As the 2007-08 school year approaches and you begin to collect readings for your comps, now is a good time to think about how you will organize your research. One possibility is to use EndNote, citation management software that you can use as current Carleton students. EndNote is software installed on all lab computers. If…
Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930 The Harvard University Library Open Collections Program has created this digital library of historical documents on immigration. “Concentrating heavily on the 19th century, Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930, includes approximately 1,800 books and pamphlets as well as 9,000 photographs, 200 maps, and 13,000 pages from manuscript and archival…
The LexisNexis Academic database of news and other research sources has a new interface designed to be more intuitive and fast to search. If anyone would like some tips on using the new interface, please send me an email or call. Is anyone interested in a drop-in workshop? In the meantime, here are some basic…
Foreign Policy has published its third annual Terrorism Index, a survey of over one hundred foreign policy experts from both major parties: “[The Index is] the only comprehensive, nonpartisan effort to mine the highest echelons of the nation’s foreign-policy establishment for its assessment of how the United States is fighting the war on terror. First…
For the third year in a row, Foreign Policy magazine (published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) has published its Failed States Index. An interactive interface to all three Failed State Indexes and details about the methodology of the survey can be found at the Fund for Peace web site. Read Foreign Policy magazine,…
In September 2007 the following cultures and 40,000 pages will be added to the new eHRAF World Cultures site: Gusii, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Lur, Aleut, Sea Islanders, Yapese, Tongans, and Jivaro. On September 1, 2007, a beta version of the new eHRAF interface will be available. Try it and let me know what you…