Bibliocycle

The OWHL is pleased to announce that we have recently purchased Accessible Archives, a new electronic database filled with primary sources that “contain the rich, comprehensive material found in leading historic periodicals and books.”  Search this resource to find “eyewitness accounts of historical events, vivid descriptions of daily life, editorial observations, and commerce as seen [...]

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On behalf of the OWHL staff, I am delighted to congratulate you on having been selected for School Year Abroad. We know that you will make the most of this extraordinary opportunity. Though you will be gone from our campus next year, you will not be forgotten. In particular, I want to remind you that [...]

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The following resources by Proquest are free during National Library Week — just in time to be helpful for History 310 projects. Try these resources and then let us know which ones you think that we should purchase. ProQuest® African American Heritage (try it now | learn more is a groundbreaking resource that brings together [...]

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It’s National Library Week. Help us celebrate by exploring one of these excellent resources from Gale. Just use the drop-down menu below to select the resource you’d like to explore, and then go! The resources include: Archives Unbound — a vast new resource of topically-focused, cross-searchable digital collections of historical documents Career Transitions — a [...]

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This Sunday begins the annual celebration of National Library Week. Naturally, we are planning to celebrate at the OWHL all week.  There will be free books and movies to check out, and free professional assistance on research projects.  Oh wait, that is what we do every week.  All the more reason to celebrate.  Join us [...]

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Last week we introduced our new collection of electronic books—ebrary. Those e-books primarily support academic work. But we are also happy to introduce another e-book program available through NOBLE that features recent recreational reading and bestsellers. The new e-book collection can be read on Sony Readers and the nook reader from Barnes & Noble, as [...]

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The OWHL is pleased to announce that we have just added 47,000 full-text electronic books to our collection. These academic titles are provided by ebrary, and are well aligned with our curriculum. Here are some reasons why we are so excited. 1. You can find these books in the OWHL catalog, or you can search [...]

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Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak at a meeting of the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium considering the implications for libraries of e-readers and downloadable electronic books. I was pleased to be invited, because it gave me the chance to clarify my thinking about this complicated topic. I spoke about the OWHL’s experience with our [...]

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The Oliver Wendell Holmes Library not only strives to meet the needs of our users, we also aim to anticipate those needs. Consequently, we have been staying abreast of recent developments in electronic books, and cautiously experimenting with e-reader devices and materials. Currently we have two Amazon Kindles and a Barnes and Noble Nook. One [...]

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With the passing of JD Sallinger this past year, interest has revived in his iconic work, The Catcher in the Rye.  The OWHL is happy to announce that thanks to the generous support of Chelsea House Publishing, we are able to offer unlimited free access during the month of March to a book of full [...]

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