Serial Set Maps, 1817-

Serial Set Maps The folks at Readex have been digitally pulling historic maps from the nearly 14,000 volumes that make up the U.S. Congressional Serials Set. Currently, they have extracted thousands of maps through 1899 and the work continues. But to this point, they have not made them very easy to find. I have discussed [...]

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UNH Library Toolbar Update

About ten days ago, we introduced you to the UNH Library Toolbar. We’ve had a lot of interest in this plug-in, as well as number of questions about installation, so I’ve updated the original posting (December 5, 2007) with additional information. Moreover, on Wednesday, December 19th, at noon, Rob Wolff and I will be hosting [...]

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The UNH Library Toolbar

OK, consider this an early holiday present. Rob Wolff, from our Systems Department, has been working to adapt the LibX plug-in from Virginia Tech to UNH. We were planning on rolling it out at the beginning of next semester, but hey, this is the season for giving. The UNH Library Toolbar is a plug-in for [...]

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The Easy Button: Playing in the JSTOR Sandbox

If you look at the top of the JSTOR search page, there is a question: “What’s new in the JSTOR Sandbox?” The sandbox is literally a place where you can explore new resources and play with planned changes to the JSTOR technology platform. As they continue to work on changes, it includes some screenshots of [...]

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The Easy Button: New Tools for Project MUSE

Project MUSE has developed a search plugin that you can add to your web browser. When added, it will be part of the list of search engines that are available in the search box in the upper right corner on your browser. This will enable you to search MUSE any time your browser is open, [...]

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The Easy Button: Digitized Documents and PDF

Portable Document Format or PDF is a widely accepted file format for exchanging, displaying, and printing documents. Most of the collections of digital documents that we have purchased in recent years feature a PDF function to permit researchers to print or save items. In addition, I have found that it is often faster to save [...]

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The Easy Button: The U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980

U.S. Congressional Serial Set [restricted to UNH users] About a year ago, the UNH Library added the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980 from Readex to its digital holdings. Unfortunately, its bland title suggests page after page of dry legalese. On the contrary, this product is a rich and largely untapped collection of primary source material [...]

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