Category: Research Tools & Services

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Civil Rights Digital Libraries Enhance Americans’ Understanding of Important Era

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

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Try Cabells Online! Great resource for those who publish or want to

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

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The eCard from the San Francisco Public Library – updated

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

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Periodicals migration to Access Services

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

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African American cultural collections and museums: Archiving and preserving Black history

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

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Featured database: Environment Complete

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

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Constitution Day

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

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New Computers

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