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DATABASE TRIAL: New-York Historical Society Digital Archives

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Kristen Nyitray

EBSCO has released two new Digital Archive Databases from Collections at the New-York Historical Society. Trials of the two databases are available through June 9, 2013. Gateway to North America: People, Places, and Organizations of 19th-Century New York Collection of…

DATABASE TRIALS: Three Streaming Drama Collections

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Kristen Nyitray

Routledge Performance Archive includes interviews with key figures in theatre history and contemporary practice; masterclasses with specialist actor trainers from around the world; unique footage direct from the legendary practitioners themselves; excerpted and full-length contemporary productions; and documentaries previously unavailable…

DATABASE TRIAL: Early American Imprints

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Kristen Nyitray

Early American Imprints contains virtually every book, pamphlet and broadside published in the United States from 1639-1819. The collection includes two parts: Series I: Evans, 1639-1800, based on Charles Evans’ renowned “American Bibliography” and Roger Bristol’s supplement. Including more than…

Macbeth Goes Digital: Folger Shakespeare Library Launches Digital Texts

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Janet Clarke

Folger Shakespeare Library announces the release of its new Digital Texts, a free, online resource that offers twelve of Shakespeare’s most popular plays from Folger Editions. Try Folger Digital Texts. From the Folger press release: Folger Digital Texts offers meticulously edited,…

South Asian Women’s Creative Collective’s literary festival

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Janet Clarke

November 30-December 1, 2012 in New York City. Storytelling and creative processes have undergone a revolution in the digital age. We dip in and out of different forms of media, borrow from each other every day, and create completely new…

Ronald Takaki recognized for contribution to multicultural society

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Janet Clarke

Ronald Takaki, author of many books on Asian American and American ethnic history, including Strangers From a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans,was a recipient of the Joint Conference of Librarians of Color Author Award. The JCLC, which was…

Mo Yan, Chinese Author, Wins Nobel Prize

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Janet Clarke

The Swedish Academy announced on Oct. 11 that it had awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature to Mo Yan, a Chinese author. Read more …. Melville Library holds many books by Mo Yan. Please check on the library…

DATABASE TRIAL: Churchill Archive

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Janet Clarke

The Churchill Archive includes more than 800,000 pages of original documents, produced between 1874 and 1965, ranging from Winston S. Churchill’s personal correspondence to his official exchanges with kings, presidents, politicians, and military leaders. From Bloomsbury Publishing in collaboration with…

DATABASE TRIAL: British Records on the Atlantic World, 1700-1900

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Janet Clarke

British Records on the Atlantic World, 1700-1900 focuses on the two centuries of Britain’s colonial, missionary, commercial and literary relations with Africa and the Americas. The database contains 14 collections of rare primary source documents, with the total number of…

DATABASE TRIAL: New World Cinema: Independent Features and Shorts, 1990–Present

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Janet Clarke

200 full length feature films from leading independent distributors…

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