The American Hebrew was a weekly Jewish newspaper published in New York City. In 1903 it merged with the Jewish Messenger. The paper covered many topics of Jewish interest internationally. Many prominent Jewish writers and communal workers in the United States have been contributors to its pages.
The American Israelite is the longest-running English-language Jewish newspaper still published in the United States. The newspaper’s two goals were to spread the principles of Reform Judaism, and to keep American Jews in touch with Jewish affairs and their religious identity.
The Jewish Advocate serves as a primary source of news and information as well as a forum for discussion and debate, providing lines of communication uniting the community and supporting the efforts aimed at reinvigorating and broadening Jewish religious and cultural life.
The Jewish Exponent has carried news of developments in Israel, efforts to rescue Jews the world over from repressive regimes, and the ever-expanding role of Jews in American public life. Along the way, it has garnered honors each year from the American Jewish Press Association for excellence in Jewish journalism for its news, features, reviews and commentary.
To access these historical newspapers, click on the “Databases” tab, then on “Databases by Subject,” and then on “Newspapers-Historical” -> “Also Useful.”
To celebrate National Dance Month, Penrose Library’s “Celebrating Books and More” display for May contains books and DVDs reflecting some of the richness of our collection in this area: from cultural studies, to historical treatments, to the physics of dance, and how-to guides! These items are on display near the entrance of Penrose@Driscoll and are available for check out.
For those wishing to dig deeper into the subject, we also have a Book Display Research Guide that lists not only the items currently on display, but relevant ebooks, research guides, and tips for searching our catalog on this subject.
Carson-Brierly Dance Library
Did you know that Penrose Library houses the Carson-Brierly Dance Library? As part of our Special Collections, the Carson-Brierly Dance Library contains a rich variety of materials related to Dance – from books to posters, musical scores, and oral histories. Learn more about the collection or about becoming a Friend of the Carson-Brierly Dance Library here.
The WLA Book Stack is having its semi-annual sale on Friday May 11 and Saturday May 12 from 9 AM- 3 PM. All books are ½ price. The WLA Book Stack is located in the Mary Reed Building (2199 S.University).
All proceeds benefit the University of Denver Penrose Library. For more information, please see the WLA Book Stack site.
Directions to WLA Book Stack: From University turn west on Iliff (toward the mountains) and then turn right at first stop sign into the parking lot . Mary Reed Building is directly north (red brick building with big square tower).
If you ever find a great article that is exactly on your topic, but it is on the older side, you can use a citation database to see if someone has more recently cited that older article. Students and faculty often use the Web of Knowledge platform (also known as the Web of Science) and Google Scholar to see who cited older literature. Please note that we are offering a workshop on these databases on Friday the 27th of April.
When you go to the Web of Science, this will take you to the page where you can search for scholarly articles on your topic. The default set of search results will come back in chronological order with the most recent at the top. Because the most recent articles appear at the top of the search results, they may not have any citations yet. However, you can resort your results list a number of different ways, including “times cited.” This is a good way to see to highest cited articles on a topic. For example, here are the top three cited articles concerning global warming.
Once you find an older article, you can see how many times that article has been cited, and which more recent articles cited it. Below is an article from 2004 that was co-written by a DU faculty member. It is “Pollen-based Summer Temperature Reconstructions for the Eastern Canadian Boreal Forest, Subarctic, and Arctic.”
It should be noted that these 33 citing references are just from journal articles. If there are any books, book chapters, conference papers or web-based reports that cite this 2004 article, they will not show up in the Web of Science.
Google Scholar can be used to see what other types of materials cite scholarly work, but just as with the Web of Science, it won’t find everything. The sorting and search features are also not as robust as offered in the Web of Science. Google Scholar indicates that the same article has been cited 38 times instead of just 33. However, one should compare the results lists between Google Scholar and the Web of Science. Each database may have found unique citations, so the total number of reference may even be in the 40s.
