- Category:
- Common Interest - History
- Description:
- Sue Collins, history librarian at Hunt Library, started this group to give Carnegie Mellon History majors (both grads and undergrads) and History faculty news about the university libraries.
- Privacy Type:
- Open: All content is public.
Hunt 'n History
Join- Name:
- Hunt 'n History
- Category:
- Common Interest - History
- Description:
- Sue Collins, history librarian at Hunt Library, started this group to give Carnegie Mellon History majors (both grads and undergrads) and History faculty news about the university libraries.
- Privacy Type:
- Open: All content is public.
- News:
- New Database: Medieval Travel Writings:
"provides access to medieval manuscripts dating from 13-16th centuries from libraries around the world. The collection focuses on accounts of travelers to the Holy Land, India and China. The database contains original documents and secondary resources in a range of languages, including French, Latin, German, Spanish, Dutch, and English. You can also find supporting documents, images, maps, bibliographies, and slide shows. The resources shed light on topics relevant to travel, ranging from attitudes and preconceptions, to issues of race, economics, trade, military, politics, literature and science."
http://www.medievaltravel.amdigital.co.uk/Index.aspx (Carnegie Mellon users only)
New Database: The Andrew Carnegie Collection, a join effort of the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Search or browse the full text of photos, letters, articles, etc.
http://diva.library.cmu.edu/carnegie/ (no restrictions-all users)
New database: Value Line Investment Survey:
http://www.valueline.com/secure/vlispdf/stk5000/index.aspx
provides access to stock reports, offering financial performance data, rankings and projections, analyst consensus, beta, key ratios, and commentary on 3,500 American stocks; also short industry surveys, from a famed independent investment analyst service. Stock screening capability and historical reports going back to 1997 are included.
EXHIBIT: through Nov 30: Lincoln & the Constitution. Posner Center, Monday-Friday, 1-4 pm or by appointment 412-268-7680.
New set of history web pages: American History. Go directly there: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sc24/History/amhist.html or connect via the History homepage: http://search.library.cmu.edu/rooms/portal/page/21353_History
New databases:
Perdita Manuscripts (1500-1600)
http://www.perditamanuscripts.amdigital.co.uk/
The database provides access to manuscripts that were written or compiled by women in the British Isles during the 16th and 17th centuries, biographical and bibliographical resources, and contextual essays by academics working in the field.
Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice (1490-2007)
http://www.slavery.amdigital.co.uk/
provides access to many thousands of original manuscripts, pamphlets, books, paintings, maps, and images. Most are reproduced as high quality greyscale images, but there are also a significant number of color images. There are 17 thematic areas: Slavery in Early Americas, African Coast, Middle Passage, Slavery and Agriculture, Urban and Domestic Slavery, Slave Testimony, Spiritualism and Religion in Slave communities, Resistance and Revolts, the Underground Railroad, the Abolition Movement and the Slavery Debate, Legislation and Politics, Freed Slaves, Freedmen and Free Black Settlements, Education, Slavery and the Islamic World, Varieties of Slave Experience, Slavery Today and the Legacy of Slavery, the Evolution of Slaver. All areas can be searched full-text.
All the databases need CMU IP authentication, so if you're off campus, don't forget to use the WebVPN:
http://search.library.cmu.edu/rooms/portal/page/23287_Off_Campus_Wireless_Access
New Databases:
Europa Word
https://libwebspace.library.cmu.edu:4430/libraries-and-collections/Databases/DB/EW.html
Education Index Retrospective:
https://libwebspace.library.cmu.edu:4430/libraries-and-collections/Databases/DB/EDUR.html
Defining Gender, 1450-1919
https://libwebspace.library.cmu.edu:4430/libraries-and-collections/Databases/DB/DG.html
Empire Online (155h-20th Century)
https://libwebspace.library.cmu.edu:4430/libraries-and-collections/Databases/DB/EO.html
Follow the History Librarian on Twitter: HistLibCM
New Databases:
Declassified Documents Reference System
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cmu_main?db=DDRS
19th Century US Newspapers
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cmu_main?db=NCNP
17th & 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cmu_main?db=BBCN
19th Century British Library Newspapers
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cmu_main?db=BNCN
New database: Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries Online:
http://asp6new.alexanderstreet.com/ladd/
New database: ArchivesGrid-use it to find archival collections
http://www.archivegrid.org/web/index.jsp
(for Carnegie Mellon users only)
Starting March 11, 2009, there will be a new libraries' website:
http://eps.library.cmu.edu/rooms/portal/page/Sirsi_HOME
The old site will still be available for a while.
