Library News

Snell Library: 20th Anniversary Director’s Cut

Want to be a library star? This year marks the 20th anniversary of Snell Library, and we intend to celebrate. At the epicenter of our celebrations will be a web video that we need your help with. We’re inviting all current NU students who love the library for an on-camera interview this summer as part of the project. We want to  talk to you about what makes the library special and why you keep coming back. This could be you. Please contact Programming and Communications Comittee chair Tom Urell at t.urell@neu.edu or 617-373-8346. Please keep in mind that this project is still in development, so we may not be able to answer all questions as of now. Thanks, and we hope to hear from you!

Shades of Greatness: The Art of Negro League Baseball

In gallery 360, an travelling art exhibit on the Negro League baseball teams of the 20’s, 30’s and 40’s is currently on display. The display, titled “Shades of Greatness,” is a combination of oils, mixed media, photography and sculpture. The works highlight the importance of the Negro Leagues in African American culture. This exhibit may be considered a larger extension of the small display that can be seen on the first floor of the library. (See the blog post on that display here). The exhibit has been up since May 17th and will close on July 23rd. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday, 10am to 7pm. If you would like to schedule a group tour with LSCC, please contact LSCC@neu.edu or call 617-373-5845.

Get NU Library ejournals through PubMed

Are you a researcher in the Health Sciences? If so, you’re probably a fan of PubMed, the National Library of Medicine’s famous database of journal articles. A recent law requires NIH-funded researchers to deposit their full articles in PubMed, but not all medical research is funded by NIH.  So unless you’re on the NU campus network using library subscriptions, most complete articles still require a fee. To the rescue… a special PubMed @ NU URL with our NU Library links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?otool=manoeulib Now, do a search and every article will have a little button that looks like this: "" Click the button:

If the NU Libraries subscribe to the journal, the full text will appear, or, If we don’t subscribe to the journal, you’ll get a choice of Google Scholar or ILLiad. Try Google Scholar for a free version, otherwise click “Request this article as a .pdf” from ILLiad. We’ll deliver you a free .pdf, usually in one business day!

Watch a video with examples. What if you forget Northeastern’s special URL!?! Save this blog post!  Or set up a myNCBI account (free, and with some other benefits like the ability to save your work) set your preference to “Northeastern University Libraries” as an “Outside Tool.”  This will give you the same NU Library ejournal links and Interlibrary ILLiad option. So if you’re at home, and you want access to our ejournals in PubMed, try PubMed @ NU.  You won’t believe how easy it is!

Self check out!

We are happy to announce that self check out is available at the circulation desk! We encourage all students, faculty and staff to take advantage of this facility, as it greatly speeds up the check out process. The self check out machine is easy to use and staff members are available to help! *For Reserve and Media items, please use regular checkout.