Google Scholar What? A subset of Google that searches for scholarly literature on the web. A mix of full-text, citations and abstracts. New: Three of the library’s digital collections are now indexed in Google Scholar: JSTOR, Ebsco, and Proquest. Meaning? … Continued
New in the library’s eCollections are two newsreel databases. 60 Minutes: Streaming 60-minutes historical broadcasts from 1997-2014. And, for a more international perspective: World Newsreels Online: Streaming newsreels from the U.S., France and Japan from 1929-1966. Image information: “World … Continued
Need news coverage of your historical topic, from the time it occurred? Consider using any of the library’s news collections, including: NBC Learn, Newspapers 1851 -2004, Newspapers 1690 -2000. A quick overview:
The library’s fleet of global newspapers from vendor, Newsbank, just got an upgrade, including: More limiters (over on the left) Adapt/tweak search after pressing the search button and eyeing the results The ‘cite’ now button is more prominent Newsbank … Continued
Motivation Third form Hum. Student: “This NBC newsreel about Sputnik is from the U.S. Doesn’t the library have one from Russia that I could watch?” Me: “uhhhhhhhhh” And while not Russian, library vendor Alexander Street Press, did recently release … Continued