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We recently added the following Japanese language resources:

CiNii (Scholarly and Academic Information Navigator) Articles allows the search of information about academic articles published in academic society journals, university research bulletins, and articles included in the National Diet Library's Japanese Periodicals Index.

Bungei Kurabu is a citation/abstract database for the literary magazine Bungei Kurabu (1895 - 1912). The magazine includes works by major authors.

Koyukai zasshi is a citation/abstract database for the Japanese language magazine Koyukai zasshi (1890 - 1944) published by Dai 1 Koto gakko whose members were cultural elites and creators of literary works.

Taiyo was a major Japanese language magazine (1895 - 1928) covering politics, military, economics, social issues, art, literary criticism, etc. about Japan during this era.

All videos in the Mardigian Library collection can be shown in the classroom to the registered students of a course for purposes that support that course's learning outcomes. In addition to these classroom rights, the Mardigian Library has secured non-commercial public performance rights for some videos. This list of movies can be shown at meetings of student groups or honors colloquia, for example, as long as there is no charge for the showing. For information about securing the performance rights for a movie for which we don’t have public performance rights, see the Campus Policy for Commercial Videos.

The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive and the Mardigian Library at the University of Michigan-Dearborn are co-sponsoring the traveling exhibit “Architecture of Murder: The Auschwitz-Birkenau Blueprints.” The exhibit features photographs, documents, text panels, and blueprints of the camp that document both its development and expansion. There is also poetry by Paul Celan and a short audiovisual presentation. All materials are on loan from the American Society for Yad Vashem.

The exhibit runs through Feb. 22, 2013 and will feature a closing ceremony on Feb. 24 with a discussion of both the camp and the exhibit by award winning author Robert van Pelt, Professor of Architecture at the University of Waterloo. Van Pelt’s presentation will begin at 2:00 p.m. on the second floor of the library. (Due to the university's spring break, the library will only be open from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Feb. 24 for this event.) Light refreshments will be served.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. Free parking is available.

Please RSVP if you plan to attend the presentation on Feb. 24: (313) 583-6300 or e-mail holocaust@umd.umich.edu

The exhibit and presentation are on the second floor of the library. The exhibit is open during library hours.

Directions to UM-Dearborn

Anyone requiring accommodations under the provisions of the ADA should contact (313) 593-5236 prior to February 20, 2013 to allow time for arrangements to be made. The University of Michigan-Dearborn does not necessarily endorse speakers’ views.

Are you working on a term paper? Are you just getting started on a research assignment? Do you have a presentation that requires library research? There are many ways to contact a reference librarian or one of our knowledgeable student assistants:

• In-person – stop by the Library Research Center on the first floor of the library (next to the public computers).
• Make an appointment with a subject specialist librarian
• Telephone – call 313-593-5563
• Text messaging – text your question to 66746, and start your question with “AskLRC”
• E-mail – ask-a-question@umd.umich.edu
• Instant messaging/chat – see our Ask a Question page
• Open Research Workshops for students (see blog post)

On January 29, 1963, poet Robert Frost died. Frost was a prolific writer of poetry and prose who earned many accolades. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry four times, received over 40 honorary degrees, and received the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960. Frost spent 1921 to 1927 in Ann Arbor, where he was a teaching fellow. The house he lived in while in Ann Arbor now is at Greenfield Village.

The library has many books by and about Robert Frost. Check one out today and find out why Frost was so admired.

Naxos Video Library is a performing arts video library with over 1,300 operas, ballets, documentaries, live concerts, films, and musical tours of historic places. It includes the Naxos DVD label, Opus Arte, Arthaus, Dacapo, EuroArts, and other labels and is continuously updated to offer the best selection of performing arts videos.

Oxford Reports on International Law includes most relevant case law from over 65 jurisdictions as determined by leading experts in the field, covering issues in areas such as general international law, human rights law, and international criminal law. Oxford Reports on International Law includes traditional headnotes supplemented by analytical commentary on each case, full texts of all decisions in the original language, translations of all non-English language decisions, archive going back to the start of 2000, and new cases and updates added frequently.

This online Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law is a full revision of the print edition, with more than 1,700 articles and 700 new topics not covered in the print edition. The articles are written by experts, peer reviewed, and edited by the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law & International Law. The additional content covers important developments in areas such as international criminal law, international dispute settlement, trade law and environmental law.

Oxford Reference Online includes 4 new e-books:

The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 4th ed.
The Oxford Companion to American Politics
The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, 2nd ed.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome

           

Investment Claims includes materials and analysis in the field of international investment law and arbitration with fully searchable awards and decisions linked and cross-referenced to cited awards and instruments, accompanied by full reports and analysis.

Published annually by the Federal Government since 1878, The Statistical Abstract of the United States is the best-known statistical reference publication in the country. As a comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States, it is a snapshot of America and its people. Now published by ProQuest instead of the Census Bureau, the Statistical Abstract is updated monthly instead of annually!

Academic libraries all over the world are changing to meet the expectations of current and future students. Changes are needed at the Mardigian Library and we want to hear from you. The "book warehouse" is going away and in its place is emerging a comfortable, active, high-tech campus learning commons. We need to know what types of learning spaces, technologies, and services would make the library a more friendly and relevant place for you to gather and study.

Please fill out this brief survey and share your thoughts by January 31, 2013.

If you would rather share your ideas in person, contact Barbara Kriigel. She will be scheduling student focus groups later in the semester.

Silent Film Online brings together films that represent the basis of modern cinematic technique and film theory. The database covers silent features, serials, and shorts from the 1890s to the 1930s. It also includes classics such as Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and Battleship Potemkin.

OnePetro is an online library of technical literature for the oil and gas exploration industry, maintained by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).

February 2013 R.E.A.D. (Read, Eat, and Discuss) Meeting

Book: "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Time: 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Room 1210 Mardigian Library

Ask for R.E.A.D. titles at the Circulation Desk; both the Kindles and print books are kept there, and the print copies are on reserve for us.

Light refreshments are provided. Please join us!

Upcoming book: "That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back" by Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum (Wednesday, April 3, 2013)