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Monthly Archives: May 2009

Access to Latin American Newspapers

By William | Published: May 26, 2009
The library recently purchased Latin American Newspapers, a collection from the World Newspaper Archive.  From the description: Latin American Newspapers represents the initial result of the partnership between the Center for Research Libraries community and Readex, a division of NewsBank to systematically create an extensive Web-based collection of international newspapers. CRL will guarantee the long-term availability [...]
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Library Closed May 23 – 25

By Doug | Published: May 22, 2009
The library will be closed May 23 – 25 for the Memorial Day holiday. Please see our hours page for more details.
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2 new JSTOR collections

By William | Published: May 21, 2009
The library recently purchased 2 new JSTOR collections: Arts & Sciences V (current title list / upcoming titles) This collection builds on previously introduced disciplines, adding important literary reviews and state historical journals. It will also widen the scope of core disciplines in the arts and humanities, such as philosophy, history, classics, religion, art and art history, [...]
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Access to 14 electronic reference works

By William | Published: May 18, 2009
The library recently purchased 7 Gale Virtual Reference Library titles: The Encyclopedia of Islam Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, & Recovery International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers Encyclopedia of Food and Culture In addition, the library purchased 7 Oxford Digital Reference Shelf titles: The Oxford Encyclopedia [...]
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Kaetrena Kendrick’s “Kaleidoscopic Concern” is published

By La Loria | Published: May 15, 2009
The Kaleidoscopic Concern highlights the development of the myriad of issues surrounding racial and ethnic diversity in librarianship, and gives insight into concerns, goals, and strategies surrounding the recruitment, retention and advancement of librarians of color. This work contains over 80 years of the profession’s earliest training initiatives and more current best practices; and the [...]
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Zotero 2.0 beta released

By Jason Puckett | Published: May 15, 2009
Zotero has just released version 2.0 beta. Why is that a big deal? Because this version includes the ability to share references with other people online via the new groups feature. Get it from the Zotero home page. (And it’s never a bad idea to back up your library before installing beta versions.) We’ll be updating [...]
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Access to Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Part II

By William | Published: May 13, 2009
The library recently purchased Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Part II, which adds nearly seven million pages of content from close to 50,000 new titles to what could already be accessed through Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO).  The publisher states: With content from an eclectic variety of materials, including books, directories, bibles, sheet music, sermons and advertisements, [...]
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Access to The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online

By William | Published: May 13, 2009
The library now has access to The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online from Alexander Street Press.  From the publisher’s description: The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online is the first comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world’s peoples. More than 9,000 pages of material, combined with entries by more than 700 [...]
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