistance from course coaches in the Learning Lab (open through May 3)
• Help with your papers from tutors at the Writing Center (open through May 3)

You've almost made it! Best of luck with exams & final projects!

from Elizabeth Tappy, Librarian - Reference & Instruction Coordinator

Academic Writer is an all-inclusive writing and research software designed with APA style in mind. The library requested a free trial of Academic Writer so the Edgewood College community can try out this powerful tool completely free now through June 1st!

So, what exactly does Academic Writer have to offer? It feels a bit like having a personal writing coach working step-by-step with you on your paper! Academic Writer features tons of quick guides on APA style basics and hundreds of sample papers, tables, and references to help you get more comfortable with writing in APA. 

If you've ever used Grammarly or another free reference generator, or if you use the library's Refworks, you probably appreciate a software that makes citations easy! Like these tools, Academic Writer can generate citations for you, saving lots of time and effort when it comes to your References page.

Academic Writer also features its own text editor – you can actually write your paper in the software just like you would in Word or Google Docs. You can choose from several template options for different types of essays, or start from scratch. Either way, Academic Writer's text editor software features built-in tutorial popups that will guide you through every step of your writing process.

While Academic Writer does focus on supporting a traditional college paper writing experience, it knows a few other tricks too! You can work together on a group paper by adding others to a project, and write or edit together in real time. In addition to academic papers, it also supports professional essays with different formatting requirements, whether for submission to a peer-reviewed journal or in another professional research context. For those performing original research and studies, Academic Writer can even help you track your tests, measures, and study participants. 

The library's free trial of Academic Writer will be active now through June 1st.

Update, June 1, 2024: Since the trial has expired, we are currently evaluating the possibility of subscribing during the next fiscal year.

We are pleased to announce the library now has a subscription to the Wall Street Journal website. First time users will need to create a Wall Street Journal account by connecting through our website. Once your account is created, you'll be able to access all articles on the Wall Street Journal's site.

You will find links to the Wall Street Journal in our A-Z Databases page and various research guides, such as the News & Current Events guide, and the Business News page, and the Journalism Research guide.

Note: Our subscription does not include access to Barron's, Marketwatch, or IBD websites.