Saturday, March 27, 2010
Stir It Up -- In the Pot and on the Web: Making Media about Making Food
Friday, March 19, 2010
National Women's History Month
2. Scroll down the list and select Contemporary Women's Issues - CWI.
4. You will now see some search results. Select any article to read it in its entirety.
And while you're at it, don't forget to check out other library events and exhibitions taking place at the library to celebrate National Women's History Month.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Ireland of the Welcomes
With the coming of St. Patrick’s Day and all its festivities, parades, parties and the celebrating of Irish descent and non-Irish people around the world, it is only befitting to feature an Irish magazine.
- Would you like to know the meaning of St. Patrick’s Day and how it’s celebrated in Dublin, Ireland?
- What are the next steps for Michael Flatley, (known as The Lord of the Dance)?
- How do the Irish honor their patron saint at home and abroad?
- Where is the presumed resting place of Ireland’s patron saint?
- What is meant by “Kissing the Blarney Stone"?
- Did you know that by spending 24 hours in the town of Cobh, you can experience everything from heritage sites to its wild side adventures?
So the next time you drop by the Magazines & Newspapers Center and have a curiosity about Irish culture, history, and society, check out Ireland of the Welcomes--a "valuable friend for many people with Irish ancestry who look to Ireland for their roots and cultural heritage."
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Academic Search Complete
A few months ago, we highlighted the Academic OneFile database as a resource for researching high-quality, scholarly information from different journals in various academic disciplines. Joining our family of article databases is Ebsco's Academic Search Complete. Through this database, you will have access to even more full-text articles from peer-reviewed and scholarly journals covering a wide range of multidisciplinary subject areas. To give this database a test run, follow these steps:
5. After running your search, you'll find a list of articles from an assortment of journals, magazines, newspapers, books, and conference reports. Notice that you can modify your search terms by clicking the terms on the left panel or adjust date ranges by using the slider on the right panel.
Academic Search Complete represents one of many electronic database you can access with your library card. This database contains over "7,100 full-text articles, including nearly 6,100 peer-reviewed journals." Subject areas include, but are not limited to astronomy, biology, engineering and technology, ethnic studies, psychology, women's studies, and more. As an added bonus, many articles come in PDF format dating back as far as 1887.