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  • Win a private study room!

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    eyoung

    Wouldn’t it be nice to have your own private study room in the library?  For an entire month?  To share with 3 friends?!  SUCH A ROOM EXISTS!  The library has created a private, VIP study room reserved for the “Scholar of the Month” and 3 of their friends.  Perks include: a floor to ceiling dry…

  • ILL FAQs

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    eyoung

    What is Interlibrary Loan? Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a service whereby Furman University students, faculty, and staff can borrow books, DVDs, and audiobooks that are owned by other libraries. Journal articles may also be requested through ILL and will be delivered in print or electronically to your ILLiad account. ILL services are free.  But, you are…

  • What is Open Access?

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    eyoung

    What is Open Access?  Open Access is free, immediate, online availability of research articles with full re-use rights. Open Access is about making all scientific research content available for anyone anywhere in the world to read and access and build upon so people can do interesting things in new ways with the materials. The idea…

  • World Bank eLibrary

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    eyoung

    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…

  • Database Trial: Rotunda

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    eyoung

    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.…

  • Reception: 96 Press Archives

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    eyoung

    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…

  • Eric Schopler Exhibit

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    eyoung

    Eric Schopler Exhibit This summer, Psychology professors Michelle Horhota and Erin Hahn led a MayX Class to the Center for the History of Psychology in Akron, Ohio. Their students worked with a collection of papers from Eric Schopler, a seminal researcher in the field of Autism. The students organized the physical collection, created an online…

  • New Titles Lists

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    eyoung

    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…

  • Calling All Freshmen!

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    eyoung

    During Summer Orientation, the librarians handed out Legos to the Class of 2019 as a way of encouraging incoming students to “connect” with us. Today (September 30) is the last day to bring your Lego to the Research Assistance Desk in the James B. Duke Library and be entered to win an iPad mini!  A…

  • Banned Books Week

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    eyoung

    Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read  September 27 – October 3, 2015 Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community –-…