Apply now for the Margaret Williams Trust Fund Award
Applications are now invited for the Margaret Williams Trust Fund Award which has been established to promote the development of librarianship in Newfoundland and Labrador. Funds are awarded on a competitive basis to applicants seeking funding for library-related projects or assistance in pursuing graduate studies in librarianship, archival studies, or teacher librarianship.
Applications are available online.
For further information contact:
Mrs. Lorraine Busby
Chairman, Board of Trustees
Margaret Williams Trust Fund
Queen Elizabeth II Library
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John’s, NL A1B 3Y1
Applications may be obtained at http://www.library.mun.ca/awardapplication2010.pdf.
Spotlight: Guide to Reference
- Don’t know how to get your research paper going?
- Can’t find an overview or general information about your topic?
- Have no idea what’s available in reference?
Check out Guide to Reference !
- provides the foundation for current reference and information services based on selections of reference librarians and subject experts.
- identifies, describes, and organizes the best reference sources for all academic disciplines, in print and electronic formats.
- offers easy searching tools to find and link to sources (which are found in other databases, e.g. our library catalogue.
Walking Bird Press book exhibit
Twenty works from Tara Bryan’s walking bird press are now on exhibit in the main lobby of the Queen Elizabeth II Library. The exhibit will run until June 30, 2010.
Tara Bryan’s walking bird press combines the best of fine letter press printing with the tradition of artists’ books. Since moving to Newfoundland in 1992 with her Vandercook press and six cabinets of type, Tara Bryan has produced more than one hundred letter-press publications, limited edition artists’ books, and unique “one-of-a-kind” works. She has a keen interest both in the Newfoundland landscape and in language, particularly as they are expressed through poetry. She has produced slightly surreal children’s books, and has drawn on the work of Lewis Carroll to produce one of her most ingenious works: “Down the Rabbit Hole” (2005). She has produced books in traditional codex form that range in size from miniatures to folio editions; she has constructed tunnel books, concertina or accordion-folded books, a jack-in-the-box book, hexa-flaexagons, broadsides, and books in specially designed boxes and envelopes. She incorporates into her designs a wide-variety of machine and hand-made papers (Thai Bamboo, Kiritsubo, St. Armand and Opus Watermedia, to name a few), creating works that are as appealing to the touch as to the eye.
Walking bird press titles are illustrated and decorated with linocuts, rubber stamps, wood blocks, screen-printing, monotypes, laser printing, letter press printing and blind-stamping. Works may be bound in paper, cardboard or cloth, or concealed in envelopes or custom-made boxes. One spectacular example, To Stretch the Night (2001), is bound in walnut boards and has on its cover an original bas-relief bronze sculpture. In creating the unique output of walking bird press, Tara Bryan has collaborated with many artists, designers, printers, and writers from Newfoundland and from other parts of the world. Viewed chronologically, one notes the evolution of the forms she has chosen to use since she began making books in the 1980s. Viewed as a whole, the work dazzles with its range and complexity.
Have your say, help the library, and win big!
On Monday March 1, all Memorial faculty, staff and students will be invited to participate in the MUN Libraries service quality survey. You will get an email containing a direct link to the survey. By taking a few (approximately 6) minutes out of your busy day to fill in the survey, you will be helping the Memorial University Libraries develop more user focused services and collections.
At the end of the survey be sure to enter your email address for a chance to win a $500.00 tuition voucher or a $100.00 gift certificate to the Computing Purchasing Centre or Campus Bookstore. For more information contact the survey administrator, .
Spotlight: Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory
- Want to know if an article is from scholarly or popular or peer reviewed journal?
- Want to know other details of a print or electronic publication?
- Want to find links to publishers and journal websites?
Check out Ulrich’s Periodical Directory!
Spotlight: Springer Images
- Visual learner? Searching for a chart to summarize the effects of heredity and environment on anxiety?
- Looking for a table to illustrate the typical concentration of compounds in sludge samples?
- Need a graph on the side effects of hormone therapy in prostate cancer to include in a presentation?
Check out Springer Images!
-Search through an ever-expanding collection of images that span the scientific, technical, and medical fields!
-Springer Images currently houses over 1.5 million images consisting of photos, graphs, histograms, figures, and tables.
-Choose from basic or advanced search options, view an image or link directly to its source article, set up a personal account and export images into PowerPoint presentations, and much, much more!
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First Space Gallery Presents Changing Tides
The First Space Gallery, in the Queen Elizabeth II Library, cordially invites you to attend Changing Tides, an exhibition of art work by young Newfoundland artists, curated by Stephanie Williams. The opening will be held on Friday, January 8, 2010 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm. Refreshments will be served. Parking available in Lot 18, adjacent to the clock tower.
