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Government Document(s) of the month: in memory of Robert Byrd

June 28, 2010 - 8:16pm — mjw

Early today, the U.S. Senate's longest serving member, Robert Byrd (D - West Virginia), died at Inova Fairfax Hospital. Perhaps best know for his knowledge of and passion for the Constitution (he is reported to have always carried a copy on the Senate floor), he was also a fiddle player, and the author of 5 books: The Senate, 1789-1989; The Senate of the Roman Republic:  Addresses on the History of Roman Constitutionalism;  Losing America: Confronting A Reckless and Arrogant Presidency;  Robert C. Byrd: Child of the Appalachian Coalfields;  and Letter to a New President, co-authored with Steve Kettmann. Colgate owns most of these books, the majority of which are official U.S. government documents. Take a look at them in our catalog, and then in person.
 
There is a lengthy obituary about Byrd in the Washington Post, and more information about him is available on the Senate website.
 
As might be expected, speeches about Byrd came quickly in Congress. You can read those by going to fdsys.gov and search for Byrd in the Congressional Record daily. I'd limit your results to after June 27, 2010 and add terms like remembering, condolences, and memorium. Try this link, and see if it gets you there (don't know if FDSys has durable URLs).

Changes in Digital Resources

June 24, 2010 - 1:12pm — mike

Changes in digital resources
Geobase, a multidisciplinary database of indexed research literature on the earth sciences, including geology, human and physical geography, environmental sciences, oceanography, geomechanics, alternative energy sources, pollution, waste management and nature conservation, which has been available on FirstSearch has moved to the Engineering Village platform.  Content is the same but functionality has been enhanced.
 
Several of the NOVEL NY databases provided by the New York State Library have changed.
 
Proquest Platinum, Proquest Teachers Journals, and Gale's Health and Wellness Center are discontinued and have been removed from the available resources.
 
Newly available resources include:
 
Academic OneFile  (Gale) - Contains peer-reviewed full-text articles to many leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the sciences, technology, medicine, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
 
General Onefile (Gale) - a source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics
 
Health Reference Center - Academic (Gale) - Multi-source database providing access to full-text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources that offer reliable health information to researchers, including nursing and allied health students.
 

New shared ebook collection from MyILibrary

June 24, 2010 - 8:41am — mike

During the past several months, six of the ConnectNY libraries have participated in a pilot shared ebook project.  Over 6,000 ebook records were loaded into our catalogs and when users selected any of the titles more than twice, an order for the title was created and it was purchased for group access (purchase on use model). 
 
That portion of the pilot project is complete and approximately 300 titles were added.  The original 6,000 titles have been removed and replaced by the 300 titles which were purchased which we now own.  The list of titles is available in call number order
 

Postcards at Colgate

June 23, 2010 - 3:58pm — francesca
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Postcards at Colgate, recently added to our digital collections, showcases the campus and the surrounding area as they were in the early part of the 20th century. These black and white photographic postcards were mainly unsent ... collected as souvenirs of a place and time. A few ended up in a scrapbook were the collector made comments to the subject matter. Like this one, where the writer describes the gym (prior to Huntington) with a sentiment that might sound familiar ... "Our dinky little gym. It has long since grown too small for the use of the college men and we are promised a new and bigger one. This is located right at the foot of the hill, beside the lake" (the old gym stood where JC Colgate is now).

A few were sent - like this one, which reminds the recipient, "Hope you are well and being good boy. Daddy".
We hope you enjoy seeing how the campus has changed over the course of the years (almost a full century).
 
 

Summer Researchers! Got a question? Ask a Librarian.

June 16, 2010 - 1:18pm — charlotte

If you have questions as you work on your summer research, Ask a Librarian.  We're available in Case Library and Cooley Science Library;  come see us in person or call, email, or chat with us.  For details click on the Ask a Librarian icon on the Libraries' main webpage (also at http://exlibris.colgate.edu/services/reference.html )  We'll be happy to work with you!

Library catalog down for upgrade Wednesday evening 9:30-10:30PM - COMPLETED

June 15, 2010 - 3:17pm — cindy

We will be upgrading the library catalog software on Wednesday evening June 16th. Downtime will be 9:30-10:30PM.

2010 World Cup

June 14, 2010 - 9:39am — mjw

That quadrennial sporting event beloved by the world and ingored by a significant number of Americans, is underway in South Africa. If you haven't found your way to watch the matches or stay up to date on the news and events, check out our list of online and TV sources. Have a good one that isn't listed? Post a comment with the link and I'll add it our webpage.