Month: January 2013

African American Newspapers, 1827-1998

February 2013 Database of the Month

African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 provides online access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This unique collection features papers from more than 35 states—including many rare and historically significant 19th century titles.

African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 offers researchers valuable primary sources for such diverse disciplines as cultural, literary and social history; ethnic studies and more. Users can compare and contrast African American views on practically every major theme of the American past. Continue reading

Tarantino / Elvis

Week of January 28, 2013

In the News: Quentin Tarantino / Elvis Presley

Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained recently received five Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Tarantino first garnered major critical acclaim over twenty years ago with the release of Reservoir Dogs (1992) – Mr. White, Mr. Orange, Mr. Brown, Mr. Pink….

Also In the News: Elvis Presley’s concert, Aloha from Hawaii, was broadcast live via satellite forty years ago in 1973.

   

QUENTIN TARANTINO

Inglourious Basterds (DVD)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2009
Call Number: PN1997.2 .I5526 2009 (At Jupiter)

Jackie Brown (DVD)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Miramax Home Entertainment, 2002
Call Number: PN1997 .J233 2002 (At Jupiter)

Kill Bill. Vol. 1 (DVD)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Miramax Home Entertainment, 2004
Call Number: PN1997.2 .K544 2004 (At Jupiter) – on order at Boca Continue reading

Hockey

Week of January 14, 2013

In the News: Hockey

Hockey returns…. The NHL and the players union have reached an agreement that would end the 113-day lockout. The 48-game season is slated to begin on January 19.

30 for 30 (Volume 01, DVD 01) (DVD)
ESPN. 2010
Call Number: GV576 .A1522 2010
Kings ransom: Explores the changes that occurred in 1988 in the National Hockey League after the game’s biggest star, Wayne Gretzky was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings. By playing in the United States, Gretzky caused something of a renaissance for the sport there, but in Canada, where hockey is the most popular sport, the trade was met with outrage. The documentary also features glimpses of some of Hollywood’s biggest stars of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including John Candy, Kevin Costner, Timothy Hutton and Tony Danza.

The Big M: The Frank Mahovlich Story
By Ted Mahovlich. Edited by Susan M. McKinney. Sports Pub., 1999
Call Number: Available online via EBSCOhost

Brian McFarlane’s History of Hockey
Sports Pub., 1997
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The Rolling Stones

Week of January 7, 2013

In the News: The Rolling Stones at 50

The Rolling Stones keep on rolling….The British band, featuring Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and Charlie Watts, celebrated their fiftieth anniversary in 2012.

 

According to the Rolling Stones
By Mick Jagger et al. Edited by Dora Loewenstein and Philip Dodd. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003
Call Number: ML421 .R64 A3 2003

Blown Away: The Rolling Stones and the Death of the Sixties
By A. E. Hotchner. Simon and Schuster, 1990
Call Number: ML421 .R64 H65 1990

Dance with the Devil: The Rolling Stones and Their Times
By Stanley Booth. Random House, 1984
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Campus Research on WestlawNext

 

 January 2013  Database of the Month

The new WestlawNext platform is not fully accessible off campus at this time. Use the previous platform to access off campus.

Campus Research, the legal research tool for students who need to research law-related issues, is now on the new platform, WestlawNext.  This platform allows users to search the world’s leading collection of legal content in just one simple language query. You no longer have to choose a database before you start to search, and you can apply intelligent tools to help you work smarter and faster with the total confidence that you have the information you need.

Content includes expert’s analysis from hundreds of law reviews and journals, encyclopedias, treatises and full-text legislation, regulations, and court decisions.

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