Hilda C. Landers Library & Archives

Open Access Week 2017

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This week the SMCM Library, Archives & Media Center is celebrating and promoting Open Access Week

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What is Open Access?

The Open Access movement believes in the FREE, IMMEDIATE, ONLINE access to results of scholarly research.

How can I find out more?

Check out our Open Access Week Research Guide for a crash course in the movement, tools for accessing Open Access materials recommended by SMCM Librarians, and more at libguides.smcm.edu/oaweek

How can I participate?

Stop by the first floor of the library and share your experiences accessing scholarly materials on the web!

Library News You Can Use 2016

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Student's in the stacksHappy New Year! Happy New Semester!

Since I know everyone’s busy the first week of classes, here’s a round-up of library news & helpful links you can use to get off to a great start in 2016:

Working on an SMP? We offer a bunch a different services to help you! For example, did you know you can reserve a shelf in the library to hold all your SMP related research books?!?!

Our Research Guides got an update over the break!

So did the Databases page!

Battery forever at 10%? You can check out phone chargers here (and other things you might not know about the SMCM Library).

The anthropological library study continues! Keep an eye out for folks asking for your opinion about the library throughout this semester.

An oldie but a goodie – get your FREE access to the New York Times online.

As always, if you have a question about anything – don’t hesitate to Ask Us!

Welcome back and good luck!

Access to History

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

photo courtesy of the Library of Congress

Today we commemorate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and what better way to do so than to take a look at some of the words and photos that tell his story. The King Library and Archives in Atlanta has a fascinating digital collection of Dr. King’s writings, as well as photographs and documents associated with him. As stated on the Digital Collection homepage, “There are nearly a million documents associated with the life of Martin Luther King Jr.” so what’s online is just a snippet, albeit a fascinating one.

Being able to access a fascinating primary sources online is a result of the hard work of diligent archivists, librarians, interns and technicians who not only preserve historical documents but ensure that they are accessible to the public. Our own St. Mary’s Archives include several digital collections like the Historic Campus Photographs Collection and the St. Mary’s Student Newspaper Archive. The library also provides access to historical documents and primary source materials through online databases like Everyday Life and Women in America, the Picture Post Historical Archive, Victorian Popular Culture, and Historic Documents Online.

So the next time you feel like accessing a piece of history, why not at a library?

Research Databases Anytime, Anywhere

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Recent changes on the library’s website may have left more than a few people puzzled about how to access our online research databases and journals when off-campus. This is my best attempt at clearing up any confusion and hopefully getting people back on track with their research.

On our OLD site, you always went through Research Port to access databases while off-campus.

On our NEW site, you can use the Database and Journal Search right on the homepage to access online databases and journals whether you are on campus or off campus. This new search puts the search functionality of ResearchPort front-and-center, saving you time and clicks.

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St. Mary's City, MD, 20686-3001

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