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CO NECTO s
a newsletter from the libraries to the faculty ofThe Claremont Colleges
SPRlNG 2001
- INSIDE THIS ISSUEDIRECTOR'S
COLUMN
Orr- CAMPUS ACCESS
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PASSPORT TO THE LII\ RARIES
2
KRENEK EXHIBIT
2
WRITTEN BY HAND
3
DISCOURSE SERIES
4
NEW STAff
5
WORKSHOPS
5
WHAT'S NEW
6
PERSPECTIVE
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READER SURVEY
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EXHlBfTS
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VOLUME 11 NUMBER 2
Those Pesky Periodicals
DIRECTOR'S COLUMN
Periodicals have always been rroublesome for librarians. Unril a few years ago, problems
consisred primarily of keeping up wirh changes in ririe, rracking down elusive issues, and derermining wherher ro bind rirles or maintain archival copies on microform. On rhe posirive side, once a subscriprion was placed, rhe ririe simply kepr coming as long as annual invoices were paid. ( Some even kepr coming in spire of derermined efforrs ro cancel rhem.) Mosr problemaric was keeping an eye on rhose rirles rhar rended ro double in subscriprion cosrs every few years. Even so, for rhe purpose of marerials budger planning,
mosr rirles fir nicely inro discrere discipline caregories.
Wirh rhe advenr of elecrronic formars, periodicals have morphed from simply pesky ro nighrmarish. For access ro an online ride, publishers ohen require libraries ro pay for a prinr subscriprion as well as a surcharge for rhe online version. In addirion, license agreemenrs
have ro be negoriared ( and for Claremont, an argumenr musr be made rhar we are only one library and rhe publisher isn'r giving up rhe opporruniry ro marker ro six addirional
insrirurions by licensing one subscriprion). As before, rhere are possible ride changes, bur now rhere are also changes in URLs, access merhods, and rules for licenses. To furmer complicare maners, rides in elecrronic formar are ohen available in mulriple ways from differenr sources- rhe publisher, one or more aggregarors, and " pay as you read" vendors, i. e., arricle by arricle.
We recognize rhe imperarive for providing you wirh easier access ro periodical lireracure,
especially in elecrronic formars. Consequenrly, Libraries sraff are underraking an imporranr projecr wirh long rerm implicarions for how we rhink abour rhe array of periodical
rides we offer in Claremont. Using cask forces, we are addressing mree imporranr issues. The firsr rask force, chaired by Adam Rosenkranz ( arosenkranz@ rocky. claremont. edu), is reviewing me selecrion and funding of periodicals. We are invesrigaring oprions for a1locaring funds for periodicals in a manner mar provides flexibiliry and fairness
while simulraneously acknowledging differences in scholarly communicarion across rhe disciplines represenred ar The Colleges. In addirion ro rhe desirabiliry of conrrolling expendicures for periodicals, anorher imperus for rhis aspen of rhe projecr is rhe need ro develop a rarional means for funding aggregared rides as well as inrerdisciplinary rides, especially new offerings.
The second cask force, chaired by Meg Garrerr ( mgarrett@ rockyclaremont. edu), is addressing how we presenr informarion on periodicals in Blais, rhe online caralog, and is focusing on complereness and accuracy of informarion as well as on providing informarion
for rirles we own or license in mulriple formars. The final rask force, chaired ! by Carrie Marsh ( cmarsh@ roc/ ry. claremont. edu), is charged wirh considering rhe periodical as a physical
objecr and developing a preservarion proposal for rhe periodical collecrions, including decisions abour archival copies.
