Classical Music Reference Library The Classical music reference library brings together reference materials, spanning the entire history of Western classical music. Included are the reference titles Baker’s dictionary of music, Baker’s biographical dictionary of musicians, Baker’s student encyclopedia of music and Women composers: music through the ages. Provides coverage of all classical genres, from the […]
Electronic Resource Orders
Requests for electronic resources to be acquired on the 2007/2008 materials budget should be submitted as soon as possible. If you have questions about funding, please work with your Director and/or Barbara List to determine if money is available. […]
Approval Material
All approval material must be reviewed and a decision made by the end of the day on Thursday, June 4th. Any material that remains after that time will be reviewed by the Director for Collection Development for a retention decision. New approval material to be paid on fiscal year 2008/2009 materials budgets will be placed […]
New Database Trial: 19th Century UK Periodicals
19th Century UK Periodicals Provides full text and full page image access to 100 periodical titles reflecting the growth and variety of reading practices between 1800 and 1900. The titles range from Atalanta, a periodical directed to young female readers, through the long-lived Bell’s Life in London and Sporting Chronicle (1822-86); Horse and Hound, begun […]
New Database: Travel and Tourism Analyst
Travel and Tourism Analyst Contains reports on various areas of the travel and tourism industry. You must create a free registration to view the reports. […]
New Database: TBRC Digital Library
TBRC Digital Library Each collection contains multiple works on Tibetan literature which have been assembled specifically to be incorporated into institutional libraries. Each collection comprises roughly 1000 volumes from the TBRC holdings selected by E. Gene Smith, Executive Director of the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center. Within each Core Text Collection, each work is provided in […]
New Database: Attic Grave Reliefs of the Late 5th and the 4th Century B.C
Attic Grave Reliefs Database of images, texts, and information about this important source for the study of ancient Greece. […]
New Database: Historical Black Newspapers
Historical Black Newspapers Full text and full-image articles from African American newspapers: Daily World, Los Angeles Sentinel, New York Amsterdam News, Pittsburgh Courier, and The Chicago Defender. […]
New Database: Database of Mediaeval Manuscripts’ Scribes and Owners
Database of Mediaeval Manuscripts’ Scribes and Owners Sigrid Kramer’s database provides information on owners and writers of medieval manuscripts, including: name; short biography with city of origin and life dates (as available); libraries holding manuscript(s); as well as short references to secondary literature. Coverage: 4th to 20th century. […]
New Database: Literature Criticism Online
Literature Criticism Online Database of encyclopedias of literary criticism: Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400–1800, Shakespearean Criticism, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Drama Criticism, Children’s Literature Review. […]