News about library resources and services for DePaul University students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends
This month our student assistant, Jade Ryerson (sophomore history major), has taken over the controls for our blog post. In recognition of Pride Month and the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, this June seemed like an opportune time to highlight and trace DePaul’s own history with queer and trans
Special Collections and Archives will modify our open hours this summer in order to focus our attention on large-scale projects that require the time and skills of multiple staff members, as well as to facilitate some upgrades to our space. From June 17th to August 30th, SPCA will be open
On Wednesday May 22, the library celebrated three winners of the 2019 Library Research Prize during the annual First Year Program Writing Showcase. The winners were, Deyana Atanasova, for the essay “Spiraling Slacktivism,” Danielle Comp, for “You Can’t Deny Suffering: An Argument for the Existence of Chronic Lyme Disease,” and Kacie
Early in Tara Westover’s fascinating memoir, we read about a significant moment in her life: when her mother finally decides to file the required paperwork for her children’s birth certificates. At the time, Westover is nine years old (her other siblings are much older), and it takes some effort to
The DePaul University Library’s hours will be affected by FEST and Memorial Day. Although the building will be closed you will continue to have access to digital content, including full-text articles, e-books and digital media titles including streaming audio and video. Research assistance will also remain available through online research
This fascinating story of the rise and fall of Theranos was recently made into a movie for HBO: The Inventor: Out For Blood in Silicon Valley. Theranos is the Silicon Valley start-up that set out to revolutionize medicine. Elizabeth Holmes, the brilliant, charismatic CEO, promised to reinvent the way patients
May 25, 2019, marks the 50th anniversary of the Chicago 15 peace action. On that weekend in 1969, fifteen peace activists from the Midwest, East Coast, and Canada entered the Selective Service Headquarters located at 2355 West 63rd Street, removing “50 sacks of files” and burning more than 40,000 draft
On May 3rd, DePaul University Library staff Ana Lucic, Digital Scholarship Librarian, and Christopher Parker, Science Librarian, will hold an EndNote workshop. Interested graduate students are invited to attend. EndNote is the electronic reference manager available to all students, staff, and faculty at DePaul. EndNote is a product of Clarivate Analytics, formerly
The DePaul University Library will be closed Good Friday April 19 and remain closed during Easter weekend April 20-21. We look forward to seeing you again Monday during regular hours April 22. Library users will continue to have access to digital content, including full-text articles, e-books and digital media titles
Last year, Patricia Chavez and Nora Gabor took you on a tour of poetry through our rare book collections. This year we will focus on what you can find in our DePaul University Archives. In 2018, we celebrated National Poetry month by exploring the poetry that can be found in