The work of rhese cask forces will be reviewed by LibralY Council rhis spring. As wirh any underraking of rhis magnicude, we welcome faculry involvemenr and quesrions. In
continued page 2 ~ DENISON HONNOLD/ MUDD SEELEY G. MUDD SCIENCE SPRAGUE
Accessing the Libraries' Electronic Resources from Off- Campus
Mosr of rhe Libraries' elecrronic resources are accessible only ro users ar The Claremonr Colleges or connecring ro The Claremonr Colleges Proxy Access Server or a campus modem pool. The Proxy Access Server aJlows off- campus users connecring ro rhe inrerner via an inrerner service provider ( for example, dialing in ro EarthLink or AOL) ro appear ro have an on- campus IP address and ro access resources available only ro members of The Claremonr Colleges communiry. In order ro use rhe Proxy Access Server, users musr flrsr configure rheir web browser ro use rhe proxy server. Insrrucrions for using rhe Proxy Access Server are available ar rhis web address:
http:// www. claremont. edu/ CINEIProxyAccess/ index. htmL
Proxy server accounrs and passwords : 13VC been esrablished for all faculry, sraff, and graduare srudenrs. Undergraduare srudenrs who would like an accounr may conracr rheir IT office for assisrance. Also, if you have problems using rhe Proxy Access Server, please conmcr rhe IT office on your campus for help. A conracrs page for IT offices on each campus can be found on rhe web ar rhis web address:
http:// www. c/ arenwnt. eduICINEIProxJ! Access/ he/ p. htmL
Gal<- Burrow, HonnolL// JVludd
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Director's Column from p. 1---- addirion
ro rhe conracr persons menrioned above, you can reach me ar bclemens@ rocky. claremont. edu, exr. 1- 8045.
Working rogether, we will improve rhe number and qualiry of periodical offerings that supporr learning, reaching, and research for you and your srudenrs.
BOlllli,' Clemms Director o/ l. ibraries. ext. 18045 bdcmells@ rockYc! flrcrJ, ont. cd, 1
Passport: New Library Orientation
In rhe faJ! rhe Libraries inaugurared Passport to the
Libraries ro inrroduce new undergraduare srudenrs ro rhe
Libraries and rheir services. The goal of rhe Passporr program
was ro creare a fun learning acriviry rhar srudenrs
could do on rheir own or wirh friends during the flrsr
rhree weeks of rhe fall semesrer. During Orienrarion, each
srudenr received a Passporr bookler, which included some
key acriviries rhar all srudenrs do in rheir flrsr weeks on
campus, such as acrivaring rheir library card, using Blais,
and gerring course reserves. Passporr also required srudenrs ro visir ar leasr rhree of our four libraries. Those who rurned in complered Passporrs qualified for a prize drawing which was held on Seprember 21 on rhe Honnold/ Mudd Library sourh lawn, complere with music and ice cream. One srudenr from each college was awarded rhe grand prize, a Palm Pilor. Dozens of addirional prizes were awarded ro orher Passporr parricipanrs.
One of rhe lasr acriviries in rhe Passporr asked srudenrs ro say whar had been useful
or nor useful abour rheir Passporr experience. Here are a few of rheir commenrs:
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Passporr orienrarion was well pur rogerher. Unless I forgor rhe rhings it covered, ir was all useful. I learned somerhing wirh each exercise.
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Finding rhings and getring my card acrivated.
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Going around ro each of rhe libraries was useful, because ir allowed me to see where each is locared and whar rhey specialize in.
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Learning how ro do a search using Blais. Ir will make ir a lor fasrer when I have ro do a paper.
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I learned where rhe libraries are and especially how ro access rhem online.
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I found ir very useful ro have ro find a book and a journal. Even rhough I know how ro do rhis, every library is differenr. I feel more comforrable looking for rhings now.
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I rhink I learned a lor abour rhe library and became more familiar JUSt spending rime here and walking around ro rhe differenr desks.
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Finding rhe various marer, ials in rhe main library was helpful because ir will enable me ro find research marerials much more quickly rhe nexr rime I need ro for class.
Corri~ , Wan/;, Dmisoll
cmal'Sh@ rocky. darilmont. ed"
ERNST KRENEK EXHIBIT
From March 22 ro April 8, rhe Honnold/ Mudd Library will hosr a rraveling exhibir celebrating the cenrennial birrhday of rhe composer, wrirer, essayisr, poer, and painrer Ernsr Krenek. The exhibir chronicles rhe life and work of rhis Ausrrian composer who emigrared ro America during World War II and resided in Sourhern California from 1947 unril his dearh in 1991.
Concem of Krenek's works will be held ar rhe Pasadena Armory ( March 16), rhe Norron Simon Museum ( March 23 and 24), and rhe Colburn School of Music in Los Angeles ( March 20 and 27).
The exhibir has been shown ar rhe Vienna Srare Opera, rhe SymposiumDresden,
rhe Berlin FesrivaJ, rhe Prague Opera, and King's College, London, and is made possible rhrough rhe generous supporr of rhe Ausrrian Culrural Insrirure, New York, and rhe Ausrrian Consulare General in Los Angeles.
