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Evans C. Johnson Research Prize

Announcements

The duPont-Ball Library is pleased to announce Maria Gaglio is the 2020 recipient of the Evans C. Johnson Research Prize for her paper, “Accuracies and Inaccuracies: Analysis of the Portrayal of Schizophrenia in the Major Motion Picture, A Beautiful Mind.”  The paper was written for Dr. Laura Crysel’s FSEM course, Psychology of Popular Fiction. This prize is awarded to a 2019 first-year student who had the submitted paper that best shows thorough, effective, creative, and ethical uses of the library and research resources. Congratulations, Maria!

April 3, 2020 Update

Announcements,

In response to the Governor’s Stay-at-Home Executive Order, the duPont-Ball Library has
adjusted our services to include the following:

  • Ask A Librarian Virtual Information & Research Assistance:
    [email protected]
    Available:
    Monday-Thursday: 10 am – 8 pm
    Friday: 10 am – 5 pm
    Saturday: 11 am – 5 pm
    Sunday: 2 pm – 8 pm

  • Request Physical Items:
    Locate the item in OneSearch and use the Request Item – Place Hold button.
    https://www2.stetson.edu/library/ (OneSearch Tab)
    Items will be sent to your campus mailbox or home address.

  • Request Equipment Checkout – pick-up by appointment only:
    [email protected] or https://stetson.libwizard.com/equip-pickup

  • Interlibrary Loan Questions:
    [email protected]

    Please note: As other libraries across the country curtail services, it is becoming increasingly difficult to borrow physical materials (e.g., books and scores). While you may still request these materials, expect to have long waits or unfilled requests. Feel free to email [email protected] to see if there are alternative formats for your material.

  • Archives and Special Collections Inquiries:
    [email protected]

  • The 24/7 Computer Lab (Room 15 L) on the Library Ground Floor is Open:
    Use card swipe to enter.

  • The Writing Center has moved to online instruction only:
    https://www.stetson.edu/other/writing-center/

We appreciate your understanding as we do everything we can to provide academic support while protecting the health and safety of all members of the Stetson community.

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Free Resources & Research Help

Announcements,


Free Resources. Staff at the duPont-Ball Library have compiled links to free library resources made available during the COVID-19 outbreak.  Many of our publisher and vendor partners have opened their electronic collections to students and faculty during this time.

See Free Resources during COVID-19 Outbreak.


Get Research Help. Need to find peer-reviewed articles for your research project? Question about citing sources ?Not sure how to connect to a resource or database from off-campus?

Librarians are available help you find and evaluate information, cite your sources, and more.

Email [email protected] or fill out this form to get started. 

Hours:
Monday through Thursday: 10 am to 8 pm
Friday: 10 am to 5 pm
Saturday: 10 am to 5 pm
Sunday: 2 pm to 8 pm

Join the Virtual SF Book Club to Discuss HG Wells’ “The War of the Worlds”!

Announcements,

In difficult times, fiction can provide an escape – or hold up a mirror to the challenges we face. Read about a nation under siege from Martians and discuss how our own situation compares!

This special virtual edition of the duPont-Ball SF Book Club will meet online in Microsoft Teams at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 23 – about two weeks from now. Email [email protected] with the subject line “Book Club” for information on how to participate.

H.G. Wells’ “The War of the Worlds“ is a classic work of science fiction that invented the “alien invasion” genre. It has been adapted dozens of times, including in a famous 1938 radio drama by Orson Welles that may or may not have incited mass panic. The book (available for free here) will take a quick reader only about four hours to get through, and the radio drama (available on YouTube here) is only an hour.

On April 23, we will gather online to discuss the themes and legacy of the story. Cultural Credit will be offered to participating students! Once again, sign up by emailing [email protected] with the subject line “Book Club!”

Request items, Library materials by mail, Renew items

Announcements,

Updated 4-3-2020

Request Items 
Locate items in OneSearch,  use the Place Hold – Request Item button to make a request. The library will email you when the item is ready.  Beginning on March 30, the library will send items through campus mail or ship items to your home address.

