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What happens when Expanded Academic Index expands? It becomes a new database called Academic OneFile. We have replaced our subscription to Expanded Academic Index with a more comprehensive version of the same database, Academic OneFile. In addition, this database and the other Gale/InfoTrac databases have a new, improved search interface. Go to Academic OneFile
Math and Art? "The connection between mathematics and art goes back thousands of years. Mathematics has been used in the design of Gothic cathedrals, Rose windows, oriental rugs, mosaics and tilings." Go to the Mathematical Imagery web site.
New Online Reference Book: Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology. "This volume presents a thorough overview of the psychology of racial, ethnic, and minority issues in the United States. It covers the breadth of psychology viewed through the lens of the racial and ethnic minority experience. Coverage includes contributions from all major areas, including social, developmental, methodological, clinical, industrial/organizational, and health, educational, school, and family psychology. Entries cover topics as diverse as academic achievement, acculturation, affirmative action, community interventions, education, health, immigrants, prejudice, racial identity development, social ecology, stereotyping, teaching multiculturalism, tokenism, values, violence, worldviews, and more."
35W Bridge Collapse: Primary Sources of Information.
--Interstate 35W Bridge Collapse: Inspection documents, drawings and more from MnDOT.
--U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Hearings, statistics, State-by-State Listing of Structurally Deficient Bridges.
--U.S. Federal Highway Administration Bridge Technology. Includes National Bridge Inspection Standards.
--Long-Term Bridge Performance Program of the Turner-Fairbank Research Center, a federally-owned and operated research center.
Crockett, Cronkite, Louis XVI, Louis Armstrong, Joe Louis ... and many, many more in the Encyclopedia of World Biography, a newly-purchased online reference source. The Encyclopedia "covers notable individuals from every part of the world and from all time periods who have made significant contributions to human culture." The permanent link for the Encyclopedia is in the Biography section of the Online Reference Shelf.
Hippie Anniversary: PBS American Experience special and other resources on the Summer of Love on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.
New Database: Environment Complete. Created by the International Academy at Santa Barbara, Environment Complete offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy resources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.
TRAC Immigration. "Your source for comprehensive, independent and nonpartisan information about U.S. federal immigration enforcement."
Common Errors in English"The aim of this site is to help you avoid low grades, lost employment opportunities, lost business, and titters of amusement at the way you write or speak." Created and maintained by an English professor.
Take a Break. Go Google Sightseeing.
Want Help Formatting Your Citations? Technology to the rescue. See the newly-revised Citing Sources guide on our Online Reference Shelf.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Just released: Climate Change 2007: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability: Summary for Policymakers.
To access the permanent link to this site from Bush Library's home page, go to The Reference Shelf > Online Reference Shelf > Environmental and Earth Sciences
U.S. Attorney General Firing Investigation: Primary Information Sources.
Zotero: "Zotero is a free, easy-to-use research tool that helps you gather and organize resources (whether bibliography or the full text of articles), and then lets you to annotate, organize, and share the results of your research."
You must have Mozilla Firefox 2.0 (or higher) to use this tool. It will not work with Internet Explorer.
To download this took via its permanent link on the Bush Library web site, go to The Reference Shelf > Online Reference Shelf > Citing Sources
Overview of Homelessness in Minnesota 2006
Report from the Wilder Foundation, based on a survey of over 3700 homeless men and women.
Dred Scott Case Collection. This slave filed suit for his freedom, but, after an 11-year legal battle, the U.S. Supreme Court decided against him. View digitized copies of the legal papers online.
Minnesota Legislature publications, Session Weekly and Senate Briefly.
Nonpartisan publications published during the legislative session that report on bills, committee debate, floor debate, and more.
