Learn, Study, Discover
Finals are almost here! But don’t want you to stress out. Come to the Club Odum Pajama Party and unwind after your last day of class.
Don’t worry, you have all of Exam Prep Day to study. In fact, we’re opening a few extra classrooms in the library that day so you can more easily study in groups! That’s on top of the library being open 24 hours all of finals week– from Sunday at noon to Friday at 9PM the building is all yours.
Happy (almost) Thanksgiving, everyone! Although the library will be closed for the holiday, you can still use the library’s electronic resources thanks to Anywhere Access! Log in with your BlazeVIEW username and password and you’ll still be able to find the articles and ebooks you need in GALILEO so you can finish writing those papers. If you can’t quite remember how to get started, check out our tutorials page.
Thanksgiving Holiday Break
Library Hours
Tue, Nov 20Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 7:45AM – Midnight
Wed, Nov 21Â Â Â Â Â Closed
Thu, Nov 22Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Closed
Fri, Nov 23Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Closed
Sat, Nov 24Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 9:00AM – 9:00PM
Sun, Nov 25Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 12:00PM – 2:00AM (Regular Operating Hours resume)
Mon, Nov 26Â Â Â Â Â 7:45AM – 2:00AM
Reference Desk Hours
Tue, Nov 20Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 8:00AM – 6:00PM
Wed, Nov 21Â Â Â Â Â Closed
Thu, Nov 22Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Closed
Fri, Nov 23Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Closed
Sat, Nov 24Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Closed
Sun, Nov 25Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2:00PM – 10:00PM (Regular Operating Hours resume)
Mon, Nov 26Â Â Â Â Â 8:00AM – 10:00PM
Media Services Hours
Tue, Nov 20Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 8:00AM – 7:00PM*
Wed, Nov 21Â Â Â Â Â Closed
Thu, Nov 22Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Closed
Fri, Nov 23Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Closed
Sat, Nov 24Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Closed
Sun, Nov 25Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Closed
Mon, Nov 26Â Â Â Â Â 8:00AM – 7:00PM
*All equipment will be due back at 6:00PM on Tuesday. Failure to return equipment will result in significant late fees.
On Veterans Day we recognize veterans and all of those who have offered military service.
(Photo courtesy of the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs.)
Help the younger generation appreciate our veterans with this Teacher Resource Guide from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Veterans Day National Committee.
As a Federal Depository Library, Odum Library’s Government Documents collection includes many publications about veterans, including these hearings:
- Access to U.S. Department of Veterans Healthcare: How Easy Is It for Veterans?, available in print, microfiche, and online PDF formats.
- Women, Rural, and Special Needs Veterans, available in print and microfiche
Veterans’ history and needs extend beyond Veterans Day, of course. The Library of Congress invites public participation in the Veterans History Project. Veteran Brian McGough describes ways to help veterans after Veterans Day.
The Department of Veterans Affairs provides an online database to search for the burial locations of veterans, including National and other military cemeteries and private cemeteries in which veterans’ graves are marked.
View more documents about veterans at the Government Documents display, located in the Odum Library 2nd floor Reference area.
GALILEO needs your help, and they’re giving away an iPad to one lucky helper! Take the annual GALILEO survey to tell GALILEO what you like, what you don’t like, and what you would like in the future. The lucky iPad winner will be drawn randomly from the completed surveys.
To get there, either go right to the survey at http://galileo2012.questionpro.com, or go to the GALILEO homepage and click on the page’s survey link: http://www.galileo.usg.edu
The survey is open from November 12-18, 2012.
Thanks, and good luck!
Odum Reference
As Election Day 2012 draws near, be sure to check out election and voting resources from the U.S. and State of Georgia governments.
Find election information for any state through the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. The Commission’s Voter’s Guide to Federal Elections is available in English and ten other languages, including Cherokee, Vietnamese, Navajo, and Yupik.
From the Georgia Secretary of State’s office, view Georgia’s MVP page for one-stop shopping for Georgia voting information: registration status, sample ballots, and voting precincts, for example.
Georgia’s voter identification requirements explain what kind of photo ID you should provide when you vote.
You can view 2012 election results for Georgia, as well as archived information from previous years, at the Secretary of State’s Election Results site.