The Archives of Babel September 25, 2009 – January 22, 2010 Reception on October 30, 2009; 4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Pitts Room Introduction to the exhibition presented at 4:30 p.m. “The Archives of Babel” at Furman University’s Special Collections and Archives cannot, obviously, house a complete collection of works in every language. However, Special Collections . . .Continue reading The Archives of Babel
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Pulse on Sustainability
Greenfile – Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE will serve as an informative resource . . .Continue reading Pulse on Sustainability
New Video Lectures
Forum Network PBS and NPR are now posting taped interviews and videos of talks by academics, joining many other providers of online lectures. Many of the lecture/presentations are offered in series whose titles include Tsunami and Katrina, slavery and the Making of the American States, Breast Cancer Awareness. By aligning lectures with PBS and NPR . . .Continue reading New Video Lectures
New Digital Resource
Dictionary of Literary Biography In addition to author biographical data,this series has long provided surveys and criticisms of literary works worldwide.The library receives 8 to 12 volumes per year of this series comprising a complete collection of over 300 volumes currently. Our subscription is now moved to the digital version and as of now includes . . .Continue reading New Digital Resource
Notable Web
LIFE Magazine’s entire run as a weekly: over 1,860 issues, covering the years from 1936 to 1972 are now digitized and searchable. Now available in Google Books
New Digital Reference
Sage Reference Online Encyclopedias and Handbooks across Disciplines This is a collection of 31 new titles that you can search individually or all at once. Each article is accompanied with a Readers Guide sidebar with links to related topics. Also each result is provided with citation formats for APA, MLA, and Chicago styles. Select one . . .Continue reading New Digital Reference
Briefs Online
Westlaw Campus Research Find Supreme Court Briefs using Westlaw’ssearch, or browse for what you need.Westlaw opens in News mode, but click on the Law tab and a whole world of legal information opens up for you. Court cases from every state and all Federal levels including the Merits and Amicus briefs of Supreme Court Cases . . .Continue reading Briefs Online
Experimental Search Engine
WorldCat Local We are currently conducting a trial of a different and broader search engine for the collection of the Furman Libraries, including digital books, journals, and websites that exist elsewhere. This search tool is WorldCat Local and in addition to item descriptions , you will find reviews, tables of contents, and the ability to . . .Continue reading Experimental Search Engine
Government Documents
Check out the display in the library’s Government Documents section. While a number of reports may be picked up on participants’ blogs from time to time, the Government Printing Office has released first hand accounts from the Middle East war zones that really bring the experience home. Laura Baines highlights these publications in a new . . .Continue reading Government Documents
Digital Collections
Low Country Digital Library The College of Charleston announces the launch of the Lowcountry Digital Library (LCDL), a collaborative effort to build a digital (online) library with more than 50,000 items drawn from public and private archives in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. The LCDL will make unique and often rare items more broadly . . .Continue reading Digital Collections