Library Collection

Tech Tip Tuesday: Searching AggreGator

By January 25th 2022

Are you familiar with AggreGator?Green silhouette Illustration of an alligator

As the name suggests, AggreGator searches through the aggregated library content available to Allegheny College from a single search box. Books, ebooks, journal articles, digital collections, video, newspaper articles, and more from almost all of the library’s databases can be found through AggreGator.

If you’re already familiar, you will be interested to know that the AggreGator search interface has recently been updated with new enhancements.

For both experienced and new users, LITS librarians have created a new AggreGator guide where you can learn the ins and outs.

Also, check out our playlist of videos on searching AggreGator!

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Allegheny Strong: A Digital Collection of Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic

By June 1st 2020

If you are a member of the Allegheny community (students, faculty, staff, and alumni), the Allegheny College Archives invites you to share your personal reflections on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted your life and those around you by submitting your creative works to our new digital collection.  Visit our website to learn more about submitting your work or submit directly here. We will accept journal entries, essays, photographs, and videos as well as other digital output documenting your experience during this difficult time.  We envision the project as a way of strengthening our sense of community and human connection while preserving personal accounts of this global event for future generations and scholarly research.  If you have any questions, please contact us at merrick@allegheny.edu.

Authentication Upgrade for Accessing Library Resources

By May 29th 2020

On Monday, June 1st, the authentication method used for signing in to access library resources is scheduled to be upgraded. When signing in, you will be prompted to connect with your Allegheny Google account.

If you experience any difficulty accessing library resources due to this change, please contact us at infodesk@allegheny.edu.

Additional Library Resources During Online Instruction

By March 30th 2020

During these unprecedented times, a number of publishers have made their databases, ebooks, ejournals, and streaming video temporarily available for free. Library and Information Technology Services is closely monitoring these developments and adding content to AggreGator and the Database A-Z list whenever possible. This new guide lists the resources we have already added to AggreGator and the Database A-Z list. For added convenience to students and faculty now working from home, LITS has also added a new search box for searching only ebooks and full-text journals to the Library Services page.

Faculty, if there is an online resource you need for your class, please let us know by emailing LITS at infodesk@allegheny.edu. You can fill out these forms to request ebooks or videos.

Online Access to the Chronicle of Higher Education

By March 26th 2020

The Chronicle of Higher Education just changed how they provide access to premium content from off campus. Anyone at Allegheny can access all of the Chronicle’s regular content by logging in with an allegheny.edu account. To gain access from off campus:
  • If you have an account at the Chronicle tied to your allegheny.edu email address, go to chronicle.com for immediate access.
  • If you don’t already have an account with your allegheny.edu email address, create one:
  1. Go to Chronicle.com and click on the “Log In” link at top, right-hand side of the page or go to:  https://www.chronicle.com/account/create.
  2. Choose the “Create an Account” option.
  3. Create a free account using your institutional email address.  You also have the option to sign up for The Chronicle’s free email newsletters during the registration process.
  4. Activate your account by confirming your email address in the “The Chronicle:  Confirm your email address” email.

LITS Introduces a New Way to Access Digital Magazines

By February 17th 2020

The Allegheny College community can now browse digital versions of their favorite magazines using the Flipster® service from EBSCO Information Services.

Pelletier Library now provides both Flipster and hardcopy versions of Atlantic and Bloomberg Business Week. With the Flipster app, magazines can be downloaded to Android™ and Apple® phones and tablets, and Kindle Fire tablets for offline reading anytime, anywhere. Flipster can also be used in a web browser with your Allegheny account.

Contact the LITS InfoDesk at x3768, or visit https://library.allegheny.edu to learn more about accessing the library’s digital magazines through Flipster.

HathiTrust Login Change

By February 10th 2020

On Thursday, February 13th, LITS is scheduled to update the method for signing into HathiTrust. Upon signing in, you will be prompted to use your Allegheny Google account to authenticate. Access to HathiTrust should not be affected.

If you experience difficulties logging into HathiTrust after February 13th, please contact the InfoDesk at 814-332-3768, or open a Web Help Desk ticket.

Kanopy Streaming Video

By December 20th 2019

From December 18 to January 6, 2020, the library is switching Kanopy to “request mode.” During this period, faculty and students can instantly access films that we have currently purchased on Kanopy. A list is available at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xSt6nimB2j0D-JWESgApfWOg9x37fRv3BJBoJ2nrHCM/edit?usp=sharing. If you need to access a film not on this list, you can fill out a form on Kanopy’s website. Decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis. All films will be reinstated on January 6, Faculty preparing courses for next year over the winter break can add the film’s link to their Sakai course. On Jan 6, the links will be live and ready to go.

The library has been forced to limit access during the breaks due to unexpected high usage and unplanned cost increases. Faculty using Kanopy films for their courses are strongly encouraged to send a list of their films to bkern@allegheny.edu so we can better track usage and manage our costs. Thanks for your understanding and cooperation!

RefWorks downtime

By December 20th 2019

ExLibris is moving the RefWorks data center to a new server on December 21, 2019.
We are expecting a downtime of up to 10 hours for both legacy RefWorks and (new) RefWorks. This has been communicated to all users through the in-app announcement feature since November.
 
Downtime for: Legacy RefWorks and (new) RefWorks.
 
When: Starting 11:00 p.m. on Friday, Dec 20, and for up to 10 hours.