The Sheridan Libraries recently purchased a new online resource, that will be of immense value to humanities scholarship, maybe even scholarship in general. I’m talking about the Cambridge Companions Online, […]
Catalyst: Now with Articles!
If you go to Catalyst today, you may notice something’s a little different. In addition to receiving your regular results from the catalog, you will now also receive article results […]
Transform Yourself!
Become the person who can boast to friends that you can navigate the treacherous waters of citations, e-books, and Google. Check out these workshops: E-Books: Does JHU have e-books? (Yes, […]
JHU President Emeritus Steven Muller, 1927-2013
Steven Muller, who passed away on Saturday, January 19, was the tenth president of The Johns Hopkins University, serving from 1972 until his retirement in 1990. Prior to coming to […]
The Best Health Care Business Blogs & Newsletters
There’s no doubt about it. The JHU libraries provide you with an impressive collection of print and e-resources for researching all aspects of health care from a business perspective–tops among […]
Was the 2012 Presidential Election a Historical Rarity?
The answer is yes, according to the CQ Press. Among all US presidents who sought re-election, President Obama joined a very small club of those winning re-election by less than […]
It’s Winnie the Pooh Day!
It’s time to celebrate all things Pooh Bear! Whether you’re a fan of the original Winnie the Pooh books, the Disney movies, Pooh music, or even the philosophy book, today […]
Don’t forget your course reserves for Spring!
Spring is in the air! Well, not really, but the spring semester is about to rain down upon us. Rain down upon us with eager minds, research assignments, assigned readings, […]
Charles Dickens and Me
Welcome to another entry in our series of occasional posts in which Special Collections student employees discuss the cool items they get to work with! Jessica Terekhov, the author of […]
In Celebration of Dictionaries
Depression, murder, insanity….not the first words that come to mind when contemplating lexicography. Nevertheless, such is the history of English dictionaries. The stories of Samuel Johnson, James Murray and W.C. […]