October 2009 RodCast Articles

Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 9:02am - LexisNexis online products will be unavailable to users from October 31, 8:00 p.m. through November 01, 2009, 4:00 a.m. Central Time.  Products affected include LexisNexis Academic, Congressional, and Statistical.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 11:19am - ScienceDirect will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately 9 hours from 8:00PM CDT Saturday, October 31 to 4:00AM CST Sunday 1, November).

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 9:03am - This 1928 pamphlet about Cedar Falls describes how the town looked in its early days.    See the book at: http://cdm.lib.uni.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/wcfwy

Friday, October 23, 2009 - 11:45am - Amjad Albu- UNI senior in Management Information Systems was the winner of the T-shirt prize from the Rod Library Favorite Student Giveaway drawing during Family Weekend.  Congratulations Amjad and good luck with your academic career!

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 4:44pm - For more information about exhibits at Rod Library see our exhibits web page.

Monday, October 5, 2009 - 3:19pm - This content requires Flash. To view this content download Flash player at http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ This video shows you how to use the Google Scholar Cited By feature to find the most recent important articles. [video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05o-W-JvJrw autoplay:0 width:640 height:385 align:center ]

Friday, October 2, 2009 - 3:30pm - Would you rather not stay up until 4 a.m. finishing your next research paper? The Assignment Calculator is a new tool that can help you plan your work and stay on schedule. At the Assignment Calculator home page, enter the due date and then click the /Calculate Assignment Schedule! / button. You will get a list of 12 steps to complete between the date an assignment is received and when it is due. Each step includes a “due date,” help documents, and links to UNI resources and services such as the Rod Library and the Writing Center. To try it out, go to https://calculator.library.uni.edu and enter the due date.