Colgate University Libraries News and Events

We will have a brief outage of the Library Catalog Friday morning at 8:10AM.  We expect it to take only 10 minutes.

ABC-Clio ebooks
Belligerents, Brinksmanship and the Big Stick
This encyclopedia offers authoritative coverage of the concepts, traditions, events, and individuals that shaped United States' foreign relations from the American Revolution to the present.

Canada and Arctic North America : an Environmental History
A comprehensive treatment of the environmental history of northern North America offers a compelling account of the complex encounters of people, technology, culture, and ecology that shaped modern-day Canada and Alaska.

Creation Myths of the World
A resource on creation myths from around the world—their narratives, themes, motifs, similarities, and differences—and what they reveal about their cultures of origin.

Gay and Lesbian Rights (2nd edition)
This thoroughly updated edition provides readers with the background and resources needed to understand one of the important civil rights issues of our time.

Koreas
Asia in Focus: The Koreas is the most complete, accessible, and up-to-date resource available on both North Korea and South Korea.

Sharpe Online Reference
Offering a unique, interdisciplinary approach to U.S. History and Culture, Sharpe Online Reference (SOLR) explores the broad range of events, people, movements, and political, social, economic, and cultural issues that have shaped the nation from colonial times to the present day.
American Presidential Campaigns and Elections 1788-2008

American Social Movements

Colonial America

Encyclopedia of American folklife

Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive era

Encyclopedia of the great depression and the new deal

Encyclopedia of the Jazz Age

Postwar America (1945 to the Present) : An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History

Social issues in America

 
Oxford Digital Reference Collection
Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
This multivolume reference work is a comprehensive overview of the major cultures of the classical Mediterranean world--Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman--from the Bronze Age to the fifth century CE. It also covers the legacy of the classical world and its interpretation and influence in subsequent centuries.

 
Sage eReference
Encyclopedia of African-American Education
This reference is a comprehensive guide to significant issues, policies, historical events, and persons associated with the education of African Americans in the United States.

 The new exhibit on Level 2 of Case-Geyer includes books, photographs, letters, and illustrations from the Victorian age. There are some Aubrey Beardsley illustrations, and Oscar Wilde letters, a 1st edition copy of On the Origin of the Species with a photogravure of Darwin by Julia Margaret Cameron, and many fine examples of the book arts.  
There are two new movies coming out this Spring about this time period, Creation (about Darwin and the theory of evolution) and The Young Victoria. If you're interested in them, you might check out the exhibit to immerse yourself a little further in Victoriana.

What happens when John Papola, the executive producer of Spike TV and fan of economist  Friedrich von Hayek (the intellectual founder of what is known today as the Austrian School of Economics) teams up with libertarian economist Russell Roberts, co-author of the Hayek blog and host of the podcast EconTalk? A 6 1/2-minute music video which tells the story of Keynes and Hayek going out for a night on the town and debating their theories. Listen and view the video at the National Public Radio website.

The ScienceDirect site which hosts over 200 of our journals will not be available Saturday, January 23rd, 8 am until 8 pm due to scheduled maintenance.    Please plan your research accordingly.

The Center for Research Libraries has announced a list of research collections which will be purchased for this year’s Purchase Proposal Program.  Included in this years list are important sources in Arabic stuides,  a Japanese manga collection, several key German, Indian, Chinese, and US newspapers and a collection of Imperial Russia’s Illustrated Press.  For the full description of these new acquisitions see http://www.crl.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/pages/pp10purchases.pdf ">
Since Colgate is a member of CRL, all students, faculty, and staff have access to these new materials which are valued at $172,674. For more information about how to access CRL materials see http://exlibris.colgate.edu/help/guides/Center-for-res-lib.html

All library servers will briefly lose network connectivity about 10PM on Thursday night.  This outage will last no more than 5 minutes.  Thanks for your patience.

TThe new look for the Library's web pages has been made public.  Most of the changes are within the code itself, which will allow the pages to be easily re-sized to accommodate different user needs and screen readers. The information and organization of the website remains the same--it just looks and feels different.

Questions or comments about this change can be directed to the Web Development Committee.
 

You will see a new look for the Library's web pages soon.  Content will have little change the the look and feel of the pages will be updated. 
 
Coming soon!
Web Development Committee