Library News
Memorial Day Weekend
Date Posted: 5/23/2013
The library will be CLOSED from 5:00 pm, Friday, May 24th through Monday, May27th. Normal library hours will resume on Tuesday, May 28th.
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Summer Library Hours
Date Posted: 4/12/2013
Summer Library Hours begin on Monday, May 6th.
- Monday-Friday............................................ 9:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Saturday....................................................... 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Sunday.......................................................... Closed
Any exceptions to this schedule over the course of the summer will be posted in advance.
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New Ebook Database Available
Date Posted: 8/26/2011
AGTS students, faculty, and staff may now access E-book
through the ebrary Academic Complete online collection.
Description: Academic Complete, an e-book collection spanning all academic subject areas, includes a growing selection of more than 70,000 e-books from over 500 trusted publishers, including Ashgate Publishing Group, Brill Academic Publishers, Cambridge University Press, Harvard University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, Oxford University Press, University of Chicago Press, and University of Michigan Press.
Key features and benefits include:
- Available any time through any web-enabled device including the iPad
- Easy-to-use interface localized in multiple languages
- ebrary InfoTools™, which turns every word into a portal to additional information in the library and on the web
- Notes and highlights that are automatically stored on a personal bookshelf
- Ability to copy/paste and print text with automatic citations and URL hyperlinks back to the source
- Personal bookshelves with moveable folders that can be shared with others
- Multiple options for searching, navigating, and browsing
- ADA 508c compliant content, text-to-speech, and other accessibility features
How to Access: Can be accessed directly online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or remotely by AGTS students/faculty/staff who have a username/password. Email the library at roliver@agts.edu to request a username/password.
URL: site.ebrary.com/lib/agts
Terms of Service: Materials available through ebrary are the property of their respective copyright holders. For further details, please see the individualized copyright notice that is printed within or appears with each document, and read ebrary’s TERMS OF SERVICE (http://site.ebrary.com/lib/agts/help.action?topic=terms_of_service) for information about what you may and may not do with the materials available through ebrary.
Important limitations to keep in mind include:
- Only limited portions of ebooks may be copied and pasted into other documents.
- It is not possible to download entire ebooks or chapters/sections of ebooks to your personal computer. Books must be viewed through the ebrary website or the ebrary reader.
- Only a limited amount of pages (usually 60) can be printed from any particular work.
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Updated:
Friday, May 24, 2013 1:56 PM
