ArtStor: The World’s Art at Your Fingertips
This workshop is intended to introduce new users to the ARTstor image database — a growing and evolving collection of images related to art, architecture and the humanities. Topics will include: An introduction to the interface; Browsing and searching in ARTstor; Uploading image files from outside sources; Creating and managing folders and image groups; A […]
Getting the best out of JSTOR
It’s easy to find a lot of articles when searching in JSTOR, but it can be difficult to wade through all those results to find articles that are relevant. This session will cover advanced searching skills, such as proximity operators and relevance boosting, that can be used to improve your searches in JSTOR. Space is […]
Join the Commonalities Faculty Dialogue series on the latest e-textbooks
What textbook will you be using next semester? Have you considered not using a textbook or relying on electronic books and resources for your classes? How are iPads and Kindles impacting higher education? Your class? What about e-textbooks? Stop by and hear Associate Provost Kevin Gillespie, S.J., and other colleagues discuss electronic textbooks. Join us […]
Year in Review: 2010 Electronic Resources
Below is a list of the online resources that we added to the libraries collections in 2010. For descriptions and access to these resources please visit our Databases By Title page. New Online Databases: • American History in Video • Dance in Video • comScore • Counseling and Therapy in Video • Education Research Complete […]
Forum on Higher Education in the Humanities
Please join us for the Forum on Higher Education in the Humanities, sponsored by the Department of English, with funding from the College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School, and the English Graduate Student Association Guest Speaker: Marjorie Garber William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English, Harvard University Topic: “After the Humanities” Wednesday, February […]
New Resource: comScore Media Matrix
The University Libraries are pleased to announce our new subscription to comScore Media Metrix. comScore Media Metrix Core Reports™ is the industry’s preferred online audience measurement and media planning solution. Top publishers and advertising agencies rely on Media Metrix for measuring audience composition and performance within key user segments. You can access this resource via […]