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The widely used Google Chrome browser allows you to be signed into multiple Google accounts at once, which will conveniently allow you to switch between accounts without signing out and back in again.

For multiple sites and services used by the college, however, it’s important to make sure that you’re accessing these sites with your Allegheny Google account, and not a personal one.

For example, when joining a Google Meet video call, it’s important to join the call with your Allegheny account. (Most Google applications will indicate which account you are using.)

If the displayed account is not your Allegheny account – click on your account icon, and select your Allegheny account, or Add another account.

Questions or Concerns? Please send us an email at infodesk@allegheny.edu.

LITS is developing a website with resources to help faculty prepare to teach through any disruption arising from COVID-19. More materials will be added to the site as they are available.

Faculty with questions are invited to drop in the Pelletier classroom (Pelletier room 224) 12:00 to 1:30 Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday and 3:30 to 5:00 Thursday and Friday this week. LITS staff will be on hand to assist as needed. LITS staff will be available next week 1:00 to 3:00 Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in the classroom to answer questions, and faculty are again invited to drop in. Faculty participating in the drop in sessions are welcome to bring personal phones or laptop if they would like to try things out on their own devices.

Faculty may also contact the InfoDesk at infodesk@allegheny.edu, (814) 332-3768, or submit a Webhelp ticket with questions. 

Announced last February by the G Suite Team, search chips are a new feature available in Gmail.

Search chips provide an easier way to sort and filter search results in your email to easier find what you’re looking for.

For example, you can search a colleague’s name, and then further narrow your results by selecting the search chips that appear below the search box:

For more information and to see the original post from the G Suite Updates blog, click here.

To help students who need library access during finals week, Pelletier Library will be open around the clock starting Tuesday, April 30th. The library will stay open 24 hours a day until 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7th.

Allegheny College ID will be required as usual after 10 p.m. for entry. Limited services will be available after 11:30 p.m.

On Saturday, April 20, scheduled maintenance for ProQuest Ebook Central will occur. This maintenance will take place from 12:00pm to 2:00pm (lasting approximately 2 hours). During this time Ebook Central will be unavailable.

What’s your contingency plan when you can’t make it to class? What will your students do while your mid-semester conference whisks you away? Or when the campus flu strikes you down? Having a pre-planned answer to the “what if” can see you through disasters or blips in your day.

Bring your Plan B ideas and share them in a discussion led by Catharina Coenen, Professor of Biology and Director of Faculty Development.

When: Friday, September 21
Lunch will be served beginning at noon, and the discussion will begin at 12:20
Where: Pelletier Collaboratory
Please register here.

The link for Allegheny Full Text ​on the PubMed page will be removed. This link no longer provides access to the full text article or a direct link to Interlibrary Loan. Other vendor links for full text articles are still being provided. To find out if full text is available, copy and paste the article title into AggreGator. If the full text is available, the link will be provided. If the the article is “Online Citation”, the direct link to Interlibrary Loan will be provided.

Students writing COMPs this semester must submit a licensing form to the Digital Initiatives Librarian and also upload the finished project to DSpace. Instructions for submitting the project can be found here

LexisNexis Academic has changed its interface to Nexis Uni. All content originally found in LexisNexis Academic is still available. For help navigating Nexis Uni, please contact a librarian in Pelletier Library.

Attention Students: Announcing Pelletier Library Undergraduate Research Awards

As one of the many laboratories for student learning and exploration, Pelletier Library is offering research awards to celebrate excellence in the research process. Interested in learning more about the awards and how to apply? Get more information here.