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CRL Primary Source Awards

By William | Published: November 16, 2009
The Center for Research Libraries is accepting nominations for its 2010 Primary Source Awards, which recognize the contributions of research and teaching faculty, librarians and library staff, graduate students, and others within the CRL community for their creative use of primary source materials in three arenas: research, teaching, and access. Award winners will receive a gift [...]
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Access to the International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest

By William | Published: June 10, 2009
The library recently purchased the International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest.  From the introduction: This encyclopedia encompasses the most comprehensive examination of modern-era revolutions, uprisings, and protest movements. It chronicles the ideas, ideologies, and activists that propelled these movements, tracing their roots, goals, tactics, successes, and failures. While numerous manifestos, analytic perspectives, explanatory works, and compelling [...]
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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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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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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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Two new electronic reference works

By William | Published: April 29, 2009
The library now has access to the following titles via Gale Virtual Reference Library: Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film The preface states, “Readers will find in the Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film the major facts about film history, clear explanations of the main theoretical concepts and lines of scholarly interpretation, and guidance through important debates. Approaching cinema as art, [...]
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ProQuest databases unavailable late April 18th, early April 19th

By William | Published: April 6, 2009
Due to maintenance, all ProQuest databases, including ABI/INFORM Complete, American Periodicals Series Online, Ethnic Newswatch, GenderWatch and Research Library, will be unavailable from 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 18th through 6 a.m. on Sunday, April 19th.
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Two new electronic reference works

By William | Published: April 6, 2009
The library now has access to the following titles via ScienceDirect: Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development The foreword states, “This is an impressive collection of what we have learned about infant and child behavior by the researchers who have contributed to this knowledge. …This wonderful reference will be a valuable resource for all of those [...]
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