Colgate University Libraries News and Events

The new book lists are available for the month of February.  New videos added during February have also been processed.

Titles in Rotunda's American Founding Era collection have been added.  The collection includes the digital editions of the papers of a number of early presidents which are now searchable by keyword or browsable in context and cross-linked.  Collections include -

• The Documentary History of Ratifications of the Constitution
• The Papers of George Washington
• The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
• The Adams Papers Digital Edition
• The Dolley Madison Digital Edition
• The Papers of James Madison (forthcoming)

The new book lists are available for the month of January.  New videos added during January have also been processed.

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 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.

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

The Arts and Sciences VIII collection has been added to the available Jstor resources.  The Arts & Sciences VIII Collection will broaden JSTOR's coverage of core humanities disciplines including history, language & literature, art & art history, and education. Included in this set will be a group of rare 19th and early 20th century American Art periodicals digitized as part of a special project undertaken with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Frick Collection, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. With a minimum of 140 titles by its completion in 2011, this collection will also include journals in philosophy, classical studies, and music.
 
H.W.Wilson's Art Abstracts has become Art Full Text.  In addition to indexing over 500 periodicals back as far as 1984, it now includes the full text of over 200 journals back to 1997.  The same quality indexing continues and Art Full Text can be searched with Art Index Retrospective to locate articles published during the past 70 years. 

The new book lists are available for the month of November.  New videos added during November have also been processed.

Three copies of Colgate’s 2009 Campus Climate Life Survey (CCLS) are available at the Borrower Services Desk in Case-Geyer Library (Reserves LD 1086.H78 2009b) and two copies are available in Special Collections and Archives.  Use is restricted to members of the Colgate community and the copies at Borrower Services may be checked out for up to 3 days using your 'Gate card.  Use of the copies in Special Collections and Archives is still restricted to the Colgate community but must be used within the Special Collections reading room.