Readers who seek insight into the meaning of Thanksgiving can find a generous serving of literary criticism on the topic in the digital pages of Literature Criticism Online. Perhaps unsurprisingly, authors have found in the holiday a fruitful setting for explorations of family dysfunction and ruminations on the American national character.
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In Secret Kept, In Silence Sealed: revealing the hidden texts in Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library
By: Elinor Hawkes As an archivist, I firmly believe that preservation and access are two sides of the same coin; one cannot happen without the other. This is particularly true during digitization projects, and on collections such as Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library where a large body of material is being made … Read more
The “Excellent Content” of British Library Newspapers, Part V
Sourced from the extensive holdings of the British Library, British Library Newspapers delivers a wide range of irreplaceable local and regional voices to reflect the social, political, and cultural events of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. These newspapers, emerging during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as a crucial channel of information in towns and major cities, provide researchers with a unique, first-hand perspective on history. Support researchers with “excellent content” on United Kingdom history with more than 750,000 pages from 36 newspapers from 1746-1950.
See for yourself with a review:
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Energy: In Context: “Useful Across the Curriculum”
Provide middle school students with more on a subject that impacts lives and economies across the globe: energy! Energy: In Context fosters the understanding of energy science, while also exploring the social, political, economic, and cultural factors that impact how we find, use, store, and waste energy. With 50 primary source documents, along with 270 color images, illustrations, and other graphics, Energy: In Context will be your one-stop source for all things energy.
Still not convinced? Read what a librarian has to say:
Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the Man Who Brought China from Empire to Republic
By Yang Liping Sun Yat-sen (孫逸仙aka. 孫中山 or 孫文; 1866–1925) is a Chinese revolutionary and the leader of a series of armed uprisings that led to the downfall of China’s last imperial dynasty (Qing) in 1911 and the founding of the Republic of China in 1912. November 12 this year marks his 150th birthday. A … Read more
Gender: Sources, Perspectives and Methodologies Provides Patrons with a “Great Deal of Information”
Immerse researchers in the study of gender with Gender: Sources, Perspectives and Methodologies. Highlighting queer, women’s, and men’s studies, Gender fosters critical thought in gender and sexuality. By employing literature, film, art, history, and other disciplines, Gender: Sources, Perspectives and Methodologies provides researchers with a “great deal of information.”
Take a peak at what a reviewer had to say:
Advocating for study of the humanities
The STEM field, (science, technology, engineering, and math) has been promoted as the way to go for students seeking careers that are growing and in-demand. The value of humanities is often lost in that conversation. But in a recent trip to Seoul, South Korea, William D. Adams, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities … Read more
Digital Resources Support Healthy Debates
According to TeachingTolerance.org, the 2016 Presidential campaign is unlike any other in recent history. They surveyed 2,000 teachers and learned that it’s emboldening students to mimic the tone of the campaign, disrupting opportunities to teach about political campaigns and civic engagement, and more.
Information Literacy: Knowing What To Do With All That Data
If there’s one thing modern society seems to be good at, it’s creating content and making it available. According to VCloud News, 2.5 billion gigabytes of content are created each day1. To quantify that a bit more, that means the amount of data created each day is equal to streaming 1 billion hours of high definition TV.
So, is it any wonder that undergraduates are often overwhelmed at the outset of a research project? Where should they begin? How can they evaluate the quality of content sources and ensure that they’re using relevant, expert information?
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Product Update: Exciting Video Additions and Increased Text Size to Kids InfoBits!
Recently, Gale partnered with Visual Learning Systems, an educational science publisher whose mission is to provide high quality, visual-based content that instructs, challenges, and inspires young learners. Nearly 600 high-quality educational videos on concepts essential to STEM learning have been added to Kids InfoBits. These recently added and powerful teaching tools are approximately 1-3 minutes … Read more