Colgate University Libraries News and Events

Did you know that Colgate is a member of the Center for Research Libraries? The CRL makes available approximately five million publications, archives, and collections and one million digital resources to its member libraries to supplement their own humanities, science, and social science holdings. They are especially strong in area studies collections and foreign and US newspapers. Better yet this material can be borrowed for extended loan periods. Senior thesis writers take note!   For a collection overview click here.

The Center for Research Libraries is pleased to report the following items, with a list price value of $172,370, will be purchased for this year’s Purchase Proposal Program.  A full pdf version of this list can be found at: http://www.crl.edu/PDF/pp09purchases.pdf . The new additions include significant content on:

• Alternative American Religious movements.
• Japanese History 1905-1940
• Shanghai Political and economic reports 1842-1943 
• Biafra-Nigeria 1967-1969
• grassroots US feminist organizations
• late 15th century German incunabula
• Bibles and commentaries 1455-1500
• Receipt books from the Folger Shakespeare Library 1575-1800
• Gay Literature 1640-1940
• Soviet Cinema Film periodicals 1918-1942
• Vogue (London) /British Vogue