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This exhibit focuses on some of the major triumphs and accomplishments from the Latina/o community at Dartmouth as reported by The Dartmouth when they happened. You’ll read about how students who preceded you fought to get many of the resources available to the community now. You will also read about accomplishments such as when LALACS became a permanent department, the LALACS House was finally established, the Dartmouth Association of Latina/o Alumni was created and recognized, among others. Learn a great deal in this brief history of our community.

May 12-19
Berry Library Main Street

Researched by: Horacio Romero '14
Curated by: Horacio Romero '14 and Rodrigo Ramirez '06

Since 1851, World’s Fairs have gathered international audiences for a range of purposes, from entertainment to commerce to politics. The exhibit in Baker Hall draws on this tradition to explore how visual spectacle shapes perceptions of culture. It is the culminating project of a comparative literature course (COLT 73/101, Winter 2012) in which students analyzed the “exhibitionary complex” and then selected topics that illustrate a few of the many issues raised by the World’s Fair tradition: colonialism, exoticism, tourism, advertising, education, architecture, sustainability, technological innovation. Today, much like the Olympics, the World’s Fairs remain a vibrant and sometimes controversial global enterprise.

The exhibit is on display now through June 25.

Exhibit Case Titles: Dartmouth at the Fair, Scenes from the Fair, Next Stop Paris, Cities in Perspective, Inventing the Future, The Fairs Today

Curators: Sydney Ayers ’13, Emily Glassberg ’13, Sarah Langman GR, Elizabeth Neill ’13, Stoney Portis GR, Chanon Praepipatmongkol ’13, and Yu Wang GR, with Professor Michelle Warren

Come to Rauner Library to see our latest exhibit:

Is not My Word like fire? Eleazar Wheelock and the Great Awakening

The Great Awakening, a religious revival that began around 1741, enflamed church and civil life in New England. The revival's vision of personal piety and salvation challenged the delicate balance of Puritan life. It was seen by some as a remarkable work of God's Spirit; by others, an extreme threat to public order.

One key participant was a young evangelist and preacher who was a friend of Jonathan Edwards and pastor of the church at Lebanon Crank, Connecticut: Eleazar Wheelock. Wheelock's experience of the Great Awakening reveals its themes, its tensions, and the divisions it produced in New England. His story offers a glimpse into the revival that still colors political and religious visions today. And it was his personal experience as "a voice crying in the wilderness" that led to the establishment of Dartmouth College.

The exhibit will be on display in the Class of 1965 Galleries until July 10, 2012. It was curated by Eliz Kirk, Associate Librarian for Information Resources.

Art Work by Barbara Stubbs, MALS

On Display in Novack Cafe

5/10 - 9/30 2012

"My artwork represents my growing awareness of the issues I observed and internalized while living in Kingston, Jamaica. All of the sculptures pictured have been cast in bronze or aluminum and are a natural response to concepts of self, identity, culture, nation and people. This body of work is a visual record of my evolution from superficial observer to a person with a deeper connection to Caribbean concerns."

On Display in the Sherman Art Library

5/1 - 7/31 2012

Norman Miller, an specialist on East African art & culture has recently published his field notes on Makonde Shetani art, and depictions of witchcraft, Encounters with Witchcraft.  This exhibit showcases some examples of Makonde art from his personal collection, as well as several texts about Makonde art, culture and witchcraft. For further information, click on the link below.

http://researchguides.dartmouth.edu/makonde

Audiobooks are back at the Dartmouth College Library!

Click here to browse the collection.

Individual audiobooks are also available through the Dartmouth Library Catalog.

All books can be downloaded to your computer and to most iPods and mp3 players, using EBSCO's Download Manager software (available on the site). The collection includes fiction and non-fiction, with more added on an ongoing basis. We also welcome your suggestions for titles.

Please contact libraryhelp@dartmouth.edu if you have any questions.

Books24x7® supports workers in acquiring knowledge at the speed of change by instantly delivering trusted information how and when it's needed. Our content collections represent industry's best intelligence, covering business, technology, engineering, finance and a multitude of other subject areas.

Our on-demand platform streamlines information gathering by utilizing a powerful, patented search engine. Combined with a variety of implementation options for easy accessibility, Books24x7 can be embedded into the work life of organizations, enhancing productivity and professional development, minimizing downtime and maximizing performance.

*Access is via username and password and users must register in order to gain access. Register with your e-mail address and WAIT for a response from lmutty@books24x7.com.  Follow registration instructions from that e-mail.

