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Access to ABC-CLIO databases now via EBSCOhost

By administrator | Published: May 8, 2008
America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts are available via the EBSCOhost platform.  The Library previously offered these through the original ABC-CLIO platform. *Author ID: 168 Author name: William*
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New resource: The Gerritsen Collection of Aletta H. Jacobs

By administrator | Published: April 9, 2008
The library recently purchased The Gerritsen Collection of Aletta H. Jacobs. From the publisher’s description: In the late 1800’s, Dutch physician and feminist Aletta Jacobs and her husband C.V. Gerritsen began collecting books, pamphlets and periodicals reflecting the revolution of a feminist consciousness and the movement for women’s rights. By the time their successors finished their [...]
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Access to Bibliography of the History of Art now via Illumina

By administrator | Published: March 28, 2008
Bibliography of the History of Art is now available via CSA’s Illumina platform. The Library previously offered this product through OCLC’s FirstSearch. *Author ID: 168 Author name: William*
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New resource: Eighteenth Century Collections Online

By administrator | Published: March 27, 2008
The library recently purchased Eighteenth Century Collections Online. From the publisher’s description: The eighteenth century brought the written word to the masses. With the expiration of strict printing controls and the Industrial Revolution, a large portion of the population — previously unexposed to writings  was exposed to a diverse collection of printed material. With a newfound [...]
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Problems retrieving articles from ProQuest databases

By administrator | Published: March 24, 2008
Dear GALILEO Users, ProQuest has reported that users are encountering problems retrieving documents after performing searches within ProQuest databases. Users are able to see search results, but selecting links to the full record, Find It, or other linking options results in the following error message: 4000: ProQuest is unable to retrieve the requested document at this time. [...]
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Communication and Mass Media Complete currently unavailable

By administrator | Published: March 13, 2008
We are working to correct the problem as quickly as possible. *Author ID: 168 Author name: William*
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New resource: Women and Social Movements in the United States

By administrator | Published: February 25, 2008
The library recently purchased access to the scholar’s edition of Alexander Street Press’ Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000. From the publisher’s description: Women and Social Movements in the United States brings together primary documents, books, images, scholarly essays, book reviews, Web site reviews, and teaching tools, all documenting the multiplicity of [...]
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Ulrich’s not working

By administrator | Published: February 18, 2008
Searches in Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory are currently returning an error message.  The publisher is aware of the problem but does not know when it will be fixed. *Author ID: 168 Author name: William*
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Expanded access to three publications

By administrator | Published: February 6, 2008
The library has purchased access to the archives of the following titles: The Nation Archive (1865-) The Nation is America’s oldest weekly magazine and one of the premier journals of opinion since its inception in 1865. The magazine has long been regarded as one of the country’s definitive journalistic voices of writing on politics, culture, books as well as the [...]
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Access to older version of ISI Web of Knowledge interface discontinued

By administrator | Published: February 4, 2008
On February 3rd, Thomson discontinued the previous version of ISI Web of Knowledge, the interface through which the library offers access to Web of Science, Biological Abstracts, and Journal Citation Reports, among other resources. Information about the new version of Web of Knowledge, including links to pre-recorded training sessions on the product’s features, is available here. *Author ID: 168 [...]
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