Colgate University Libraries News and Events

New ABC-Clio ebooks
The 9/11 Encyclopedia: Second Edition
Anti-Immigration in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia
Ethiopia
Ethnic Groups of Europe: An Encyclopedia
India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic
 
New Oxford Digital Reference titles
Dictionary of African Biography
Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
 
New volumes have been added to Cambridge Histories Online
The Cambridge History of African American Literature
The Cambridge History of Australian Literature
The Cambridge History of China : v .5 The Sung Dynasty and its Precursors, 907–1279
The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature : To 1375
The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature : From 1375
The Cambridge History of Christianity v.3 Early Medieval Christianities, c.600–c.1100
The Cambridge History of Christianity v.4 c.1100–c.1500
The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Music
The Cambridge History of English Poetry
Cambridge History of English Romantic Literature
The Cambridge History of French Literature
Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy
Cambridge History of Latin America v.9 :Brazil since 1930
The Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy v.1
The Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy v.2
The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Political Thought
The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity v.1
The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity v.2
Cambridge History of Science : v.6 The Modern Biological and Earth Sciences
The Cambridge History of South Africa v.1 From Early Times to 1885
The Cambridge History of the American Novel
Cambridge History of the Book in Britain v.6 1830–1914
Cambridge History of The Byzantine Empire
The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages v.1 Structures
Cambridge History of Turkey v. 1 : Byzantium-Turkey, 1071–1453
Cambridge World History of Slavery, v.1
Cambridge World History of Slavery, v. 3
New Cambridge History of Islam
    The New Cambridge History of Islam v.1 The Formation of the Islamic World, Sixth to Eleventh Centuries
    The New Cambridge History of Islam v.2 The Western Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries
    The New Cambridge History of Islam v.3 The Eastern Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries
    The New Cambridge History of Islam v.4 Islamic Cultures and Societies to the End of the Eighteenth Century
    The New Cambridge History of Islam v.5 The Islamic World in the Age of Western Dominance
    The New Cambridge History of Islam v.6 Muslims and Modernity: Culture and Society since 1800

Coming back from the semester break, it would be hard to miss the Traveling Abolition Museum exhibit from the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum which is currently on Level 5 of Case-Geyer.
 
Colgate University Libraries have access to a great number of relevant online resources on abolition and anti-slavery in addition to our extensive print collections.  A few are listed below:
Slavery and Anti-Slavery: a transnational archive

We have access to part I: Debates over Slavery and Abolition and part II: Slave Trade in the Atlantic World. Slavery and Anti-Slavery includes collections on the transatlantic slave trade and the global movement for the abolition of slavery from the sixteenth through the nineteenth century.

• This database contains:2.6 million cross-searchable pages: 10748 books, 130 serials, 32 manuscript collections and 377 supreme court records and briefs

African American Newspapers - 1827-1998  - Newsbank Readex
African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 enables users to search more than 270 African American newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries. Created in partnership with the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Kansas State Historical Society and the Library of Congress, African American Newspapers chronicles a century and a half of the African American experience
 
African American Newspapers - 19th Century-  Accessible Archives
This enormous collection of African American newspapers contains a wealth of information about cultural life and history during the 1800s and is rich with first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day, including the Mexican War, Presidential and Congressional addresses, Congressional abstracts, business and commodity markets, the humanities, world travel and religion. The collection also provides a great number of early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements all of which embody the African-American experience.
 
Databases containing full text articles and newspapers

• American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals - 1691-1877

This collection documents the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction, to provide digital access to the most comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1691 and 1877. More than 7,600 periodicals comprised of over seven million pages is be available.  Searching on terms such as slave* retrieves more than 25,000 articles.
A number of early ebook collections including:

• America's Historic Imprints (Early American Imprints - Evans and Shaw-Shoemaker) 1639 -1820
• Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)  -1800-1900

A more extensive list of print and online resources is available on the SubjectPlus pages : Abolition & the Underground Railroad created by Emily Hutton-Hughes.

The Art Full Text database moved last month to the EbscoHOST platform however the links in JournalFinder and ArticleLinker still pointed to the WilsonWeb platform.  As of today, Art Full Text content is linked to the EbscoHOST content.  Any users who have saved persistant links to content in the WilsonWeb platfrom should update them.

Art Full Text and Art Index Retrospective have moved to the EbscoHOST platform.  Full text from these databases will now appear as available in other databases and any full text from the other EbscoHOST databases will appear within these.   Some content will remain on the Wilsonweb platform for a few weeks but will eventually migrate to EbscoHOST.  Users will be directed to the available content via JournalFinder and ArticleLinker.
 
Gale Virtual Reference Library has a new updated interface with more intuitive searching and results display.  This collection contains over 1,000 online reference books including those purchased by the University Libraries and a collection of literature reference books provided by the NovelNY program.  
 
 

The Wiley Token access to journals is not currently working.  The titles can be idenified in JournalFinder or ArticleLinker as in Wiley-Blackwell pilot token access.  Available via token access program.   The vendor is working to restore access later today or tomorrow.  Until it is restored, patrons can request items via Interlibrary Loan.  The department is aware of the problems and will process the requests. 
 
------Sunday December 11, 2011
We believe the token problem has been resolved.  Please report any difficulties to either the reference desk or Mike Poulin.

Cuba is a full-color reference work that goes beyond a mere presentation of facts, biographies and "ready reference." Instead, this unique set offers deep interpretation. Cuba includes 28 surveys (articles grouped together under a common topic) and more than 150 "counterpoints" (focused articles on works of art and literature, political documents, speeches, testimonies, flashpoint events and places of cultural significance.)

