More Content Coming to Project MUSE

Project MUSE has added back issues for ten journals to the collection. Nine of these titles now have their complete runs available in MUSE, bringing the total number of full-run titles to 46 of the more than 400 Project MUSE journals. The ten journals adding back issues are:

• Asian Bioethics Review, December 2008 Inaugural Issue-current issue;

• Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies, Vol. 1, 1991-current issue;


• Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Vol. 1, 1988-current issue;


• Genocide Studies and Prevention, Vol. 1, 2006-current issue;


• Late Imperial China, Vol. 1, 1965-current issue;


• Minnesota Review, No. 1, 1973-current issue;


• Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, Iss. 1, 1994-current issue;


• Northeast African Studies, Vol. 1, 1994-current issue;


• Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Vol. 111, 2007-current issue;


• Tenso, Vol. 1, 1985/86-current issue

Project MUSE has also announced that the following 25 titles will be added to the collection starting in 2012.

• Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies


• Cultural Politics


• Dante Studies


• Digital Philology: A Journal of Medieval Cultures


• Eugene O'Neill Review


• German Studies Review


• Indonesia


• Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization


• Interdisciplinary Literary Studies


• Journal of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness


• Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism


• Journal of Human Resources


• Journal of Korean Religions


• Journal of Moravian History


• Journal of Religion and Popular Culture


• The Jurist: Studies in Church Law and Ministry


• Land Economics


• Mediterranean Studies


• Milton Studies


• Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural


• Revista de Estudios Hispánicos


• The Scriblerian and the Kit-Cats


• Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal


• Traditio


• Transportation Journal

Project MUSE is a full-text collection of over 400 scholarly, peer reviewed journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences from nearly 30 university presses and scholarly societies, including The Johns Hopkins University Press and The Brookings Institution. You can start exploring Project MUSE by clicking here or you can always find a link on the Library's home page under Online Resources.

Free Access to Cambridge Journals until August 30

Cambridge University Press is providing free access to all articles published in Cambridge journals in 2009 and 2010 for six weeks, from July 15 to August 30, 2011. Cambridge University Press publishes journals in a wide range of disciplines. To access the journals visit journals.cambridge.org, or follow these links to browse Cambridge journals by subject or by title.

Extended Library Hours During Finals

The Library will be open longer throughout the Undergraduate College's finals to meet your late night research and studying needs. Hours will be extended as follows:

Thursday, April 28 - Friday, April 29:  8:30 AM - MIDNIGHT
Saturday, April 30:  8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday, May 1:  1:00 PM - MIDNIGHT
Monday. May 2:  8:30 AM - MIDNIGHT
Tuesday, May 3 - Friday, May 6:  8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday, May 7:  1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Sunday, May 8:  CLOSED

Beach Reading Book Sale

Get a jump on picking up your summer reading.

Come to the Library for our Beach Reading Book Sale!

 Romance, mystery, suspense: we have something for every taste! 

Hardbacks: $1.00        Paperbacks: $.25

Tuesday, April 26 - Wednesday, May 4

Come early for the widest selection!

Library Hours for Easter

In recognition of the Easter holiday, the Library hours will be adjusted as follows:

Wednesday, April 20 - Thursday, April 21: 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday, April 22 - Monday, April 25: CLOSED
Tuesday, April 26: 8:30 AM - 11:00  PM

Eat and Drink for Japan Relief

Looking for a way to support the victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan? Stop by Eleanor's Cafe in the Kistler Memorial Library and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea for $0.75 and fresh baked sweet treats for $0.25. All proceeds from the sale will be donated to relief efforts sponsored by our friends at Ferris University in Japan and at the Nippon Foundation, who donated dozens of books on Japanese culture and history to our library last year. Our fundraising efforts will continue until Friday, April 8. Thank you for your support!

New DVDs at the Library

If you visited the Library in the beginning of February, you may have noticed and/or contributed to the DVD suggestion box. We wanted your opinions regarding which movies we should add to the Library collection. There were over one hundred submissions! We used your suggestions when ordering, and these films are the first to arrive:

• EASY A
• THE GODFATHER-THE COPPOLA RESTORATION SET
• INCEPTION
• PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END
• SHERLOCK HOLMES
• SIXTEEN CANDLES
• SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE
• SUMMER WARS

Did you know that the Library will accept DVD contributions? We are trying to expand our collection, so if you have films that you no longer want, won't you please consider donating them to the Library? These DVDs have been contributed within the past month:

• MARCH OF THE PENGUINS
• THE SOCIAL NETWORK
• UNREST
• GET BACKERS
• SPIRITED AWAY