The digital collections news and information that you love is moving to a new home! http://blogs.furman.edu/digitalcollections is being merged with several other Furman Library news blogs to provide our users with a “one stop shop” for news related to library events, resources, services, and more! Please check out our new home for digital collections news . . .Continue reading Digital Collections News Has a New Home
What is it? Manga, the Japanese name for comics, is rooted in Japanese graphic arts and caricatures dating back as far as the 12th century. The contemporary manga genre, involving mostly story manga, emerged in the 1950s and expanded in the 1960s. Unlike single-frame caricature, story manga consists of dozens of frames that engage readers in the story as the plot develops. . . .Continue reading Manga Collection Growing
A recently received government document,Civic Art: a Centennial History of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, is on display in the government documents collection on the main floor of the James B. Duke Library. The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts is a presidentially appointed body of seven well-qualified judges of the fine arts who review . . .Continue reading A Pyramid in D.C.
This year, Furman’s World Religions Symposium focuses on Judaism. Come visit the James B. Duke Library’s display highlighting books about the beliefs and traditions of this rich religion. The display also includes a schedule of the symposium’s events.
What is your pick for the coolest movie of all time? A difficult task, one that certainly would lead to many opinions, if asked of our blog’s readers. Troy Patterson of Slate suggests a movie released 50 years ago this week is the coolest movie of all time: Contempt. This French movie is based on an Italian novel, . . .Continue reading Contempt
Stat!Ref, a healthcare e-resource, includes Anatomy & Physiology Online, Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, AAFP Conditions A to Z, and MedCalc 3000, which offers 400+ medical calculators. Anatomy & Physiology Online includes 20 modules with clear 3D images and interactive models, narrated animations and illustrations, clinical case studies, quizzes, and much more. Watch this very short tutorial . . .Continue reading New Resource: Stat!Ref
The quickest way to find the full text of an article when you have a citation is to use the new Citation Finder located on the library’s website. Watch this short video for a demonstration!
The Furman University Libraries are providing trial access to five electronic resources throughout the month of October. To explore these trial subscriptions, visit http://libguides.furman.edu/electronicresourcetrials. Then let us know what you think by completing our feedback form.
This post was adapted from Drexel Universities News The shutdown of the United States Federal Government on October 1st has immediate implications for core information sources and services. Compiled below is a round up of the status of core federal government information providers. Good sources of general information about the shutdown are www.USA.gov and Office of Personnel Management . . .Continue reading Shutdown Affects Libraries
Established in 1999 at the University of California, Santa Barbara, The American Presidency Project is an online resource that has consolidated over 100,000 documents related to the study of the Presidency. This searchable database includes: The Public Papers of the Presidents: Hoover – G.W. Bush (1929-2007) & Obama (2009)The Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Washington . . .Continue reading American Presidency Project
