Top News: November 2005 Archives

The scholarly archive JSTOR has just added ten new titles to which Temple has access, listed below.

Archives of America Art Journal (1960-1999)
Jewish Quarterly Review (1888-1908; 1910-1999)
Journal of Biblical Literature (1887-1999)
Master Drawings (1963-1999)
Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (1905-2000)
Metropolitan Museum Studies (1928-1936)
Muqarnas (1983-1999)
Novum Testamentum (1956-1999)
Recent Acquisitions (1985-1988)
Vetus Testamentum (1951-1999)

--Fred Rowland

The Libraries have added the following 4 online Oxford Encyclopedias to our collections:

International Encyclopedia of Dance
Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America
Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance

They are all currently linked from the Ebooks page.

--David C. Murray

With the recent addition of Access World News, The Temple Universtiy Libraries now have three databases that provide international news coverage: Access World News, LexisNexis, and World News Connection. Two of these, LexisNexis and Access World News, also provide national coverage.

Access World News' hierarchical structure makes it easy to drill down to the desired search domain. Using the map of the world you can choose to search regions or individual countries. There are over 600 US newspapers and over 700 international newspapers to choose from. The advanced search makes it easy to identify articles in many different sections of a newspaper and many different date ranges. On the left side of the homepage there are links to a number of major papers, like The Chicago Tribune, The LA Times, The New York Times, The Times (of London), and The Washington Post. The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Philadelphia Daily News are also available from this database.

Check the library's News Sources subject list for a complete listing of our newspaper databases. To check for individual newspapers, you can also search Journal Finder.

Curious about what is new in the library?

The library spends large amounts of money to purchase new materials both physical and electronic. While we will keep you posted with this blog on new electronic resources as they become available, we are now experimenting with a way to keep you informed about new books coming into the libraries.

Our trial collection of new book lists, includes a list of all new books for the previous month as well as smaller lists for books in specific subject areas like Music, Film and Media Arts, and Religion, as well as new books at the Ambler Library.

And don't forget, if you want to keep up on specific topics, you can also set up new book emails.

--Derik A Badman

What would a book designed and made by an artist look like? Can glass, soap, plexiglass and other non-paper materials form a book? Why would one need a can-opener when opening a book?

These and other questions may be answered by Paley Library's exhibition of artists' books from its Special Collections Department and the Tyler School of Art Library: "Curious Looks at Artists' Books."

Exhibition location: Main Lobby, Paley Library
Exhibition dates:  November 11-December 31, 2005

Update: Two information sessions will be held in Paley Library room 130 (mezzanine level) for students and faculty interested in the Library Prize. Members of the Library Prize committee will be available to answer questions:

November 8, 12:00pm - 1:00pm

November 16, 12:30pm - 1:30pm

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The Library is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Library Prize for Undergraduate Research. The Prize encourages the use of Library resources, to enhance the development of library research techniques, and to honor the best research projects produced each year by Temple University undergraduate students.

Up to three projects are selected each year to win $1000. Winning entries exhibit: originality, depth, breadth, or sophistication in the use of library collections; exceptional ability to select, evaluate, synthesize, and utilize library resources in the creation of a project in any media; and evidence of personal growth through the acquisition of newfound knowledge.

The Prize is jointly sponsored by the Library and the Office of the Provost.

For deadlines, selection criteria, application requirements, and past winners (including the winning papers), see the Prize website.

Questions? Please contact the Library Prize committee at libprize@temple.edu.