The feed for the lastest news from the University of South Carolina Libraries. en-us http://www.sc.edu/library/news Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:56:07 -0400 http://www.sc.edu/library/images/rss_img.jpg http://www.sc.edu/library/news Investext® Investment Research featuring research reports written by top analysts at over 1,000 leading investment banks, brokerage houses, and consulting firms worldwide. Nearly 4,000 new reports are added each business day. http://www.sc.edu/library/news/index.php?mode=view&id=286 http://www.sc.edu/library/news/index.php?mode=view&id=286 American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and the presentation of historical events over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries. http://www.sc.edu/library/news/index.php?mode=view&id=282 http://www.sc.edu/library/news/index.php?mode=view&id=282 Latin American Newspapers includes more than 35 nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin American newspapers, featuring titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and elsewhere. http://www.sc.edu/library/news/index.php?mode=view&id=279 http://www.sc.edu/library/news/index.php?mode=view&id=279 Now you can search ERIC and Education Full Text at the same time. ERIC is the premier U.S. national bibliographic database of education literature. Sponsored by the US Department of Education, ERIC consists of two files: Resources in Education, covering document literature, and Current Index to Journals in Education. Education Full Text includes comprehensive coverage of an international range of English-language periodicals, monographs and yearbooks in the field of education. http://www.sc.edu/library/news/index.php?mode=view&id=278 http://www.sc.edu/library/news/index.php?mode=view&id=278 Overviews of topics sorted among twenty-four categories: Early Childhood Education, Public School Education, Adult Education, Special Education, Physical Education, Extended Learning, Service Learning, Education & the Law, School Administration & Policy, School Safety, Curriculum Organization, Politics, Government & Education, History of Education, Educational Theory, Teaching Methods, Technology in Education, Testing & Evaluation, Educational Psychology, Multicultural Education, English as a Second Language, Alternative Education, Teacher Education, Guidance & Counseling, Research in Education, Higher Education, and International Perspectives. http://www.sc.edu/library/news/index.php?mode=view&id=277 http://www.sc.edu/library/news/index.php?mode=view&id=277 Includes 1,252 newspapers from across the U.S., including The State Newspaper and 25 others from South Carolina. http://www.sc.edu/library/news/index.php?mode=view&id=274 http://www.sc.edu/library/news/index.php?mode=view&id=274 Tom McNally, Dean of Libraries, received the Rempel Award from Student Government at the University's Awards Day Ceremony on April 16. The award is "given annually to a member of the faculty or administrative staff of the University of South Carolina who, by concern for the welfare of the student body, most closely emulates the career of Professor Richard Rempel." Past recipients include President Palms, Jerry Brewer, and Gene Luna. Dean McNally gave this comment about the award, "I was very pleased to receive the award, but realized that I was receiving it for all of us. Every single individual in every one of our libraries works each day to make this a better library for our students. This is a wonderful form of recognition from our students to our Library." http://www.sc.edu/library/news/index.php?mode=view&id=266 http://www.sc.edu/library/news/index.php?mode=view&id=266 For the second year, students who complete research projects for a class (Summer 2008, Fall 2008, and Spring 2009) making use of library resources and services are eligible. The top-prize is $500 and all projects making creative and critical use of information resources are considered. More information is available from http://www.sc.edu/library/undergradaward.html http://www.sc.edu/library/undergradaward.html http://www.sc.edu/library/undergradaward.html Dolley Payne Madison was the most important First Lady of the nineteenth century. The DMDE will be the first-ever complete edition of all of her known correspondence. It is currently complete through April 1837, with a total of 964 documents. http://www.sc.edu/library/news/index.php?mode=view&id=254 http://www.sc.edu/library/news/index.php?mode=view&id=254 Entries are invited from students currently enrolled at the University of South Carolina for the Thomas Cooper Library Student Book Collecting Award. For more details, see the complete announcement on the library's webpage. http://www.sc.edu/library/news/index.php?mode=view&id=252 http://www.sc.edu/library/news/index.php?mode=view&id=252