From Clement C. Maxwell Library...

11 Weird Books That Really Exist

2013-06-17T16:10:31Z

By Roma Panganiban From mental_floss With more than 300,000 books published yearly in the United States alone, editors and publishing companies have to be discerning about what titles they choose to release. Although not every author’s masterwork is cut out for The New York Times Best Seller list, there are some books that are just so downright bizarre that it’s hard to imagine anyone reading them at all. Online bookseller AbeBooks collects the best and strangest in its Weird Book Room, which is full of gems like these. Read the full text here: http://mentalfloss.com/article/50925/11-weird-books-really-exist#ixzz2WUEfMCvo --brought to you by mental_floss!

Travel Grants Available at the East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh

2013-06-11T13:33:24Z

The East Asian Library at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce its 2013 travel grants. These grants are made available through special funding from the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh. The purpose of the grants is to support scholars who wish to do research at the East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh. The grants are available at the range of $250-$500 for each candidate depending on the need and the location of the individual. A total of 3 awardees will be announced. Special consideration will be given to those researchers in Pennsylvania and the nearby region whose libraries have no major East Asian collections, and without receiving such grants previously. The East Asian Library at Pitt consists of over 472,000 volumes/items in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and English. The primary focus of the collections is on humanities and social sciences. For further information about the East Asian Library and its collections, please visit our Website at http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/eal/Resources.htm. The awards must be used by December 31, 2013. To apply, please send a letter of application with a brief description of your research topic, a curriculum vitae, the type/subject of materials you need, and an estimated budget to: Xiuying Zou Public Service Librarian East Asian Library 207L Hillman Library University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Email: xiz42@pitt.edu

June 9th is International Archives Day

2013-06-06T13:54:03Z

International Council on Archives www.ica.org Celebrate the International Archives Day! Did you know that the 9th of June is the International Archives Day? You maybe had the opportunity to celebrate it your country, through activities and events organized by National or local archives institutions, or professional associations, like in Senegal, Japan, or municipalities in Catalonia... All around the world, professionals would unite their voices on the 9th of June to make you understand why it is important to support archives and the profession. An excellent opportunity to discover or better know our profession, and to get in closer touch with a fascinating domain! Read more.

2013 Social Media Marketing Industry Report

2013-05-30T16:20:04Z

By Michael A. Stelzner Sponsored by Social Media Examiner May 2013 2013 Social Media Marketing Industry Report: How Marketers Are Using Social Media to Grow Their Businesses This study surveyed over 3000 marketers with the goal of understanding how they are using social media to grow and promote their businesses. On the following pages, you'll discover: • The top social media questions marketers want answered: We reveal the big questions marketing pros want answered about social media. • The time commitment: We examine the weekly hours marketers invest in their social media efforts. This analysis will be helpful for marketers just getting started or those seeking support staff. • The benefits of social media marketing: This rather beefy section reveals all the major advantages marketers are achieving with their social media efforts. We also look at how weekly time invested and years of experience affect the results. • Most-used social media platforms: Discover which platforms marketers are using and how their usage will change this year. We also examine which platforms experienced marketers are using. • Social media sites people want to learn more about: In this section, we reveal the social platforms that marketers are most interested in learning about. • Other analyses: We also examine social media outsourcing and how marketers use other forms of marketing. In addition, we take a look at how business-to-business (B2B) companies differ from business-to-consumer (B2C) companies and whether the size of a business has any bearing on results. We also highlight significant changes since our 2012 study. Read more.

What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains

2013-05-23T18:14:04Z

New Database: SAGE Premier

2013-05-21T14:15:27Z

The library now has a subscription to SAGE Premier, including online access to over 645 peer-reviewed, full-text journals with content dating back to 1999. Interdisciplinary coverage spanning many subject areas includes business, humanities, social science, science, technology, and medicine. Specific areas of emphasis include criminology, education, social issues, sociology, and urban studies. In addition to the titles the library already subscribes to from SAGE, full-text is available on the site back to 1999 for 554 additional titles. Pre-1999 issues are not available in full text as part of SAGE Premier. To access this new resource, click on the Database A to Z link in the Research section of the library's home page, and then click on the P tab. SAGE Premier is currently the first entry on that tab.

Final Exam Extended Library Hours

2013-05-06T13:22:47Z

From May 7 to May 14, 2013 Tuesday, May 7, 2013 7:45 AM - 2:00 AM Wednesday, May 8, 2013 7:45 AM - 2:00 AM Thursday, May 9, 2013 7:45 AM - 2:00 AM Friday, May 10, 2013 7:45 AM - 10:00 PM Saturday, May 11, 2013 8:30 AM - 10:00 PM Sunday, May 12, 2013 12:00 PM - 2:00 AM Monday, May 13, 2013 7:45 AM - 2:00 AM Tuesday, May 14, 2013 7:45 AM - 11:45 PM Best of Luck !

Database Trial: ProQuest History Vault

2013-05-01T17:06:29Z

The library has a trial of ProQuest History Vault-Immigration: INS Records, 1880-1930 for the month of May. The Immigration and Naturalization Service files in the module cover Asian Immigration and Exclusion, 1898-1941; Mexican Immigration, 1906-1930; Ellis Island, 1900-1933; European Investigations, 1898-1936; Prostitution and White Slavery, 1902-1933; and Suppression of Aliens. This collection is of interest to students of immigration and political, economic, and labor historians. Please click here to try this database. Please evaluate this resource for content, ease of use, and suitability to support student and faculty teaching and research needs. Send your comments to Kendra St. Aubin at kstaubin@bridgew.edu by June 3, 2013. Thank you.

