Comments Off on Nat’l Library of Medicine Releases Hundreds of Historical eBooks

By bmatthie, June 1, 2011 7:09 am

The National Library of Medicine recently released several hundred historical eBooks.  You can access them at this link.

“Medicine in the Americas is a digital library project that makes freely available original works demonstrating the evolution of American medicine from colonial frontier outposts of the 17th century to research hospitals of the 20th century.”

Comments Off on Hours Memorial Day Weekend

By bmatthie, May 26, 2011 7:43 am

The library will reopen on Tuesday, May 31.  For additional information please see this link.

Comments Off on Yale releases 250,000 open access images

By bmatthie, May 24, 2011 7:02 am

Yale recently released 250,000 open access images.  You can access them via the Yale Digital Commons.

Comments Off on Library of Congress Creates National Jukebox

By bmatthie, May 19, 2011 8:15 am

The Library of Congress and Sony Music Entertainment have teamed up to make more than 10,000 rare sound recordings available on-line. The jukebox offers free access to music and spoken-word recordings produced in the United States between 1901 and 1925.

“This amazing collection is a chance to hear history,” said Librarian of Congress James H. Billington.
“This collection includes popular music, dance music, opera, early jazz, famous speeches, poetry and humor. It is what our grandparents and great-grandparents listened to, danced to, sang along with. This brings online one of the most explosively creative periods in American culture and music and one of the finest additions to the Library’s American Memory materials.”

Comments Off on Need a study room for finals week?

By bmatthie, April 25, 2011 2:26 pm

Irwin Library has two rooms that you can reserve for group or individual projects.  For more information see this page:

http://www.butler.edu/library/library-information/library-policies/study-rooms%27-policy/