The Digital Resource Lab has a new web site located on the Auburn University Libraries’ homepage under the “Services’ heading in the middle of the screen.

The Digital Resource Laboratory (DRL) at the Ralph Brown Draughon Library is designed to help Auburn University students, faculty, and staff use multimedia materials in their class assignments and course projects. It does this by providing access to the latest multimedia hardware and software, together with the on-site technical expertise needed to use these resources to best advantage. The DRL is committed to serving the multimedia technology needs of Auburn University students and faculty in all academic disciplines.

The Digital Resource Lab has recently been expanded; there will be a formal opening at the end of the Summer.

GreenFILE

A searchable database covering all aspects of human impact on the environment.  Scholarly, governmental, and general-interest titles dating back to the 1970’s include content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done on each level to minimize negative impact.

Topics include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.  GreenFILE is multidisciplinary and draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health, and technology.  The database contains 384,000 records including 4700 full-text articles.

Encyclopedia of the Cold War:  A Political, Social, and Military History

Edited by Spencer C. Tucker and published by ABC-CLIO in 2008,  this five-volume set is located on the Second Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library under call number D 840 .E63 2008.

Britannica Spanish Reference Center

This online resource offers two Spanish-language encyclopedias.  For high school ages and up, Gran Enciclopedia Planeta is a comprehensive encyclopedia with 145,000 articles, along with timelines, an atlas, and a dictionary.  Enciclopedia Juvenil is designed for elementary and junior high ages, and includes learning materials, images, and videos.

Edited by John H. Moore and published by Macmillan Reference USA in 2008, this three-volume set is located in the Reference Collection on the Second Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library under call number E 184 .A1 E584 2008 .

Patrons using AUBIEcat, the Auburn University Libraries’ online public access catalog, will now automatically encounter the “Ask a Librarian” online chat service link if they encounter a problem while conducting a search for library materials.  Formerly known as “InfoChat,” the “Ask a Librarian” online chat service link has been available for a number of years in the upper right hand side of the Auburn University Libraries homepage under the heading “Ask a Librarian.”  AUBIEcat , the online public access catalog, is located under the Books and Journals link located on the A. U. Libraries homepage on the left side of the screen under the heading “Find.”

We hope the additional access point will remind patrons of the availability of this service.