The MU Libraries Undergraduate Research Contest seeks to recognize and reward outstanding research conducted by MU undergrads. Two $500 prizes may be awarded, one for an individual project and one for a group project. Deadline for submission is May 15, 2015. All majors are eligible. For information on how to apply, visit https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/researchcontest.
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Everything Is Toxic: Do We Need Superheroes or Historical and Scientific Literacy to Survive in a Toxic World?
BrowZine: New App Allows You to Browse Journals on Your Tablet
BrowZine, a new application optimized for iPad and Android tablets and phones, allows you to browse, read and follow thousands of the libraries’ top scholarly journals. To download and find out more, visit https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/browzine.
God’s Trombones by James Weldon Johnson
This month's final post in our series celebrating African-American artists and writers brings together two greats of the Harlem Renaissance: James Weldon Johnson and Aaron Douglas. Johnson was multi-talented: an educator, writer, attorney and musician, he was the author of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a leader of the NAACP, and the first African-American professor at New York University. God's Trombones is considered one of his most important works. Douglas was one of the leading artists of the Harlem Renaissance. He developed a distinctive style that blended modernism with African influences and was highly influential in the development of later African-American artists.
Thousands of Datasets Available for Immediate Download
MU Libraries has long provided data for quantitative research, but now it’s easier than ever. Through our membership in the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), MU affiliates may conduct online analysis, download data in SPSS, Stata or other ready-to-use formats, and take part in special educational opportunities at steeply discounted rates. Contact Data Archives librarian Marie Concannon for more information, or visit our Data Sets for Quantitative Research website.
A fragment of a fifteenth-century gradual
The Fragmenta Manuscripta collection is again the source of this week's feature. It's a fragment from a fifteenth-century gradual in Latin, possibly from England. Note the square musical notation on a four-line staff. The staff here agree that we particularly like the face in profile added to the large initial. More information at the Digital Scriptorium.
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Engineering Library Study Rooms
The semester is well under way and our study rooms are becoming very busy. Please remember to be courteous to your fellow students as you all must share in the use of these rooms. A group is allowed to reserve a room for two hours at a time. After the two hours, and if no one else needs to use the room, your group may reserve another two hours. Read the full engineering study room policy at the bottom of this page.
Design Your Own Scientific Superhero! Win $100 Gift Card!
Mizzou Superhero Challenge:
Design Your Own Scientific Superhero
Contribute to STEM literacy and design a superhero based on real science. You could win tickets for Bill Nye’s talk at Mizzou on March 15 and a $100 gift card to the Mizzou Store! Entries should include the following:
- Your superhero’s name, superpower, and weaknesses
- The scientific basis for your superhero’s powers and weaknesses
- A poster-sized drawing or computer rendering of your superhero (up to 24”x36”)
- Optional: descriptions of your superhero’s sidekick, nemesis, and love interest
Register at http://library.missouri.edu/specialcollections/superhero/ by MARCH 9, 2014.
Finalists will be judged during a poster session at Ellis Library on March 11 from 1 to 3 p.m.
The top three will be announced during Dr. Tim Evans’ program for Superhero Science at Ellis Library on March 12 at 11 am.
Dress as your favorite superhero or supervillain–or your own!
Superhero Science will be on display in Ellis Library March 3-28, 2014.
Affiliated with Decoding Science: Bridging the Gap. Engaging the Public.
http://lssp.missouri.edu/decodingscience
The Black Experience: Readings and Reactions
Wednesday, February 26 at 1:00pm to 2:30pm
Ellis Library, Colonnade Columbia, MO 65211
MU faculty Wilma King, Anand Prahlad, Scott Brooks, Charles Menifield, Berkley Hudson and Flore Zephir will read and discuss excerpts from published work.
Sponsored by the MU Black History Month Committee
The Black Christ by Countee Cullen with illustrations by Charles Cullen
This post is the third in our series highlighting the work of African-American artists and authors in Special Collections. Countee Cullen was one of the leading poets and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance. This book of poetry, published at the height of his career, examines the relationships between faith and injustice. Cullen draws parallels between the suffering of the crucified Christ and the suffering of African Americans in the climate of racial violence that characterized the 1920s. The copy in Special Collections is inscribed by Cullen to Frank Luther Mott, who was Dean of the School of Journalism from 1942 to 1951.
