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Whether you’re working on your first research paper at DePaul or are already a seasoned researcher, you may be wondering how to get better results from your EBSCO searches. Log in to Academic Search Complete or your favorite EBSCO database, and check out these librarian-approved search tips! 1. Set Limits
Are you overwhelmed by the amount of news that is available? After finding a news source that you trust, have you ever tried to click on an article and received a popup that said: “Sorry, you have reached your article limit this month?” The DePaul University Library is here to
Do your library search results seem a little…different? We’re making changes in order to enhance your library search experience. Formerly known as DePaul Worldcat Local, the new DePaul Worldcat Discovery search box will still look familiar, but your search results will have a new look! Get ready for more accuracy
We wanted to let you know about some changes to Via Sapientiae, DePaul University’s institutional repository housing research, open access journals, conferences, and theses and dissertations. Look and Feel We have changed the color scheme from gold-and-brown to blue-and-white to better reflect the university’s website colors but have not altered
With support from the Office of the Provost, the DePaul University Library was able to add a number of new resources to the library collection at the end of the fiscal year to support student and faculty needs for access to materials in areas of growing interest among our academic
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the tumultuous summer of 1968, Special Collections and Archives acquired two underground newspapers published in Chicago. Our student assistant, Graeme Evenson (a junior history major), became so absorbed during a project involving the newspapers that we invited him to write the following piece. The editors
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, DePaul Special Collections and Archives would like to highlight a recent donation from alumni Kevin and Maureen Smith Cogan of four Irish and English books dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, acquired in Dublin while traveling. The donation includes Cyprianus Anglicus: or the
In anticipation of Open Education Week, the DePaul University Library is highlighting a number of steps we are taking to promote awareness of, and engagement with, open access scholarly content and open educational materials. Prominent among these is our advocacy for open textbook adoption. On March 6th, we will host
Following last year’s launch of the Illinois Digital Heritage Hub of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), the first group of materials from DePaul University’s Special Collections and Archives is now available through one of the world’s largest collection of digital images. Drawing primarily, at present, from its Lincoln
The DePaul University Library is running a 30-day trial of a new database product called Statista. Statista is a statistics portal and contains information on over 80,000 topics compiled from more than 18,000 data sources. From the Statista website: Our data sources include market research reports, such as the Ipsos