Library Archives
Bee Books at Bates
With the approach of Spring, the thoughts of some turn to the birds and the bees. If you are one of those interested in (honey) bees, you might want to browse this sampling of the Bates bee book collection.
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.
Shakespeare Survey Online
Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production.
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.
Final Thesis SWAT: Tuesday, April 2 – A Night in the Tropics
Thesis SWAT: “Tropical Edition” (like your prom, if you brought a thesis to your prom). Tuesday, April 2, from 6 to 10+ pm in the Peer Writing and Speaking Center. Aloha?
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
A great resource for doing research on authors and their works.
Television Research
Television research is like a CSI episode. The culprit can hide in communication, sociology, psychology, and just about any other type of database. Give yourself time and search systematically; you’ll find everything you need to make your case.
University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO)
This semester the Bates community will have available an expanding online research library of around ten thousand scholarly monographs …
Encyclopaedia of Islam Now Available
The library is very pleased to make Brill’s Encyclopaedia of Islam available to the Bates community.
The Swordfish Hunters
Prof. Bruce Bourque, Chief Archaeologist and Curator of Ethnography at the Maine State Museum and lecturer in Anthropology, interweaves three narratives into a fascinating and engaging account of the distinctive Red Paint culture of ancient coastal Maine.