January 2007 News

GeoScienceWorld Has Been Added to the Databases Page

GeoScienceWorld is a comprehensive Internet resource for research and communications in the geosciences. It is built on a core database aggregation of peer-reviewed journals indexed, linked, and inter-operable with the database GeoRef. GeoScienceWorld provides citations to journal articles and monograph chapters/essays.

Free Trial for Human Relations Area Files: Archaeology

Human Relations Area Files: Archaeology contains 60,000 archaeological documents (books, journal articles, and dissertations) describing all aspects of prehistoric traditions. It is a cross-cultural database that allows users to do keyword and subject search of all documents in the database. Human Relations Area Files: Archaeology is available from the Databases page. The trial ends May 31st.

Free Trial for Human Relations Area Files: Ethnography

Human Relations Area Files: Ethnography is a cross-cultural database that contains over 350,000 pages of information on all aspects of cultural and social life. It contains ethnographic and other documents describing cultural and social life (books, journal articles, and dissertations) that are compiled into culture profiles. Human Relations Area Files: Ethnography is available from the Databases page. The trial ends May 31st.

January 2007 Tip of the Month

In order for your students to do their best work it is important for them to be familiar with, and know how to use, the resources available to them. Instructional Services offers library instruction sessions designed around your students' class assignments. Subject-specific sessions are designed to help them locate and evaluate relevant resources. Librarians will help your students develop the information-seeking skills necessary for their academic success. You may sign up for a session in person, by telephone at 765-285-8017, or by e-mail at
libinstr@bsu.edu. They are located in BL 101 on First Floor West. Please schedule your class at least two weeks in advance.

January 2007 Events

Through January 31st

Once There Was a Union Town: A History of Organized Labor in Muncie

Once There Was a Union Town: A History of Organized Labor in Muncie is on exhibit outside the Archives and Special Collections Research Center, Bracken Library 210, through January 31, 2007. For more information, contact john Straw, (765) 285-5078, or email JStraw@bsu.edu.