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Updated Library Hours for Winter Break
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To conserve energy costs, the Rockefeller Library is the only library that will be open during the holiday break week. The Rock will be open Tuesday, December 27 thru Thursday, December 29, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. All other libraries will be closed from 5:00 pm on December 22 until January 2, 2006. For a complete schedule of hours as well as information about Library services available during the holiday break week, please see http://www.brown.edu/library/hours/holidays.html During the break, Library staff will page requested materials from the Sciences Library for Brown users on a daily basis (December 27-29). (See details at the link above.) Also, Brown’s extensive collection of electronic journals, books and databases is available 24 hours a day from anywhere in the world with your Brown ID and password. Remember to use se the VPN client or EZProxy for remote access. We recognize that while classes and exams are over on December 20, your academic work does not stop. Library staff are available to assist you in making your winter break a productive time for your study and research. Please call 863-2165 if you have any questions or have special needs during the break. We’re here to help! Happy Holidays! -
Library Database of the Week – Humanities International Index
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1975-present; Humanities International Index provides indexing and abstracting for over 1,700 journals, including deep backfiles for some of the most important journals in the area of humanities. Includes all data from the American Humanities Index plus materials from international journals, books and reference works. This database provides citations and abstracts for articles, essays and reviews, and original creative works including poems, fiction, photos, paintings and illustrations.
Off-campus users must log in via the VPN client or EZproxy.
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Tour the McLellan Lincoln Collection!
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On Saturday, December 10th, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., the John Hay Library will be offering tours of its McLellan Lincoln Collection in connection with the Providence Public Library’s new exhibition “Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.” Our companion exhibition, “Broken Chains: Abraham Lincoln and the Legacy of Emancipation in the African American Experience” will also be open for viewing. All are welcome! For further information on “Forever Free,”
please see the exhibition information provided on the Providence Public Library website: http://www.provlib.org/community/events/lincoln/pages/index.html
The exhibition was organized by the Huntington Library (San Marino, California) and the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History (New York), in cooperation with the American Library Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities.