Below are links to issues of Lav Notes, the library's rest room newsletter. Lav Notes is an occasional publication of Research Services, Sheridan Libraries. All issues are PDF files. Get the latest version of the free Adobe Reader.

Lav Notes 5.6 (Spring 2009)

Search inside books in the library catalog; new features in Find It; using wireless in the library

Lav Notes 5.5 (Spring 2009)

Share your ideas about Brody Learning Commons with us; create customized database lists with JHsearch

Lav Notes 5.4 (Spring 2009)

2009 Homewood Student Video Competition; group viewing rooms; keep up with MSEL on Facebook, Twitter or through our blog

Lav Notes 5.3 (Winter 2009)

Learn about RefWorks with this issue of Lav Notes

Lav Notes 5.2 (Fall 2008)

Get poll data; freshmen members wanted for Libraries' Student Advisory Council; new at the library: laptop locks, short-term lockers, check group study availability online

Lav Notes 5.1 (Fall 2008)

Getting started at the library; changes to our entrance policy and hours; improvements on C-Level

Lav Notes 4.5 (Spring 2008)

Interview volunteers needed to help the library create a new interface for searching and accessing library and other scholarly resources; the closing of the HUT; 24-hour study space; summer checklist

Lav Notes 4.4 (Spring 2008)

Popular books and movies; reservable group study rooms; library space survey; members wanted for Libraries' Student Advisory Council;
library computers

Lav Notes 4.3 (Winter 2008)

Library plugins, widgets and betas; recycling in the library; group study rooms; new electrical outlets

Lav Notes 4.2 (Fall 2007)

Government publications, maps and law; events on Q-Level; newspaper survey; journal use

Lav Notes 4.1 (Fall 2007)

New features in LexisNexis Academic; getting started in the library; new A/V loan periods; reserves; LexisNexis Academic contest

Lav Notes 3.3 (Summer 2007)

ARTstor database contains nearly 500,000 images of art and cultural objects; how to submit Flash Ads; answer to Titanic question; new proxy service; JHU Newsletter likes us!

Lav Notes 3.2 (Winter 2007)

More online newspaper resources available through the library; members wanted for new Libraries' Student Advisory Council; new Libraries blog; newspaper item contest

Lav Notes 3.1 (Fall 2006)

Over 300 full color, full page newspapers online with PressDisplay; Interlibrary Loan and Eisenhower Express deliver materials in print and online; new services at MSEL

Lav Notes 2.5 (Summer 2006)

Extreme Googling: Google Scholar with JHU holdings; search tips and tricks

Lav Notes 2.4 (Spring 2006)

SFX changes name to FIND IT; RAUL, the library's proxy server, is going away

Lav Notes 2.3 (Winter 2006)

Search many databases at once with JHSearch; Blue label P call number contest winner; Literature Resource Center database; DVDs and videos available in the AV Center

Lav Notes 2.2 (Fall 2005)

Testing and Education Reference Center database; blue label "P" call numbers and contest

Lav Notes 2.1 (Fall 2005)

Human search engines; manage citations and create bibliographies with RefWorks; wireless expanded in the library; new public PCs

Lav Notes 1.3 (Summer 2005)

Sound masking system installed; wired and wireless access; compact shelving improvements

Lav Notes 1.2 (Spring 2005)

Hopkins KnowledgeNET™, the alumni virtual library; other alumni services; don't forget to return your books

Lav Notes 1.1 (Winter 2005)

SFX citation linker; first issue of Lav Notes