July 2007 Archives
TU Libraries is currently trialing British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries.British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries is a collection of published diaries, letters, manuscripts, and memoirs from nearly 500 British, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh women, dating from the 1500s to the 1900s.
All forms of diaries – religious, travel, and journalistic – are included in the collection from women from all walks of life, including Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, Mary Shelley, Queens Victoria and Elizabeth, Mary Wollstonecraft, Christina Rossetti, Florence Nightingale, and Maude Gonne. Their topics discussed range from convent life and courtesans to missionaries and social reforms.
Additional information about the database is available.
The trials lasts until September 14th.
TU Libraries is currently trialing Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period.Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period is a collection of works from approximately 50 Scottish women lyric poets written between 1789 and 1832.
Each author entry offers a bio-biographical sketch or essay, including what is known about their lives, plus a bibliography of their primary works and of criticisms and reviews.
Examples of poets include: Agnes Lyon, Carolina Oliphant, Catherine Ward, Dorothea Primrose Campbell, Frances Chadwick, Margaretta Wedderburn, and Jessie Stewart.
Additional information about the database is available.
The trial will last until September 14th.
At the recent Mashup 2007 conference, a panel of teenagers were questioned regarding their use(s) of cellphones, computers, iPods, TV, IM, plus specific software and web applications. To the surprise of the audience, none of the panel members had ever heard of RSS feeds let alone subscribed to any. The same was true of wikis - until the moderator brought up Wikipedia, causing some discussion over the reliability of entries.
A video of the discussion is available. PBS journalist Mark Glaser comments on the overall conference in his article.
TU Libraries has recently added AP Images to its suite of electronic resources!AP Images (formerly AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive) is one of the largest collections of historical and contemporary news photographs, containing over 3 million images from the 1840s to the present. A collection of over 50,000 graphics -- maps, timelines, logos, and graphs -- is also included.
Searching capabilities include the ability to search by keyword, person, date, or event, in addition to browsing feature photograph collections. A reference guide is available. All content from AP Images may be downloaded.
The "Cite this" feature is now a part of ProQuest databases!
This feature gives users an opportunity to get a bibliographic citation in several common styles, including APA, Chicago/Harvard/Turabian, AMA, MLA and Vancouver. Users may copy and paste the needed format into a bibliography.
Available ProQuest databases at Temple University Libraries include:
This feature gives users an opportunity to get a bibliographic citation in several common styles, including APA, Chicago/Harvard/Turabian, AMA, MLA and Vancouver. Users may copy and paste the needed format into a bibliography.
Available ProQuest databases at Temple University Libraries include:
- The New York Times (1851-2003)
- Wall Street Journal (1889-1989)
- Ethnic NewsWatch
- ABI/INFORM Complete
- GenderWatch
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
- AGRICOLA Plus Text
- American Periodical Series Online
Wowio is an e-book service, offering free downloads of both copyrighted and public domain books across many subject areas and from numerous publishers, including Oxford University Press. E-books are available as PDF files. Although the service is free, there's a bit of a catch. Users must register, providing some demographic and reader interest information. Users must also consent to being exposed to targeted advertisements since the online book business involves advertisers, rather than readers, paying for e-books.
TU Libraries is currently trialing Columbia Granger's World of Poetry.Columbia Granger's is a key reference resource for locating poetry in anthologies, collected works, and selected works. It includes biographical information about poets and some commentary on well-known poems, as well as a glossary, a subject index, and indexes of title, first, and last lines.
The trial ends on August 16th and is accessible by IP recognition.
Take a look and see if you'd value this resource!
A recent Newsweek article analyzed the current bumper stickers for the 2008 presidential hopefuls, noting color(s), spacing, font style, and overall impact. John Edwards' use of green in his sticker seemed to cause a stir, perhaps denoting a nod to the environmental community. Which sticker did Newsweek like? Giuliani's (solid like a brick wall).
Which sticker did Newsweek dislike? McCain's (too militaristic).
A recent article appearing in the St. Louis Suburban Journals reported that a St. Louis area resident called for the banning and removal of a free weekly available at a Jefferson County (Mo.) Public Library branch because "the content of this thing really upset [him]" - namely the use of the "F" word, plus advertising images that could be harmful to children.The article noted that while the Library Director was "sympathetic" to the resident's "high moral standards, ...the library has an obligation to offer a wide range of material for its many patrons" and is not planning to remove the weekly.
This story reminded me of the near frenzy that occurred two years ago at the public library I used to frequent in suburban Columbus, Ohio, where residents (unsuccessfully) called for the removal of two free LGBT weeklies for similar reasons, resulting in public hearings and a legal brief/opinion that stated “The fact that some materials may be harmful to juveniles does not authorize a library from an outright prohibition of those items. In fact, the Supreme Court has held to the contrary: a total ban is not constitutionally permissible.”
TU Libraries has added the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL) to its suite of electronic resources.BAL indexes thousands of literary works from nearly 300 American writers from the American revolution to 1930 AND lists every reprint and variant edition of an author's work.
Be sure to check out this great resource!
Check out the new literary-related resources added to the library collection in the past month.
A recent article in The New York Times described the hipper and more progressive image of librarians that is emerging in Libraryland:
Librarians? Aren’t they supposed to be bespectacled women with a love of classic books and a perpetual annoyance with talkative patrons — the ultimate humorless shushers?
Not any more. With so much of the job involving technology and with a focus now on finding and sharing information beyond just what is available in books, a new type of librarian is emerging — the kind that, according to the Web site Librarian Avengers, is 'looking to put the ‘hep cat’ in cataloguing.'
The New York Sun also has a similar article on the same topic.
The English Short Title Catalogue is now available freely via The British Library and has a new search interface.
The catalog indexes works published primarily in Britain and North America between 1473 and 1800.
Xreferplus, the online ready reference resource, recently changed its name to Credo Reference in an attempt to better signify its strength and reliability as a reference resource for users. The search interface and features remain unchanged.
Credo currently provides users with cross-searchable access to over 3 million entries from 273 titles and 57 publishers and these numbers are growing quickly.
The Ohio State University Press is making the complete texts of certain books available from their website. Users will need Adobe Reader or some other PDF-enabled program to read the texts. All such works, of course, remain under copyright protection and may not be used for any commercial purpose.View the current list of available online titles!
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