NOTES FROM RAMSEY LIBRARY; 2010-3
“Where books are burnt, in the end people are also burnt.”
~ Heinrich Heine
NEW LIBRARY RESOURCES
With an improved library materials acquisitions budget last year, the library was able to restore subscriptions to some titles that had been canceled during the more stringent times and purchase totally new materials. For the last several years the campus community has consistently emphasized a preference for electronic, full-text resources with their increased searchability, ease of capture, and 24/7 access. Please check out the library’s descriptions of and links to new databases athttp://libguides.unca.edu/content.php?pid=80898&sid=814238.
The new or expanded “standards” include:
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Brand new offerings include:
Mary Ann Liebert Publishers Full Text Journals
Future issues of NOTES FROM RAMSEY will highlight some of the more interesting and useful titles. We very much hope that these offerings will enhance the research and learning experiences of you and your students.
RECENT ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE CHRONICLE YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
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· Wired Campus: Blind Students Get Free Access to Cambridge U. Press Books
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· Wired Campus: Archive Makes Over a Million Digital Books Available for Those Who Can’t Use Print
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· Wired Campus: A New Digital Repository for Sociology Instructors
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· Hot Type: From the Bodleian’s Remarkable Collections, a Publishing Business Grows
By Jennifer Howard
The program at Oxford’s library actually looks more like traditional university-based publishing than like the digitally driven models taking shape elsewhere.
Posted by Brandy on September 7, 2010 2:18 PM
