November is the National Native American Heritage Month during which we commemorate the cultural legacy and remember the contributions of Native Americans to our country. Throughout this month, various events […]
The Salem Witch Trials (1692-1693)
Between the years 1692-1693, several people were brought to trial in colonial Massachusetts for their involvement in witchcraft. The mass hysteria began when Elizabeth Parris, the nine year old daughter […]
PubMed Is the Answer!
Maybe PubMed isn’t the answer to *everything*, but this extraordinary database has the answers to most things related to medicine, biochemistry, and other biomedical sciences. The PubMed workshop will be held […]
Copyright and Fair Use Workshop
With Web 2.0 platforms, Facebook, mash-ups and peer-to-peer file sharing, we have witnessed a proliferation in the creation and sharing of information in various formats e.g. audio, video, music, image and […]
The Crystal Palace/Great Exhibition of 1851
“As the day of the opening of the Great Exhibition approaches, the interest of the public of this and other countries increases in intensity with regard to it. The fairy-like […]
JSTOR Opens Up the Doors
JSTOR is one of our more popular library resources. Between January and August of 2011, JHU researchers downloaded 207,558 JSTOR articles. This demonstrates how much we depend upon and appreciate […]
How E-Books Work
Attend E-books for Academics , a library workshop held on Wednesday, October 5, 4:30-5:30PM, on Q level of the library (in the CER, past Cafe Q, last door on your left). […]
Making the Best of Google
Google offers many different products. Three of their products, Google, Google Scholar, and Google Books, are heavily used by scholars and researchers to find scholarly literature. Librarians also use these […]
MSEL is Alive with the Sound of…
… students studying, printers printing, and MUSIC (via headphones so you don’t disturb fellow researchers)! But seriously folks, there are a number of music resources available to you for your […]
Fall into More Library Workshops
Last Friday was the start of fall. That means cooler weather is coming. It also means you need to start working on those long-term papers, projects, and presentations. This week […]