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Spotlight On: Digital National Security Archive (DNSA)

The Library subscribes to many of the databases included in the Digital National Security Archive. Afghanistan: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1973–1990 Argentina, 1975-1980: The Making of U.S. Human Rights The Berlin Crisis, 1958–1962 Chile and the United States: U.S. Policy toward Democracy, Dictatorship, and Human Rights, 1970–1990 China and the United States: From Hostility … Spotlight On: Digital National Security Archive (DNSA)

HEIN Online Government, Politics, and Law on Trial until March 2017

1754-present; HeinOnline’s Government, Politics & Law contains more than 80 million pages of content across 80,000 titles and 195,000 volumes. HeinOnline bridges the gap in history by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of more than 2,300 periodicals. In addition to its vast collection of journals, the database also contains the Congressional Record bound volumes in … HEIN Online Government, Politics, and Law on Trial until March 2017

New Eresource: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century

​Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century consists of four modules: two modules of Federal Government Records, and two modules of Organizational Records and Personal Papers, offering unique documentation and a variety of perspectives on the 20th-century fight for freedom. Major collections in these modules include Civil Rights records from the Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, … New Eresource: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century

R2 Digital Library Now on Trial

R2 Digital Library​ The Brown University Library is currently providing trial access to the R2 Digital Library. R2 Digital is a database of medical, public health, and biology, ebooks from major publishers such as AAP, APHA, AAMC, Jones and Bartlett, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Springer, and many more. Features of the R2 Digital Library include: … R2 Digital Library Now on Trial

New VPN on Thursday, February 18!

If you use the VPN to access Library eresources, you may be affected by this change. We recommend that you just click on a database or ejournal link and authenticate via EZProxy instead, but if you want to use VPN, please check out the CIS website below. http://brown.edu/go/vpn-feb-2016

Select NYT Tablet Apps Now Available from Your Smartphone, iPad, Tablet or Desktop

Select NYT tablet apps are now available to all who claim a new pass or renew a pass to the NYTimes.com Academic Site License affiliated with Brown University. Get started at NYTimes.com/Pass from a smartphone, iPad, tablet or desktop’s web browser and complete the instructions for a new account or to link an existing non-paying … Select NYT Tablet Apps Now Available from Your Smartphone, iPad, Tablet or Desktop

Library Innovation Prize

The Brown University Library announces a $750 Innovation Prize, which will be awarded to the student or team of students who create the most interesting and innovative game related to the Library. Contestants must be currently enrolled Brown graduate or undergraduate students. Games may use the Library as space, Library collections as content, Library services … Library Innovation Prize

Update From JSTOR

Dear Colleague, Yesterday and today, we have been experiencing intermittent, site-wide access issues that affect use of JSTOR. Our engineers are working hard to restore stable access as quickly as possible. Please watch our Platform Updates page (http://about.jstor.org/jstor-help-support/jstor-updates) for service alerts about these issues. We will post the most current information on that page, as … Update From JSTOR

JSTOR Full Text Articles Unavailable

JSTOR ejournal service is available for searching, but full text articles are currently unavailable. It is a widespread problem that is not limited to just Brown University. JSTOR is aware of the problem and working to fix it. We apologize for the inconvenience.