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C3tt! iilU? a 0/ 1 ( § J{ ami: Students Challenge the Medieval Scriptorium
" What is the use of a book without pictures Ot conversations?"
- Alice in Wonderland
" All that mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books."
- Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero- Worship
You might say thac the students in Professor Dan Birkholz's English 170 " Manuscript Culture" seminar debate these notions weekly.
Made up of juniors, seniors, and one sophomore, the Pomona College class is studying the material culture
of the Middle Ages in Europe. A crucial part of the seminar's dynamic is examining medieval manuscriprs
that are held in the Libraties' special collections.
The Libraries are thrilled that Professor Birkholz has made use of some of OUt most important
resources as the central
focus of the students' work. " Use by students is the principal reason we care for and preserve this unique material. Donors entrusted these treasures to the Libraries ro enhance education
at The Claremont Colleges," asserrs Judy Harvey Sahalz, Assistant Direcror of the Libraries.
The students prepare for their weekly meetings by examining the manuscripts to be discussed at either Denison or Honnold/ Mudd Special Collections. They also complete outside readings and compile bibliographies on several topics. Ult, imately, the students will write a research paper on an aspect of the book as a cultural artifact.
The seminar meets for its Monday afternoon class in the Holbein Room of Denison Library. Denison is a suitable site for the class because, says Birkholz, " With its medieval design and decoration, this library inspires our discussions." For Birkholz, meeting in Denison for the class also reinforces for the students the relationship of books in a library setting. " Meeting here [ in the library] makes my course, which is based on using rare and valuable materials, actually work, while respecting the security
and handling issues that the library has. After all, these books are more than 500 years old. At the same time, the studenrs are enthusiastic."
Teaching the course involves bringing primary texts, reserved at many institutions only for graduate and faculty study, into the undergraduate classroom. This approach to the course accomplishes several things at once. First, it introduces undergraduates to fUndamental aspects of primary research, an invaluable experience for students anticipating graduate school. Second, it offers undergraduates the chance ro do " field research," to allow the theoretical models that faculty use in their own research to come to life, as it were, in the classroom.
Using primary resources in the classroom also presents students with problems ro solve and many ways in which to solve them. In fact, handling the manuscripts changes the experience
of studying. The studems work with the " real thing," not a picture in a text, on a web site, or on a slide. Being introduced to scholarly tools like manuscripts challenges the students. According to Birkholz, " Hands- on access to the manuscripts makes the course exciting. It wouldn't
be worth doing without the books."
Working with the original manuscripts, adds Birkholz, changes the tenor of class discussion: " The terms of the discussion are not JUSt qualitative
and aesthetic; comments are concrete, not
imagined. The students have real examples to contribute, and they raise questions that may not otherwise be asked."
Most importantly, studying primary resources helps students develop " critical literaey":
it provides them with more than a " text" and " the answers." Ir allows the students
to think about literary study in a new way. " It's not about paperback editions," explains Birkholz. " Our focus is on the materiality of the book as object, and the discussion
inevitably broadens into the material culture- the social, political, economic, and cultural factors- of the book in the Middle Ages."
According to Professor Birkholz, " There are a lot of courses that ought ro be coming
to the Libraries and dealing with ptimary materials. The Libraries have rich collections
that can contribute to a wide variety ofcourses. My students are excited abour the opportunities they've had so far. Using the manuscripts in the seminar has made this a richer, more thoughtfUl experience for all of us."
Carrie Manh, Denison cmarsh@ rocky. damllont. edu
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CLAREMONT
DISCOURSE
LECTURE SERIES • SPRING 2001
Saxophones ( and Cornets) through the Smog: Jazz Great and Pomona College's Bobby Bradford Recalls the Avant Garde Jazz Scene In Southern California
Thursday, February 15th, 4: 30pm.
Besides giving birth ro rhe cool, courresy of Miles Davis, rhe Los Angeles jazz communiry
has consranrly given birch ro and fosrered rhe searing hor modern. Ir was Ornerre Coleman and rhe musicians who garhered around him in rhe early 1950s who really began ro galvanize Sourhern
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avanr garde serrlemenr. Breaking rhe hard and fasr rules of bebop, Coleman arrracred such jazz pioneers as Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell, Billy Higgins, and a young uumperer/ cornerisr named Bobby Bradford. In rhis lecrure, Bradford spoke as someone who was here ar rhe birth and conrinues ro be a wirness co rhe LA avanr garde, pasr, presenr, and furure.
