Brief downtime for ILLiad this weekend
Due to scheduled maintenance, users will be unable to access their ILLiad accounts from 10PM-12AM (Eastern Time) on Saturday, June 21, 2014. Thank you for your patience and we apologize for the...
View ArticleClass of 1970 Library Cafe Open During Food Court Renovations
The Class of 1970 Library Cafe will be open from Wednesday, June 25, 2014 through Thursday, July 3, 2014 while the food court in the Rubin Campus Center is being renovated. Hours of operation are...
View ArticleMedia for Everyone at the Gordon Library
We all know that the Gordon Library has books, in both print and electronic formats and for both research and leisure reading. Recently, however, more media were added to the library’s collection in...
View ArticleElevator Work on Friday, August 8, 2014
The elevator will be unavailable for use on Friday, August 8 due to the tiling of the elevator floor. Signs are located on every floor alerting users about this event. We apologize for any...
View ArticleDigiTool Maintenance Wednesday August 6, 2014
The library’s DigiTool system, which hosts the Charles Dickens serialized novels and the Woodbury Company letterheads collection, will be offline starting at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, August 6, 2014 for...
View ArticleWe have a space for that…
Do you need to meet with a group? Do you need to use specialized computer software this is only available in a few locations on campus? Do you have a phone interview with an employer? The library can...
View ArticleProQuest Flow and Google Docs
Do you love Google Docs but struggle with adding citations? We know a lot of students at WPI love using Google Docs for collaborating during project and team assignments. The library has also heard a...
View ArticleStudents Share Their Best Research Tips
At Gordon Library we know that WPI students have a lot of wisdom to share about finding great information. This A-term we’ve been asking first-year and IQP students for some of their best tips and...
View ArticleMore Items on Reserve Thanks to the SGA
The Gordon Library and the SGA are collaborating again to make some textbooks available for students as reserve items! For some of the classes that have 100+ students, we work at getting the textbook...
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From the Archives: In the Presidents’ Words
[As part of WPI 150 and Leshin Inauguration preparations, Gordon Library's Curation, Preservation, and Archives department is spending much of 2014 working through the records of four past WPI...
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New Database Trial: Statista
As the name implies, Statista is an online resource for statistical data. Bringing together data, categorized in 21 market sectors, from over 18,000 international sources, Statista focuses on current...
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New database trial: IET.tv
The Institution of Engineering and Technology has recently launched IET.tv which it describes as the “world’s largest specialized online archive of engineering and technology content” and the Gordon...
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Something in Commons: How Gordon Library Works for Open Access
DigitalCommons@WPI In addition to the 10,000s of Open Access resources available in the Gordon Library collections, we also offer tools to the WPI community that support open systems of scholarly...
View ArticleLibrary Workshop: Copyright & Your WPI Project
Copyright and Your WPI Project Where: Library, Anderson Lab A Since WPI Interactive Qualifying Projects (IQPs), Major Qualifying Projects (MQPs), theses, and dissertations are now published online and...
View ArticleNew database trial: Factiva
From now until December 15, 2014, the Gordon Library is hosting a trial of Dow Jones’ Factiva on the ProQuest platform. Bringing together news sources and company information, Factiva tracks more than...
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Celebrate Games @ Gordon Library
The American Library Association is one of the organizations promoting International Games Day @ your library, November 15, 2014. But Gordon Library is not celebrating for just one day! Check out our...
View ArticleHey, Seniors! How’s that MQP Going?
At Gordon Library we know that MQPs take creativity, perseverance, teamwork … and information – lots of it! Take advantage of these TOP 5 resources and services for your MQP. The MQP Top 5 @ Gordon...
View ArticleThanksgiving Break Hours
Are you headed home for Thanksgiving? Many library resources are available online through the library website, including e-books and journal articles. Use the search box on the library homepage to get...
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EndNote’s Little Book
We know a lot of people on campus love EndNote, but we also know that sometimes it can be tricky learning how to use EndNote’s many features. That’s why Thomson Reuters wrote the Little EndNote How-To...
View ArticleStyle Guides
As the end of the term and semester approaches, we thought it would be useful to highlight some of the style guides available at the Gordon Library. This is by no means an exhaustive list but we hope...
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