Maria Sibylla Merian and the Histoire generale des insectes de Surinam et de toute l’Europe The George Peabody Library is fortunate to possess a beautifully illustrated copy of a 1771 […]
Scopus – Literature Searching and the H-Index
Scopus is a relatively new database that indexes the medical, life sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences literature. It is easy to use and has several cool features. Besides searching […]
A New Toy I Love …
There is something really exciting about the beginning of the semester. You buy new notebooks and make promises to yourself about keeping great notes and being organized. It’s in this […]
New Lav Notes: Volume 4, Number 1
The new Lav Notes is out. Last year, the JHU Newsletter called Lav Notes the best publication on campus. We love you too! Keep your head up in the library […]
Last Chance to Catch the Dixon Exhibition
Stephen Dixon: Endings (an exhibition on A-Level of MSEL) will close on Friday. This is your last chance to catch the exhibition that celebrates the career of one of JHU’s […]
Science, Communication, the Web, and Open Access
I have just found an excellent free online journal devoted to cyberinfrastructure and its use by the scientific community in research and communication. It’s called CTWatch Quarterly and the August […]
Free Music Downloads
Good news from Alexander Street Press… free weekly music downloads! Follow the link to download this week’s piece: Chopin’s Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op. 44. You can select the […]
Film Friday
Yesterday, a friend sent along this YouTube video spoofing movie trailers. By sheer coincidence, what should come across my desk but a brand spanking new copy of And God Spoke […]
It Has Arrived …
It has arrived! Two copies of the new Harry Potter book are available in the McNaughton Collection of Popular Fiction and Nonfiction, shelved in the sitting area on M Level. […]
“Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?”
This past spring Associate Dean Dorothy Sheppard announced, “In an effort to provide incoming freshmen with a shared experience, beginning this year, we are asking each incoming class to read […]