Tag Archives: online resources

Celebrate Earth Day! Film showings in the Library

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Ronna

To celebrate Earth Day (Thursday, April 22), the Andersen Library is showing films on April 19-April 22 which are free and open to all! These films will be shown on the main floor of the Library in the TV area. … Continue reading →

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Historical Abstracts database trial!

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Ronna

The Library is very excited to announce that a trial of the Historical Abstracts database is now available for use by all faculty, staff, and students. The trial will be active until the end of spring semester. Historical Abstracts is … Continue reading →

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New Online Reference Titles (Ebooks)

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Barbara

We’ve added new online reference titles from the Gale Virtual Reference Library in history, literature, multicultural studies, social sciences, and technology: History American Decades, 10v, 2001 American Decades Primary Sources, 10v, 2004 Ancient Greece, 3v, 2007 The Antebellum Era: Primary … Continue reading →

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Presidential campaign TV commercials, 1952-2008

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Ronna

I know, I know, after the recent presidential election, we’ve probably all had our fill of campaign commercials. But this web site is worth a few minutes of your time, I promise. The Museum of the Moving Image put together … Continue reading →

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World Digital Library: Cultural treasures, at your fingertips

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Ronna

On April 21, 2009, the World Digital Library debuted. Its mission: “[to make] available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.” Developed by the Library of Congress … Continue reading →

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Hot International Business Topics

Posted on January 30, 2009 by kyle

Euromonitor, the provider of the Global Market Information Database, has shared their top ten articles of 2008*, which provides insight into the main growth area and concerns in the current business environment. It should come as no surprise that the … Continue reading →

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Online links in the catalog

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Barbara

More often than you expect you’ll find online titles in the Library Catalog. How does the catalog let you know if something is online? The link to the title online will be preceded by “Linked Resources.” Check the location! Sometimes … Continue reading →

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Broader Reach, Narrower Focus

Posted on December 11, 2008 by kyle

As I was browsing my Facebook mini-feed, I noticed a link that a librarian friend had posted from the Very Short List about online scholarship. There has been a study done by James A. Evans, University of Chicago, and published … Continue reading →

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Keep All Those Sources In One Place

Posted on November 12, 2008 by kyle

Doing research these days can be… interesting. With the mix of print and online sources, creating a list of all the sources for your current and past projects can be a monumental task. If you only use internet resources (*gasp*), … Continue reading →

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October Feature: Tutorials

Posted on October 1, 2008 by kyle

A lot of attention has been drawn towards the fact that today’s students aren’t big fans of reading through pages and pages of instructions to learn how to do something – they’re more visual learners. Instead, the younger generation would … Continue reading →

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