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Games Research in the Libraries’ Collections and Beyond

Image of detail of cover to Computer & Video Games Magazine, November 1981, with illustrations showing characters from Space Invaders.

Posted on March 18, 2025, 9 a.m.

Syracuse University Libraries offers a variety of collections supporting research in the growing field of Games Studies.

Oates in Translation

Posted on March 17, 2025, 4 p.m.

The papers of Joyce Carol Oates, award-winning American novelist, poet and teacher.

Collection Spotlight: Gage, Powered by 500 Women Scientists

woman in lab coat with words "Discover Brilliance"

Posted on March 4, 2025, 9 a.m.

A database of over 10,000 diverse women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine from around the world.

Exploring the Legacy of Andragogy

Posted on March 3, 2025, noon

As an adult education educator, researcher, and lifelong learner, I spent two weeks in the SCRC supported by the Alexander N. Charters Adult Education Grants-in-Aid program.

Women’s History Month 2025

Posted on March 2, 2025, 10 a.m.

International Women’s Day takes place around the world on March 8, 2025, but the whole month of March is set aside as Women’s History Month.

Collection Spotlight: Legislative Insight – Getting the Whole Story

Image of the Main search screen, Advanced search screen, Timeline page and congressional number search screen.

Posted on Feb. 26, 2025, 1 p.m.

Database that contains legislative histories for more than 25,000 laws. Legislative histories include many types of documents produced by Congress that relate to or are tied to the creation of a specific Public Law from 1789 to date.

Sunsetting Experts at Syracuse

Posted on Feb. 25, 2025, 4 p.m.

Experts@Syracuse is being sunset and will no longer be available after March 31, 2025.

Collection Spotlight: Using ProQuest One Literature to identify literary works by authors from a variety of backgrounds and identities

Posted on Feb. 25, 2025, 9 a.m.

ProQuest’s One Literature Database allows user to search, browse and locate material by and about creators based on their gender, ethnicity, nationality and more.

Doodles Exhibit Personality of Union Colonel

Posted on Feb. 24, 2025, 10 a.m.

On one side, the name Ulric Dahlgren written in different styles covers the page surrounded by tiny, unlabeled dollar amounts.

Fair Use: Can I Upload this PDF?

Posted on Feb. 22, 2025, 2 p.m.

Fair use is determined by a number of things, and there is no singular right answer to the question.

Collection Spotlight: Diverse Data on Diversity

Posted on Feb. 18, 2025, 9 a.m.

There are many sources for data on Diversity.

National Entrepreneurship Week 2025

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Posted on Feb. 17, 2025, 3 p.m.

February 17 – 21, 2025 marks National Entrepreneurship Week to celebrate innovation and entrepreneurship.

SCRC’s 2025 Media Preservation Shipment

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Posted on Feb. 14, 2025, 9 a.m.

The SCRC team consists of multiple functional specialists who collaborate to choose and carefully package selected media assets for our ongoing preservation and digitization efforts.