Blogs

It's come to our attention that the front page of the Leddy Library website doesn't always look right for those using Internet Explorer. 

We think we have isolated the problem. Ironically, it appears that selecting the Compatibility View from Internet Explorer's Tools menu, causes our page to break. 

Compatibility View is an option in that displays websites as if you were using an earlier version of Internet Explorer.  As this is not necessary for our website, we suggest that you turn off or deselect this option

Given the dearth of soldiers’ diaries, Orderly Books provides historically valuable information about soldiers’ lives. Contains handwritten orderly books from both sides of the Revolutionary War, the French and Indian War, the War of 1812, the frontier and other deployments, documenting military orders, movements and engagements by brigade, regiment, company and other specific military units between 1748 and 1817.

Library Tours will be held this week. You don't need to sign up - just show up!

Please join us at one of the times and dates above in the Lobby of the Leddy Library.

Tuesday, September 18th : 10 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m.
Wednesday, September 19th : 10 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m.
Thursday, September 20th : 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m.

The Leddy Library has two display cases where we showcase aspects of our collections and highlight particular events. Sometimes we lend out the use of display case; right now in our front lobby you can find a great display promoting the new University of Windsor mobile app.

Faculty and graduate students have the ability to borrow most items from the Leddy Library for a loan periods of a semester.

Books currently out on semester loan will be due on September 15th, so please be sure to either renew these items or return them to the library shortly.

Welcome and welcome back to the Leddy Library!

As you may have noticed, we have a new library website. It has all sorts of new features including short videos to help you with Research Help and Writing Help.

Just a reminder that Leddy will be open Saturday, September 1 and Sunday, September 2: from 1pm to 8pm and open on Monday, September 3 (Labour Day)from 8am to 8pm.

Regular Fall Term hours begin on Tuesday September 4th and you can see them on our Hours page: http://leddy.uwindsor.ca/hours

It's almost September. We can't wait to see you again!

Friday is the last day of the Summer Session Exam period. During our Summer Session Recess Period (August 25 to September 3) the library will be closed on Saturday and Sunday.  Please see our hours page for more details and more information.

While issues related to academic publishing and open access have been quietly churning away for many years now, these issues have started to surface more publicly since the recent boycott of the academic publish Elsevier this spring and the push in the UK to support wider access to publicly funded research.

Interesting. If you have a profile on Google Scholar, the service will match your past research record with new research. Essentially, it's a recommended reading service.

You can't add your research into a your citation profile if a GoogleBot can't find your work under your name (which is a little problematic because I changed my name some years ago and the work I've done under it doesn't exist in my current profile).