April 28, 2011 – May 7, 2011
Click here for the Spring Reading & Exam Period Schedule
The Duke University Libraries are open during all posted hours to anyone who presents a current Duke University ID card. Use of the Libraries during all posted hours is also permitted by anyone who presents a [...]
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We’re librarians: we like information. For the next month, Library Hacks will be gathering information from you, our reader, in our first-ever feedback poll!
This is your chance to tell us a little bit about your blog-reading habits and what you’d like to see when you visit Library Hacks.
In the sidebar you’ll see [...]
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How technology is being used to provide information
This is a guest post by Kristina Troost, the Japanese Studies librarian and Head of International and Area Studies at Duke. She selects books on Japan and works with faculty and students to find information on Japan.
As I see the images of the destruction caused by [...]
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New Articles Tab Tip
When you return from Spring Break, the articles search from the library homepage will look a little different. There will be no changes to the look of the homepage or the Articles tab, but your search results will reveal an improved system for finding articles.
The big improvements will be speed [...]
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To honor the 50th anniversary, we would like to showcase four Returned Peace Corps Volunteers currently working in the Perkins Library:
Michael Peper, Librarian for Math and Physics
Benin
Education (TEFL)
2003-2005
Kimberley Burhop-Service, Manager, Library Human Resources
Gabon
Education
1993-1995
Jean Ferguson, [...]
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Resources Currently Open for Testing by Duke University Affiliates
Go to: Database Trials
20th Century African American Poetry:
A database of modern and contemporary African American poetry, featuring almost 9,000 poems by 62 of the most important African American poets of the last century, including Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Imamu Amiri [...]
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The Library of the African Studies Centre Leiden has compiled a web dossier on Southern Sudan to coincide with the 9 January 2011 referendum.
In the referendum, southern Sudanese throughout the country will vote on whether to remain part of Sudan or secede and become a separate country. The referendum marks the end of the [...]
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The annual Commemorative Service for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will take place Sunday, January 16th at 3:00 pm in the Duke University Chapel. This year’s theme, Connect to the Dream, reflects a desire for today’s youth to stay connected with, or reconnect to, Dr. King’s values and vision for [...]
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Beginning January 1, 2011, JSTOR will provide access to the current issues of 174 journals from 19 different publishers.
Here are a few things that you need to know about the new Current Scholarship Program (CSP):
• Current issues will be seamlessly integrated with back issue content for institutional and individual subscribers to the titles.
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Perkins Reference Desk Hours – Fall Reading and Exam Period
December 13, 2010 – December 19, 2010
Monday – Thursday 9:00 am -2:00 am
Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday 1:00 pm -5:00 pm
Sunday 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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Google Scholar is a search engine that allows users to search for scholarly materials on a topic. Instead of searching the entire web (like Google), Google Scholar searches the scholarly literature provided by numerous academic publishers, professional societies, universities and scholarly organizations.
Search results include citations from peer-reviewed journals, theses, papers, books and technical reports.
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The Professional Affairs Committee of Librarians Assembly invites you to join Haiti Lab Co-directors Laurent Dubois and Deborah Jenson, Franklin Humanities Institute Director Ian Baucom and Librarians Holly Ackerman and Heidi Madden for a brownbag discussion of the Haiti Lab and the potential for involvement of Duke Libraries staff in future humanities labs.
When: Friday, [...]
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AllAfrica.com-Africa News Online is a comprehensive resource featuring stories from newspapers, magazines, and news agencies. The news service posts more than 1000 stories daily in English and French and also provides access to the Africa News Service Archives, a resource of more than 900,000 articles on Africa dating back to 1997.
For pre-1997 materials, look [...]
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Open Access to Knowledge: The African Journal of Information and Communication
The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC) is an academic journal, accredited by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training. Formerly the South(ern) African Journal of Information and Communication, the AJIC is an annual interdisciplinary journal concerned with Africa’s [...]
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Black Short Fiction and Folklore is the most comprehensive collection yet created of stories from African and the African Diaspora. When complete, it will feature 8,000 stories and folk tales published in more than 15 countries from the mid-1900s to the present. In addition to these published works, the database features previously uncollected works [...]
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