Special Collections website launched
Special Collections at Memorial University consist of a general rare books collection, major subject collections in Folklore, Pre-Raphaelite Literature and the Victorian Illustrated Book, and Ecclesiastical and Theological literature. There are also a number of smaller collections in the disciplines of English Literature and Classics. The site offers a general overview of each special collection as well as directions about how to both search and access the collections. The site also includes a comprehensive collection of links to early literature databases.
Visit the new Special Collections website.
Newfoundland & Labrador Health Bibliography Now Online
The Newfoundland & Labrador Health Bibliography lists journal articles, chapters, books and theses relating to health in Newfoundland and Labrador. Created by Shelagh Wotherspoon and Isabelle Hunter, the Newfoundland & Labrador Health Bibliography will be continually updated as new material becomes available.
PubMed Central Canada Launched
officially launched this week, PubMed Central Canada (PMC Canada) is a collection of full-text, peer-reviewed health and life sciences literature. Anyone can browse and search the collection and download articles for free.
Access PMC Canada - http://pubmedcentralcanada.ca/index.html.
Libraries mark Open Access Week 2009
Open Access is a scholarly communication reform movement that aims to make scholarly literature freely available on the public web. Memorial University Libraries are proud to support Open Access Week 2009.
Spotlight: Women’s Studies International
- Tracking the history of feminist social movements?
- Interested in the social status of women in developing countries?
- Researching the changing role of women in the workplace?
Check out Women’s Studies International!
Also check out the Women’s Studies International User Guide
-Database consists of Women Studies Abstracts (1984-present), Women’s Studies Bibliography Database, Women’s Studies Database (1972-present), New Books on Women and Feminism (1987-present), Women of Color and Southern Women (1975-present), The History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology (1970-1995), Women’s Health and Development (1995), Women, Race, and Ethnicity (1970-1990), WAVE: Women’s Audiovisuals in English (1985-1990)
-Choose from basic or advanced search options
-Limit by date
-Search by keyword, author, title, subject, and more!
-Mark records to print or email, and view your search history
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Spotlight: Keesing’s World News Archive
- Researching language legislation in Quebec?
- Tracking news stories related to the war in Iraq?
- Studying U.S. foreign relations?
Check out Keesing’s World News Archive!
-Keesing’s World News Archive takes the most significant news stories from the around the globe and presents them in clear prose each month!
-All stories appear on Keesing’s the month after which events occur; approximately 150 news stories are added monthly
-Search through 77 years worth of news events and top stories
-Keesing’s World News Archive is also available in print at the QEII library (Ref D 410 K4).
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Flu season is coming…be prepared to study at home!
In the event that you are home sick you can still access library services.
To use the electronic book and journal collection and to renew books from home you need your Student ID and your four digit library PIN number. At the beginning of the semester you will receive an email from the Library which contains your PIN number. Be sure to save this email for future reference. If you do forget your PIN number, go to: http://www.library.mun.ca/forms/request_update.php and fill in the form. Your PIN will be emailed to you again.
If you need some research help from home, take advantage of our “Ask a Librarian Service” at: http://www.library.mun.ca/askus.php where you can phone, email or chat live with a librarian.
Health Information Teaching Series
The Health Sciences Library (HSL) presents the Health Information Teaching Series (HITS), workshops designed to introduce you to key health information resources and to make the most of your literature searching efforts. Results from a recent survey indicate that our users are also interested in brushing up on Microsoft Office skills; therefore, we are offering Word, PowerPoint and Excel workshops this semester.
For a full list of workshops see: Health Information Teaching Series (HITS).
Spotlight: CBCA Complete
- Searching for the latest news on the current economic crisis?
- Looking for literature discussing the Atlantic seal hunt?
- Researching current teaching methods in Canadian schools?
Check out CBCA Complete!
-CBCA Complete indexes articles from both academic or scholarly and non-scholarly Canadian periodicals including magazines and newspapers.
-Contains over 500 full text titles, and indexes more than 1,000 non-full text periodicals.
-CBCA Complete cross-searches six databases: CBCA Business, CBCA Current Events, CBCA Education, CBCA Reference, Canadian Research Index, and Proquest Dissertations and Theses.
-Browse topics, or limit by limit by publication date, full text or scholarly results only, publication type, language, and much more!
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Spotlight: Business Source Complete
- Writing a report on the moral or ethical codes of such major corporations as Wal-Mart?
