Memorial Library has purchased a number of new pieces of equipment, which are available for loan at The Help Center. New Items include:
Featured Database: Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600 to 2000 brings together primary
documents, books, images, essays, book reviews, Web site reviews, teaching tools, and more. The database chronicles the multiplicity of women’s activism in American public life from Colonial times to the present. The database contains tens of thousands pages of books, pamphlets, and related materials—for example, The History of Woman Suffrage (six volumes, 1881-1922); the proceedings of the national conventions of women’s anti-slavery societies in the 1830s; the proceedings of woman’s rights conventions, 1848-1869; the proceedings of the annual conventions of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, 1874-1898; and publications of the League of Women Voters, 1920-2000.
You can find this database in the database by title box on the library tab in myRedDragon. Also check out the History Research Guide and the Women’s Studies Research Guide for additional resources on this topic!
Featured Database: American History in Video
February is Black History Month, or National African American History Month! You can view videos on this topic in “American History in Video” on your laptop! “This video collection provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and their presentation over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.”
You can access American History in Video on the LibraryTab in myRedDragon, choose databases by title.
Library Hours Spring Semester 2015
Library Hours Intersession:
The Library will be open the following hours during Intersession:
Happy Holidays!
De-Stress Yourself!
Don’t stress over finals! Check out our display in the lobby for ways to relax!
Library Hours Dec. 6 – Dec. 12
The Library will be open the following hours during study days and finals week:
Study Days (December 6 – December 7) Saturday, December 6 10:00 am – Midnight Sunday, December 7 10:00 AM – 3:00 am
Finals Week (December 8 – December 12) Monday, December 8 – Thursday, December 11 7:30 am – 3:00 am Friday, December 12 7:30 am – 5:00 pm Best of luck with your studies and final projects, papers, and exams!
“PAWS for Stress Relief” Thursday Dec. 4: 11am-3pm @ the Library
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PAWS for Stress Relief is returning to the library! Petting a dog relaxes the body and mind, so why not take a study break for some canine love? Stop by the Library on Thursday Dec.4th from 11am-3pm on the second … Continue reading
Library Hours November 24 – November 30
The Library will be open the following hours during the Thanksgiving Holiday week and weekend:
Monday, November 24: 7:30 am – 1:00 am
Tuesday, November 25: 7:30 am -10:00 pm
Wednesday, November 26: 8:00 am -4:00 pm
Thursday, November 27 – Saturday, November 29: CLOSED
Sunday, November 30: 6:00 pm – 1:00 am
Have a Happy Thanksgiving & enjoy the break!
Featured database: WorldCat
This database contains almost 150 million records on the holdings of over 71,000 libraries in 112 countries representing 400 languages. WorldCat describes items on thousands of subjects and published in any year since about 1000 BC. It includes records for a range of materials including books, archival materials, many primary sources (manuscripts, early editions, and reproductions such as reprints, facsimiles, and microfilm), bibliographies, computer files, films, musical scores, newspapers, slides, sound recordings, and videotapes. WorldCat does not generally include individual articles, stories in journals, magazines, newspapers, or book chapters. Interlibrary Loan requests can also be made.
WorldCat is located in the list of databases alphabetical by title on the librarytab in myRedDragon.