Official Inaugural Website

To find out about the activities at the Presidential Inaugural swearing-in ceremony (Jan. 20, 2009) or to learn about the history of Presidential Inaugurations, go to the official website of the Senate Inaugural Committee at http://inaugural.senate.gov/index.cfm

EndNote Web

Now you can manage your bibliographies online using EndNote Web. EndNote Web doesn't have as many advanced features as the desktop version but still provides most of the basics. The Library has access to EndNote Web through its subscription to Web of Science. In order to use EndNote Web, you must first register for the service.

Election 2008 Resources

If you're interested in news and information about the Presidential Campaign, then you might want to take a look at the Library's Guide to Election 2008 Resources. The guide includes the candidates' official websites, national party websites, news sites (national and international), as well as links to websites related to Polling and Election Oversight and Campaign Finance.

ProQuest Central

Right before the beginning of the fall semester, the Library added a new database, ProQuest Central. ProQuest Central is an enormous multidisciplinary database which consists of over 8,000 full-text titles. It includes databases such as ProQuest Biology, ProQuest Education, Pharmaceutical News Index, ProQuest Psychology, ProQuest Social Science, ProQuest Religion, and ProQuest Science. Newspapers such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal as well as publications like Barron's are also part of the collection.

Free Science Database Now Available

Scitopia, a free index of the content (including articles)of 21 leading Science and Technology Societies is now available on the Library's Articles & More page. The database indexes over 3.5 million documents, plus patents and government data. It is powered by Deep Web Technologies' Explorit Research Accelerator federated search engine.

History of Sprague Library Presented in Animoto Music Video

Kathy Hughes, Head of Cataloging, has created an Animoto Music Video clip which chronicles the growth and development of Sprague Library between the 1960s and 1990s. The video clip includes digitized photos of Sprague Library as it appeared at different points during the 30 year period. The music playing in the background is Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro Overture".

Dance in Video

The Library has just added Dance in Video to it's collection of electronic resources in the Performing Arts. Dance in Video "provides streaming video of dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and pioneers of modern concert dance.