LexisNexis Academic will be discontinued on August 15, 2018. In its place users may try a new product from LexisNexis called Nexis Uni. The content of Nexis Uni is much the same as LexisNexis Academic but with a new and improved interface. Librarians will be offering workshops on Nexis Uni during the fall semester.
We are excited to announce that the U.S. Congressional Serial Set is coming soon to HeinOnline! The Serial Set is an ongoing project in HeinOnline with the goal to add more than four million pages each year until completion. It’s important to note that HeinOnline has always contained substantial portions of the Serial Set, including the American State Papers, comprehensive coverage … U.S. Congressional Serial Set Coming to Hein Online
Matsuoka Japan: Unknown, 1890 Brown University Library, Special Collections Selected 19th Century prints with captions from a collection of 28 double-page wood engravings of two-wheeled ceremonial and other vehicles. Dates: July 9 – 31, 2018 Time: John Hay Library Hours Location: Second Floor Landing, John Hay Library, 20 Prospect Street, Providence
“The DPRK is an independent socialist state representing the interests of all the Korean people. The Republic is the Juche-oriented socialist state which embodies the idea and leadership of Comrade Kim Il Sung, the founder of the Republic and the father of socialist Korea. His idea and the achievements made under his leadership are the … Exhibit | Stamps of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)
Music was a sonic weapon used by Civil Rights organizations against violence and oppression. Songs were used to inspire, unite and comfort participants at meetings, sit-ins, marches and in jail cells. Trace the journey for equality and the music it inspired, and discover iconic pieces that have become staples of protest movements around the world. … Exhibit | From Gospel Hymns to “Mississippi Goddam”: the Evolving Soundtrack of the Civil Rights Era and Beyond
Since 2016, the library has been printing 3D objects for students, faculty, and staff using a ProJet 660 Pro 3D printer, which creates colored objects out of gypsum powder. This exhibit showcases some of the varied work created over the last two years using the printer and the artwork of Zak Ziebell ‘19, currently studying painting … Exhibit | Painting with Plaster: 3D Printing at the Brown University Library
Top 20 Databases Time run: 5/10/2018 4:04:52 PM Counter Database Name Usage (number of searches) Ovid MEDLINE(R) 23,392 Slavery and Anti-Slavery … Current Top Library Databases
Currently on View: Selections from the Thomas H. Simon Circus Collection The Thomas H. Simon Circus Collection contains more than 200 items, primarily about the American circus arts, including first-edition books, pennants, programs, stamps, drawings and promotional materials dating from the nineteenth through twenty-first centuries. Simon graduated with a degree in philosophy from Brown University in … Exhibit | Selections from the Thomas H. Simon Circus Collection
Award-winning filmmaker Todd Haynes has created image books for each of his films beginning with Safe in 1995. In an interview with the New York Times, Haynes explained the books in terms of his process as “a way of communicating beyond words that gets to the crux of what the mood, temperature and stylistic references … Exhibit | Todd Haynes Image Books (1995 – 2017)
View two exhibitions of work by book artist and Brown alumna Angela Lorenz. Often witty and playful, Lorenz’s work is deceptively complex, influenced by her travels and informed by research in libraries and archives. The Hay second-floor landing features a selection of Lorenz’s artists’ books exploring historical figures. A display in the Bopp Room showcases … Exhibit | Discover.ed/Explor.ed/Inspir.ed: The artists’ books of Angela Lorenz ‘87
