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Medici.tv Now on Trial. If you like this, please send feedback now!

With Medici.TV, each year you can discover more than 100 events broadcast live from the most prestigious venues: Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Concertgebouw, Teatro alla Scala, Berliner Philharmonie, Salle Pleyel, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Verbier Festival, Salzburger Festspiele and more. You can also access the largest online collection of classical music videos in the Medici.tv Now on Trial. If you like this, please send feedback now!

Ebsco eBooks Mobile App Now Available

The EBSCO eBooks app is now available! This new app enables easy discovery and simple download capabilities from the Library collection to any mobile device, and a best-in-class reading experience. Available 24/7−− now the library comes to you Quick access to intuitive app features Place holds on best-selling titles and new releases Adjust font size, Ebsco eBooks Mobile App Now Available

Readex Delivers New Interface for Databases

On August 19, 2015, Readex launched new interfaces for America’s Historical Imprints, America’s Historical Newspapers, and the World Newspaper Archive, providing students and scholars with a better research experience than ever before. For more information, including a full listing of enhanced collections, click here. Each collection now delivers: A fresh new look Newly enhanced interfaces Readex Delivers New Interface for Databases

Wiley Online Library Adds CAPTCHA to Prevent Systematic Article Downloads

Wiley has introduced a new security feature for access to articles through Wiley Online Library. This is in order to prevent systematic downloads of content and also to thwart hackers from creating other security risks for both library and vendor. You may have encountered CAPTCHA challenge (see graphic below) after completing a poll, leaving a Wiley Online Library Adds CAPTCHA to Prevent Systematic Article Downloads

New JSTOR Arts & Sciences Ejournals Added to the Library

JSTOR ARTS & SCIENCES XIV has just been added to the Library’s collections. The new collection is devoted to the study of culture and communication, from civilization’s earliest traces to the growth and governance of peoples. It supports research in Political Science, Language, Rhetoric & Communications, Archaeology & Anthropology, Asian Studies, and more.

New Eresource: Early American Imprints, Series I and Series II: Supplements From the American Antiquarian Society 1652-1819.

The initial release of a major new enrichment to the Evans and Shaw-Shoemaker collections has just occurred. Rare items from the American Antiquarian Society, available for the first time in Readex digital editions of Early American Imprints, are highlighted below. The Gosport Tragedy (1776) From Early American Imprints, Supplements from the American Antiquarian Society. The New Eresource: Early American Imprints, Series I and Series II: Supplements From the American Antiquarian Society 1652-1819.

Nature.Com Complete

Starting in 2015 the Library is pleased to be able to offer to the University community access to Nature Publishing Group’s (NPG) Nature.com Complete. This service provides unlimited, seamless, and immediate access to content on the nature.com platform (except Nature Disease Primers and Nature Plants). This includes archived content back to the 1st issues for Nature.Com Complete

Library Press Display Currently Unavailable

Library Press Display is currently unavailable. The publisher has been notified and they are attempting to rectify the issue. As soon as the problem has been remedied, there will be a posting on this blog. We apologize for the incovenience.