- Researching sexual content and marketing in music videos?
- Trying to locate a SWOT analysis for a particular company or organization?
Check out Business Source Complete!
-Business Source Complete houses information sources for marketing, management, MIS, accounting, finance, international business, POM, economics, and more!
-Search both bibliographic and full-text records for scholarly or peer-reviewed information sources, as well as popular and trade publications.
-Some other document types include case studies, company profiles, country reports, investment and market research reports, SWOT analyses, books, book digests, conference proceedings, and more!
-Limit searches by language, document type, publication type, or by scholarly (peer-reviewed) literature only.
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Spotlight: CERN Document Server
- Studying Goodstein’s Theorem?
- Trying to locate a particular standard?
- Looking for phD dissertations in astrophysics?
Check out CERN Document Server!
-CERN Document Server houses over 800,000 records, 360,000 of which are available full text.
-Documents cover preprints, journal articles, books, conference papers, multimedia and photographs, standards, theses, technical reports, and more!
-Content will be of interest to students or professionals studying or working in particle physics and related science/technology/mathematics fields.
-Choose from basic or advanced search options, narrow your search by “Collection” (ex. Articles & Preprints or Books & Proceedings), or “Focus” your search on CERN Departments, or CERN Series, for example.
-Set up alerts, create baskets of important items, and view your search history.
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Spotlight: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
- Looking for the most recent doctoral dissertations in organic chemistry from Canadian universities?
- Wondering what MUN doctoral students have written on American literature?
- Want to know if your dissertation topic is original?
Check out ProQuest Dissertations & Theses!
-Contains over 2 million records (abstracts or full text) for North American doctorial dissertations and theses; international coverage is growing!
-All dissertations from 1980 to 1996 included as abstracts
-All dissertations from 1997 onward included full text
-Includes varying coverage of Dissertation Abstracts, Dissertation Abstracts International, Comprehensive Dissertation Index, Masters Abstracts, Masters Abstracts International, Microfilm Abstracts, American Doctoral Dissertations, and Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities
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Spotlight: America: History and Life
- Researching the history of the slave-trade in the American south?
- Looking for information about the experiences of indigenous Canadians in the residential school system?
- Want to learn more about the symbolism of traditional and ceremonial Inuit attire?
Check out America: History and Life !
Also check out the America: History and Life User Guide!
-“America: History and Life” covers Canadian and American history from pre-historical to modern times.
-Search for topics in over 2,000 journals, and locate information from articles, edited books, book and media reviews, dissertations, conference papers/proceedings, and newspapers.
-Perform citation searches or choose from basic or advanced search options.
-Limit by language, publication date, or scholarly (peer-reviewed) content only.
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Spotlight: North American Theatre Online
- Looking for biographical information on Tennessee Williams?
- Researching staged productions of Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House”?
- Wondering how many North American theatres opened between 1900 and 1999?
Check out North American Theatre Online!
-NATO is a growing database which will eventually include entries for every North American author/ playwright, play, theatre, major production, and production company from the 1600s to the present.
-NATO currently includes approximately 40,000 pages of reference materials, as well as records for approximately 30,000 plays, 57,000 people, 5,400 theatres, 22,000 productions, and 2,500 production companies.
-Users can also access over 10,500 images, playbills, postcards, scrapbooks, and much more!
-NATO cross-searches within the following databases: Black Drama, Twentieth Century North American Drama, Asian American Drama, North American Women’s Drama, Latino Drama, and North American Indian Drama.
-Browse people, theatres, companies, resources, places, plays, productions, years, reference, and subjects.
-Choose from Quick Search or Advanced Search options
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Spotlight: Book History Online
- Want to know more about the Gutenberg Press and Johann Gutenberg’s impact on printing?
- Interested in the history and craft of paper-making?
- Researching copyright and copyright violations?
Check out Book History Online!
-Book History Online contains titles of books and articles on the history of the printed book worldwide.
-Search within over 33, 682 records
-Search by author, editor, title, classification, geographical keywords, names of persons including printers or publishers, firms and institutions, by subject, or by keywords in annotations.
-Based on the “Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries” (Available at MUN: http://qe2a-proxy.mun.ca/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4661-8)
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Spotlight: PrimateLit
- Interested in the role of nonhuman primate models in Parkinson’s Disease research?
- Researching the pathology of nonhuman primates?
- Studying chimpanzee cognitive functions?
Check out PrimateLit!
Also see the User Guide
-PrimateLit “provides bibliographic access to the scientific literature on nonhuman primates for the research and educational communities.”
