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Vision Studies faculty team with library to provide free e-textbooks to students, encourage others to explore possibilities

February 2, 2026 Mark McGowan enewsletter, SEED, Student Success

During the annual meeting of the American Printing House for the Blind in October, Molly Pasley heard something remarkable. A professor from another university told her about a partnership with the school’s library that gave students free access to many Vision Studies

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‘Go Beyond the Stacks’ gives the scoop on Scopus for citations, metrics, more

May 12, 2022 Mark McGowan enewsletter

Scopus is a large interdisciplinary database that provides author, publication and journal metrics such as citation counts, author citation records and the Cite Score. Find highly cited literature What is it? What makes something highly cited? Technically, it’s the number of citations

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Google that: ‘Go Beyond the Stacks’ uses Google Scholar to gain full text, citations

March 9, 2022 Mark McGowan enewsletter

Did you know that you can link Google Scholar to full text of materials from Northern Illinois University Libraries? Here’s how: In Google Scholar, use the menu button on the upper left-hand corner of the screen to navigate to Settings. Click on

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‘Go Beyond the Stacks’ cues the video

February 2, 2022 Mark McGowan enewsletter

Kanopy is a library database of streaming videos, documentaries and feature films, and it’s a great tool to add streaming media to your course! This two-minute video shows you how to find and request videos in Kanopy, check expiration dates for films

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