The Knovel Academic Challenge is a weekly game for undergraduate and graduate engineering students. Compete with other STEM students worldwide while solving weekly engineering problems. Win prizes for yourself and gain glory for the U of A!…Continue Reading Knovel Academic Challenge
The Libraries have recently expanded offerings on the popular Ebsco platform, adding thousands of new e-journals and e-books available to researchers 24/7. This post discusses new article databases; look for information about new e-book and primary source collections in future posts. Art Source Art Source, which builds on and incorporates the rigorous indexing and abstracting…Continue Reading Ebsco Extravaganza
The popular Literature Resource Center (LRC) has a new interface optimized for mobile devices. LRC offers up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. Content is drawn from several dozen well known reference series, including: Contemporary Authors Dictionary…Continue Reading Updates to Literature Resource Center and Book Review Index
As part of the Traveler Program, The Arkansas State Library has added a number of new ProQuest resources that can be accessed from any library in Arkansas. The Arkansas State Library Traveler Project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Some of the new Traveler databases include: ProQuest Central…Continue Reading New ProQuest Resources Available Statewide
The Libraries have added several resources for Medieval Studies in the last year. These include: Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages & Renaissance Based at the University of Toronto, Iter is a not-for-profit partnership dedicated to the advancement of learning in the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Iter is a…Continue Reading New Resources Shed Fresh Light on the “Dark Ages”
The Libraries have recently added four titles from Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO). Combining the best features of an annotated bibliography and a scholarly encyclopedia, Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO) are designed to guide researchers to the best available scholarship across a wide variety of subjects. These authoritative research guides provide a starting point for your research…Continue Reading Oxford Bibliographies Online: Recommended Reading on Scholarly Topics