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October 31, 2005

Graduate Student Survey

The Libraries are conducting a graduate student survey. If you have comments about the Libraries and their services, please fill out the survey. Completed surveys can be left at boxes that are located at the Science and Bartle Circulation desks, or they can be mailed to: Ya-Wen Chiu, BU 506, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, New York, 13902-6000. The survey runs through November 11, 2005. Ten survey takers, selected at random, will receive gift certificates from the campus bookstore.

Posted by mulligan at 11:10 AM

October 25, 2005

New Databases

The Libraries have recently added several new databases.

American Periodical Series provides access to over 1,100 periodicals that began publishing between 1740 and 1900.

CQ Historic Documents includes more than 2,500 primary sources covering current events around the world from 1972 to the present.

The Engineering Index backfile, with coverage back to 1884, has been added to our Compendex subscription.

Finally, Science Citation Index now goes back to 1983.

In addition to following the above links for access, you can find all these resources listed in metaLINK.

If you have comments about these databases or other resources you would like us to consider, please send us feedback.

Posted by bordeaux at 03:51 PM

VPN Now Compatible with Library Resources

VPN users can now stay connected to VPN while they use library resources. Thank you for your patience while the Libraries and Computing Services resolved this issue. For more information about connecting to library resources off campus, please see our Technical Help page.

Posted by bordeaux at 03:44 PM

October 17, 2005

Reinhardt Legacy Exhibit

Austro-German theatre director Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) exerted a profound influence on twentieth-century Western theatrical theory and practice. Some published examples of his abiding legacy from the University’s Max Reinhardt Archives—books, articles, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, films--are on display on the main floor of the Bartle Library through October 2005.

Posted by erushton at 05:20 PM

October 05, 2005

Get It @ BU Downtime Overnight

The Get It @ BU service will be down for maintenance from 12:01 to 6:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 6. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Posted by bordeaux at 06:40 PM