Library News
Required system downtime is scheduled to begin Friday, May 18th from 7:00pm to 5:00am CDT and will affect Ulrichsweb™, Ulrich's™ Serials Analysis System, and Client Center.
Spend an afternoon with the Dashwood sisters of Sense and Sensibility, catching up on local gossip, potential crushes and past illicit love affairs. 2011 marked the bicenntenial of Jane Austen's first published work. Or, enjoy the popular 1851 novel, Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell which chronicles the lives of two sisters rivaling reality TV of today and is the basis for the 2007 BBC miniseries of the same name starring Dame Judi Dench. FREE DOWNLOAD.
The Library Café is temporarily closed until June 6th. If you need a quick java fix, please visit the cappuccino and other vending machines on the first floor of the library.
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Quick Reference Resources
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries
This guide will direct you to several online encyclopedia and dictionary resources.
- Dictionary.com
- Merriam Webster
- Bartleby.com
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
- Britannica Online
- Encyclopedia Smithsonian
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Webopedia
- Encyclopedia of Educational Technology
- Encyclopedia.com
Quotations
This guide will direct you to several online quotation resources.
- Bartleby.com
- The Quotations Archive
- Quoteland.com
- Online Dictionary of Quotations
- AskOxford
- A Short Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
- Quotations—About.com
- Famous Quotations Network
Statistics
This guide will direct you to several online resources where you can find statistics data.
Biographies
This guide will direct you to several online resources where you can find biographical information.