Fall 2009 Reserve Items

November 10, 2009

reserve2New items have just been added to the Library’s reserve holdings.

Click here to search the current reserve list

Searching Tip: ‘Emmanuel’ will appear in front of the instructor’s name, department, and course.


Word of the Week

November 9, 2009

Ad Hominem
as in:“But they are apparently not interested in the law or the justice’s work on the Court, only (and sadly, still) in ad hominem politics.”

Walker, H. (2007, October 11). Why are the media so angry at Clarence Thomas? The Boston Globe, p. A11.

Explore definitions at the library’s E-Ready Reference Resources site using the Dictionaries listed: http://www1.emmanuel.edu/library/subsplus/subjects/display_eref.php?subject=ER_ereference#58

Posted by the Reference Department


Thinking Outside of the Box

October 29, 2009

boxVisit the Cornell University Library Witchcraft Collection.

This online collection provides sources on the history of superstition and witchcraft persecution in Europe.


Evaluating web sites

October 27, 2009

Do you need help evaluating a web site?

Click here for the Library’s “How do I … ?” guide on evaluating web sites!


ALA’s Digital Library of the Week

October 23, 2009

T_149Looking for some Halloween excitement? Check out a spooky website we just found. The Edgar Allan Poe Digital Collection has been featured by the American Library Association, you can check it out here:

http://research.hrc.utexas.edu/poedc/

Enjoy!


Thinking Outside of the Box

October 22, 2009

boxDon’t miss the Boston Book Festival on Saturday October 24, 2009.

http://bostonbookfest.org/


Book Display for the Nobel Prize Winners 2009

October 19, 2009
Nobel Prize Winners 2009 Book Display
Nobel Prize Winners 2009

Visit our book display in the Library Reading Room!


Thinking Outside of the Box

October 16, 2009

boxDiscover Cool + Collected:  Treasures of the BPL

This free exhibit showcases several pieces from the Boston Public Library’s special collections.


New economics e-books

October 15, 2009

Thinking Outside of the Box

October 8, 2009

boxOn October 1, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro launched the Digital Library on American Slavery.

Search data on race and slavery extracted from 18th and 19th century documents at:  http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/about.aspx