Posted in Digital Resources, Gallucci-Cirio Library on September 12, 2007 | No Comments »
Census data, birth and death records and military records are only some of the information you can find on our newest geneology database, Ancestry.com. Look up your own name and see what kind of records exist for you. Even try finding yourself!
Posted in Digital Resources, Gallucci-Cirio Library on September 4, 2007 | No Comments »
Do you need historical census data? Are looking for family records? Heritage Quest is a great place to find these things and more. This genealogy database is for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. Student’s doing research on African Americans and slavery in the US [...]
Posted in Digital Resources, Gallucci-Cirio Library on August 9, 2007 | No Comments »
Lexis Nexis has a new interface, and we love it!! Regular searchers will find this much easier to use.
For those of you who haven’t used this one yet:
Our ciminal justice students use this database heavily for legal news and court cases. It is also great for world newspapers, medical information and company dossiers.
Posted in Digital Resources, Gallucci-Cirio Library, New Journals, Reference on August 9, 2007 | No Comments »
What is the Literary Reference Center database?
Literary Reference Center is a full text database that combines information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing . This resource includes more than 10,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews; 75,000 articles of literary criticism; 130,000 author biographies; full [...]
Posted in Digital Resources, Gallucci-Cirio Library, New Books on June 18, 2007 | No Comments »
The Library is collecting online books, known as e-books, to meet the needs of our Computer Science, Business and Communications Media programs. These fields require students to have access to current, up-to-date resources. E-books allow us to meet these needs and make important resources, such as technical manuals, available online from anywhere. We are starting [...]
Posted in Digital Resources, Gallucci-Cirio Library, Reference on May 6, 2007 | No Comments »
Credo Reference
The library has added a new Web-based search tool for reference, Credo Reference. It is an excellent place to begin your search on a topic. You will find quick facts, encyclopedia articles, graphs, statistics and images.
Credo has hundreds of reference books cover every major topic, including art, [...]
Posted in Digital Resources on April 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/index.html
Historical Census Browser, from the University of Virginia Geospatial and Statistical Data Center, is an interactive tool which plots historical census data by topic and geography. The map it! option plots data visually on a map of the United States.
The data and terminology presented in the Historical Census Browser are drawn [...]
Posted in Digital Resources on April 18, 2007 | No Comments »
http://www.ethnologue.com
The Ethnologue is an encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s 6,912 known living languages. The purpose of the Ethnologue is to provide a comprehensive listing of the known living languages of the world. Search by language or country.
The web edition of the Ethnologue contains all the content of the [...]
Posted in Digital Resources on April 11, 2007 | No Comments »
http://www.nytimes.com/gst/ts_university_email_verify.html
The NY Times has extended select access to students or faculty members with a valid college or university e-mail address.
This “university subscription” to TimesSelect includes:
OP-ED COLUMNISTS Enjoy exclusive online access.
NEWS COLUMNISTS Explore the perspectives of select columnists from Business, New York/Region, Sports and The International Herald Tribune.
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Posted in Digital Resources on March 18, 2007 | No Comments »
http://rcbookclub.blogspot.com
A new online book club was created by the Friends of the National Conservation Training Center to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Rachel Carson’s birth. The books chosen will focus on the life and work of Rachel Carson including her role as a female leader in science and government.
Beginning in March and continuing through November [...]
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