Science Cafe: A Weekly Conversation About the Culture, Conduct, and Community of Science. To find the permanent link to this page from the Bush Library homepage, go to The Reference Shelf > Online Reference Shelf > Sciences
Open Culture Podcast Portal. Learn Hindi From Bollywood Movies and other podcasts. Go to Open Culture
Procrastination Central. Procrastination quotes, humor, research, theories, and counseling at Procrastination Central. Go to Procrastination Central
GAO Report to Congressional Leadership Committees. The Government Accountability Office has released a 120-page report, Securing, Stabilizing, and Rebuilding Iraq: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight. Go to the report
Iraq Study Group Report Released. The group was formed "to conduct a forward-looking, independent assessment of the current and prospective situation on the ground in Iraq, its impact on the surrounding region, and consequences for U.S. interests." Go to The Iraq Study Group Report
Al Jazeera's new English Channel: It's not available on television in the U.S., but you can watch it online. Go to the Al Jazeera website. To find the permanent link to this site from Bush Library's home page, go to Find Articles > News Sources > Radio and TV News
Atlas of Minnesota Online: Social and Economic Characteristics of the North Star State. County-by-country statistics on economic vitality, people, the environment, and more. Go to the Atlas of Minnesota Online. To find the permanent link to this page from the Bush Library homepage, go to The Reference Shelf > Online Reference Shelf > Minnesota
New on the Other Library Catalogs page: worldcat.org. It's the closest thing to searching every library in the world--in one search. Use it to determine the closest location of an item you'd like to see, whether it's at Hamline, the Hennepin County Public Libraries, the University of Chicago, or the Library of Congress. Or London. Go to worldcat.org.
Brookings Institution Report on Land Use: From Traditional to Reformed: A Review of the Land Use Regulations in the Nation's 50 Largest Metropolitan Areas
The Sonic Memorial Project: An oral history of the World Trade Center through 9/11. Stories, ambient sounds, voicemails, and archival recordings to tell the rich history of the twin towers, the neighborhood and the events of 9/11.
New Reference Books:
- Conflict in Afghanistan. Covers the history of conflict in Afghanistan from 1747 through the Taliban and Operation Enduring Freedom.
- The Islamic World: Past and Present. An accessible, comprehensive overview of the fundamental principles, history, and influence of Islam.
- Arab and Muslim Countries: Profiles in Contrast. Topics covered include ethnicity, population by religion, geography, literacy, politics and government, economics and labor force, Internet access...and foreign assistance.
- Encyclopedia of the Palestinians. Written for those who want an accurate account of these people and their long history.
- Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics. Covers all aspects of global international relations...across IR's major subject divisions of diplomacy, military affairs, international political economy, and theory.
Class of 1925 on flickr. Artist John Ralston created these small (2.5 x 3") watercolors over a period of 3 months during the winter of 2004-5, using the 1925 Liner. He is displaying all 64 of them on the photo-sharing web site, flickr. He also included any information from the Liner, such as clubs and major.
Mind the Gap: Reducing Disparities to Improve Regional Competitiveness in the Twin Cities.
A report from the Brookings Institution.
Rocket Science 101 Learn about rockets by assembling one virtually. NASA supplies the parts and all you have to do is click and drag.
The First Cars "Several hundred photomechanical reproductions from the pages of motor vehicle (automobiles and some trucks) manufacturers' catalogs from 1909, in the first decade of the automobile industry. Primarily monochrome, interspersed with surprisingly lavish color plates, the images include parts diagrams, engine works, and model inventory."
After Welfare An American Public Radio documentary on the effect of welfare reform on the lives of 5 women. This site includes: sound file and transcript of the radio documentary, state-by-state statistics on welfare reform, additional resources, and an essay, written by the reporter, on poverty and welfare reform.
Giant cows, giant corn, giant fish...
and a 3D, larger-than-life topiary interpretation of Seurat's painting, Sunday at La Grande Jatte. These are a few of the interesting stops profiled at the Roadside America web site.
Go to: Roadside America.
Search by city or state to see a list of attractions to help make your time on the road as interesting as your destination. Many of these attractions feature oversized concrete or fiberglass animals, people, fruits, and vegetables. Taking a trip south along the river to Wisconsin? Stop at Prairie Moon Sculpture Garden. Going Up North? Compare and contrast the multiple depictions of Paul Bunyan. Or turn it into a cross-country trip and use Roadside America's Catalog of Bunyans to further broaden your research on very large representions of this folk hero.
Minnesota Maps Online
Search Minnesota's original public land survey plats, created during the first government land survey of the state by the U.S. Surveyor General's Office during the years 1848 to 1907.
Go to Minnesota Maps Online.
Also included are the later General Land Office and Bureau of Land Management maps, up to the year 2001.
One of the interesting tidbits: in An Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Minnesota, 1874, you'll find a list of "patrons" of the atlas. The information about each of the patrons includes the place of their birth, whether Prussia or Boston, and the year they arrived in Minnesota, as well as their home address and occupation. Is your great-grandfather listed...?
