Construction-related noise is expected to increase as renovations proceed in the former Reserve Room, for the creation of a 24×7 study area. Disposable ear plugs are available at the Circulation Desk to help minimize the distraction.

Or nanotubes? or enzymology? Whatever your area of interest, you can receive email alerts from the library when relevant items are added to the library collections, using the Preferred Searches feature available through the MY Library Record service.

To set up an email alert:

• Log in to your library record (look for the “Check MY Library Record” link on the Library Homepage) — use your Drexel email ID and password to log in.

• From your record, click on the “Search Catalog” button.
• Search for library items that match your interests; you can use a subject search, author search or keyword search, or used the Advanced Keyword feature to construct a more complex search strategy (need help? Ask a Reference Librarian!).
• At the top of your search result list, click on “Save Your Search“.
  

• Now click on “Return to your Library Record” at the top of page.
• Click on the “Preferred Searches” button to see a list of the searches you’ve saved.
• Check the box under the “Mark for Email” column, then click “Update List” to get email alerts when new items that match your interests are added to the library catalog — the alert will be sent to your University email address.

Don’t forget that your Library Record also tells you what books you have checked out (you can even renew them twice online) and what you’ve placed on Hold!

Hahnemann Library has begun offering chat reference service, as HEALTHSCIref on AIM, GoogleTalk and Yahoo Messenger, and as HEALTHSCIref@hotmail.com on Windows Messenger. Currently, chat assistance is offered Monday through Friday, 11 am to 3 pm. Use your favorite Instant Messaging service, or visit http://www.library.drexel.edu/about/askaquestion.html for links to web-based services.

Reference chat continues to be available from Hagerty Library as well — drexellibraryref. Watch for service to expand to evening and weekend hours when the Fall term begins!

Beginning on Sunday, August 19th, Hagerty hours will be extended to provide later hours for end-of-term studying, staying open until 2:00 am Sunday through Thursday.

Please see http://www.library.drexel.edu/about/hours/hours-wwh.html for a full listing of hours for the remainder of the Summer term.

Listening to music or a lecture in the Library? There are now earphones available at the Circulation Desk in Hagerty Library if you haven’t brought your own.

We have two pair available for borrowing and additional packaged sets (Labtech Go-420) that can be purchased for $2.00, using cash or Ultima funds.