CINAHL Plus with Full Text is an outstanding resource for students and faculty in the nursing, allied health, and biomedical engineering professions. This database, covering the dates 1937 to the present, includes full-text articles for more than 300 journals and citations for articles in another 3,000 journals. But that’s not all; It also includes images Read More
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Research & Instruction: CINAHL Plus, Top Pick for Nursing Students
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The Archivist’s Nook: Young Catholic Messenger – “Seek, and Ye Shall Find”
Catholic University of America’s Special Collections is home to wide and diverse cultural and historical materials, including devotional museum objects, meeting minutes of the American bishops, correspondence between notables such as George Higgins and Richard Neuhaus, rare renaissance books, and, among all of this, the Young Catholic Messenger, the premier publication, 1885-1970, of Catholic publisher, Read More
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Digital Scholar Bytes: World Book and Copyright Day
April 23rd is World Book and Copyright Day. Created by the United Nations Educational Scientific, and Cultural Organization or UNESCO, World Book and Copyright Day celebrates the written word, reading, and the publication process. World Book and Copyright Day honors the important role books have played in global history and everyday life. The holiday also Read More
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Mullen It Over – April Issue
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Research & Instruction: Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) Online
The Bible is the most-read document in the world and there are many resources dedicated to its study. How is the Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception different from the rest? The online version of this title, originally published in print in 2009, includes approximately 1,500 new articles each year and updates, as necessary, older Read More
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The Archivist’s Nook: ABCs of Codicology – Free guide to knowing your manuscript
It is often hard to forget your first encounter with a truly antique printed book, looking impressive with its wooden boards and brass clasps, or a medieval manuscript that breathes even more ancient history. Most of us experience this deep feeling of almost reverent awe at looking at or touching it with one’s bare hands Read More
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Digital Scholar Bytes: Open Education Week
Open Education Week (March 4-8) is “an annual celebration and opportunity for those working in Open Education to actively share their achievements and learn about what others are achieving worldwide.” Open Education is a part of the larger open access or open source movement whose goal is to create more access to and collaboration with Read More
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Mullen It Over – March Issue
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Popular Reading: Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America’s Suburbs
Benjamin Herold’s Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America’s Suburbs tells the stories of five American families, providing a survey of how hope, history, and racial denial collide in the suburbs and their schools. Once you are finished, check out the rest of our Popular Reading collection. Titles range from commentary, fiction, historical fiction, Read More
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Research & Instruction: Online Teaching Resources
New to teaching online? The first thing to learn is that it is different than in-person teaching and instructors who follow the same playbook as they did for in-person teaching risk not connecting with their students. Become a pro at online teaching and start by exploring some available resources. Intro to Library Research Introducing our Read More
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