-Search the full PrimateLit database, limit your search to “Current Primate References” (CPR) only, or perform subject searches from lists of indexed terms.
-Perform keyword, title, or author searches, or search by publication year, journal title, taxonomic category or common name, or by geographic region.
-Search for information in the fields of anatomy, chemicals, diseases, microbiology, parasites, taxonomy, behavior, biology, nonprimate animals, and more!
-Mark useful records and export to RefWorks!
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Spotlight: Literature Criticism Online
- Need some background information on Aeschylus’ “Oresteia”?
- Looking for biographical information on Margaret Atwood?
- Searching for information on the critical reception of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”?
Check out Literature Criticism Online!
- Literature Criticism consists of the following reference sources, all searchable from the same convenient place!:
-Poetry Criticism (Full Coverage)
-Drama Criticism (Full Coverage)
-Short Story Criticism (Full Coverage)
-Shakespeare Criticism (Full Coverage)
-Children’s Literature Review (2008- )
-Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism (2008- )
-Contemporary Literary Criticism (2008- )
-Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 (2008- )
-Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism (2008- )
-Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (2008- ) - Perform Basic or Advanced searches, or Browse authors, works, or topics.
- Search by keyword, full text, named author or named work.
- Find information on literary works and figures from ancient times to the present!
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Spotlight: Art Museum Image Gallery
- Searching for historical representations of Greek goddess Athena/ Roman goddess Minerva?
- Need images of 19th century embroidered textiles?
- Looking for visual examples of bronze statues?
Check out Art Museum Image Gallery!
-Art Museum Image Gallery is your place to go for art images from museums worldwide
-Currently contains over 155,000 images with full bibliographic records
-Search alone or in combination with similar WilsonWeb databases including Art Full Text, Art Index Retrospective, and Biography Reference Bank
-Find contemporary art images, Native American and Inuit art images, as well as ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian art, and much more!
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Spotlight: WorldWideScience.org
- Interested in Canada’s contribution to global warming research?
- Want to know more about the recent discovery of the first symbiotic star?
- Researching Africa’s mineral economy?
Check out WorldWideScience.org!
-Search 32 national and international scientific databases and portals from one convenient location!
-Choose from basic or advanced search options
-Search by keyword, title, or author, and limit by date or database
-Search results categorized into “clusters,” by topic and date, for easy navigation
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Spotlight: AFI (American Film Institute) Catalog
- Trying to find information on Marilyn Monroe’s major film appearances?
- Need source information for the 1935 film adaptation of “Crime and Punishment”?
- Researching Film Noir?
Check out AFI Catalog!
-The AFI Catalog is the “premier, authoritative resource of American film information,” essential to any film student or fanatic!
-The Catalog is a growing resource which currently covers information from 1893, up to and including 1973.
-Browse by actor/ director name, or film title, for example, or search by keyword, film title, director, character name, and much more!
-Retrieve source information, production credits, cast information and soundtrack, plot summaries, and more!
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Spotlight: Iter Bibliography
- Studying early Tudor poetry?
- Looking for secondary sources on John Milton’s “Paradise Lost”?
- Want to know more about medieval science and history?
Check out Iter Bibliography!
-Iter Bibliography is a bibliography of more than 1,047,000 records for articles, essays, books, dissertation abstracts, reviews, and encyclopedia entries, for example, covering literature from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (400-1700).
-Search by keyword, title, author, and often, by Library of Congress Subject Heading or Dewey Decimal Classification notation.
-Use Boolean operators, truncation, or limit your search by language, publication type or date.
-Sort results by author, subject, title, relevance, or date.
-Mark results to be emailed or downloaded.
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Spotlight: ViVa Women’s History
- Writing an essay on patriarchy?
- Researching female matrimony in the early 20th century?
- Interested in learning more about the women’s movement?
Check out ViVa Women’s History!
-ViVa stores bibliographic records of journals related to gender history and women’s studies, and houses more than 11,000 records from 1975 to the present.
-Search for articles in English, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, or Spanish
-Search by keyword, browse by date of publication, or browse basic or detailed lists of indexed journals.
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Spotlight: Native American Ethnobotany
- Searching for a Cherokee home remedy for sore eyes?
- Researching the medicinal uses of Balsam Fir?
- Wondering how to convert sugar maple sap into a great-tasting beverage?
Check out Native American Ethnobotany!
-Native American Ethnobotany is the ultimate source for information on Native American plant-based food, drugs, dyes, and fibres.
-Simple, single-search capability
-Retrieve citations from a variety of source material and publication mediums, including academic journals, books, theses, and more!
-A great place to begin your research!
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