Blindness and its Metaphors: An Investigation in Eight Videos by Tran,
T. Kim- Trang, Assistant Professor of Media Studies at Scripps College
Wednesda)\ iVlarch 7th, 4: 15pm.
Powerful in irs abiliry ro concisely caprure image, rime, and sound, yer democrarically
accessible ro borh crearor and audience,
video has become an alrernarive medium of choice for many artisrs ro presenr rheir vision. Wirh her " Blindness Series," an epic- in- process of eighr videos, Tran, T. Kim- Trang examines a fundamenral
basis of borh sociery and rhe visual arcs: vision irself. Firsr conceived in 1991, wirh a projecred complerion dare of 2002, rhe series ranges rhemaricaJly from rhe philosophical, psychological, and social ro rhe physical, presenring rhe concepr
of " blindness"- rhe lack of sighr or VISIon- In borh irs medical and meraphorical manifesrarions. For rhis presenrarion, we had rhe opporcuniry ro sample from rhe meraphors and images of blindness wirh rhis unique arrisr, Tran, T. Kim- Trang, as our guide.
Fits, Trances, and Visions: Challenges and Oppornrnities Facing Historians of " Experience," Ann Taves, Professor of History of Christianity and American
Religion at the Claremont School of Theology and Professor of Religion at the Claremont Graduate University
Wednesday, March 28th, 4: 15pm.
Rarher r'han exp'lained, some rhings are explained away. To rhe modern secular mind, religious ecsrasy is inrerprered skeprically, ofren as a producr of psychological
delusion or rhe exremal affecrarions
of outrighr hucksrerism. Compering explanarions of unusual experiences are norhing new. Ann Taves uses rhese dramaric
and conrroversial experiences CO explore rhe inrimare relarionship berween inrerprerarion and experience wirhin compering communiries of explanarion.
In her book. FITS, TRANCES AND VISIONS: EXPERIE CINe REJ.[(~ IO! AND EXPLAI! II G EXPERIENCE FROivI WESLEY TU JAMES ( Princeron, 1999) hailed by William R. Everdell in rhe New York Times Book Review " as much arrear as ir is a rrearise," Professor Taves engages rhe acrual srories and narrarives of religious
experience in America wirh rhe reacrions of conremporary philosophers,
psychologisrs, and clergy, in order ro reveal rheir compering agendas and assumprions. Ann Taves will discuss borh rhe parricular problems she faced in rhe wriring of a more embracing hisrory and rhe value for hisrorians in arrempring ro reconsrrucr rhe hisrory of " experience" across disciplinary lines.
Earthquakes and the Waiting Game for Southern California, Gregory A. Lyzenga, Professor of Physics, Harvey Mudd College and Technical Group Leader at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena
Wednesday, April 18th, 4: 15pm.
Longrime residenrs of Sourhern California are familiar wirh rhe occasional seismic rremors rhar come wirh living on rhe boundary beC\ veen rwo of rhe Earrh's recronic plares. However, an uneasinessalmosr
like a subconscious reminderpervades
discussions of rhe proverbial " big one" rhar ar some uncercain furure dare promises ro cause serious damage and injury ro rhe sociery and economy. In rhis lecrure, Gregory A. Lyzenga will survey some of rhe scienrifrc and rechnological
advances of rhe lasI' decade rhar have broughr rhe problems of undersranding
earrhquakes and relared processes inro sharper focus.
All lecrures rake place In H 0 n n 0 Id / Mudd Library. Refreshmenrs will be provided. For more informarion, conracr Adam Rosenkranz, exr. 73986.
Adam RosCIlkranz, HOllllold/ ivludd
flrOSCUkrrll1z@ rock)'- c! tlremOllf. edlt
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Welcome Our New Staff
James Otto, who has served in many capacities at the Libraries, has recently become the World Wide Web Administrawr. Prior w this position, he was the DigitalProjects Specialist. During his
nearly twelve years of experience at the Libraries, he has served as the CircuJation Desk Supervisor and Assistant to the Librarian at Sprague Library and as Cataloging Assistant at HonnolclJMudd. James' background is in music; he came to the Libraries just after completing his MA. in Historical Musicology from u. c. Riverside.