This atlas also includes: histories of each of the counties; portraits of prominent men; engravings of businesses and homes; statistics, such as Deaths by Causes; and a history of Minnesota.
Pew Global Attitudes Project
A series of worldwide public opinion surveys on a broad array of subjects ranging from people's assessments of their own lives to their views about the current state of the world.
Go to The Pew Global Attitudes Project
"The Project is a unique, comprehensive, internationally comparable series of surveys available to journalists, academics, policymakers and the public. It is co-chaired by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and former Senator John C. Danforth. It aims to gauge attitudes in every region toward globalization, trade and an increasingly connected world; to measure changes in attitudes toward democracy and other key issues among some of the European populations surveyed in the 13-nation 1991 benchmark survey, the Pulse of Europe; to measure attitudes about terrorism; to examine the intersection between the Islamic faith and public policy in countries with significant Muslim populations; and to more deeply probe attitudes toward the United States in all countries."
Self-Medication, Caregiving, and Telepathy
...in animals. If you saw March of the Penguins and would like to know more about penguin behavior, or are curious about animal behavior in general, there's a new book you may want to look at.
The Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior is a new addition to our Reference Collection. It's shelved on the first floor: Reference QL750.3 .E53 2004.
Publisher's Description: "What is it like to be a dog, or a chimpanzee, or an ant? How do animals communicate? Why do they play? Can animals feel emotions like empathy and grief? These and many other questions are answered in the Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, the most authoritative, comprehensive, and accessible resource on the scientific study of animal behavior."
State of the World's Children 2006: Excluded and Invisible
The full text of this report from UNICEF is now available online.
http://www.unicef.org/publications/files/SOWC_2006_English_Report_rev.pdf
Excerpt: "Children are visible in their families, communities and societies when their rights are fully met, and they are provided with essential services and protection from harm. Their visibility diminishes, however, when they are deprived of parental care or face violence or abuse within the home. They also risk becoming less visible within their communities and societies when they do not attend school, are locked away in a workplace or are otherwise exploited, suffer abuse or violence outside the family environment, or are simply not viewed or treated as children. Children may effectively disappear from official view if their very existence and identity is not legally or formally acknowledged and recorded by the state or if they are routinely omitted from statistical surveys, policies and programmes. But we can also be blind to children’s plight even when they are right in front of our eyes, as is the case with children living and working on the streets. All of these children, without exception, require a level of protection that the world, until now, has manifestly failed to deliver. "
Images and stories from Katrina at the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank.
"He had decided to ride the storm out and watch it take over the city from his apartment. The walls of his living room came to life, with every strong gust of wind the walls would breathe in and out. The water began to rise and so did his neighbors, the rooftops of Lakeview were covered with it’s residents." (1)
"Imagine sitting in your home and imagine everything 3 hours east, west, north or south of you is damaged or destroyed. Every other house on your street either has a tree down blocking the road or if it's not blocking the road, it's across someone's house resting comfortably in their living room or bedroom. Some streets you can't even see for all the trees, branches and debris in them and through all that tangled mess are telephone and electric poles broken in half and wires lying everywhere." (2)
The Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (www.hurricanearchive.org) is an online archive of first-hand accounts, photographs, blog postings, podcasts--and even a few songs--submitted by survivors and others affected by Katrina, Wilma, and Rita. The site was organized by George Mason University's Center for History and New Media and the University of New Orleans.
1. Faith Pecoraro, Object #48, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank: Preserving the Stories of Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, 16 November 2005, <http://www.hurricanearchive.org/details.php?id=48>
2. Mary Beth Applin, Object #1889, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank: Preserving the Stories of Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, 6 March 2006, <http://www.hurricanearchive.org/details.php?id=1889>
What exactly is the difference between the political right and left?
A new 2-volume encyclopedia--one volume on the Left and one on the Right--contains over 450 articles on individuals, movements, political parties, and ideological principles.
The Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right (Reference JA 61 .E54 2005) provides a concise explanation of those differences. Compare the Left and Right views on: Censorship; immmigration; Welfare and Poverty; Healthcare, Lobbying, and more.
