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Periodicals Archive Online

UHD Library — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:22:06 -0500

The library has added backfiles of 550 journals from the social sciences and the humanities in Periodicals Archive Online. The collection offers well-known journals in literature, history, philosophy, religion, and Spanish-language scholarship, as well as general-interest magazines. Noteworthy titles include Bentley's Miscellany (1837-1868), the original publisher of novels by Charles Dickens and stories by Edgar Allen Poe; Commentary (1945-2000); Harper's (1850-1995); Sight and Sound (1932-1995); and The Spectator (1828-2000).

Cool blue beats the heat

UHD Library — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:02:34 -0500

Though it's a sweltering Houston summer outside, it's cool inside UHD's W.I. Dykes Library thanks to new blue panels surrounding the stairs linking the 4th and 5th floors. The splash of color is a welcome final touch to the 4th floor renovation project, seen below. Enjoying the new view are (l-r) library staff member Michael Myers and student workers Etisha, Jeffrey, and DaShauna.

Texas Historical Newspapers: 1836-1985

UHD Library — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:19:12 -0500

Students of Texas history now have access to Texas Historical Newspapers with full-text articles from 41 Texas newspapers published between 1836 and 1985. The collection includes newspapers from major cities, such as Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Galveston, Houston, and San Antonio, as well as smaller towns like Clarksville, Huntsville, Nacogdoches, and Palestine. It even includes one issue of the early Spanish-language newspaper, Gaceta de Texas (1813). Coverage of the Dallas Morning News extends from 1885 to 1985. Overall, Texas Historical Newspapers has strong coverage of newspapers from the periods of the Texas Republic, early statehood, Reconstruction, and the early twentieth century.

Look for Texas Historical Newspapers under History Databases or News Databases on the UHD Library website.

American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals: 1691-1820

UHD Library — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:53:51 -0500

We are pleased to introduce the American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection: 1691-1820, a new EBSCOHost database with full-text magazines from this early period of American history. The collection includes 550 publications imported by the colonists or published on American soil. The full text of each document is presented with a unique viewer that makes it easy to navigate across a page or zoom-in on hard-to-read passages. For more information, see the EBSCOhost AAS Collection website.

The AAS Historical Periodicals Collection is part of a new product line from EBSCOhost that will focus on historical publications. The next release in this product line, the Arte Publico Hispanic Historical Collection: Series 1, will be available here at UHD in September 2009. Here is a Sales Demonstration.

Current News Sources on the Iran Election Crisis

plensor — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:17:46 -0500

Many of the current news stories about the Iran Election situation are about how the mainstream U. S. media are failing in their coverage. If you want to see real-time information from and about Iran, see sources such as:

Twitterfall -- Choose #iranelection from the left column.

PicFog -- Choose iranelection from the left column. Warning: Some images are graphic and may be disturbing.

Of course, you can also go straight to Twitter and look for the Trending Topic #iranelection, but registration is required.

Be aware that a hazard of these real-time, non-media sites is the lack of confirmation and verification. For mainstream media sites that seem to be providing more current coverage and are authoritative, see MSNBC and BBC News.