In collaboration with the libraries of Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Swarthmore Colleges and others, Middlebury College has trial access for one month to Yomiuri Shinbum, a.k.a. Yomiuri Shimbun (読売新聞), one of several major Japanese newspapers, from the inaugural issue in 1874 to the present, along … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Trial access to Yomiuri (a Japanese newspaper)
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Explore architecture, design, city planning, and more
The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals is available to the Middlebury College community through November 19. The Index is listing of journal articles since 1934 covering the folling topics: archaeology architecture architectural design city planning furniture and decoration historic preservation … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Explore architecture, design, city planning, and more
Digital National Security Archive, trial access through Nov. 17
For roughly a month, we have access to the Digital National Security Archive (DNSA), a database containing over 500,000 pages of declassified documents gathered through the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The DNSA contains a range of policy documents including presidential … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Digital National Security Archive, trial access through Nov. 17
HathiTrust (that’s Hindi for elephant)
If you’ve searched Summon recently, then you may well have stumbled upon one of the 2.2 million public-domain books that are now available by HathiTrust, an international community of libraries committed to the long-term preservation of the cultural record. With a burden … Continue reading →…Continue Reading HathiTrust (that’s Hindi for elephant)
Nobel Laureates at Middlebury Libraries
Well, we don’t have Laureates in the flesh-and-blood, but you can discover works by and about the 2011 Nobel Laureates throughout the Middlebury Library collections. Here are a few to choose from: The documentary film Pray the Devil Back to Hell features … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Nobel Laureates at Middlebury Libraries
A new tool for research in geography, geosciences, and environmental studies
Through the end of the month, Middlebury has access to a new website called Engineering Village that combines two research databases, GeoRef and GEOBASE, covering geology, geochemistry, geophysics, geomechanics, human and physical geography, environmental sciences, oceanography, alternative energy sources, pollution, waste management and conservation. … Continue reading →…Continue Reading A new tool for research in geography, geosciences, and environmental studies
Trial access to a trove of medieval digitized texts
For a trial period starting today, Middlebury College has access to Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO), a searchable database of original manuscript materials, archival documents, and printed sources for English, Irish, Scottish and Colonial history from the medieval and early modern period … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Trial access to a trove of medieval digitized texts