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The holiday season is upon us and A Christmas Carol is hard to miss whether it be on TV, put on as a play, or read. Charles Dickens began writing A Christmas Carol, originally titled A Christmas Carol in Prose: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, as a way to
Reading Richard Powers’s The Overstory, I was reminded of George Herbert, the 17th-century metaphysical poet and priest, a “devotional lyricist” known for writing “pattern poems,” in which the lines are so arranged that they become visual, “concrete” representations of the subject of the poem. Powers’s novel offers a grand reworking
DePaul University Library are hosting trials of three resources: Academic Video Online, AM Explorer, and Digital National Security Archive (DNSA). Members of the DePaul community are welcome to trial the resources to evaluate whether these resources will or will not be good additions to the library’s collection. Please fill out
International Open Access Week begins October 21, 2019. What is it? During the last week of October, institutions and individuals use this opportunity to raise awareness of the issues surrounding the difficulties in accessing scholarly literature and resources, and to highlight various open access resources. Does DePaul University have any
The Library recently added new electronic resources to our collection. This includes several e-book and streaming video packages, enhanced news and magazine content and discovery tools, digital archival collections of primary source materials and so much more. In the weeks to come, we will be featuring selections of these resources
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 winter Research Meet + Greet networking event will take place on March 5th, 3:30-5:30pm at DePaul’s Collaboratory, DePaul Center, Loop Library, 10th floor. Featured Presentation Professor Ted Anton from DePaul’s English Department will deliver a featured presentation. A prolific, creative and popular science writer, Anton is the author of
Did you know that the Chicago municipal election is just around the corner and there are currently 14 candidates running for mayor? Did you know that there are aldermanic races and other city offices open for election as well? Overwhelmed? Check out the library’s Elections Research Guide, which is here to
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