This years marks the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Ia Drang, the first major land battle in the Vietnam War. One of the most significant battles of the Vietnam War, the 14–16 November 1965 battle in the Ia Drang Valley in South Vietnam’s central highlands between the U.S. Army’s 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) and the . . .Continue reading Veterans Day Observance
Category: Research Resources
Newly Activated Database Trials
The Furman University Libraries have just activated trials for JSTOR’s Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa and World Heritage Sites: Africa. These two trials are available on our Trials LibGuide through Tuesday, November 17, 2015. Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa (JSTOR) The collection consists of more than 190,000 pages of documents and images, including periodicals, nationalist publications, . . .Continue reading Newly Activated Database Trials
Peace Corps Exhibit
A new display in the James B. Duke Library highlights the recently published government document, Peace Corps Perspective: a Look at the People, Places, and Cultures of the First 140 Peace Corps Host Countries from 1964 to 2014. This book captures the work that Peace Corps Volunteers conduct as part of the program ranging from agriculture, . . .Continue reading Peace Corps Exhibit
World Bank eLibrary
The Furman University Libraries have just activated a trial for the World Bank eLibrary. The World Bank is the world’s largest source of development assistance and conducts and publishes research on a broad range of global and regional issues affecting developing countries. Among other resources the eLibrary includes: all World Bank flagship and annual publications . . .Continue reading World Bank eLibrary
Database Trial: Rotunda
The Furman University Libraries have just activated a trial for University of Virginia’s Rotunda Collections. Rotunda The University of Virginia’s Rotunda Collections offer hundreds of thousands of fully searchable, primary and secondary materials in history and the humanities. SAH Archipedia is the online version of the Society of Architectural Historians’ Buildings of the United States series. . . .Continue reading Database Trial: Rotunda
Reception: 96 Press Archives
An exhibition marking the acquisition of the Ninety-Six Press Archives will run through January 15, 2016. An opening reception, sponsored by the Friends of the Furman University Libraries, will be held on Thursday, October 15, at 4:00pm, in Special Collections and Archives, located on the 2nd Floor of the James B. Duke Library. The reception . . .Continue reading Reception: 96 Press Archives
New Titles Lists
If you want to be able to see new books that have been added to the library, don’t forget our new titles lists, which are organized by discipline. You can also find lists of new audiobooks, leisure reading, and special collections. If you currently use an RSS reader, you can even subscribe to one of . . .Continue reading New Titles Lists
New Library Exhibition!
New Library Exhibition Open Now! Celebrating South Carolina Poetry: An Exhibition to Mark the Acquisition of the Ninety-Six Press Archive. 2nd floor, James B. Duke Library English professors William Rogers and Gilbert Allen founded The Ninety-Six Press at Furman University in 1991 to publish book-length works of poetry by South Carolina authors. Rogers and . . .Continue reading New Library Exhibition!
Biography: Waka Flocka
Waka Flocka Flame From: Biography in Context The rapper was born Juaquin James Malphurs in Queens, New York, on May 31, 1986, and moved to the Atlanta area when he was nine years old. As a boy one of his favorite shows was the animated Muppet Babies, and Fozzie was his favorite character. He soon acquired . . .Continue reading Biography: Waka Flocka
Baseball’s Greatest Dispute
Today in History Baseball’s Greatest Dispute, Anniversary, September 23, 1908. In the decisive game between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Giants, the National League pennant race erupted in controversy during the bottom of the ninth with the score tied, 1-1, at the Polo Grounds, New York, NY. New York was at bat with two men . . .Continue reading Baseball’s Greatest Dispute