Cindi Trainor has been appointed Information Technology Coordinawr for the Libraries effective May 14, 2001. She is currently Team Leader for the Electronic Resources/ SuppOrt Team at the Universiry of Kentucky Libraries at Lexington. She previously worked at UK as the Electronic Resources Librarian and has performed extensive service on universiry and library committees. She is a member of the Special Libraries Association Information Technolob'Y Division in which she served as Member Services Committee Chair, 1999- 2000, and was named Outstanding Chapter Member ( Kentucky) in 1999.
Marsha Biscar has joined the Libraries staff as Information Desk Assistant at Honnold/ Mudd Library.
David Jackson has joined the Libraries staff in the Circulation Department at Honnold/
Mudd Library.
Albertil Walke;; AHociilte Director ofLibmrits, ext. 18045
([ UJtdkcr@ ruckyclaremullt. edu.
FACULTY WORKSHOPS: Doing Research In the Web Environment
This spring the Libraries will offer two different workshops for facuJty.
Using Web Search Engines focuses on information freely available to all on the web. In this workshop, you will learn the most effective ways w locate web sites for research, get tips on the best ways to search using web directories
such as Yahoo and web search engines such as HotBor to find relevant web sites, and critically examine web sites to determine their usefulness for your research. This workshop is offered on Thursday, March 29, 5: 00- 7: 30 p. m., in the Keck Learning Room, Honnold/ Mudd Library.
Using Online Library Catalogs and Scholarly Databases focuses on resources the Libraries provide for rhe research needs ofour faculry, students, and staff. In this workshop, you will search local and international webbased
library catalogs to find books and primary sources, learn rhe most effective ways to search a variety of scholarly databases for relevant articles for your research, and discover the many full- rext resources available through the Libraries' web site. This workshop is offered on Thursday, April 5, 5: 007:
30 p. m., in the Keck Learning Room, Honnold/ Mudd Library.
Register today! You can register online at http:// voxlibris. claremont. edulresearchlftc_ registration. htmlor send your name, college, phone, email address, and area of research interest to Gale Burrow, gburrow@ rocky. claremont. edu, ext. 73987. If you are unable to attend a workshop of interest w you, we would be happy to schedule another one for you or for your department.
Workshops can be scheduled in the Learning Room, in your office, or on your campus.
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Whafs New: Traditional & Electronic Reference Sources
All darabases described here are available co facuIey, srudencs, and sraff of The Claremonc Colleges from rhe Research seerion of rhe Libraries' web sire. You can find rhem in rhe lisr of Darabases by Tide and in rhe appropriare subjecr darabase lisrs. Call numbers are provided for resources in paper and microform.
American Periodicals Series ( APS) Online Would you like w read abour '' The Whire Hills: Their Legends, Landscape, and Poerry" In The Southern Literary Messenger from January 1860- Or perhaps you're more inceresred in " The Erie
Railroad Concesr" from The Merchants' lvfagazine and Commercial Review, April 1868. These and hundreds of orher fullrexr
arricles from America's early magazines
are now available rhrough APS Online. When complere in 2003, APS Online will provide full- rexr e1ecrronic access w over 1000 periodicals published in America berween 1741 and 1900. This is an oursranding resource for anyone srudying rhe developmenc of American hiscory and culrure from colonial days co rhe dawn of rhe 20rh cenrury. If you have quesrions abour APS Online, please conracr
Gale Burrow, exc. 73987, gbun'ow@
rocky claremont. edu.
Education Full Text
Educarion Full Texr absrracrs and indexes
478 key educarion journals, including
207 journals wirh full- rexr arricles.
Indexing coverage begins in 1983,
absrracring coverage begins wirh 1994,
and full- rexr coverage begins wirh 1996.
If you have quesrions abour Educarion
Full Texr, please concacr Judy Moser, exc.
18919, jmoser@ rocky. claremont. edu.
Grove Dictionary of Music and
Musicians Online
The Libraries provide online access co rhe
full- rexr of rhe Iaresr edirion of rhe New
Grove Dictionary ofMusic and Musicians,
which was published in 2001. The New Grove conrains biographies, bibliographies,
and lim of works for composers and performers as well as informarion on major music wpies and musical insrrumencs.
