A happy conjunction of a US government crop acreage analysis in the 1930s and Baltimore’s City’s uncommon physical incorporation (surrounded by, but not part of, Baltimore County) has provided The […]
Summer in the Library
I’m always amused by my grad students who ask me each May – what are you doing this summer? Working of course! You may be lighting out for the territory – […]
Post-Graduation Research Tools
Worried about how to do research after you graduate? While our licensing arrangements mean that we can’t keep access to all of our databases open to you, we do have […]
A Digital Bookshelf for Your Journals
Thanks to the folks at Welch Medical Library, everyone at JHU now has access to a cool iPad app called Browzine. Download it, choose Johns Hopkins from a list of […]
In the Summer, Not in the City…
Summer is fast approaching! That means summer internships, summer jobs, and summer vacations--all of which might take you out of town until the leaves start falling. Here at the library, [...]
Annual Reviews Comes to the Rescue!
Ever felt overwhelmed by the amount of information you get when researching for that big term paper? Wouldn’t it be nice if someone could summarize the existing scholarship for you […]
What’s New On A Level
If you’ve been curious about the sounds of bookshelves being hung, at the sight of carts of books shifted from points A to B, and at the appearance of things […]
The Further Adventures of the Digital Humanities
We told you last year about the hot, new field in humanities research, the Digital Humanities, or DH for short. Well, in the past 12 months, it hasn’t cooled off […]
Women’s History Month Reboot: Women Making History Now
Aside from being a herald of spring, March is also Women’s History Month. As March 2013 comes to a close, let’s take a minute to reflect on the important contributions […]
Announcing a New Chinese Studies Workshop
The past year has seen dramatic growth in Chinese Studies Collections, with the additions of major digital resources such as People’s Daily (1946-), Duxiu, and more recently, ChinaMaxx Digital Library. […]