Credo Reference is a great resource for finding articles from hundreds of reference sources such as encyclopedias, dictionaries and factbooks. The topics covered include almost anything: art, biography, business, education, geography, history, literature, medicine, movies, music, psychology, religion, science, and world cultures…if it’s included in a reference book it’s probably in Credo Reference. You can … Continue reading Featured database: Credo Reference
The Civil Rights Digital Library (CRDL) is a comprehensive civil rights Web site and portal hosted by the University of Georgia Libraries. CRDL is a partnership among librarians, technologists, archivists, educators, scholars, academic publishers, and public broadcasters. From the CRDL/University of Georgia Web site: “The struggle for racial equality in the 1950s and 1960s is … Continue reading Civil Rights Digital Libraries Enhance Americans’ Understanding of Important Era
With all the talk about printed newspapers dying out, there’s a funny video on YouTube from a 1981 news program on San Francisco’s KRON channel 4. On it, they describe how some people are now able to read the San Francisco Examiner and San Francisco Chronicle using their home computers. It’s a great reminder of … Continue reading Reading newspapers on computers in 1981
Hi all, Try the online version of an old standby: Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities. You can access it here: http://www.usfca.edu/library/databases/cabells.html This resource is great for deciding where to send manuscripts for possible publication. The directories available are in the following subject areas : marketing, accounting, economics & finance, management, educational curriculum & methods, educational … Continue reading Try Cabells Online! Great resource for those who publish or want to
Update: Penny Scott has alerted us that SFPL’s eCard program has been suspended due to electronic vendor licensing agreements. See Penny’s comment #5 below. — Debbie B. The San Francisco Public Library has introduced a new kind of library card. They call it their eCard and any California resident can register on their website for … Continue reading The eCard from the San Francisco Public Library – updated
Update: See more current information in the Faculty Periodicals Borrowing post of March 6, 2009. With the new semester come some changes to Gleeson Library|Geschke Center. To ensure that important materials are available to everyone, unbound periodicals and newspapers will only be available for use in the library. Bound periodical volumes will now circulate to … Continue reading Periodicals migration to Access Services
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) recently published a bibliography of resources that focus on the documentation and preservation of African American Collections. The author, Karla Y. Davis (davisk@stolaf.edu) from St. Olaf College wrote: This article profiles African American collections held at libraries, both public and academic, museums, and cultural organizations dedicated to … Continue reading African American cultural collections and museums: Archiving and preserving Black history
Interested in current research on issues such as global warming, the environment, or renewable energy? Try Environment Complete—it’s a new database that covers all these subjects, plus related ones such as agriculture, environmental law, and urban planning. It provides access to the full text of articles from more than 600 journals such as Environment, Ecologist, … Continue reading Featured database: Environment Complete
Have you hugged your Constitution today? September 17th is Constitution Day, a day to commemorate the September 17, 1787 signing of the Constitution. I like to think of it as a day to reflect upon and celebrate the rights we have thanks to the U.S. Constitution. Take a minute to look at our Constitution Day online guide, and maybe … Continue reading Constitution Day
We’ve gotten rid of our 4-year-old computers in the Reference and Periodicals Rooms, replacing 17 Dells and 12 Apples all with new iMacs like the ones pictured above. These computers have been specially configured to run Windows XP in addition to Mac OS X. At startup, you can choose which operating system you would like … Continue reading New Computers