2009 Journal Rankings Available

The 2009 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) became available in June.  The JCR provides measures of a journal’s impact on an area of research. They provide many such measures, including impact […]


The D Word

You’re a graduate student, the time has come, you can’t put it off any longer—it’s time to think about your dissertation. Like your advisor, your librarian is here to help […]


Scopus by Phone

Scopus is a huge database for searching journal articles, conference papers, book series, and websites, primarily in the sciences, engineering, and medicine. Its best coverage is from 1996+, but there are also vast listings before […]


OECD Gets a Makeover

SourceOECD is now OECD iLibrary. This is the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s online library for books, papers and statistics and the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data. The […]


New: Ethnographic Video Online

We recently purchased Ethnographic Video Online, which is a large collection of online ethnographic films and documentaries. Currently it contains about 300 videos and will grow to 1,000 videos at […]


Here comes the Sun

I think it’s safe to say that besides uniting the white and blue Ps, online access to the Historical Baltimore Sun has been high on our patrons’ wishlists. We’ve just […]