Library Archives
New and upgraded Group Study Rooms
Looking for a place to collaborate with a few others?
A Day with First Year Students
First Year Orientation 2013 Ladd Library welcomed First Year Students to Bates on Sunday, September 1, 2013. Students visited Circulation,…
Does the Library Have Textbooks?
The answer has traditionally been “no,” but that is beginning to change.
Harvard University Press E-Books (2013)
A large selection of 2013 Harvard University Press e-books are available to Bates students, faculty and staff beginning this year.
Social Explorer – a data visualization tool
Social Explorer just relaunched their site with enhanced interactive maps and additional content such as U.S. historical census data back to 1790.
The Gender Trap: parents and the pitfalls of raising boys and girls
Emily Kane, Professor of Sociology and a member of the Program of Women and Gender Studies, has published an intriguing book on the social construction of children’s gendered childhoods.
Women in World History
In keeping with Women’s History Month, we now have online access to all 17 volumes of the substantial set titled, Women in world history : a biographical encyclopedia. Besides individual entries, there are also collective entries, such as, Egyptian Feminism, and Siege Warfare and Women.