Movies @ the Library

Who says summer in the library has to be boring? The St. Paul Campus Library has a number of fun (i.e. non-academic) films available to check out. Many are 2-hour limits, so stop by and watch a movie here on your own laptop, on one of our computers, or on one of the TVs at a media viewing station. Great way to kill a couple hours on campus between sessions (or take a break from studying).

New Resource! Web of Science

Web of Science provides access to the world’s leading citation databases, with authoritative, multidisciplinary coverage from more than 12,000 of the highest impact research journals in the world, including Open Access journals. You’ll find current and retrospective coverage across 526 different subject areas in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities (with backfiles to 2007).

Need help searching Web of Science? Check in with the librarians.

Mexican Poet & Author Carlos Fuentes Dies

Carlos Fuentes, the acclaimed poet and writer from Mexico, passed away this week at age 83. He was part of an explosion of Latin American writers in the 1960s and 70s, one that included Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mario Vargas Llosa.

A few of his books at St. Kate's:

The Old Gringo | PQ7297.F793 G713 1985 

The Orange Tree | PQ7297.F793 N3713 1994 

Where the Air is Clear | PQ7297.F793 W57 

New platform for AMA journals such as JAMA

We have two journals from the American Medical Association: JAMA and The Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.  These journals have migrated to a new platform called JAMA Network.  As the JAMA Network is currently designed, it looks like you have to sign in to see full text articles (see screen capture below).  However, you really only need to sign in if you wish to use the Network's personalization features.  If you want to view the full text, just click the PDF link!  The AMA will probably change this, since they're getting a lot of questions from users!

Children's Book Week May 7-13

Children's Book Week was founded in 1919 as a literacy campaign and celebrates the "transformative power of literacy." Celebrate Children's Book Week and check out the newly relocated juvenile collection at the St. Paul Library. It is now located in the lower level at the bottom of the stairs. The new home allows for plenty of room for those big, wide books chocked full of pictures and great stories. As a bonus, you can sit and read them in front of the big picture windows overlooking the Dew Drop Pond.

2012 poster by David Wiesner

Do you remember a favorite book from childhood? Do you ever revisit those favorites? Are you reading books to your own children? Share your favorite children's books with us!

The Scream by Edvard Munch

Image from Sotheby's

One of the four versions of The Scream, the iconic painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, sold at auction for $119,922,500 on May 2 in New York. According the the Associated Press, the sale at Sotheby's will fund a new museum in Norway.

The Scream was painted in 1895 as part of a series that explored "life, love, and death." The image has become part of pop culture with many take-offs and reproductions.

View The Scream and other Munch work on the Library's database ARTstor, which includes full-color images. You can also learn more about the painting and Munch's career by searching ArtFullText. (KateWay login required)

New Website for Journalism and History Buffs

Investigating Power is a new website that culls the best of American journalism. The site includes interactive timelines on some of the country's most important historical events including Civil Rights, Watergate, Corporate Power, and 9/11. The site highlights journalists from Florence Graves to Mike Wallace. It includes original footage (think "primary source"!) of newscasts and events.