You can access Books 24x7 from April 26, 2012 through June 24, 2012. It is available from the "Find It" page of the Library website under "Digital Resource Trials", or directly at:

http://library.books24x7.com

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A collection of eight Historical Black Newspapers. You can access each one at its own url or you can access Dartmouth's collection of Proquest trials at https://www.proquest.com/trials/trialSummary.action?view=subject&trialBean.token=INLM5E5XPMHCGBPOO0T9.

1) Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003

http://search.proquest.com/hnpatlantadailyworld/advanced?accountid=10422

2) Cleveland Call and Post (1934-1991)

http://search.proquest.com/hnpclevelandcallpost/advanced?accountid=10422

3) Los angeles Sentinel (1934-2005)

http://search.proquest.com/hnplasentinel/advanced?accountid=10422

4) New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993)

http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewamsterdamnews/advanced?accountid=10422

5) Norfolk Journal and Guide (1921-2003)

http://search.proquest.com/hnpnorfolkjournalguide/advanced?accountid=10422

6)Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001)

http://search.proquest.com/hnpnorfolkjournalguide/advanced?accountid=10422

7) Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002)

http://search.proquest.com/hnppittsburghcourier/advanced?accountid=10422

8) The Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988)

http://search.proquest.com/hnpbaltimoreafricanamerican/advanced?accountid=10422

You can access Proquest Historical Black Newspaper Collection from April 17, 2012 through May 17, 2012. It is available from the "Find It" page of the Library website under "Digital Resource Trials", or directly at:

https://www.proquest.com/trials/trialSummary.action?view=subject&trialBean.token=INLM5E5XPMHCGBPOO0T9

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The African American Historical Serials Collection was developed in conjunction with the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) as an effort to preserve endangered serials related to African American religious life and culture.

The culmination of more than 10 years of organizing and collecting materials, the African American Historical Serials Collection is a centralized and accessible resource of formerly fragmentary, widely-dispersed and endangered materials originating from various institutions and sources—including some that had not previously participated in preservation projects. Now compiled and accessible to researchers in one digital collection, this unique resource documents the history of African American life and religious organizations in the 19th-century United States.

This Collection Features:

Over 170 unique titles spanning from 1829 through 1922

Approximately 60,000 pages of searchable primary source content

Sources including periodicals, newspapers and magazines

Reports and annuals from various African American organizations, including churches and educational and service institutions

You can access African American Historical Serials Collection from April 11, 2012 through June 10, 2012. It is available from the "Find It" page of the Library website under "Digital Resource Trials", or directly at:

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=h7i

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This edition of North American Indian Drama contains 172 plays by 33 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more.

The database also includes the Native Playwrights' Newsletter, a unique resource, containing a wealth of original essays, articles, photographs, interviews, reviews, and production information related to the plays.

The plays themselves have been selected using leading bibliographies and with the editorial advice of scholars and the playwrights themselves.
North American Indian Drama uses PhiloLogic software, developed at the University of Chicago, to enable in-depth browsing and searching of both the bibliographic and the full-text elements within the database.

You can access North American Indian Drama from April 4, 2012 through June 3, 2012. It is available from the "Find It" page of the Library website under "Digital Resource Trials", or directly at:

http://indr.alexanderstreet.com

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This fifth release of North American Indian Thought and Culture contains over 119,000 pages of text and images. Included are biographies, auto-biographies, personal narratives, speeches, diaries, letters, and oral histories. The database represents the largest compilation ever created of biographical information on indigenous peoples from all areas of North America.

Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever before. Full-length reference works also are included to give background and context to the narratives.

You can access North American Indian Thought and Culture from April 4, 2012 through June 3, 2012. It is available from the "Find It" page of the Library website under "Digital Resource Trials", or directly at:

http://ibio.alexanderstreet.com

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Community Analyst and Business Analyst Online are online data and mapping products from ESRI, the creators of ArcGIS software.

ESRI Business Analyst Online (BAO) is a Web-based solution that makes custom site evaluation and market analysis fast and easy. Utilizing extensive demographic, consumer spending, and business data, BAO provides detailed information and insights about consumers, their lifestyles and buying behavior, and businesses in your market area.

ESRI Community Analyst is a cloud-based mapping solution that provides simple and easy-to-use GIS capabilities through a web application, an API for custom applications, or as an add-in for ArcGIS for Desktop.

For more information about either tool, see the Analyst page in the research guide for Mapping Online. To get access, you must first create a global account for ESRI. The page includes instructions and links to create your account.

For more information, please contact the Evans Map Room.