Historical Newspapers Content Update 11/5/09

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The following content was recently added to:

America's Historical Newspapers

Publication

Issues

Publication Location

Date Start

Date End

Times-Picayune

9

New Orleans, LA

1864-09-09

1884-02-02

New York Herald

1870

New York, NY

1874-08-26

1893-08-25

Albany Evening Journal

6

Albany, NY

1851-07-08

1874-05-13

Baltimore American

126

Baltimore, MD

1903-01-01

1910-05-09

Boston Journal

153

Boston, MA

1890-07-01

1890-12-31

New York Herald-Tribune

156

New York, NY

1856-03-25

1860-09-29

 

Latin American Newspapers

Publication

Issues

Publication Location

Date Start

Date End

Diario

319

Mexico City, Mexico

1882-03-01

1914-05-08

Diario de Mexico

1764

Mexico City, Mexico

1806-09-01

1816-12-31

Dictamen

449

Veracruz Llave, Mexico

1905-01-01

1920-12-03

Excelsior

484

Mexico City, Mexico

1920-04-01

1922-10-31

Guatemalteco

4731

Guatemala City, Guatemala

1873-02-18

1922-12-30

Imparcial

2899

Mexico City, Mexico

1897-01-06

1914-08-17

Jornal do Commercio

59

Rio de Janerio, Brazil

1901-01-01

1901-02-28

Monitor Republicano

350

Mexico City, Mexico

1833-02-26

1895-10-03

Mosca Parlera

16

Mexico City, Mexico

1823-06-05

1823-07-30

Nacion

29

Buenos Aires, Argentina

1918-06-01

1918-06-30

Nueva Era

76

Mexico City, Mexico

1912-04-16

1912-06-30

O Estado de Sao Paulo

995

Sao Paulo, Brazil

1875-01-04

1920-12-31

Pais

385

Mexico City, Mexico

1907-06-01

1914-08-28

Patria

277

Mexico City, Mexico

1877-05-13

1881-02-27

Prensa

524

Buenos Aires, Argentina

1900-06-01

1919-09-30

Revista de Yucatan

66

Merida, Mexico

1913-06-22

1921-12-06

Standard

3

Buenos Aires, Argentina

1865-07-12

1871-11-01

Vanguardia

1150

Buenos Aires, Argentina

1894-04-07

1921-12-31

Voz de Mexico

1895

Mexico City, Mexico

1887-01-01

1907-10-01

Fax service now at main campus UPS store

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For many years Paley Library has offered send and receive fax service for students through our Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery unit located in Tuttleman. the number of faxes handled by us, however, has greatly decreased over the past decades as access to the internet has spread.
Recently, the UPS Store on main campus began offering send and receive fax services for longer hours, including Saturdays, and at less cost than the service at Paley could be offered. Because the UPS Store will offer more convenience at better rates, effective November 2 Paley Library discontinued its fax services.

The UPS Store is located in the Howard Gittis Student Center at 13th and Montgomery in the lower level atrium. For hours, contact information and other services, see http://www.theupsstorelocal.com/5760/ or call 215-204-7815.

New: Oxford Handbooks Online

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We now have access to 18 Oxford Handbooks in Business / Management and 11 Oxford Handbooks in Political Science.  We also have a trial access to Philosophy and Religion titles until 11/27/09.

We have a trial of the Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science [more info] thru 11/17/09.  Feedback is welcome.

Scientific American price up 650%

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Librarians across the country have expressed concern and even outrage at the impending increase in subscription price of the popular journal Scientific American. While a personal subscription will remain $39 per year, the cost for just one print subscription for college and university libraries will rise from $39 to $300 on January 1. The increase was announced shortly after Scientific American was bought by the Nature Publishing Group.

Many librarians and faculty see this as an egregious example of predatory pricing strategies adopted by for-profit publishers who re-sell research results generated by colleges and universities. In this case, NPG is attempting to raise the price of a rather slim general interest magazine to the level of more scholarly journals publishing original research. Libraries from Penn State to Oberlin College to the University of Maryland Baltimore County are canceling their print subscriptions in protest of NPG’s effort and to save precious subscription dollars.

Across all Temple University Libraries we have had five (5) print subscriptions to Scientific American as well as a university wide electronic subscription, but like other institutions we plan now to drop most existing print subscriptions in protest and to spare our subscription budget the impact of such an increase. We will retain -– at least for a year -- the print subscription in Paley Library although it appears to have been read less than a dozen times last year according to our reshelving data.

Those concerned at such predatory pricing might consider emailing the editors of Scientific American.

Pick Up Your Library Users' Guide in Today's Temple News

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Grab the October 27 issue of the Temple News, and you'll get important information about Temple University Libraries along with your campus updates.

Need to schedule a reference session with a subject specialist?

Want to know how to contact librarians for immediate research advice?

Need to bookmark links for journal searching versus the Diamond catalog?

All of this information and much, much more is found in this concise, helpful guide. Pick up yours today!

ARTstor Update 10/23/09

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ARTstor has announced the following:

Now available: Medieval stained glass images from Madeline Caviness
ARTstor has collaborated with Madeline Caviness to digitize approximately 1,400 images of medieval stained glass windows from the 12th through 16th centuries, now available in the Digital Library.

Now available: South Asian and Cuban art and architecture from Alka Patel
Approximately 7,200 images of works of South Asian and Cuban art and architecture from Alka Patel are now available in the Digital Library.

Now available: Additional images from Magnum Photos
The final images of the Magnum Photos collection are now available in ARTstor. This second release brings the collection total to approximately 80,000 high-quality photographs of major world events and personalities by this world-renowned group of documentary photographers.

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