In preparation for the Lo Schiavo CSI Building construction in May, ITS will be conducting infrastructure work that will result in service disruptions. For the Library, this means interruptions to network and Internet access. When these interruptions occur, this will also affect off-campus access to all online library services such as: Article Databases Ignacio, the … Continue reading Online Service Interruptions March 4-6
While many of the library’s databases offer mainstream coverage, Ethnic News Watch was “designed to provide the ‘other side of the story.’ ” With the latest bills being passed in Arizona, this database provides a place to find recent articles on issues regarding race and ethnicity in America. The database contains over 270 publications covering … Continue reading Database of the Week: Ethnic News Watch
The Oxford African American Studies Center, with Henry Louis Gates Jr. as Editor in Chief, is teeming with gripping photo essays, videos, maps, and articles. The search options make it easy to explore various sections including; biographies, images and multimedia, primary sources, and bibliographies. If you want to browse, I recommend looking through the Previous … Continue reading Database of the Week: Oxford African American Studies Center
Are you looking for a database with full text articles on literature and criticism, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, or gender studies? The best part is that even if you are not, this is a captivating database to browse through, with frequently updated articles, and links to recent publications. Check … Continue reading Database of the Week: Project Muse
This begins the first week of a series of posts to share some of the main attractions featured in our many databases. American Memory contains digitized materials from the Library of Congress covering 1400s to present. This database is an interesting resource for those doing research or simply learning more about various aspects of American … Continue reading Database of the Week: American Memory
February is Black History Month. I encourage everyone to take a look at the Oxford African American Studies Center database that the library subscribes to. It has a wealth of biographical and encyclopedic information for “those looking for information on people and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture.” You can … Continue reading During Black History Month make sure to check out the Oxford African American Studies Center
Last week, on World AIDS Day, the GLBT Historical Society and the Bay Area Reporter, the local glbt newspaper, released a database of obituaries of persons who died of AIDS. Looking through it is like looking at a time capsule. I moved to San Francisco in 1983 and like so many gay men of my … Continue reading Obituaries and history
This is pretty nifty. Hathi Trust is a digital repository of materials being scanned at research libraries. (Hathi is the Hindi word for “elephant.”) You can get the fulltext of out-of-copyright books and government publications. I found examples of old government documents with fulltext in Hathi Trust, but not in Google nor Google Books. I’ll be using this a … Continue reading Hathi Trust Digital Library
If you’ve noticed that a book search in our library catalog Ignacio looks different than you remember, it is because we’re using a new keyword search engine that we first introduced as “Encore” about six months ago (it had a separate search box at that time, underneath Ignacio on the home page). The “traditional” Ignacio … Continue reading Is Ignacio different?
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