Finding videos tip

To search for videos in our catalog, you can simply search by title. Or, if you want to search by subject or topic, just click on the advanced search tab. Then in the More Collections drop down box select videos, and search for your topic, counseling, civil war...

Census? CDC? FAA? More government information?

The U.S. federal government collects, creates, and makes available an enormous amount of information on a wide range of topics. The trick sometimes though is to track down just which department or agency site has the information you want. To help with that we have created a library guide to U.S. government information resources. Take a look sometime, and use the comments feature to let us know of any suggestions you might have.

The European Library

If you're looking for something a little different, take a look at the European Library site. It includes catalogs and digital collections (where available) from many European Union member libraries. Their current online exhibit on the Napoleonic Wars is quite interesting!

Need help with research? Try one of our research guides!

We have a growing collection of online research guides. You can click on the link here, and they are linked to at several points on our library web page. So far we have over 20 guides to subjects ranging from Anthropology to History to Social Work! Comments on theses guides are welcome, and there are comment links on each page of the guides. (Faculty, feel free to link to these in your Angel class sites.)

The Census

There's been some talk about the census lately, due to the change in oversight of the census initiated by the current administration. What if you wanted to know more about this issue? Academic Search Premier and Lexis would be good places to start looking for articles. (Here's a case where you wouldn't actually want to limit to peer reviewed journals, since a current issue like this will have only been reported in magazines and newspapers so far.)

Our catalog will show you books on the census, for example The Social History of the American Census.

And of course you might want to visit the actual census site itself, the source of an incredible range of statistical information!

Her Majesty the Queen

Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain has a newly enhanced website, something youAnglophiles out there may enjoy. It might also be of interest to those researching topics that deal with Great Britain. Of course, for research of that sort, there would also be resources like:

LexisNexis, for British newspaper articles, or Academic Search, for journal articles on British topics. Think also of Historical Abstracts, for articles on British history and the library catalog for books.

Pictured here is the Queen, an avid equestrian, in 1964. This is one of many images and videos available on the website.

Women's History sources

Discovering American Women's History Online is a helpful site that links to a wide variety of primary sources for women's history. Try it sometime, in addition to searching our catalog for books, using article sources like America: History & Life, JSTOR etc.

Goldene keylim vern ka mol nit shvarts!

That is, "golden dishes will never turn black," an old Yiddish saying. The National Yiddish Book Center has thousands of Yiddish books online now, old treasures that are still golden, at least if your Yiddish is up to the task :-)

If not, we have some books on the Yiddish language, both regular introductory texts, and the entertaining and informative Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture.

Front page news from around the world

Our director, Mary Jo Orzech, ran across a fascinating site recently. It is the "Newseum" site, which allows you to see the day's front page for 700+ newspapers from around the world. There are links to the paper's web sites as well. Very well done and informative site for current issues!

Readernaut

A recent addition to online social sites, Readernaut tracks what books you, your friends and others are reading. It allows comments, lists etc. Have a look sometime!

Beyond Wikipedia: Online Reference Materials

Yes, there is a lot more available to you online in the way of reference materials (dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks etc.) than Wikipedia! To take one example, look at Oxford Reference Online, home of many wonderful resources, including the new Encyclopedia of Social Work.

So, tomorrow, Thursday 2/5, at 12pm in the Kiefer Room, ground floor of the library, our very own Greg Toth will be giving a demonstration of these resources, please attend if you have the chance!

Six more weeks of winter?

Heh heh, yes, according to Phil the Groundhog that is. Curious about weather folklore? Try some of our books on the subject, for example Eric Sloane's Folklore of American Weather, QC635 .S55. Of course, if you want to be a tad more scientific about the weather, you could always visit the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration site.

Super Bowl today!

Yes, Super Bowl XLIII starts not long from now. Whether you're a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers or the Arizona Cardinals, we hope you enjoy the game. The Super Bowl has been around quite awhile now, since the first one in 1967, the Green Bay Packers vs. the Kansas City Chiefs (pictured here.) Curious to learn about previous Super Bowls? You can visit sites like superbowl.com of course, or team sites like those linked here. You could also have a look at our catalog - we have a great collection of sports titles on our bookshelves.