New Collection Opens at the WLA
The Suellen Hoy, Ph.D., Papers are now open for research use at the WLA. Dr. Hoy donoated her extensive personal and professional materials over several months in 2007. We are honored to have them as part of our collections. Dr. Hoy is a guest professor and independent scholar at the University of Notre Dame and […]
AJCU Archives Photographs Project
A digital collection highlighting the Jesuit heritage of the AJCU schools is now available online at http://photos.ajcudigital.org. This collection is the result of a meeting at Marquette University in 2005 where the AJCU archivists met to discuss potential collaborations. Following the meeting, Loyola-Maryland volunteered to host a digital project, now the AJCU Archives Photographs Pilot […]
New Archives exhibit highlights Helen E. Gorecki papers
In honor of Women’s History Month the Loyola University Archives and Special Collections has created an exhibit featuring materials from the Helen E. Gorecki, M.D. Papers. The exhibit is located in the display case near the reference desk on the first floor of Cudahy Library. Dr. Helen E. Gorecki was born on January 12, 1895, […]
New Trial resource: ReferenceUSA
The ReferenceUSA database contains, in module format, detailed information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses, 210 million U.S. residents, 855,000 U.S. health care providers, 1.5 million Canadian businesses, and 12 million Canadian households. This trial is available until March 31st.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae is new addition to Databases
The TLG digital library contains virtually all ancient Greek texts surviving from the period between Homer (8th century B.C.) and A.D. 600, and a large number of texts deriving from the period between A.D. 600 and 1453, in excess of 80 million words. Topics include Greek literature, history, and culture. Texts are in the original […]
Historical photographs from the Library of Congress
Loyola isn’t the only library putting photographs up on Flickr; the Library of Congress has uploaded over 3,000 photos categorized into two sets, “News in the 1910s” and “1930s-40s in Color.” The latter set will be of special interest to those studying domestic life during World War II; there are fascinating shots of everything from […]