Have you ever included a quote in a research paper? Used a chart or graph in a presentation to provide critical commentary or analysis? Written a book review? Have you ever copied a few paragraphs from a news article to share with your students in class? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions,…
Announcing the Woodruff Library Undergraduate Research Award
The Woodruff Library is again sponsoring an award for undergraduate research. A panel of faculty and librarians will award up to three prizes of $500 each to those undergraduate students who 1) make extensive use of the Woodruff Library’s collections and research resources in their original scholarship; and 2) show evidence of critical analysis in…
Umbrellas Now Available for Loan at the Library Service Desk
If you’ve ever been working or studying at Woodruff during a rain storm, you know the dilemma of not having an umbrella close at hand. As the rain pours down, your mind is filled with questions. How long will the rain continue to fall? Can I make it to class or the parking deck without getting…
Feb 9: ARP’s Teaching with Archives
Join us for “Teaching with Archives” with Donna Troka on Monday, Feb. 9th from 4-5:30pm in the Jones Room. Refreshments will be served. The “Understanding Archives” Speaker Series is sponsored by the Archives Research Program and is intended to touch on various topics related to working in archives and special collections libraries. The theme…
ETD Copyright & Submission Workshops for Spring 2015
Are you about to defend your prospectus and start researching your dissertation? Are you in the middle of writing that honors thesis? Are you gearing up to submit your masters thesis this semester? The Scholarly Communications Office is ready to help! We are offering three workshops this spring for any student writing or finishing up…
Massive DVD-LEND Expansion Project Completed
Game of Thrones Season 3 and Omkara, two films available through our DVD-LEND program. The Heilbrun Music and Media Library recently completed a massive project over the winter break to convert nearly 5,000 additional titles to DVD-LEND. Now over 13,000 DVDs–more than half of the total DVD collection–are DVD-LEND. James Steffen, the Film and…
LITS welcomes applications for Graduate Student Fellowships
The Laney Graduate School and several Emory partner entities offer fellowships to advanced graduate students. (see all fellowships here) Emory Library & Information Technology Services (LITS) is offering 7 fellowships for 2015-2016. Five Woodruff/ECDS Graduate Fellowships (available to any full time students in a doctoral program in candidacy at the time of application) Woodruff…
Statista–Statistics at Your Fingertips
Statista aggregates statistical data on over 600 international industries from more than 18,000 sources, including market researchers, trade organizations, scientific journals, and government databases. Also provides statistical reports, analyses, etc on specific subject areas and industries. Much of the aggregate data available for download/export. Check here if you need to search for a quick table, verify…
Browse the Library Virtually
Have you tried the new Virtual Browse function in discoverE? One of a number of upgrades announced in November, Virtual Browse lets you see the items on the shelf near the item you choose. Give it a try! You can learn how to use the tool in our new instructional video:
B-SIDE Modernism – January 23 + 24
Join us January 23 + 24, 2015 for the B-SIDE Modernism Conference in the Jones Room, Woodruff Library (10am-6pm) For a detailed schedule, click here: http://nonsite.org/events The last 50 years of literary scholarship on modernism have resulted in some vital realignments of the canon, expanding and challenging earlier visions of what modernism is and isn’t. …
Welcome Back; Finding Syllabus Resources
Emory Libraries are pleased to welcome you back in 2015; we hope to help you be productive and successful this spring semester.If you are looking for materials from your course syllabi, below are some tips for finding them. Remember you can also search for answers in the libraries FAQ (Ask a Librarian) section or use…
Improving Student Research Skills
Are your students’ research skills up to snuff? Do their citations measure up? If you feel a certain amount of trepidation every time you have to grade a research project or paper, the Library can help! The librarians at Woodruff provide a variety of instructional services for your classes that can sharpen your students’ information literacy abilities and…
MARBL Blog
- Emory University Selected to Host Shakespeare First Folio February 26, 2015Emory University Chosen for First Folio Tour Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night. These famous plays and 15 others by Shakespeare would probably have been lost to us without the First Folio. Published in 1623, the First Folio is the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays, and only 233 copies are known today. Next year, to... […]Matthew S. Strandmark
- “Joe Louis Barrow: A Life and Career in Context” – MARBL Exhibits on the Move February 18, 2015Since the exhibit, “Joe Louis Barrow: A Life and Career in Context” first appeared in Woodruff Library in November of 2013, it has made a profound impression on a much wider audience beyond Emory’s campus. The exhibit emphasizes one of MARBL’s newest collecting areas: African Americans in sports. Collecting initiatives and exhibitions on this topic... […]Matthew S. Strandmark
- Exclusive Images of MARBL Renovation – Woodruff L10 February 12, 2015The newly renovated MARBL will debut in Fall 2015, with an expanded reading room, dramatic vistas of Emory University and the city skyline, interactive exhibit spaces, technologically-advanced classrooms, and beautiful gathering spaces. These enhancements will allow scholars, students, and the Atlanta community to rediscover MARBL resources in new and exciti […]Matthew S. Strandmark
- The Beautiful is Political: The Dianora Niccolini Papers at MARBL February 11, 2015Emory’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library recently acquired the papers of New York photographer Dianora Niccolini. Niccolini is best known for her fine art portraits of male models and athletes. Her photographs have been featured in numerous anthologies and are today housed in museums and private collections throughout the United States. The Dianor […]cboles
- Picturing a New South: MARBL Acquires the Photographs of Ron Sherman January 29, 2015Emory University’s Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) recently acquired 748 vintage silver gelatin prints from Atlanta photographer, Ron Sherman. Sherman spent three decades covering politics, sports, and life in Atlanta and the South for a variety of publications and outlets. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, the camera bug bit Sherman early in lif […]cboles