Week of August 21, 2013
August 21st, 2013 | Published in New Titles
Libraries News
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New GALILEO Password: The GALILEO password for the Fall Semester is now active. (That’s not the password, but its status.) Click on the GALILEO Password link on the Libraries’ Homepage to access it.
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It’s Never Too Late: …to schedule a Library Instruction Session for your class with either Nadine Cohen or Carla Wilson Buss. We love this stuff, so give us a call.
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ProQuest Databases Down for Maintenance: ProQuest Databases in GALILEO will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance on August 25th at 10:00pm for eight (8) hours.
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LGBTQ Book Buzz: Library Journal is hosting a free Webinar, Read Out Loud: LGBTQ Book Buzz, August 29th, 3:00–4:00pm. For more information and to register click here. Also, even if you can’t “attend” at this time, if you register you can access the transcripts at a later time.
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Another Installment of Best Summer Books from NPR: See what NPR’s critics are saying about summer books at NPR Books.
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Longlist of Titles for the Man Booker Prize: In July the Man Booker Prize committee released the longlist of nominees for the 2013 Prize.
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TOUT VOLTAIRE Est Disponible! From the Libraries’ Blog: The Voltaire Foundation, in collaboration with the ARTFL Project, has announced the public release of the TOUT VOLTAIRE (http://artfl-project.uchicago.edu/tout-voltaire) online resource. Tout Voltaire brings you, in fully searchable form, all of Voltaire’s works apart from his correspondence. This plain-text version (without critical apparatus or notes) is the most reliable version available anywhere on the web. Tout Voltaire is made available free of charge by the Voltaire Foundation (University of Oxford) and the ARTFL Project (University of Chicago).
New Release Lists
CML – Juvenile Literature, Picturebooks & Curriculum Materials
GVs – Physical Education, Recreation, Leisure & Dance