Two of the WilsonWeb databases

• Reader`s Guide Retrospective
• Humanities & Social Science Index Retrospective

have moved from the WilsonWeb platform to the EbscoHost platform.    The WilsonWeb platform will cease at the end of December when the remaining databases are made availalbe. A number of new features are available on EbscoHOST including full text titles showing as available in these indexes when they are contained within one of our other EbscoHost databases.

The following titles have been added to the Libraries' collections:
 
The Bayeux Tapestery Digital Edition 

"The Bayeux Tapestry presents its story of the Norman Conquest of England in words of such simplicity and images of such power that it has long determined the view we take of the momentous events of 1064-6."  The CD-Rom version which had been held by the Libraries ceased to work on the newer hardware and operating systems.  This new online version retains the functionality of the CD-ROM and adds campus wide access to this well used resource.

ABC-Clio eBooks

The American Economy: A Historical Encyclopedia, Revised Edition
The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History, Second Edition
Movies in American History: An Encyclopedia
World Literature in Spanish: An Encyclopedia

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Acronyms, Initialisms and Abbreviations Dictionary -  43rd ed.
American Decades
American Decades Primary Sources
American Eras
Encyclopedia of World Biography
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
Who's Who Among African Americans -  24th ed.
World Eras -  Volume 1: European Renaissance and Reformation -  1350-1600
World Eras -  Volume 2: Rise and Spread of Islam -  622-1500
World Eras -  Volume 3: Roman Republic and Empire -  264 B.C.E.- 476 C.E.
World Eras -  Volume 4: Medieval Europe -  814-1350
World Eras -  Volume 5: Ancient Egypt -  2615 - 332 B.C.E.
World Eras -  Volume 6: Classical Greek Civilization -  800-323 B.C.E
World Eras -  Volume 7: Imperial China -  617-1644
World Eras -  Volume 8: Ancient Mesopotamia -  3300-331 B.C.E.
World Eras -  Volume 9: Industrial Revolution in Europe -  1750-1914
World Eras -  Volume 10: West African Kingdoms -  500-1590
World Literature and Its Times -  Volume 1: Latin American Literature and Its Times
World Literature and Its Times -  Volume 2: African Literature and Its Times
World Literature and Its Times -  Volume 3: British and Irish Literature and Its Times: Celtic Migrations to the Reform Bill (Beginnings-1830s)
World Literature and Its Times -  Volume 4: British and Irish Literature and Its Times: The Victorian Era to the Present (1837-)
World Literature and Its Times -  Volume 5: Spanish and Portuguese Literatures and Their Times (The Iberian Peninsula)
World Literature and Its Times -  Volume 6: Middle Eastern Literatures and Their Times
World Literature and Its Times -  Volume 7: Italian Literature and Its Times
World Literature and Its Times -  Volume 8: Classical Literature and Its Times
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States 7th ed.
 

New digital Reference books include:

• Archaeology in America: An Encyclopedia
• Civil Liberties and the State: A Documentary and Reference Guide
• Encyclopedia of American Indian Removal
• Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife
• Encyclopedia of Media and Propaganda in Wartime America
• Encyclopedia of Religion and Film
• Green Culture: An A-to-Z Guide
• Green Ethics and Philosophy: An A-to-Z Guide
• Green Technology: An A-to-Z Guide
• Green's dictionary of slang
• Religions of the World, Second Edition: A Comprehensive  Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices
• SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism -  2nd ed.
• Sage Handbook of Islamic Studies
• States of Mexico : A Reference Guide to History and Culture
• U.S. Border Security: A Reference Handbook

Several years in the making, the Libraries have just completed digitizing its collection of Colgate Student Newspapers for 1846 to 1997.  These are among the items most requested by students, faculty, parents, and alumni in the Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives department.   They also hold a special place in the history of college newspapers.  Distinguished as the "first college weekly in America,"* the Hamilton Student: A Semi-Monthly Mirror of Religion, Literature, Science and Art, was founded in 1846 by George G. Ritchie, Class of 1849.   Accessible as a collection, each title is available as well. 
[*Williams, Howard. D.  A History of Colgate University.  New York: Von Nostrand Reinhold, 1969.  (p. 136) ]
 
·       Hamilton Student - November 2, 1846 - March 1, 1847
·       Hamilton Student and Christian Reformer - April 7, 1847 - July 14, 1847
·       Christian Reformer - July 21, 1847- September 15, 1847
·       Madisonensis - August 1, 1868 - June 16, 1898
·       Junior Daily - May 9, 1906 - May 27, 1916
·       Colgate Maroon - September 26, 1916 - November 19, 1991
·       Colgate News- September 26, 1968 - December 6, 1991
·       Colgate Maroon News - January 24, 1992 - April 18, 1997
 
Our goal is to provide digital access to the unique and rare items in our collections that have great interest for the Colgate community.  This expanded access will help to increase engagement with Colgate by anyone interested in the university and its history as well as to preserve the fragile original physical copies.  Also, we are currently working on updating this collection to include the Maroon News for 1998 to 2010 with regular updates added annually. 

 
The full list of our digital projects may be accessed at the Libraries Digital Collections. 
Please contact our Ask a Librarian services with questions or to obtain personalized assistance in using these new resources.  

 
Joanne A. Schneider
University Librarian and Professor in the University Libraries