New Database: PsycTESTS

2013-05-01T16:10:06Z

PsycTESTS®, produced by the American Psychological Association, is a repository for a growing selection of psychological tests and measures, including thousands of actual test instruments and test items that are available for immediate download and use in research and teaching. Each record includes data on the scope of the test, test implementation, a high-level overview of the test’s development, and reliability and validity data (when available). A wide variety of test types are included in PsycTESTS, including achievement and aptitude tests, intelligence tests, tests of cognitive functioning, occupational tests, and personality tests. These tests are relevant in the fields of psychology, management, education, social science, neuroscience, medicine, and social work. To access this database, go to the library databases page at http://MaxGuides.bridgew.edu/databases and click on the P tab.

ARTstor Travel Awards 2013: Cities

2013-05-01T14:49:24Z

The ARTstor Travel Awards are back and they are now open to undergraduate students! This year the theme is cities: their histories and development, their depictions in art and documentation, their architecture, their ruins, their governments, their peoples, their myths. Create an ARTstor image group or groups and a single essay of 500 words or less that creatively introduces us to a city or cities we did not know or reveals an intriguing aspect of the cities we do know. Five winners— college and graduate students, scholars, curators, educators, and librarians in any field—will receive $1,500 each to help support travel-related educational and scholarly activities. Winning essays and other selected submissions will be published on the ARTstor Blog, ARTstor website, and via our social media channels. Deadline: Friday, May 17. Follow this link to find more details.

Database Trial: Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an

2013-04-01T16:25:12Z

The library has a trial of the Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an for the month of April. The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an is an encyclopedic dictionary of qur'anic terms, concepts, personalities, place names and cultural history with essays on the most important themes and subjects. Access also includes the supplements Early Western Qur'ans Online and the Qur'an Concordance. Plese evaluate this resource for content, ease of use, and suitability to support student and faculty teaching and research needs. Send your comments to Kendra St. Aubin at kstaubin@bridgew.edu. Thank you.

Travels Through Castro's Cuba -- Tom Miller

2013-03-28T14:30:50Z

On April 9, Latin American & Caribbean Studies will present its Keynote Speaker, author Tom Miller, from 3:30-5:30pm in the Maxwell Library Heritage Room. Miller is the author of "Trading with the Enemy: A Yankee Travels Through Castro's Cuba," "The Panama Hat Trail," and "Revenge of the Saguaro," among other works. All are welcome to hear him speak. Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by the Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program, the College of Humanities & Social Sciences, the Foreign Languages Department, the Maxwell Library, the Ethnic Studies Program, and the Center for Sustainability. For more information, contact Pamela Hayes-Bohanan, Head of Library Instruction and Library Liaison to Latin American & Caribbean Studies.

Database Trial: SAGE Premier

2013-03-15T18:47:32Z

The library has a trial of SAGE Premier from March 15 to May 15, 2013. SAGE Premier includes electronic access to over 645 peer-reviewed, full-text journals with content dating back to 1999. Interdisciplinary coverage spanning many subject areas includes business, humanities, social science, science, technology, and medicine. Specific areas of emphasis include criminology, education, social issues, sociology, and urban studies. In addition to the titles the library already subscribes to from SAGE, full-text is available on the site back to 1999 for 554 additional titles. Pre-1999 issues are not available in full text as part of SAGE Premier. Click here to try this database. Please evaluate this resources for content, ease of use, and suitability to support student and faculty teaching and research needs . Send your comments to Kendra St. Aubin at kstaubin@bridgew.edu. Thank you.

Database Trial: Guide to Reference

2013-03-05T15:58:33Z

The library has a trial of Guide to Reference through April 30. Guide to Reference is a selective annotated online guide to 16,000 of the best reference sources, organized by academic discipline. Users can set up profiles to create and save lists and notes to use in their research work. Please evaluate this resource for content, east of use, and suitability to support student and faculty teaching and research needs. Send your comments to Kendra St. Aubin at kstaubin@bridgew.edu. Thank you.

Yale Indian Papers Project Event

2013-02-28T17:53:53Z

University of Massachusetts Boston Department of History/Archives Track, Native American and Indigenous Studies, and the Institute for New England Native American Studies invite you to "Re-inscribing Indigeneity: Creating Access to Native Narratives Through Scholarly Editing" Guest Speakers Paul Grant-Costa and Tobias Glaza Yale Indian Papers Project Yale University Monday, March 11, 2013 5:00–6:30 p.m. Primary source materials on New England Native peoples' history and culture have survived in libraries and archives for hundreds of years, but much of that record has remained unpublished and difficult to access. Our guests explore the challenges and possibilities of understanding Native cultures by gathering, editing, annotating, and making accessible a dispersed documentary record via an online research tool— the New England Indian Papers Series. Reception to follow. Massachusetts Archives 220 Morrissey Blvd., Columbia Point, Boston 3rd floor, Room 315 Free parking available. Free and open to the public. For directions: www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/archrs/hrsidx.htm RSVP to history@umb.edu Questions: contact Jane Becker, History Department, UMass Boston jane.becker@umb.edu