News May 2008

Art Museum Image Gallery Has Been Added to the Databases Page

Art Museum Image Gallery contains high-quality, digital documentation of works of art from around the world. Cultures and time periods represented range from contemporary art, Native American and Inuit art, to ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian works, along with Japanese and Chinese works. The database includes numerous multimedia over 150,000 images.

GreenFILE Has Been Added to the Databases Page

GreenFILE provides access to Ecology information, drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health, and technology. It indexes more than 600 journal titles in the fields of Science, Health, Law, Technology from the early 20th century to present. The database also includes government documents.

Oxford Music Online Has Been Added to the Databases Page

This database contains the online version of The Oxford Dictionary of Music, The Oxford Companion to Music, and The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Also included is the online version of Grove Music Online. All entries of this classic scholarly encyclopedia of music are peer-reviewed.

May 2008 Tip of the Month

If you need information on finding IRS publications and forms you might see our
How to Find Tax Forms Online research guide. The guide will show you where to find both state and federal tax publications. Although the library has some Indiana tax forms this may be a convenient way for you find the forms you need.

Events May 2008

May 15, 2008 through July 30, 2008

The World In Artistic Expression will be on display outside Archives and Special Collections, Bracken Library room 210, from May 15 to July 30, 2008. The exhibit features rare books of drawings, calligraphy, murals, and mosaics from around the world. For more information,
contact Hannah Cox, Archives and Special Collections Supervisor, at 765-285-5078 or
HDCox@bsu.edu.

Through May 15, 2008

Archetype: The Social Revolution of Writing will be on exhibit in the Alexander M. Bracken Library through May 15, 2008. The exhibition chronicles the history and development of written and printed communication. Rare items from Archives and Special Collections along with contemporary work by students from Ball Stateís Department of Art are on display on the second floor outside Archives and Special Collections and on the first floor of Bracken Library. The exhibit was prepared by students in junior-level visual communication classes under the direction of Dr. Christine Satory, Associate Professor of Art, Visual Communications. For more information, contact Hannah Cox, Archives and Special Collections Supervisor, at 765-285-5078 or HDCox@bsu.edu.