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Horn Library Opening Aug. 26th!

In the meantime: For research help email research@babson.edu. For general questions, email library@babson.edu. Thursday & Friday, 8/15 & 8/16: Park Manor West FME Workshop space will be unavailable and library staff are working from home. Saturday, 8/17 – Thursday, 8/22: PMW FME space available for student use; no library staff present – for help call…

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In the Library, summer’s no time to slow down!

People outside of academia often ask whether college staff get the summers off. They are surprised to hear that for the Library and other departments it’s often a very busy time: time for upgrades, introduction of new resources, maintenance, special projects, etc.  This summer is no different and Babson’s librarians are working hard on your…

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Career Resource GOINGLOBAL now on Library website

GOINGLOBAL is a career and employment resource that features country career guides,  US and Canadian city career guides, corporate profiles, worldwide job and internship postings, visa information, and more.  For example, the country career guides basically tell you everything you need to know about applying for jobs and work life in a country, including how job…

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New look and feel for library research guides

We’ve recently upgraded the platform of our research, course, and database guides. So don’t be surprised that things look different!  The new version of “LibGuides” gave us an opportunity to revamp the guides, make them more visually appealing, easier to navigate, and hopefully be more useful.  Let us know if something isn’t working right, e.g.…

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Library closed July 4-6

Due to the Independence Day holiday, the library will be closed Friday, July 4 – Sunday, July 6. Regular summer hours will resume on Monday, July 7.

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New Instructional Services Librarian: Daryl Bullis

We are very pleased to introduce Daryl Bullis, our new instructional services librarian, who comes to us from the University at Albany – SUNY.  He’ll be taking on library instruction in the Rhetoric program, and more.  He’s an experienced humanities librarian with a good working knowledge of Russian!  And he loves music, particularly opera, and collecting…

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New: PowerSearch added to Library website!

Check out our new Powersearch with Summon search.  It’s a Google-type search that includes our books and e-books, journal articles, papers, library research guides, free high-quality internet content, and more! Use the first search box in the left-hand column on the Library home page or the Multiple Database Search link in the middle column. Let us…

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Library Survey

Do you have opinions about the library that you want to share with us? Please fill out our survey and let us know what you think about extended library hours at midterms! bit.ly/extendedhours

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Starting 8/16: Borrow Materials From Wellesley and Olin College Libraries!

Starting August 16, 2010, current faculty, staff, and students may check out materials from Wellesley College and Olin College!  Borrowing privileges are equivalent (with a few exceptions) to your counterparts at these colleges.  Please go to their library websites for detailed loan periods and policies. In order to check out materials, you must present your OneCard at their…