Did you know... the library has ebooks! You can access these books from any device with an internet connection, no special reader required!
If you are researching any Psychology related topics, we recommend browsing through APA PsycNET. PsycNET contains several books and journals. The library offers access to APA Books from 2010-Present day. You can browse the PsycNET HERE and APA Books HERE. A few samples of titles we have available to you can be found here.
APA handbook of behavior analysis
Next in our featured series of ebooks is our collection from Springer. Springer is "an interactive database containing full-text journal articles, book chapters, and reference works in various disciplines. Covering every major field of scholarly endeavor, Springer PDFs will add value to research papers on most any academic topic."
A few titles we like from Springer include:
Designing the Urban Renaissance
Psychotherapy: A Critical Guide
Sustainability in America's Cities
You can access these books from any device with an internet connection, no special reader required!
Did you know... the library has ebooks! You can access these books from any device with an internet connection, no special reader required!
One option for searching ebooks is ebrary. You can browse the ebrary subject headings by clicking HERE.
A few titles we like from ebrary include:
Democracy and music education : liberalism, ethics, and the politics of practice
Fat Shame : Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture
All Roosevelt locations are closed Saturday May 25-Monday May 27 for the Memorial Day Holiday.
Have a safe and happy holiday. Regular hours will resume Tuesday, May 28 with all library locations opening at 9:00am.
120 years ago, on May 1, 1893, Chicago’s first world’s fair, the World's Columbian Exposition, opened to the public. The Exposition commemorated the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the new world by Christopher Columbus, celebrated the progress of civilization, and heralded Chicago’s claim to being a world-class city. U.S. President Grover Cleveland and Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison led the parade down Michigan Avenue to open the Fair on May 1, 1893.
World-class architects designed the classical buildings for the Fair, which took place in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance near the University of Chicago. One significant building, making up part of The White City, was the Transportation Building, built by Adler and Sullivan, who would later design the Auditorium Building.
The Murray-Green Library has installed a display of rare books, photographs and books from the Exposition, drawn from the University Archives and circulating book collection, on the 10th floor of the Auditorium Building. The display will run from May through August. Stop by the library for a visit!
For more information on the World's Columbian Exposition, visit this site: libguides.roosevelt.edu/content.php?pid=461786
Verne Jackson has written for Chicago Magazine. She is a former recipient of the Penny Missouri Award for Best Fiction in a Smaller Magazine. She lives in Chicago.
Tired of the brutality forced upon them by Southern whites, a group of African Americans in Depression-era Arkansas form a secret society known as "The Circle" whose members vow to fight back against racist oppression with unity and bravery. Using clever tactics and a mysterious helper, the group quietly begins to turn the tables on Colored Town’s abusers. The success of their endeavors is a moving testament to the power of educated activism and the strength of taking a unified stand.
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Last week the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) launched. This new platform brings together the cultural collections from museums, libraries, and archives and makes them available for users to search from one convenient location. Through DPLA, you have access to millions of items--photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more. You can search and browse by timeline, map, collection, or topic and then use and share what you find.
From their website:
[DPLA] strives to contain the full breadth of human expression, from the written word, to works of art and culture, to records of America’s heritage, to the efforts and data of science. The DPLA aims to expand this crucial realm of openly available materials, and make those riches more easily discovered and more widely usable and used.
At RU Library we’re excited about exploring this new resource, and we hope you will be too. Below are some examples of what you can find in DPLA:
Activism in the U.S.
DPLA features a number of exhibits that highlight the many resources searchable through their platform. The Activism in the U.S. exhibit has pictures and descriptions of activism on topics ranging from civils rights to LGBT activism.
From the dp.la Education Activism Collection
Maps
Among other collections, DPLA searches the David Rumsey map collection.
From the David Rumsey collection: Official railroad map of Illinois. 1876.
Smithsonian Collections
DPLA has access to the phenomenal digital archives of the Smithsonian Insitute. When you browse the timeline, you can find items dating back to the 14th century.
Folio from a Mu'nis al-Abrar fi Deqa'iq al-Ash'ar (Free Man's Guide to the Subtleties of Poetry) by Badr al-Din Jajarmi (d. 1287);
And Much More!
What can you find in DPLA?
