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Read moreNew InfoTrac Periodical Titles Added as of March 13, 2014
By Carrie Stefanski
My first week on the job back in December, I was told to save the date for the 2014 PLA Conference and plan to stay to see David Sedaris. At that moment, I knew I made the right career move. My conference experience was everything I hoped it’d be and the conference itself was a whole lot bigger than I imagined. I had a couple conferences under my belt, but neither matched up to the greatness of PLA.
Read moreOh, the places you will go, the things you will see at a PLA Conference!
By Michelle Eickmeyer
A look at a current news item through the lens of different titles available on GVRL.
March 21, 2014 – The Oscar Pistorius Trial
Whether you knew him as the first athlete to compete in the Olympics with prosthesis (it’s impossible to call him disabled) or for his current trial for the shooting death of his former girlfriend, Oscar Pistorius has spent much time in the international spotlight. The highest of high and lowest of lows. At just 27 he has accomplished much, and as his trial moves forward it remains to be seen what the future holds for him.
Here are five titles which look at the Oscar Pistorius trial from different perspectives:
By Kim Martin
Did you miss the buzz at last week’s PLA conference surrounding this groundbreaking new program? Career Online High School allows libraries to offer adults in their community the opportunity to earn an accredited high school diploma and career certificate. Hear what all the fuss is about at our live webcast, Wednesday, March 26, 3 pm EST!
Did you know… the next time you munch on some potato chips they may have been processed at an environmentally friendly production plant? Watch the video report in GREENR. Check it out or call your rep for more information.
By Michelle Eickmeyer
For many of us, Encyclopedia Britannica has long represented the place to go to find information on just about everything. While the look of the book has changed, and how students and your community interact with it have changed, the standard of excellence has not. Founded nearly 250 years ago, Encyclopedia Britannica is still a trusted source of all kinds of information.
Did you know… red eyed tree frogs (Agalyochnis Callidryas) lay their eggs on foliage on the edge of ponds so when they hatch the tadpoles can fall into the water? Read about it in Smithsonian and Air & Space Magazine Archive. Check it out or call your rep for more information.
By Seth Cayley
In 2013, Cengage Learning released the Daily Mail Historical Archive 1896-2004, the complete archive of what the New Yorker has described as “the newspaper that rules Britain”. During our research into the project, we discovered a long-forgotten treasure of the newspaper’s history. In the 1920s and 1930s, the Daily Mail published an “Atlantic Edition”; a completely separate version of the newspaper for sale on the transatlantic liners that sailed between New York and Southampton.
Read moreRats Fleeing the Sinking Ship! Saving the Daily Mail Atlantic Edition for Prosperity
By Harmony Faust
To say I’m a fan of craft beer is accurate, but perhaps doesn’t paint the full picture. The fact is, for my husband and I, it’s “our thing.” We appreciate craft beer to the point that last month, for the fourth consecutive year, we traveled to the Annual Winter Beer Festival of the Michigan Brewers Guild. That’s right, Michigan’s Brewers Guild. This places us outdoors in the middle of February at a beer festival. The high was 24 degrees but surrounded by good beer and good friends, no one seemed to notice.
We just launched several collections onto Gale Artemis: Primary Sources, our groundbreaking research platform. All of these collections are now cross-searchable and feature many new tools and functionality that the older standalone collections do not.
The following list of collections are now available on Gale Artemis: Primary Sources:
Read moreGale Artemis: Primary Sources Just Quadrupled in Size!