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ICPSR Unveils New Website Design

ICPSR, the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, unveiled its new website design on September 4, 2012. Explore the redesigned site.

ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community.


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Falvey Welcomes Class of ‘16: ACS Highlighted as Central to the First-Year Experience for VU Students

Stephanie Liu and Thiomarie Matta mounted the exhibition under Joanne Quinn's direction.

Metallic violet streamers dangle several numeral 16s above large stacks of books in the top center of the window. Copies of 16 Magazine covers create a border across the bottom of the window. The splash is all for the new Class of ’16.

Because  incoming first-year students take the two-semester Augustine and Culture Seminar (ACS), First-Year Experience Librarian Robert (Rob) LeBlanc worked with Joanne Quinn, Falvey graphic designer, to create an exhibition that not only welcomes students but informs them. This large window display greets those entering the Library.

In addition to a large “Class of 16” poster on the left, a “Welcome to Your Library, First Year Students!” poster introduces to ACS, alerting students that the course requires “a great deal of research to locate suitable multi-media and traditional academic resources” and explains that subject liaisons and the First-Year Experience Librarian are available to help.

Featured are projects developed by John Immerwahr, PhD, and Jonathan Yates, PhD, in their ACS classes. Dr. Immerwahr’s project focuses on Pop Art and Dr. Yates’ plan centers on Pop Music. Prof. Immerwahr has long been an avid supporter of the arts and strives to integrate art history and appreciation into his ACS courses. Drawing from a wide variety of popular music ranging from rock & roll, to reggae, to jazz, students in Prof. Yates’ class research a single song by a popular artist and explore the impact that song and performer had on modern culture.

New ACS students are advised to work with librarians by asking information desk staff to help them contact an appropriate librarian.

Digital picture frames show rolling images of the ACS website and of students making presentations, both in classrooms and at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Photography by Alice Bampton

 

 


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Brill’s Encyclopedia of the First World War: Hot off the press and available at Falvey!

  • Posted by: Jutta Seibert
  • Posted Date: September 5, 2012
  • Filed Under: Library News

Translated from the German Enzyklopädie Erster Weltkrieg (2003), Brill’s Encyclopedia of the First World War (2012) is an excellent complement to the Library’s Encyclopedia of World War I (2005) and United States in the First World War (1995). With its emphasis on the social aspects of the war, the Encyclopedia covers numerous topics not included in the Encyclopedia of World War I, such as barbarians, disability, sexuality, newspapers and war toys. Half of the first volume of the Encyclopedia is dedicated to essays on warring nations, the social aspects of the war and the course of the war. Noteworthy are the essays on the social aspects of the war, such as the ones on war literature, propaganda, scientists and religion. A complete list of essays is available on the publisher’s website.

Although international in scope, the Encyclopedia overrepresents German individuals and organizations as is to be expected from a German language publication. The nine-pages long historiography essay focuses on (West-) German scholarship, but also references Anglo-Saxon and French contributions. A separate essay is dedicated to World War I scholarship in the former GDR.

The Encyclopedia’s subject index simply mirrors the A-Z list of entries and will disappoint the reader who expects detailed subject indexing. Chemical warfare and chemical weapons, for example, are not listed in the index although it would have been helpful to add a cross-reference to gas warfare. Unfortunately, the Encyclopedia is only available in print, but interested readers can compensate for the lack of a detailed index by referring to the full text search feature available for the German language copy on Google Books.

Can’t wait to get your hands on it? The print volumes of the Encyclopedia are shelved on the second floor of Falvey. Sample entries are available online on the publisher’s website. A detailed review of the German original is available on H-Net Reviews.

Questions or comments?  Contact me directly (jutta.seibert@villanova.edu) or post your comments online.


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Welcome Back, Students!

Wondering how your subject librarian can help you this semester? Read on!

Librarians are happy to help you:

  • Find a topic for your research paper or project.
  • Find an article or book you are required to read for class.
  • Find a scholarly journal article.
  • Find background information on a topic.
  • Use a subject database to research a topic.
  • Find data or statistics.
  • Find news (current or historical) on your topic.
  • Evaluate potential sources.
  • Get organized with Refworks and individual research accounts.
  • Find information about conducting your own research project.
  • Cite your sources in APA or any other citation style.
  • And more!

Kristyna Carroll
610-519-5391
kristyna.carroll@villanova.edu
Room 223

Kimberley Bugg
610-519-3073
kimberley.bugg@villanova.edu
Room 227


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