Topics Covered
- Countries/Regions: Leftist Politics
- Countries/Regions: Rightist Politics
- Leftist “Isms”
- Leftist Laws
- Leftist Political Issues
- Leftist Political Movements
- Leftist Political Parties
- People on the Left
- People on the Right
- Rightist “Isms”
- Rightist Laws
- Rightist Political Issues
- Rightist Political Movements
- Rightist Political Parties
Overconfident E-mail?
A recently-published study shows that e-mail users may be overconfident in their ability to communicate the tone of their message.
Justin Kruger, a professor in psychology at New York University, published the results of his study in the December 2005 issue of The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The title of his article is Egocentrism Over E-Mail: Can We Communicate as Well as We Think? Following is an excerpt:
Over e-mail, we know that we are being sarcastic when referring to the comic brilliance of, say, Adam Sandler, just as we know that we are not when making the same statement of John Cleese. Note, however, that what is obvious to us may be considerably less so to the person on the other end of the computer. Whereas we “hear” a statement differently depending on whether we are speaking sarcastically or seriously, our e-mail audience, without the paralinguistic cues that in voice communication flag sarcasm, may not. And because it can be difficult to separate one's own experience of a stimulus from the stimulus available to one's audience, one's e-mail message may be more ambiguous than one realizes.*
This article is available full text from Bush Library's PsycArticles database. Click here to read the entire article.
*Kruger, J., Epley, N., Parker, J., & Ng, Z. (2005). Egocentrism over E-mail: Can we communicate as well as we think? Journal of personality and social psychology, 89(6), 925-936. Retrieved February 17, 2006, from PsycARTICLES database.
Stroll down the streets of Fargo
or 42nd St. in NYC--virtually. A9.com Maps features block-by-block photos of both sides of the street for selected cities in the U.S.
For those of you who like to keep up with technology, there's a new map site on the web. Go to maps.A9.com and select one of the cities listed. On the left is a map of the city. In the lower right hand corner of the screen you'll see street-level photos of that street and block. You can click on the arrows to "walk" down the street and even look at both sides. Or, you can move to another section of the city by clicking on a different part of the map.
Note: This is a beta site. The list of cities is limited, as is the selection of streets within the cities.
Little Green Men Defined
New Reference Book: The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature
Definition of Little Green Men: "The representation of aliens as diminutive green humanoids, often with antennas sprouting from their heads, became conventional among cartoonists in the 1940s; after 1950 such beings were routinely equipped with flying saucers. Although the derisive image was resented by sf readers and writers, it was too tempting for ever-desperate providers of cover art to resist, and was mischievously adopted into such satirical fantasies as Fredric Brown's Martians Go Home (1955). The symbolic utility of the image went into an inevitable decline when "alien abductees" began insisting in the 1980s that the navigators of flying saucers were actually gray." (p. 202)
New Database Subscription: IoP Electronic Journals
Electronic access to a set of 30 core IoP (Institute of Physics) journals, plus access to Physics Education.
New Database Subscription: MathSciNet
MathSciNet is a comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature since 1940.
The Mathematical Reviews Database is the database of bibliographic information and reviews created and maintained by the American Mathematical Society. Journals, conference proceedings, and books of mathematics research are covered.
Need that perfect quote for your final paper?
"I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts." Find this quote and more... Bush Library's Online Reference Shelf includes several online, searchable sources for quotations.
Sources include:
The Encyclopedia of Supreme Court Quotations
Movie Quotes, from the Internet Movie Database
The Quotable Musician, From Bach to Tupac
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations
To find the Online Reference Shelf from our home page, go to The Reference Shelf, then The Online Reference Shelf.
New Databases @ Bush Library
The SAGE Full-Text Collections are award-winning, discipline specific research databases of the most popular peer-reviewed journals from SAGE Publications and participating societies. These comprehensive databases include more than 230 peer-reviewed journals, 80,000 plus articles, book reviews, and editorials, with all of the original graphics, tables and page numbers.
The SAGE Full-Text Collections (Communication Studies, Criminology, Education, Management and Organization Studies, Materials Science, Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Urban Studies and Planning) can be selected and searched seperately or together via the CSA Illumina menu screen.
To access this collection of databases from the Bush Library home page, go to A-Z List of Databases > Sage Full Text Collections. You will see a list of all 10 of our Sage databases. To choose a specific database, or set of databases, go down to Change > Specific Databases.
Dancing Bears! Balloon Ascensions! Blizzards! Bohemian Flats...?
