2 more guides have been completed and added to the growing list: Pharm and Journ (developed by Thandiwe and Caroline respectively)
Do have a look and give us some feedback/comments/suggestions/criticisms???
http://oldwww.ru.ac.za/library/electronic_resources/dept/
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
New FirstSearch Database documentation available (booklet code: PRM2857)
The latest edition of OCLC FirstSearch Service Databases is now available, in online and printed formats. This 20-page booklet contains all the essential information you need to make full use of the 78 available FirstSearch databases.
The online version of the booklet can be accessed at the FirstSearch Documentation page at: http://www.oclc.org/us/en/support/documentation/firstsearch/default.htm
Scroll down to the Databases section, and click on the area of information that best meets your needs.
The online documentation is updated continuously whereas the printed booklet is updated in January and June every year.
The online version of the booklet can be accessed at the FirstSearch Documentation page at: http://www.oclc.org/us/en/support/documentation/firstsearch/default.htm
Scroll down to the Databases section, and click on the area of information that best meets your needs.
The online documentation is updated continuously whereas the printed booklet is updated in January and June every year.
Monday, February 2, 2009
New from the Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is a non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format. No longer in copyright, and submitted by the University of California Library:
British South Africa; a history of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope, from its conquest 1795 to the settlement of Albany by the British emigration of 1819-- ; with notices of some of the British settlers of 1820 (1897) / Colin Turing Campbell. London; Cape Town: John Haddon & Co.: Juta, 1897
Read the book in searchable flip format You can read the book online in other formats or download. Or read the original in Cory Library!
Cory Library is adding links to these resources, as we discover them.
Read more texts at the Open Text Archive.
British South Africa; a history of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope, from its conquest 1795 to the settlement of Albany by the British emigration of 1819-- ; with notices of some of the British settlers of 1820 (1897) / Colin Turing Campbell. London; Cape Town: John Haddon & Co.: Juta, 1897
Read the book in searchable flip format You can read the book online in other formats or download. Or read the original in Cory Library!
Cory Library is adding links to these resources, as we discover them.
Read more texts at the Open Text Archive.
Interesting website: The Art of African Exploration
The Art of African Exploration
Especially for the armchair explorer, the Smithsonian Institution Libraries has selected materials for this web exhibition from its Russell E. Train Africana Collection. Documenting European explorations of Africa from the late 18th through the 19th century, some of the artifacts pre-date photography. At that time, it was important for expeditions to include an artist, who could record what was seen. For example, Samuel Daniell was the artist for a British expedition into the Cape interior in 1801. The web site includes printed plates from a book based on his field drawings of the African rhinoceros, in contrast with examples that look quite different, drawn by Dutch naturalists who had never been to Africa. In the 19th century, David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley became celebrities for their African adventures, and a section of the web site includes items produced for armchair explorers of that era - a souvenir teacup, lantern slides, book jackets, and photographic cartes de visite (photographs mounted card stock that were popular in the 1860s) - with images of Dr. Livingstone and Mr. Stanley.
Especially for the armchair explorer, the Smithsonian Institution Libraries has selected materials for this web exhibition from its Russell E. Train Africana Collection. Documenting European explorations of Africa from the late 18th through the 19th century, some of the artifacts pre-date photography. At that time, it was important for expeditions to include an artist, who could record what was seen. For example, Samuel Daniell was the artist for a British expedition into the Cape interior in 1801. The web site includes printed plates from a book based on his field drawings of the African rhinoceros, in contrast with examples that look quite different, drawn by Dutch naturalists who had never been to Africa. In the 19th century, David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley became celebrities for their African adventures, and a section of the web site includes items produced for armchair explorers of that era - a souvenir teacup, lantern slides, book jackets, and photographic cartes de visite (photographs mounted card stock that were popular in the 1860s) - with images of Dr. Livingstone and Mr. Stanley.
Digital Research Tools wiki (DiRT)
Digital Research Tools
Great site!
As more and more scholars grow interested in the world of digital research, this tremendously useful wiki will be one that they will tell their colleagues about. Created by Lisa Spiro, the director of the Digital Media Center at Rice University, this collaborative wiki collects information about tools and resources that can help scholars conduct research more efficiently or creatively. Visitors can browse through topical headings that include "Authoring", "Blogging", and "Data Mining", among others. Within each heading, visitors can read short descriptions about each resource. Under the "Types of Tools" section visitors can search for specific tools that can help them collect data, edit images, make a dynamic map, and so on. Additionally, visitors can sign up to join the wiki here and also learn more
about Spiro and her other projects.
Great site!
As more and more scholars grow interested in the world of digital research, this tremendously useful wiki will be one that they will tell their colleagues about. Created by Lisa Spiro, the director of the Digital Media Center at Rice University, this collaborative wiki collects information about tools and resources that can help scholars conduct research more efficiently or creatively. Visitors can browse through topical headings that include "Authoring", "Blogging", and "Data Mining", among others. Within each heading, visitors can read short descriptions about each resource. Under the "Types of Tools" section visitors can search for specific tools that can help them collect data, edit images, make a dynamic map, and so on. Additionally, visitors can sign up to join the wiki here and also learn more
about Spiro and her other projects.
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