The Nature of things

We don't know if you've noticed, but we -- the CBC Librarians -- are making a concerted effort to increase our online offerings. In some cases this means that we shell out big bucks for online access -- in other cases it means that we take advantage of some relatively cheap or free offerings. Because we are such a small school, we can often get access to electronic resources at a highly reduced rate (this doesn't happen VERY often, but sometimes...if we're very lucky).

One such example of this is our newly-added electronic resource to the science magazine Nature. This is actually provided to us FREE via a library consortia that is too complicated to explain; all you need to know is that we now have it and it's great! We have full text access from 2004 - present and the site includes podcasts, videos and more. The online journal will be available from our Web site under the "Journals" page; or you can click at the above link.

As with most things, it is only available on-campus at this time.

Enjoy!

Six degrees of Andy Warhol

The Arkansas Arts Center has an interesting exhibit on Andy Warhol beginning Oct. 17th and running through Feb. 1st. The show is being produced in collaboration with The Andy Warhol Museum which is a part of the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh, PA. I've actually seen to this museum and can tell you that it's fabulous...so this exhibition should be equally so.

Warhol needs no introduction but in case you're interested learning more about him and his art, check out this video from the J.E. Cobb Library: Andy Warhol (Video 700.92 W232z an29). It's a profile of Andy Warhol's life and work since his death in February 1987 and examines a career that spanned painting, film, publishing, rock music and television.

And if you've never had a chance to visit the Arkansas Arts Center (located in downtown Little Rock), take a Saturday afternoon and check it out! You'd be surprised what a great museum it is! The special exhibitions are always well-done and you can tour some of the galleries for free!

More new databases...

The CBC Library has gained access to two new databases from Yale University:

eHRAF World Cultures: The eHRAF World Cultures is a cross-cultural database that contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life. The annually-growing eHRAF database is unique in that the information is organized by cultures and ethnic groups and the full-text documents are subject-indexed at the paragraph level.

eHRAF Archaeology: eHRAF Archaeology is a cross-cultural database containing information on prehistory. This unique, annually-growing eHRAF database is organized by archaeological traditions and the full-text documents are subject-indexed to the paragraph level.

Both of these databases are produced by the Human Relations Area Files, Inc. (HRAF) at Yale University. They are available until Dec. 31, 2008. If you are on-campus, you have access. Off-campus...not so much

We've already heard how great the Archaeology one is -- please continue to let us know that you think!