More than 5,000 photographs and postcards of Minnesota from before 1909 are now online. "Minnesota Reflections," the first project of the Minnesota Digital Library, brings you more than 5,000 images shared by more than fifty cultural heritage organizations from across the state. This site offers a broad view of Minnesota's cultural heritage for researchers, educators, students, and people curious about the state's history.
You can search the image database by keyword or browse by topic, region, or contributing institution. You might also want to take a look at the Minnesota Historical Society's Visual Resources Database. Over 189,000 photos, artwork, posters, and fine art photographs. Possibly the only photographic evidence of a meeting between Cary Grant and the St. Paul Winter Carnival Royalty...
Work and Vocation: New bibliography available on balancing career and calling.
This bibliography contains books, journal articles, Video/DVDs and web sites which focus on how people blend or incorporate the concept of calling into their working lives. It is intended for use by both students and faculty. Some of the materials are available in Bush Library; some are available full text online and are linked from the Bibliography. Others can be borrowed via our Interlibrary Loan system.
To view the Bibliography, go to Research Guides, then Faculty Development and click on the title, Work and Vocation Or, click here. The web page was created in fulfillment of a grant awarded to Hamline University Librarian Amy Sheehan, under the Wesley Center's Theological Exploration of Vocation Program with funding provided by the Lilly Endowment.
Mentoring Resources for Students and Faculty: Information to help you make the most of a mentoring relationship.
For students: What can you expect from a faculty mentoring relationship?
For faculty: What are the elements of mentoring? Does it have a positive effect on academic performance? What is effective mentoring? This guide is a bibliography of readings for both students and faculty. Many of the materials are available in Bush Library; some are available full text online and are linked from the Bibliography.
To view the Bibliography, go to Research Guides, then Faculty Development and click on the title, Mentoring Resources for Students and Faculty. Or, click here.
The web page was created in fulfillment of a grant awarded to Hamline University Librarian Amy Sheehan, under the Wesley Center's Theological Exploration of Vocation Program with funding provided by the Lilly Endowment.
FYSem Summer Reading Guide on the Web
The reading guide for The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven is now available from our Research Guides page. The Guide includes: How to Develop College-Level Reading Skills; reading strategies; a list of additional works by the author, Sherman Alexie; and a bibliography of additional readings. To view this Guide, go to Research Guides and, under First Year Seminar, click on Summer Reading Program 2005. Or, click here.
Not Just Any Dictionary... The Oxford English Dictionary is now available from your computer
The 20-volume OED is the authoritative dictionary of the English language, past and present. Most dictionaries include the current definitions of a word; the OED lists all meanings through history and uses quotations from news and literary sources to document usage. And it's now available 24/7 from the comfort of your computer.
To access the OED from our home page, click on The Reference Shelf, then Online Reference Shelf.
Bush Librarian is Staff Member of the Year
Barb Brokopp, Circulation Librarian, was named Staff Member of the Year on May 5, 2005. Barb trains and supervises the student workers, and is beloved for her high standards and devotion to the library and to Hamline. The Hamline University Student Congress founded this award to recognize a staff member of the Hamline community who has exemplified outstanding dedication, commitment, and service to the Hamline community and to our goals and objectives. Congratulations, Barb!
History, A Day at a Time: The Historical New York Times.
Bush Library has started a subscription to ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times. It is a full text database of the Times starting with the first issue published on September 18, 1851 and continuing through 2001.
Every backfile issue of The New York Times has been digitized from cover to cover, including news stories, editorials, photos, graphics, and advertisements. You can either do a keyword search or browse through issues page by page, as you would browse a printed edition. You can also display the full page image of any page in any issue in order. See exactly how it appeared in the paper: which page is was on; where on that page it was located; the font size used for the title; and any advertisements appearing on the same page.
To view this new database, go to Find Articles, then News Sources, then New York Times (1851-2001).
New @ Bush Library: Oxford Reference Online and netLibrary Reference Center
The Hamline community now has access to more than 300 reference books online. These are online editions of reference books by recognized scholars and publishers. Look up quick information on word, a religion, an artist and more. More in-depth information available on a full range of topics from Art and Architecture to Science. Available both on- and off-campus.
Minnesota Fact Book is now available online
The source for Minnesota businesses and business leaders features information on more than 2,500 Minnesota companies with more than 50 employees, contacts at those companies, and in-depth information about 400 of Minnesota's top business leaders.