The online version is enhanced by links w sound and image files. You will find rhe princ volumes of rhe 2001 New Grove in rhe HonnoldlMudd reference colleerion ( MU 00 N48 2001). If you have quesrions abour rhis resource, please concacr Holly Gardinier, eXL 78626,
hgardinier@ rockyclaremont. edu.
Iter Ieer, a major incerdisciplinary elecrronic resource for scholarly mareriaIs abour rhe Middle Ages and Renaissance, indexes books and journals arricles published since 1859. The darabase is joindy sponsored
by rhe Renaissance Sociery of America, rhe Cencre for Renaissance and Reformarion ar rhe Universiey ofToronco, and rhe Arizona Cenrer for Medieval and Renaissance Srudies ar Arizona Srare Universiry. Please concaer Adam Rosenkranz, eXL 73986, arosenkranz @ rockyclaremont. edu, for furrhcr informarion
abour rhis and orher hiswry resources ar rhe Libraries.
Lyndon B. Johnson National Security Files The Libraries have jusr acquired rhe Lyndon B. Johnson Narional Securiey Files on microfilm. This ser covers rhe years 1963- 1969, and includes rich primary
source marerial on Unired Srares foreign relarions wirh Viemam. The 33reel
ser can be found in rhe HonnoldlMudd Microfilm secrian, ( E 846 L9625 1999). Please concacr Rurh Schooley, eXL 77122, 1) · chooLey@ rocky.
claremont. edu, for furrher informarion abour rhis and orher governmenc resources.
Past Masters Pasr Masrers is an incomparable collecrion
of full- rexr scholarly edirions of classic
philosophy and rheology rexrs online. The rexrs can be read by chaprer or parr and searched by keywords. Advanced searching capabiliries make rhe darabase an excellenc wol for basic research or rexr analysis. Claremonc's access w Pasr Masrers curremly includes rhe seleered or complere works of Plaw, Ariscorle, Aquinas, Augusrine, Descarres, Spinoza, Leibniz, Hobbes, Bacon, Locke, Lurher, Samayana, Machiavelli, Mill, Nierzschc, Pierce, Rousseau, Sidgwick, Anselm, Kierkegaard, Dewey, and orhers. Included are rhrce omnibus colleerions of selecred seminal rexrs: British Philosophy 1600- 1900, PoLitiCtzL Philosophy: From MachiaveLLi to MiLL, and ContinentaL RationaLists. Works by ocher philosophers and aurhors may be added in rhe furure. This resource will be of imeresr co srudems
and scholars in philosophy, rheology,
polirical rheory, and incellecrual hiswry.
The Libraries would like co rhank Professor Charles Young of rhe CGU Philosophy Deparrmenr for his help in acquiring Pasr Masrers. For furrher informarion
abour rhis and ocher philosophy resources, conrace Adam Rosenkranz, exc. 73986, arosenkranz@ rocky. claremont. edu.
SciFinder Scholar Sci Finder Scholar, a bells- and- whisrles
program used for 24- hour access w Chemical Absrracrs online, is an awardwinning
deskcop research wol designed especially for use by srudencs and faculey to easily access rhe informarion in rhe CAS darabases. Wirh no special rraining, researchers can explore rhe world's mosr comprehensive collecrion of published scienriflc research rhrough a varieey of ways- by aurhor name, research copic, subsrance idencifler, chemical srrucrure, or chemical reacrion. Simply poinc and click ro rerrieve more rhan 28 million subsrances and Ii nks co rhe full- rexr of elecrronic scienciflc journals on rhe web
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and in- house library holdings. To use SciFinder Scholar, go ro rhis web address:
http:// 134.173.134.10/ scifinderlscifinder. htmL. and follow the downloading instructions. There are downloading instructions for borh PC and MAC. There is currently no supporr for Linux and Unix. Tony Lagarda of the Libraries' IT group would appreciate any input you have on downloading this software. Please conracr him ar exr. 18683, tlagarda@ rocky. clarem 0 n t. edu. A Is 0, Bri a n Ebersole, chemistry subject specialist,
would appreciate hearing about the functionaliry of rhis resource for your research purposes. Conract Brian ar
bebersofe@ rockyclaremont. edt!.
