News about library resources and services for DePaul University students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends
Welcome back to This Week in Reference! Here are some intriguing topics that our Research Librarians helped students and faculty research recently. Pandemic unemployment rates by gender Market data for car ice scrapers Battery safety science Propaganda posters and videos from the Yugoslav Wars History of American cinema
Need a place to study for finals? The DePaul University Library has you covered. We are extending hours at the John T. Richardson Library June 6-11 as follows: Sunday, June 6: 12pm-9pm Monday-Thursday, June 7-10 9am-9pm Friday, June 11 9am-5pm The first and second floors of the Richardson Library will
Fall quarter preparations are underway with cautious optimism amid the uncertainty about what COVID-19 will look like in September. The stress of this uncertainty has touched all members of the DePaul community. Compounding this stress for students are the increased financial pressures brought on by the pandemic. Consider incorporating affordable
The DePaul University Library will be closed on Monday, 5/31 for Memorial Day. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, 6/1. Research help and our Ask a Librarian service will remain available on Saturday and Sunday with regular hours. Please note that LibrarySearch and Find Full Text will be unavailable from Saturday,
Later today, the DePaul University Library will celebrate three winners of the 2021 Library Research Prize during the annual First-Year Program Writing Showcase. Congratulations to winners Audrey Dwyer for her essay “Hysterical: Negative Perceptions of Femininity and Media Made for Teenage Girls;” Olga Mourgelas for “Mushrooms, Molly, and Microdosing;” and Ember
The DePaul University Library would like to take a moment to congratulate all our 2021 graduates on successfully completing their degree program. We know that the last year of your studies has been a challenging one; having to pivot to an exclusively remote learning environment and adjust your own learning
DePaul University Special Collections and Archives’ new digital exhibit, “To Be Free From Fear”: The Berrigan Family’s Call To Action, was created to coincide with and commemorate the presentation of the inaugural Berrigan-McAlister Award on Wednesday, May 5, 2021. The exhibit, curated by Jade Ryerson ‘21, Special Collections and Archives
LibrarySearch will be unavailable Saturday, May 29th through Sunday, May 30th due to a major data center migration by the vendor Ex Libris. During this weekend, we recommend using the A-Z databases (https://libguides.depaul.edu/az.php) directly for your research needs during the downtime. Please note that for databases like Academic Search Complete,
We get a wide variety of questions via our virtual help service, Ask a Librarian. We help people find the books, articles, and other sources they need for research papers or projects. Here are just a few of the topics we’ve helped research recently: Josephine Baker’s career and impact on
Although we are at the end of National Poetry Month, we have not forgotten about celebrating its cultural, historical, and artistic impact on our community. 2021 marks the 25th anniversary of celebrating poets and their work. This year for National Poetry Month we would like to spotlight poetry that embodies