Through hands-on practice and discussion, learn how to find and evaluate scientific information this January in an intersession course called Landscape of Scientific Information. The class will be led by science […]
The Other Election
For better or worse, the most expensive presidential election in US history is finally over. With high emotions subsiding and bruises healing, people pick up where they left and go […]
Keep an Eye on Your Stuff!
I know you love MSEL and the BLC. I know you think of these places as part of your living space and spend oodles of time here. But I (and […]
The Lives in the Day: November 30th Birthdays
I have always loved “Today in History” features, so I was extremely excited when I accidentally discovered that there are a lot of historical figures and famous people with November […]
JScholarship: Not Your Usual Database
From the Sheridan Libraries’ home page, there is a drop-down menu of the databases available to the Hopkins community. That is where you’ll find JScholarship, a digital repository of research […]
Beyond the Bookplate: Small-timore, 19th-Century Style
It is 1850, and an unidentified chronicler sits amidst the Greek Revival architecture of the Mondawmin Estate, awaiting the start of the third auction to empty the 10-year-old mansion of its […]
Hey…Something Looks Different
If you’ve been on M Level of the library lately, walking to the printing room or on your way over to BroCo, you may have noticed that the enormous wall […]
The BLC — What You Should Know
The Brody Learning Commons has been open for a couple of months now, and you love how light and open it feels. But what else do you want to know […]
How NOT to treat our books
Don’t you love to sit down with a good book, or better yet, a book that’s crucial to your research, and find that someone before you has treated it like […]
Autumn Light
As we settle into the new semester, the oppressive heat of the summer sun has eased as we rush past the autumnal equinox, and our wobbling top of a planet […]