You already know that we have hundreds of scholarly, well-organized article databases about every topic under the sun. You go to the Engineering list to look for engineering topics and […]
The First Wikipedia: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica recently announced that they would no longer produce a print encyclopedia set; they’re moving to online only. This is a very big deal since they have been publishing […]
Spring Break at MSEL
Happy Spring Break! For those of you vacationing: enjoy and safe travels! For those of you staycationing: come and hang out with us at the library. After all, we are […]
The Business of Birds
When we think about birds, it’s usually about plumage, songs, and feats of flying. Yet just below the poetic surface lies an important truth about birds: They’re big business. Search Google […]
Finding Computer Books
You need a book about MatLab, JavaScript, or cryptography. How do you find it? Save your time: look in the one place that lists all of the books that we […]
Columbian Exposition of 1893
The World’s Columbian Exposition or Chicago’s World’s Fair of 1893 was held from May 1 to October 30, 1893. Approximately 27 million visitors attended this fair which was organized to […]
PsycINFO: The Power of a Thesaurus
Previous posts have described the PsycINFO literature database and its limits. But searching the scholarly literature offers another major challenge: using the scholars’ language correctly. Why use the thesaurus? The […]
Crime and the Victorian City
Last June, I wrote a blog post about the London Low Life database that our library had newly acquired. It is a great resource to learn about different kinds of crimes […]
PsycINFO: A Database for Your Mind
PsycINFO is a library database that covers a LOT of ground. Subject-wise, it includes (but isn’t limited to) the following topics: psychology psychiatry animal behavior neuroscience social psychology educational psychology […]
What Happened to American Fact Finder?!
If you use data from the U.S. Census Bureau, you have probably already noticed the radical change to the American Fact Finder tool. If you are frustrated by these changes, know […]