The Mark Twain Papers and Project of the Bancroft Library, the California Digital Library, and University of California Press have launched a beta version of Mark Twain Project Online, a […]
Alexander Street Press Database Maintenance
All Alexander Street Press (ASP) databases will be down for routine maintenance and upgrades on Saturday, November 10, from approximately 7pm-11pm. So if you’re itching to do some late night […]
UPDATE: Proxy Service to Online Resources is Restored
The proxy service for accessing the libraries’ online resources is fully functional again. Thanks for your patience as we worked through this truly puzzling problem. If you have problems with […]
Metasearching, or the 4th law of library science
Believe it or not, but there are 5 laws of library science. Who knew? The one that always resonated with me was #4, Save the time of the reader. Students, […]
Having trouble getting to library resources from off-campus?
The proxy service for accessing the libraries’ online resources is not working for some of our patrons at present. We are aware of the problem and working to resolve it. […]
SciVee – Science Videos Online
After reading a journal article, did you ever wish you could talk to the author? Or see their lab setup? While studying, did you ever wish for one of those […]
You Folks Are Busy!
I always knew Hopkins researchers and students were industrious, hardworking, and dedicated, but I never understood how busy you were until I started looking at use data from some of […]
JSTOR Tips and Tricks
For many of you tracking down scholarly journal articles online, JSTOR is a known and trusted archive of journal back issues. For those of you who really want to get […]
Big News from the New York Times
Although The New York Times has taken some hits in the last few years (remember the Jayson Blair and Judith Miller controversies?), I still tend to think of the paper […]
3 Things You Need to Know About RefWorks
RefWorks is an online personal citation database and bibliography creator. Use RefWorks to store and organize those citations you’ve been scribbling down or emailing to yourself, or generate your bibliographies […]