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Back by popular demand, therapy dogs will be in Ellis Library for finals stress relief!
Finals Week Schedule for Therapy Dogs in Ellis Library*
*Times are subject to change. (Puppies are unpredictable!) Check our Twitter feed for updates: @MULibraries
A huge thank you to Ann Gafke’s Teacher’s Pet Dog Training &Therapy Service for providing these wonderful animals!
Big news from Indiana University: "The HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC), a cooperative service of Indiana University, University of Illinois, and HathiTrust, has expanded its services to support computational research on the entire collection of one of the world’s largest digital libraries, held by HathiTrust. HathiTrust’s collections include over 14 million digitized volumes, including more than 7 million books, more than 725,000 US federal government documents, and more than 350,000 serial publications. HathiTrust’s collections are drawn from some of the largest research libraries in North America, including Indiana University and the University of Illinois.
Previously the HathiTrust Research Center supported analysis of only the public domain subset of the HathiTrust collection. HTRC is now the only place where scholars…can perform text mining on the entire HathiTrust collection… Researchers can now explore the entire collection, run algorithms against all 14 million volumes, and make new connections and discoveries in the process."
For more information, see the rest of this article from Indiana University's IT News & Events newsletter: "One of the world's largest digital libraries opens doors to text-mining scholars"
text and featured graphic courtesy of Indiana University IT News & Events newsletter
This was a very exciting week in Special Collections. On Tuesday, we unveiled the materials purchased as the MU Libraries' Centennial Gift: a small book of hours, a copy of Ruxner's Thurnier Buch printed in 1566, and a resplendent processional for the use of the Dominican sisters of St. Louis, Poissy. Watch our Tumblr for upcoming posts about these amazing new resources.
We also hosted our last three class sessions of the semester: a work session for an English class who has been visiting us all semester (you'll hear more about them in the next few weeks) and two sections of English 1000. Finals week starts next week!
Hocker discusses how the NBC 5 / KXAS archives became part of the University of North Texas' Portal to Texas History.
Read more at the Reynolds Journalism Institute blog: Keynote: Brian Hocker, KXAS-TV, NBCUniversal
Check out the guide for Dr. Amos-Landgraf's VPB 5579 course on Veterinary Genomics: https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/vpb5579
Check out the free database and journal trials that Ovid is offering in May for nurses! The featured resources this month are:
Access for these resources lasts until the end of May, so check them out while you can.
Access here: http://www.ovid.com/site/index.jsp
Tips and Tricks:
Each resource has to be registered for separately.
Cross searching databases is not allowed with the trials.
This week’s open access blog post features Dr. Akwi Asombang. Dr. Asombang is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the School of Medicine. Her research and clinical interests include gastroenterology, endoscopy, colonoscopy, and global health, specifically raising awareness and improving GI knowledge and patient care in resource limited settings.
Dr. Asombang recently published in World Journal of Gastroenterology, a weekly peer reviewed open access medical journal that covers reserach in gastroenterology.
It's been a busy week in Special Collections. Alla hosted classes from the Honors College and nearby Stephens College, and we all started preparation for collaborating with E-Learning Librarian Nav Khanal to produce some videos on medieval manuscripts for an online class. We also had a special visit from preschoolers attending the University of Missouri's Child Development Lab. At ages 3-5, they're our youngest instruction session attendees yet!
Research Guide for the Veterinary Research Summer Program (VRSP) Foundations course: https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/vrsp
Enjoy!
Here’s a roundup of our posts on Tumblr and our favorite articles, blogs, and posts from around the web this week for your reading pleasure over the weekend.
In the reading room, Tim installed a new exhibit on this year's literary anniversaries (look for Tumblr posts on it soon!) and Alla hosted visits from the University of Missouri Russian Club and Camdenton High School.
Stay tuned for more updates next week!