No, sorry, your librarians are not experts in surfing mosh pits. However, we can offer helpful tips for searching PubMed using MeSH terms. This video demonstrates how to use the MeSH, or Medical Subject Headings, database to create a targeted PubMed search. MeSH is the controlled vocabulary used for indexing PubMed citations. If you have questions or . . .Continue reading How to Successfully Surf a MeSH Pit
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US Navy Vessel Captured by North Korea
Over the last few months, tensions between the United States and North Korea have been high. Fifty years ago, the two countries faced a crisis that found nearly half of the US public expecting war. On January 23, 1968, the US Navy intelligence-gathering vessel Pueblo was fired upon and captured by North Korea, which claimed it had . . .Continue reading US Navy Vessel Captured by North Korea
Print from your laptop!
You can send an email from your laptop or mobile device with an Office or PDF attachment to stuprint@furman.edu. You will receive a confirmation email with a link to release the print job. Once you click the link, go to a designated printer, swipe your ID card, and print your document. Print jobs will be . . .Continue reading Print from your laptop!
Labor Day Hours
In observance of Labor Day, the James B. Duke Library will be operating on an adjusted schedule: Sep 2 Sun 10:00am – 5:00pm Sep 3 Mon 10:00am – 1:00am Learn more about the history of Labor Day by visiting the United States Department of Labor website. Did you know that more than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still . . .Continue reading Labor Day Hours
Help Shape Your University Library: Join LSAG
The Library Student Advisory Group (LSAG) is a group of students who: give the Library feedback when we need a student perspective; serve as a focus group for discussion of library issues; bring student needs and concerns to the Library’s attention and participate in discussions on how to respond to these needs (advocating for students); help bring Library . . .Continue reading Help Shape Your University Library: Join LSAG
Putting Streaming Video (FoD) in Moodle
30,000+ documentary films 280,000+ video segments from these films that can stand alone All now available to be integrated into your Moodle courses. Let us know if you have any questions or problems. New to Films on Demand? Check it out.
Recent Additions in Leisure Reading
Let’s no one get hurt Asymmetry Daphne : a novel
Trumplandia
Furman Education Professor Paul Thomas has published a new book, Trumplandia: Unmasking Post-Truth America. Dr. Thomas’ book was featured in a Furman News article last March.
Consumptive Chic
CONSUMPTIVE CHIC: A HISTORY OF BEAUTY, FASHION, AND DISEASE Dr. Carolyn A. Day Long before “heroin chic” made headlines, the emaciated figure and feverish flush associated with tuberculosis victims were admired as beautiful. As the disease spread throughout Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, it became commonplace to regard tuberculosis as a positive affliction, one to be emulated in beauty . . .Continue reading Consumptive Chic
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