Literature Criticism Online

The literary criticism database Literature Criticism Online is now available on the Library's site.  This database brings together modern and historical views of authors and their works that used to be available only in six print series: Children's Literature Review, Contemporary Literature Criticism, Drama Criticism, Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, and Twentieth Century Criticism.

To access the database from the library's site, go to Find Articles & More > Databases A-Z > Literature Criticism Online.  

New York Times

The library has been receiving questions about subscriptions to the "New York Times" now that the "Times" will start charging for access to its online content on March 28.  Currently, the "Times" is not offering any sort of institutional pricing, so the library can't subscribe to the online content for the campus. 

Instead, you can access articles through the library databases.  Articles are available the same day that they are published in the print edition.  To see how to read "Times" articles through our databases, see this 3-minute video.

It is also possible to set up email alerts and other updates through the databases.  Please contact Katie Yelinek with additional questions.

Tax Forms

Andruss Library doesn't have paper forms but you can access and print the forms (including instructions) online. 

Federal forms--http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html
Pennsylvania state forms--http://www.revenue.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/revenue_home/10648 (click on the tab for Forms & Publications)

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) database trial

The Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports from 1941 to 1996, is now available as a trial on the Library's web page. To access, go to Databases A - Z > Trials.

The original purpose of FBIS was to "was to monitor, record, transcribe and translate intercepted radio broadcasts from foreign governments, official news services, and clandestine broadcasts from occupied territories." FBIS is the United States' principal record of political and historical open source intelligence, and the database contains some very interesting and unique primary documents.

Available only on campus. Trial ends April 15, 2011. Please leave a comment if you use the database. We'd love to hear your feedback.

Jersey Shore in the Library Classroom!

BU's Gov Docs Librarian Katie Yelinek and College of St. Benedict/St. John's University Librarian Amy Springer creatively used the popular MTV reality show Jersey Shore to 'spice up' their information literacy classes. The two librarians collaborated across-country (Springer lives and works in Minnesota) and published an article about their experiences in the February issue of College & Research Library News. Read all about it here.

C-SPAN Video Library

The C-SPAN Archives is now available on the Andruss Library web site. C-SPAN Archives records, indexes, and archives all C-SPAN programming for historical, educational, research, and archival uses. Every C-SPAN program aired since 1987, totaling over 160,000 hours, is contained in the C-SPAN Archives and accessible through the database.

You can access C-SPAN Archives from the following Library's web pages:

• Databases A-Z
• Databases by Subject for Political Science and Legal Studies

Comments, suggestions, or questions are welcome. Call (x4204) or stop by the Reference Desk for more information.

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Egypt's Change of Power - NewsBank's Special Reports

Newsbank is publishing updates on the unfolding situation in Egypt and the Middle East, which are available in the database Newsbank Special Reports on the Library's Databases A-Z page. To view, login here and click on the link for World Politics and Governments: Unrest in Egypt. (If off-campus, login using your BOLT login -- BU email address and password.)


There's some really nice content here -- background info, images, maps, suggested search terms -- in addition to the articles. You may want to share some of this with your students, too.

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