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- Live @ Cowles
Cowles Library - Reading Room
Thursday, February 19 at 7:00pm
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- Beth Prindle - Citizens Arise! Series 7:42am Nov 17
- About Us 9:42am Nov 10
- "John Adams Unbound" traveling exhibit has arrived! 9:55am Oct 27|1 Comment
Cowles Library @ Drake University
As part of the Citizens Arise Programming, Beth Prindle will discuss the John Adams Unbound exhibition scheduled to be at Cowles Library from October 28th to December 11, 2009. Ms....
We are the largest private academic library in Iowa. Our purpose is to support the educational goals of Drake by providing services, collections, technology, and learning opportunities that make it possible for faculty and students to successfully access and use information...
"John Adams Unbound" is a national traveling panel exhibition that explores the personal library of one of our founding fathers....
A free trial of the IRIS Database is available now through November 9, 2009...
A free trial of Harper's Magazine and digital archives is available now through November 13, 2009...
Mireille Djenno, Assistant Professor of Librarianship at Cowles Library will be presenting "Treasures from the Island: Cuban Handmade Books from Cowles Library Special Collections" Friday, October 16, 3:30-5:00pm - Medbury Honors Lounge Mireille Djenno is Assistant Professor of Librarianship at C...
We have set up a free trial of The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower through November 14, 2009. This database provides the most comprehensive collection (over 14,000 pages) of the 34th U.S...
Some people think they are dangerous! Exercise your freedom to read and join Cowles Library in celebrating Banned Books Week, September 26 – October 3, 2009. Visit the library’s main floor display featuring books that have or continued to be challenged. Lear...
Cowles Library announces an innovative new approach to building its collection, letting users decide which electronic books to purchase. The Library has added access to 25,000 e-books, available through the on-line catalog....
On September 17th , 1969 The Drake Times-Delphic published what is widely considered the first printed account of Beatle Paul McCartney’s supposed death. Da...
Beginning on Monday, September 21st, Drake students, faculty and staff can check out netbooks (mini-laptops) from the All Services desk at Cowles Library. The netbooks can be checked out for five hours and are equipped with Microsoft Office and wireless networking for access to the internet. C...
As public concern about H1N1 and the upcoming flu season continues to grow, the medical and nursing editors from EBSCO Publishing have responded by offering the latest evidence-based flu-related information available for free...
We have set up three Mergent databases to trial through September 30, 2009...
Here's a peek at the latest hot fiction and bestsellers added to the Cowles catalog. Find these new books on stands on the main floor, at the top of the ramp and in the Cowles Cafe area. Life inc. : how the world became a corporation and how to take it back / Douglas Rushkoff. ...
A trial of EBSCO's Publishing Opportunities Database has been set up through October 2009...
