November 19, 2009
New Religion Sources in Reference
The Grace Doherty Library has added new Religion titles to the Reference section.
The Encyclopedia of Islam, (Series-Encyclopedia of World Religions) by Juan E.Campo. CALL# REF. DS 35.53. C36 2009.
The Encyclopedia of World Religions is a new series from Facts on File that explores the major religions of the world, emphasizing the living faiths and their historical and social background. Each volume was written by an expert in the field, and reviewed and approved by series editor J. Gordon Melton. The volumes include approximately 600 A-to-Z entries that provide easy access to the theological concepts, people, historical events, institutions, and movements that helped shape the history of each religion.
Melton’s Encyclopedia of American Religions, 8th Edition, edited by J. Gordon Melton. CALL# REF. BL 2525.M449 2009
Coverage on more than 2,300 North American religious groups in the U.S. and Canada — from Adventists to Zen Buddhists. Information on these groups is presented in two distinct sections. These sections contain essays and directory listings that describe the historical development of religious families and give factual information about each group within those families.
August 27, 2009
New Historic Postcard Exhibit
A new online exhibit of postcards has been added to the Centre College Digital Archives. This exhibit includes postcards depicting Centre College, KCW, Danville, and the surrounding region. Some of these postcards were already in the Centre College archive collection, and some were purchased on eBay.
Titled Wish You Were Here: Historic Postcards from Danville, Ky, this online exhibit allows the viewer to take a peek back in time. There are views of several churches included in the exhibit, as well as some spectacular glimpses of Main Street as it appeared in the early 1900’s. The URL is
http://www.centre.edu/web/library/sc/special/postcards/pc.html
The illustrations are charming and it is interesting to see not only how much has changed in the physical layout of the area, but also how modern conveniences and technologies have drastically changed the face of some of these historic scenes.
The route is Homepage | Special Collections | Special Exhibits | Wish You Were Here. The title is Wish You Were Here: Historic Postcards from Danville, Kentucky.
August 25, 2009
Kindle-coming soon!
The library will be offering a new service very soon. We have purchased a Kindle and will be offering it for checkout as soon as we have purchased some titles and catalogued it for circulation. A Kindle is a wireless reading device, developed for sale by Amazon. Check here for the product specs and more information: http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons-Wireless-Reading-Generation/dp/B00154JDAI/ref=dp_ob_title_def The Kindle will check out for 7 (seven) days and will be non-renewable. If you have any suggestions for titles, please send them along!
August 5, 2009
New Materials in the Library
Have you ordered a new book for use in a course you will be teaching this fall? Requested a title by your favorite author in hopes that you will have a chance to read something fun before the semester is upon you? Or are you interested in seeing what new and exciting materials have arrived at the library? All of this information may be found on the library homepage, under the New Books, DVDS and CDS tab, or just click on this link and choose the most recent acquisition date:
http://library.centre.edu/ftlists/
New lists are published every week and new books can be found on the bookshelf in the center of the library foyer every Wednesday.
June 17, 2009
ATLA Religion Database
EBSCO Publishing, in collaboration with the ATLA, has enhanced the Scripture Authority File functionality available on ATLA Religion Database, ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials and ATLASerials Religion Collection via EBSCOhost.
Previously, ATLA Religion Database, ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials and ATLASerials Religion Collection via EBSCOhost included a flat scripture authority file that displayed scripture references in alphabetical order and required users to search for exact scripture references indexed in a given citation.
With the new authority file, users can browse the books of the bible in canonical order and drill down to the chapter, then verse level. Selecting an entry at the book, chapter, or verse level will execute a search for all records indexed with that book, chapter or verse.
With the new scripture authority file, EBSCO has added an expanded scripture reference searching for records indexed with a scripture range. For example, if a user selects Acts in the new scripture authority and drills down through Chapter 1 and elects to search Verse 5, they will return records indexed with Acts 1:5, as well as records indexed with Acts 1:1-11 or Acts 1:1-15:35. For more information, check here: http://www.centre.edu/web/library/db/atla.html.
June 5, 2009
Oxford Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The library has had to reevaluate many of our holdings for the coming fiscal year due to budgetary concerns. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Popular Music will not be updated after May of 2009. We will continue to have access to this product through February of 2010, but we are unable to purchase the perpetual access package and our subscription will expire at the end of February.
All of our other Oxford music Online products will continue to be available. The only difference will be that the Encyclopedia of Popular Music will no longer be included in this package.
I will continue to offer updates to our holdings as changes are made in the coming months, so stay tuned!