The Library recently purchased a boxed collection of 42 full-color facsimiles of Picasso’s preliminary studies for his work Guernica. The facsimiles are mounted in passe-partout and are accompanied by 16-page illustrated introductory booklet. Once processed, this collection can be viewed by appointment through the Library’s Special Collections. Phone 503.725.5874, E-mail: specialcollections@lists.pdx.edu. See Multi-Search articles about Guernica.

In response to Portland State Library users' suggestions, the Millar Library's current journal issues are being rearranged to make them easier to find. Reshelving is taking place in the following phases:

Phase I: The current journal issues have been moved from the Current Periodicals Area and have been inter-shelved with their older bound volumes in call number order.

Phase II: Beginning Spring quarter, the Sorting Area will move from the fifth floor to the former location of the Current Periodicals Area on the third floor. This will move a somewhat noisy sorting operation from a quiet floor down to one of the floors not designated as quiet and make it more accessible from Circulation and Reference.

Phase III: On April 6, the Newspaper shelving will be relocated from the Current Periodicals Area on the third floor to the northwest corner of the second floor, bringing it closer to the Reference Desk.

We appreciate Library users letting us know how we can improve services and are pleased to be able to make finding journal issues easier for everyone. We are listening and responding to your needs and appreciate your help so we can serve you better.

Beginning in February 2007, the Library's Interlibrary Loan (ILL) unit will issue courtesy notices to you via e-mail. A courtesy notice is a friendly reminder that an item will be due soon and should be renewed or returned to the Library. If you've borrowed an item through ILL, you will receive a courtesy notice seven days before it is due. To renew, please check the book band for a "no renewal" restriction and if none is found, log into ILLiad, the Library's ILL system, view your checked-out items and select renew. Thank you for helping us to maintain strong reciprocal relationships with lending libraries. Here is a link to your ILLiad account: https://ill.lib.pdx.edu/.

Databases and Full-Text Resources - You'll notice that links to the Library's informative Research Guides are now available for many subjects in our databases lists. Late last term, Librarians also grouped selected databases into categories of "core," "related," and "multidisciplinary" for subjects to make it easier to find the research material you need.

As part of our pilot project at Portland State Library, links to Find It @ PSU now show up in Google Scholar search results, directing Portland State users from citations in Google Scholar to full-text available from the Portland State Library, as well as to other library services.

Multi-Search is a new system that allows you to search multiple databases simultaneously. Links to pre-defined groups of databases are also available for subjects listed in our Databases and Full-Text Resources system.

RefWorks is a great research management system that makes it easier to collect research citations, store links to articles, share your research with others, and format citations and bibliographies. This term, we've posted a new suite of Frequently Asked Questions with instructions for importing citations on the main RefWorks information page at http://www.pdx.edu/library/refworks.html.

The ILLiad Interlibrary Loan System has been redesigned and enhanced to include several new features that we hope will make the system easier to use. We've added two new request forms, one specifically for Videos/DVDs/CDs (scholarly purposes only) and one for Journal Volumes (limited circulation). Please let us know if you encounter any difficulties using the new site.