It's a time of thanksgiving for multiple reasons here at Dewey. Lindsay Van Berkom, the Dewey Library's Assistant for Library Operations is expecting a baby and Dewey held a shower for her on Thursday. Lindsay anticipates working for several more weeks, but we'll miss her for those weeks she's caring for her newborn!
Most of us haven’t looked at the copyright law, Title 17 of the US Code. Chap. 1 Section 107 is worth reading because it helps us understand what copyright protected materials we can use without asking permission within our Fair Use rights. Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 7 of the copyright law http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107:
§ 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include —
(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;
(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.
There are many web sites and publications that help us understand the four factors:
When we use the work of others in activities as faculty members and students, we should be aware that we may be infringing on their copyright. Don’t be naïve about copyright! There are many very useful web sites available that can provide much more detail and practical advice about copyright and fair use. The list above and the Intellectual Property, Copyright, and Fair Use Resources page on the University Libraries' website are good places to start.
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Now available at the Dewey Library are six new SPEC Kits. Published by the Association of Research Libraries, these SPEC Kits are the product of collaboration between Librarians and ARL staff. Together they design and edit the components of the SPEC Kits, which serve the needs of the library community worldwide.
According to the Association of Research Libraries' Website:
SPEC surveys gather information from ARL member institutions on current research library practices and policies. SPEC Kits combine the survey results and documentation from ARL member institutions to provide resource guides for libraries as they face ever-changing management problems. These guides help libraries learn about current practice in research libraries, implement new practices and technologies, manage change, and improve performance.
The titles and call numbers of the new SPEC Kits are:
These SPEC Kits can currently be found in the New Books Display, located on the main floor of the library. For more help or information regarding the SPEC Kits, please contact our User Education Librarian & Bibliographer for Information Studies, Deborah Bernnard. She can be reached by email at dbernnard@uamail.albany.edu, by telephone at 442-3699, or stop by the Reference Desk.
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There are only a few weeks left in the semester, but there are still some slots available in some workshops. Check the schedule and register for a class using the online registration form, by calling 442-3691, by emailing dewclass@albany.edu, or dropping by in person at the Reference Desk.
This week we are offering Introduction to EndNote at 3:00pm on Wednesday, November 18.
These journals are good resources for locating Criminal Justice book reviews
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Flash Drives have emerged as the go-to technology for storing and transporting information from place to place. With their large storage capacities, pocket-friendly form factor, and miniscule price tag, flash drives are here to stay. But what do you do when you forget to bring your flash drive with you? There’s no need to fear, the S: Drive is here!
Each and every UAlbany student has access to their own space on the UNIX system, called the S: Drive. Students can drag and save files to their S: Drive so that they are readily available each time the S: Drive is accessed. At 100mb, the storage capacity of the S: Drive is likely smaller than that of your flash drive, but unlike your flash drive, the S: Drive is always here for you, so long as you are logged into the system with your NetID and password..
Students can access their S: Drive through the library computers located in the Information Commons area of the Dewey Library. The drive can be easily located by clicking on the Start Button of any Information Commons PC. Also, any time you click on "My Computer, from a campus computer, the S: drive will be there.
More information regarding the S: Drive can be found at the Using Your S: Drive At-A-Glance page from the ITS website.
Locating book reviews from any field of study can prove to be a challenge. Finding reviews of books written on a Criminal Justice topic are no exception. Equipped with the proper information, the process of finding and acquiring reviews of books written on Criminal Justice can become a manageable task.
The first step in the process is to identify the author, title, and date of publication for the book being reviewed. If any of this information first try Minerva, our online catalog. If it's not included in our catalgo, your best bet would be to search the If any of this information is missing, your best bet would be to search the WorldCat database with the information you already have to locate the necessary information.
Once you have identified the book whose reviews you are interested, you will need to know the proper databases to search for reviews.
Book Review Digest Retrospective, which covers 1905-1982, and Book Review Digest Plus, which covers 1983-Present.
Criminal Justice Abstracts covers 1968 - present and has a limited selection of criminal justice book reviews.
Sociological Abstracts covers 1952 - present indexes reviews for sociology, criminal jusice and other subjects.
Important: Be sure to select a database that provides coverage when the book and the subsequent book reviews were published. If the full text of the reviews are not available directly through the database, print out or copy the complete citation of each review, including the journal title, volume number, and page numbers.
Once you have the citation information for the desired reviews, search the journal title in the Journal Finder, to determine if it is owned by the University Libraries (go to the libraries' main website and click "Journal Finder" on the left) . If you discover that the University Libraries do not own the review source, take a moment to fill out an Interlibrary Loan request. Within a short period of time, usually a week or less, the full text of the review will be sent to your email account.
Criminal Justice journals subscribed to by Dewey Library that feature book reviews include:
Criminal Law Bulletin: Dewey Library / Periodicals K 3 R5
Criminal Justice Ethics: Dewey Library / Periodicals HV 7231 C75
Justice Quarterly: Dewey Library / Periodicals HV 7231 J88X
For more information or assistance in finding book reviews for Criminal Justice topics, please contact our Bibliographer for Criminal Justice, Mary Jane Brustman. She can be reached by email at mbrustman@uamail.albany.edu or by calling 442-3517.
