2016 in Review: Could most circulated American Literature titles make good holiday reading material?

Last year we suggested for your winter break some new books Emory’s librarians wanted to read, but this year we thought it would be fun to share what the university has been reading this year. Below is a list of Emory’s most heavily circulated American literature titles in 2016. Yekl and the Imported Bridegroom and Read More …

Book Display of Emory’s Area Studies Faculty Publications

The International Area Studies librarians at Emory ‘s Woodruff Library, in collaboration with the Library’s Exhibit Team, have curated a special book display showcasing Emory faculty’s scholarly achievements in addressing global and cultural issues, as well as the challenges across different regions.  The Book Display is artistically exhibited in two alcoves near the entrance to Read More …

Library Celebrates International Education Week – Expert Subject Librarians

Emory’s Woodruff Library is happy to celebrate International Education Week (Nov 14-18, 2016) Did you know that Emory’s Woodruff Library has an international area studies team with expert subject librarians? Guo-hua Wang, team leader, Chinese and  East Asian Studies Ellen Ambrosone, South Asian Studies Hikmat Faraj, Middle Eastern Studies Lawrence Hamblin, Japanese Studies Phil MacLeod, Read More …

Library Celebrates International Education Week – foreign language films on DVD

Emory’s Woodruff Library is happy to celebrate International Education Week (Nov 14-18, 2016) Did you know you can check out foreign language films on DVD? Marian K. Heilbrun Music & Media Library DVD lend program Foreign Film Ideas The Blue Kite (dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang) The Assassin (dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien) – recent Chinese language film Leviathan Read More …

Library Celebrates International Education Week – newspapers and magazines

Emory’s Woodruff Library is happy to celebrate International Education Week (Nov 14-18, 2016)   Did you know that you have access to over 100 newspapers and magazines from over 50 countries in 60 languages? Databases at Emory News Source facet Ejournals Research Guides posted by Kim Collins on 11/14/2016  

OXFORD BIBLIOGRAPHIES ONLINE

The Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO) is an excellent place to begin your research, or to check for important sources (books, articles, book chapters) that you might have missed.  With collections of annotated resources compiled by panels of scholarly experts, each bibliography is is selective rather than comprehensive and offers a pared-down list of the best reads Read More …

Moving In: Library Service Center

The library is currently moving collections from the Storage Facility at 1762 Clifton to the new Library Service Center   The move is expected to continue through mid-summer 2016, with Rose Library collections moving first, followed by the rest of the collections in order of use and accession, newest to oldest. Library Users may continue to Read More …

MAP IT series: A Modern Old Master? Using Historical GIS to Chart El Greco’s Influence on the French Avant-Garde

Ellen Prokop, (Ph.D.) Associate Photoarchivist at the Frick Art Reference Library and an art historian who specializes in Spanish art of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, will deliver the fifth and LAST lecture in the of the MAP IT | Little Dots, Big Ideas series on Monday, 11 April , at 5.30 PM in the Read More …