News about library resources and services for DePaul University students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends
On April 29, 2011, at the seventh annual student history conference, over 40 graduate and undergraduate students had the opportunity to present their research papers to peers and faculty as part of an all day conference. This was both an exciting and nerve-racking experience for students as they learned from
One of the key challenges the DePaul Library faces is re-configuring our traditional library spaces to better serve student and faculty research needs in the face of changing technologies, modalities of information delivery and learning styles. The DePaul Library’s Commons will be a shared social space where diverse groups of
The DPU Libraries is excited about our planned migration of the website this year to SharePoint. We anticipate not only improved workflows for our librarians in terms of keeping our website relevant, but also in delivering improved services to our users. To keep the DPU community up to speed with
Students in GAM206: History of Games are assigned to find primary and secondary sources on the history of a board or card game selected by the professor. CDM Associate Professor Robin Burke, who designed the History of Games course, states “Games are an experiential medium – you play a game
Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ (Congregation of St. Joseph), has been an outspoken voice against the death penalty since the early 1980s when she was spiritual advisor to death row inmate Elmo Patrick “Pat” Sonnier. Her advocacy against the death penalty resulted in two books, The Death of Innocents, and Dead
On February 17, James H. Murphy, a professor in the Department of English, will read from his newest book, Irish Novelists and the Victorian Age (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011). The reading and reception, will take place at the John T. Richardson Library, Room 300, from 5:30-6:30 PM.Professor Murphy has
On February 17, James H. Murphy, a professor in the Department of English, will read from his newest book, Irish Novelists and the Victorian Age (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011). The reading and reception, will take place at the John T. Richardson Library, Room 300, from 5:30-6:30 PM.Professor Murphy has
“I found it in EBSCO!” EBSCO provides us with access to nearly 50 separate specialty databases–you may already be on a first name basis with Academic Search Premier, but EBSCO also provides access to more specific tools, like EconLit, Environment Complete, PsycInfo and the Military and Government Collection, among others.
One of the DePaul Library’s missions is to build collections in support of DePaul’s curriculum. Specifically, we are focused on helping DePaul achieve its Vision 2012 goal of enriching academic quality and “creating nationally recognized, rigorous programs of study.” To this end we are building collections that speak to the
DePaul’s institutional repository, Via Sapientiae, saw astonishing growth this quarter. During the three months starting in August, Via had a whopping 80,000 document downloads. The most downloaded document, Integrating Ethics Across Disciplines: The McDonald’s Case and Poverty Alleviation, authored by Dr. Laura Hartman, Dr. Regina Wolfe and Dr. Patricia Werhane,