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New Minority Groups Data Page
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To assist research of minority issues, the Library has posted a new Minority Groups data page at
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/gateway/ssds/minorities.htm. This page presents data relevant for research on African-American, Asian-American, disabled, elderly, Hispanic/Latino, LGBT, Native American, and women’s issues. These datasets deal with topics such as health, education, discrimination, rights, poverty, economics, etc.
Please contact Thomas_Stieve@brown.edu for further help with minority groups’ data. -
Selections from the H. Adrian Smith Magic Collection, April 26 – May 4
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Lownes Room, John Hay Library
April 26 – May 4
Selections from the H. Adrian Smith Collection of Conjuring and Magicana, focusing on early, scarce works. The exhibit will specifically feature works with hand-colored frontispiece illustrations, depicting magicians performing a wide variety of magic tricks. The exhibition is mounted to coincide with this year’s Wilmeth lecture, “When Deception Becomes Magic,” by Jim Steinmeyer on April 26 at 7pm in List Auditorium.
John Hay Library hours are Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. The Lownes Room is open for viewing when in not in use for classes or seminars.
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Browse lists of new Library titles!
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Are you wondering which new titles have been added to the Library collections recently? Are you curious about the subject and language breakdown of these titles? This information is available in the quarterly update of the list of new titles. Includes acquisitions through purchases, gifts, or newly available online.
Simply point your browser to:
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/newtitles/index.html
and pick your favorite subject, media or collection.
For a complete list of 6,491 videos available in the Library and the Language Resource Center, you may also consult:
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/collatoz/videos.php
For further information contact libweb@brown.edu