In the Know @ the Bentley Library

Here at the library we track our "best sellers" each academic year. Take a look at our hottest books, audiobooks & DVDs! ...

This semester, the library asked 15 students to keep journals for a week (February 24 – March 2, 2011), recording every time they engaged in an information-seeking activity related to their academic lives. We also interviewed the students afterward to ask them about their research habits. We learned a lot from this window on students' real-life research - this is just the tip of the iceberg! ...

Need to hit the books? We are here for you! Starting on Reading Day, our doors will be open 'round the clock until the end of exams on Thurs. May 12. (Exception: we close 9pm Sat. & reopen 10am Sun.) ...

Check out our book, popular reading, DVD and audiobook (including Playaway) acquisitions for the month of April. Go to our New Books & DVDs page to browse by subject or format.

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Here are 78 things you might not know about the library. Can you think of any others? Tell us in the comments, and we'll add it to the list. ...

On Wednesday, April 13, the library participated in Library Snapshot Day, a statewide event scheduled to coincide with the American Library Association’s National Library Week. On Snapshot Day, libraries throughout Massachusetts collect statistics and other information to illustrate a typical day in the life of the library—a snapshot, as the name implies.

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The Bentley Library will be open for 24-hour access during MOST days of Final Exams Week, beginning on Tuesday, May 3 (Reading Day) and ending on Thursday, May 12 (Last Day of Exams). ...

This weekend we will be open Saturday, April 16 from 9:00am-5:00pm; Sunday, April 17 from 1:00pm-9:00pm & Monday, April 18 from 1:00pm-2:00am. ...

Please join us in the art gallery today, 4:30pm - 6:30pm, at the opening reception for artist Eileen Wagner. Meet the artist, view the art, enjoy the refreshments! ...

This month ProQuest is debuting a new platform for the 30+ ProQuest databases to which the Bentley Library subscribes.   This new platform allows the Bentley Library to create unique subject specific databases that best reflect the research needs of the Bentley community.  Databases such as the Worldwide Political Science Abstracts have also been moved to ProQuest from the CSA platform,  allowing users to search more resources with a common platform.

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