See instructions for requesting items. 

Email [email protected] for research assistance in locating items to request.

Equipment Pickup – by appointment only
Use this form to request  technology/equipment – laptops, cameras, voice recorders, tripods, etc. On the form, list a date and time that you would like to pick up the item at the front door of the library. Library staff will contact you to confirm the time. 

Library Materials by Mail
The library will ship library owned materials to the home address of students who have moved home.  Use this form to request materials.

Renew Items
As always, the library does not charge overdue fines for borrowed items kept after the due date but does bill for the replacement cost of items that are long overdue. Students may renew borrowed items through their online library account (see instructions) or by emailing [email protected].

The library will be more flexible with the number of renewals student can request and understands that some students may need to keep materials until they return to campus in the fall.

Students may return items through the mail. Media Mail, through the U.S. Postal Service, is a cost-effective way to ship books, DVDs, scores, etc. back to the library. Use this mailing address:

Circulation Department, Unit 8418
Stetson University
421 N. Woodland Blvd.
DeLand FL 32723

Library Building to Close Monday, March 23, 8:00pm

Announcements,

Stetson Community:

The university continues to follow the guidance coming from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Health. On Friday, the university made changes to food services following the governor’s order to end in-house food service. As a result, students are now limited to take-out and pick-up services. Following recent restrictions on libraries throughout Florida, for the health and safety of our community, the duPont-Ball Library will be moving to virtual services effective Monday, March 23, at 8:00 pm.  The Library doors will close as of today, at 8 p.m., Monday, March 23. This is a difficult decision for us and we look forward to the day when we open our doors to you again.

We plan to continue to support students, faculty and staff by offering library services:

Ask A Librarian Virtual Information & Research Assistance:
[email protected]

Available: 
Monday-Thursday: 10 am – 8 pm
Friday: 10 am – 5 pm
Saturday: 11 am – 5 pm
Sunday: 2 pm -8 pm

Updated 3/30/2020
Request Physical Items:
Locate the item in OneSearch and use the Request Item – Place Hold button.
https://www2.stetson.edu/library/ (OneSearch Tab)

See instructions for requesting items.

Starting March 30, the library will send items through campus mail or ship items to your home address.

Updated 3/30/2020
Equipment Pickup – by appointment only
Use this form to request  technology/equipment – laptops, cameras, voice recorders, tripods, etc.

Equipment Pickup at Library Front Doors:
Sunday-Friday: 2 pm to 5 pm

Questions about holds, renewals, borrowing, returning items:
[email protected]

Interlibrary Loan Questions:
[email protected]

If you need help with Archives and Special Collections:
[email protected]

The 24/7 Computer Lab (Room 15 L) on the Library Ground Floor is open to users but requires card swipe to enter.

Join the YA Book Club for Cultural Credit and a Free Book! (4 Spots Left, Now Virtual)

Announcements,

Join the library’s YA Book Club this semester as we read Renegades by Marissa Meyer.  Contact Elizabeth Martino at [email protected] to sign up.  We have four books left so sign up soon.  (We can mail the book to you if you are off campus.)  The YA Book club meeting will be held virtually on Friday, April 24th, at 2 pm.  Participation is limited to 15 people and a free book will be provided to participants.  This is a cultural credit event.

Library Research Contest!

Announcements
The duPont-Ball Library announces the opening of competition for the library’s Evans C. Johnson Research Prize and the R. Neil Scott Research Prize. The contest is sponsored by the Library to encourage the thorough, effective, creative and ethical uses of research resources. Each award has a top prize of $200.


Both Research Prizes are open to all students who completed a research paper as a first-year student during the last calendar year (spring, summer or fall semesters, 2019).

Complete details and entry information can be found on the Library Research Prize web site:  http://www2.stetson.edu/library/resources/research-prizes/. The deadline for submissions is 4 p.m. on Friday, March 20, 2020.

The winner(s) will be recognized by the Library and listed in the Academic Honors Convocation program. Winning papers will be featured on the library’s website. Please contact Laura Kirkland (386-822-4027 or [email protected]) with any questions.