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Which digital reference books did you choose?
The library recently concluded it’s pilot in User-Driven Acquisition. This past year the entire 2,000+ collection of digital reference books was available to the SPS community. Now, at the end of the academic year, the library has purchased those 20 titles most consulted by SPS researchers (you!). 🙂 What were they? Ancient Rome Cold War Reference Library Early Civilizations in the Americas Reference Library Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health 3 Garbage and Recycling (Greenhaven Press) Global Events: Milestone Events Throughout History Global Viewpoints: The War in Iraq Greek and Roman Mythology Greenhaven Encyclopedias of: Ancient Greece Greenhaven Encyclopedias of: Terrorism Human Trafficking (Greenhaven) Learning Disabilities…
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Salem Press: One Platform!
All of the library’s eReference content from Salem (most notably Magill’s literature analysis and biography collection and the U.S. ‘decades’ series) are now housed on one platform! Search the titles individually, or collectively, whatever is best for your research process & product.
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Poetry Break
Taking a break from Humanities research? As part of National Poetry Month want to then use that break to read biographical content about a favorite poet, or to enjoy an analysis of a favorite poem? Consider the Literature eReference Collection from Salem Press, purchased by the Library. Perhaps a little: Frost Heinrich Heine Jane Kenyon Ogden Nash Henry Reed Rainer Maria Rilke Of the grounds? Do log in first, to http://vpn.sps.edu in order to access this content. Photo by Mr. Littlehand
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Credo Reference: Updated Interface
Credo Reference, one of the library’s eReference collections containing 550+ digitized reference books, has an updated interface. While the look is new, the quality reference content remains the same. The tools page provides several quick eReference sources, such as: a dictionary, biography searcher, image database, crossword puzzle solver, quote dictionary and a dictionary of holidays & festivals. Handy!
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New Literature eReference
Over the break, the Library purchased two major Literature eReference sets. Dictionary of Literary Biography – This 410 volume set includes 14,600+ biographies of a wide variety of writers. Library Journal referred to this set as the “best overall literary reference work ever published.” Contemporary Literature Criticism – This 324 volume set includes literary criticism and biographical entries for 3,000+ contemporary authors.