There are many other ways that these databases can be used. These databases can also be used for checking to see if someone has cited books, book chapters, conference papers, websites, and more, but most people use citation databases to see if a specific article has been cited. Please let us know if you have any other questions about citation searching.
Are you tired of reading just for class? Then it is time to pick up your next pleasure read! Did you know the Penrose Library offers some of the latest and greatest popular fiction and nonfiction titles such as 11/23/63: A Novel by Stephen King, Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James, and Steve Jobs by Walter Issacson, all of which are currently on the New York Times best seller list?
Having trouble deciding what to read? Try the Reading for Pleasure research guide to find some useful resources to help you decide what to read next. This research guide lists some great books about books, links to online book and award lists, book recommendation websites, and also book review journals. With all of these resources your problem won’t be a lack of good books to read, but figuring out which one to read first!
In conjunction with the upcoming Penrose Library Author’s Lecture, the library has created a display of books and dvds about medical marijuana. Come check out the display to learn more about the political, historical, and biological perspectives on this topic.
The Sixth Annual Penrose Library Author’s Lecture will feature Greg Campbell, who will speak about his recent book, Pot, Inc.: Inside Medical Marijuana, America’s Most Outlaw Industry on Tuesday, May 1, from 12:30-1:30pm, in the Graduate School of Social Work Community Room.
In his 2012 book Pot, Inc., Greg Campbell presents a provocative and compelling close-up investigation of America’s often contradictory attitudes toward the legalization of pot. In researching the book,Campbell learned how to cultivate marijuana, examined America’s unduly harsh laws, and unearthed information about pot’s centuries-old therapeutic value. Along the way, he also gained personal insight into the drug’s medicinal value, which shaped his opinion about legalization. Campbell is an engaging and informative presenter, and he will speak about the exploding medical marijuana industry, about a culture that is all around us, but which has for the first time gone “main-stream.”
The lecture is free and open to DU students, faculty, staff and community members but reservations are required. Light refreshments will be provided. Please call 303-871-3016 or RSVP online.
Do you wonder how a book gets from your online request to your hands during the Academic Commons at Penrose Library construction project? Well, now there’s a video of the entire process, at lightning speed. Check it out!
Books are retrieved from the Hampden Center throughout the day in the library’s hybrid Prius and are generally delivered within 2 hours (from 7am-11pm Monday – Sunday). You will receive an email when your request is ready for pickup at Penrose@Driscoll. Library Hours.
Each quarter the reference librarians at Penrose offer a number of free workshops on a variety of library resources. The workshops are open to current DU students, faculty, and staff. This spring quarter we are offering workshops on finding books and articles, using RefWorks, Google tools, research and grant funding, searching the full-text of books, locating images, citation searching, utilizing Twitter for research, and conducting literature reviews. To see the complete schedule and sign-up for a workshop, please go to goo.gl/r5gDs.
If you have any questions, please contact Carrie Forbes, Instruction Coordinator and Reference Librarian, at (303) 871-3407 or email carrie.forbes@du.edu.
New Course Reserves Guides for Students and Faculty
Like the Academic Commons, the Course Reserves webpages and guides were under construction…but no longer! Our newly updated websites and new guides for students and faculty, will help you understand more about creating and finding Course Reserves on our ARES system.
Our recently improved sites offer FAQs, troubleshooting tips, and more detailed information about Course Reserves. Whether starting anew or needing a refresher in Course Reserves,these guides should have the answers you need. If you would like something added to these sites, please contact reserve@du.edu.
Click the links above to access the guides, or go to our homepage, and hover over the “Faculty” or “Students” tabs to see the Course Reserves link.
This month the Penrose@Driscoll book display, Women’s Rights across the Globe!, highlights the diversity of women’s experiences around the world.
Come check out the display to find out about global feminisms, anti-feminisms, raunch culture, international women’s rights, female revolutionaries, and enjoy some graphic novels featuring leading ladies, plus much more! And don’t forget about International Women’s Day March 8th, 2012.
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