Category: Research Resources

  • Be an informed global citizen!

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    eyoung

    Europa World Plus offers the most comprehensive annual coverage of the world’s countries, regions, and organizations through narrative and statistical reports. The government, economics, and general living conditions of each area are presented. A couple of the most useful features are the General Survey articles and Recent Events presentations that appear for every world region.…

  • We the Students

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    eyoung

    The newest display in the library’s government documents area uses some recent and well-publicized cases involving students to show how a case makes its way to the Supreme Court. Of course, the library has all the resources needed to track a case through the court system. The entire set of the U.S. Reports is shelved…

  • New Databases

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    eyoung

    Over the summer the library has purchased or subscribed to several new databases which are up and running for your fall information needs. The U.S. Serial Set is a collection of U.S. Government publications compiled under directive of the Congress. It contains comprehensive and often detailed information on an extremely wide range of subjects. Its…

  • Find Missing People at the Library

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    eyoung

    If you’re looking for people who disappeared in July, the library might be the best place to start: Jimmy Hoffa, infamous leader of the Teamsters Union, disappeared 35 years ago this month.The fall and rise of Jimmy Hoffa / Walter SheridanHoffa / Arthur A. SloaneOut of the jungle : Jimmy Hoffa and the remaking of…

  • Primary Documents!

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    eyoung

    With the acquisition of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set the Furman community now has access to an enormous range of primary documents that trace the building of the nation and its relationships with other nations. This collection of government publications captures key aspects of American life from the early 19th century onward–from agriculture, to westward…

  • New Books!

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    eyoung

    The New Book display has been populated with all new books that have arrived in our library in the past month or so. If you haven’t browsed it recently, come by and see what we have gotten. Compelling topics, up to the minute information, visually stunning graphics–what will you check out? The Leisure Collection has…

  • EDS~A New Way to Search

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    eyoung

    The quest for the most convenient and most comprehensive way to search all the library’s resources together continues! Some of you gave us feedback or were in focus groups last Spring about a product called World Cat Local, which allowed library users to search a single box for results in books, articles, and other formats.…

  • DVDs, Audio Books, all media has moved

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    eyoung

    The library’s collection of DVDs, VCRs, audio books and spoken word LPs (that’s records for you younger people) have moved to a bright and convenient new home on the main floor. After the current journals, magazines and serials end, the media collection begins. If you’ve never browsed the collections, come do it now. If you…

  • Earthquake in Charleston!

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    eyoung

    Did you know a 7.3 magnitude earthquake rocked Charleston, SC in 1886? A new display in the Government Documents area of the library (main floor, near Reference) highlights this event and the library resources that document it. Come and see photos of the damage to familiar Charleston streets and landmarks. See the U.S. Geological Survey…

  • Audio Books Have Moved

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    eyoung

    The audio books have a new home in the library. Just in time for summer trips, the collection has moved upstairs next to the current periodicals. There are over 500 titles that include popular fiction, classics, biographies, language instruction, all kinds of nonfiction, and young adult novels. Come take a look and find perfect summer…