Women Writers Online Are you looking for primary sources In
hisrory and Women's Studies? Women Wrirers Online provides full- text access ro imporranr books by and abour women published from 1400 ro 1850. Authors include Aphra Behn, Margarer Cavendish, Elizabeth I, and Margaret Fell. Ar present the collecrion contains 200 rexts, with a special subset for the Renaissance period. If you have quesrions about Women Wrirers Online, please contact Amy WaJJace, eXL 77957, awallace@
rockyclaremont. edt!.
Other News on Electronic Resources
Early English Books Online ( EEBO) and the Digital National Security Archive are online resources which have been available for several monrhs. EEBO provides full- rexr images of publicarions in English from 1600- 1741. The Digiral Narional Securiry Archive provides access ro declassified primary documents in ' twelve sets, including the Berl, in Crisis 1958- 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis, EI Salvador, the Itan- Contra Affair, the Iranian Revolution, and military uses of space. OUf major psychology database has changed its name: PsycLIT has become PsycfNFO. Both the conrent and the search capabiliries remain the same. The Libraries have upgraded the WilsonSelect database ro WiJsonSeJectPlus which provides
access ro hundreds of additional popular and scholarly full- text articles across the disciplines.
Amy Wal!;' ce. Honnold/ Mudd awallace@ rocky. claremont. edu
• Perspective •
As an undergraduate I knew where
the library was on campus: I walked
past it on my way to the studenr
union nearly every day. Though a
frequent public library user and an
avid book reader since childhood, I
didn't have a need to use my college
library until my third year. Up to
that point most of my readings as a
history major came from the
assigned texts or from phorocopied
handollts distributed in class by my
professors. History Methods
required me to attend a library
instruction session. I relished the
idea of receiving instruction from a
real librarian; with her guidance I
imagined myself a researcher.
Imagine my disappointment as I
struggled with the online catalog ro
find the library's holdings of books
on Elizabethan England. By trial and
error I was able to find where the
books on the history of England
were located and I browsed the shelf.
Nor a very productive use of the
online catalog! So as the User
Support Specialist responsible for
Blais, I take very seriously my
responsibilities to provide support to
rhe user, serve as liaison with the vendor,
troubleshoot problems, and
investigate system capabilities. I may
be biased, but I think we've got a
really fine catalog.
Candace Lebel, Honnold/ Mudd
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7 / CONNECTIONS a newsletter from the libraries to the ftculty of The Claremont Colleges
AT HONNOLD/ MuDD LIBRARY
75th Anniversary of The Claremont Colleges Group Planı November 1, 2000 - February 2, 2001ı Envisioned by James A. Blaisdell, rhen President of Pomona College, the creation of a consortium of indeıpendent
liberal artS colleges sharing joint facilities and services known as The Group Plan of The Clatemontı Colleges was a unique and grand experiment in higher education in California in the early I920s. The centralı coordinating body for the group of Claremont colleges, now known as the Claremont Universiry Consorriumı or CUe, was incorporated on OctOber 14, 1925. Historical photographs and documents from The Claremontı Colleges Archives were ex. hi. hited to mask CUe's 75th year. ı
Western Books Exhibitionı February 9 - March 2, 200 Iı This exhibit showcased award- winning examples of works ptOduced by fine press printers, book artists, andı publishers from the western United States using a wide variery of sryles. Many of the selections include speıcial
bindings, hand- printed illustrations, and uniquely printed letterpress as well as books designed with comıputer
digital technology. ı
Ernst Krenekı March 22 - April R~ Q. O. l
This exhibit celebrates the centennial birthday of the composer, writer, essayist, poet, and painter Ernst Krenek. ı Oisplays chronicle the life and work of this Austrian composer who emigrated to America during World Warı II and resided in Southern California from 1947 until his death in 1991. The exhibit is made possible throughı
L. 1. J the generous support of the Austrian Cultural Institute, New York, and the Austrian Consulate General in Los
I Angeles. ı
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New and Noteworthy Books
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B! mary 16 - March 26, 2001
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On display are recent gifts to Denison Library, including books on women's medicine, histOric Bibles, anist's hooks, and other new aquisitions to Denison's artS and humanities collections.
Slocum Award for Student Libraries April 2 - May 1' 1,2001 Established at Scripps in 1936, the Slocum Award is given to the Scripps Senior who, during her four years at college, has formed the most meaningful collection of books in the field or fields of her interest. Each Scripps Smior is eligible to enter her personal book collection. The subjects of past colleCtions include Irish literature,
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wology, censorship, and women poets.
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