Library Archives
A Band of Noble Women
Visiting Associate Professor of Politics, Melinda Plastas, has written an extremely well-received book, “A Band of Noble Women: Racial Politics in the Women’s Peace Movement”, covering key players in the movement after WWI.
Chamber Music by Matthews
Attendees of the inauguration of Clayton Spencer were treated to the premier of “The House Was Quiet and the World Was Calm,” by Alice Swanson Esty Professor of Music, William Matthews. While this setting of Wallace Stevens’ poem was for a full orchestra and chorus, Matthews’ most recent recording, “A Book of Hours,” garners large rewards from small ensembles.
Use Google Drive for Journal Articles
After a fruitful research session in the library, you’ve collected a trove of journal articles stored on a public computer. The library is about to close and the files will be gone when you come back tomorrow. What do you do?
You are Invited to Share Your Opinion!
Students, would you like to participate in GAUGE (Oxford’s Global Academic User Group Exchange)?
Election Night Coverage in Ladd!
Working too hard to watch the election night coverage? Planning on spending…
A Scanner in Your Pocket
Left your photocopy card back in your dorm room? If you have your smart phone, you could be OK.
Fits and Starts
Rania Kassab al-Sweis,
Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology,
Thursday, Nov. 1, 4:15-5:30 in the Library
Oxford Bibliographies – what are they?
Have you discovered Oxford Bibliographies? They are scholarly, annotated online bibliographies leading you to a great deal of filtered library content.
Banned Books Week
Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Freedom to Read September 30−October 6, 2012. — Come visit the display in the lobby of the library put together by some of the students from FYS 415: Banned Books.
Streamlining Access to JSTOR
There are two new things to know about JSTOR.
Instead of a device-specific app or a separate mobile site, JSTOR now adapts to the screen size of a device, automatically.