Libraries Blog Posts

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

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.

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

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

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

Collection Spotlight: College Student Voices in Access World News

Posted on Feb. 11, 2025, 2 p.m.

Discover the student conversations at colleges and universities around the country and the world with Access World News.

Collection Spotlight: Finding Diverse Voices in NoveList Plus

Posted on Feb. 4, 2025, 10 a.m.

NoveList Plus is an EBSCO-provided database designed for discovering book titles and authors recommended by librarians and other experts on staff.

SU Press, A Global Ambassador

Posted on Feb. 3, 2025, noon

Syracuse University Press is a global ambassador for the university.

Black History Month 2025

Posted on Jan. 30, 2025, noon

Resources and display provided by the Libraries in honor of Black History Month.

American Landscape into Art Display

Posted on Jan. 30, 2025, 10 a.m.

Access & Resource Sharing of Bird Library presents a new display titled American Landscape into Art.

Collection Spotlight: Diversifying the Social Work Syllabus

Posted on Jan. 28, 2025, 9 a.m.

Amplifying BIPOC Voices: A Resource for Integrating BIPOC Scholars in Social Work Research.

Winter 2024 Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Posted on Jan. 27, 2025, 11 a.m.

The records for the Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) submitted by the Graduate School for Winter 2024 have been processed and loaded into SURFACE.

Supporting Student Media Literacy

Posted on Jan. 23, 2025, 4 p.m.

Where are students turning for news and important information, and how can the Libraries help evaluate sources for accuracy?

Collection Spotlight: Indigenous Voices through GIS

Posted on Jan. 21, 2025, 9 a.m.

Finding Indigenous voices using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Maps.

Collection Spotlight: Finding Companies Owned by Underrepresented Business Owners

Posted on Jan. 14, 2025, 1 p.m.

Use company databases to create lists of firms owned by underrepresented business owners.

New e-Resources July - December 2024

Posted on Jan. 6, 2025, 9 a.m.

New e-resources in the Libraries' collection from Fall 2024.

URP 100: Information Literacy and Research Strategies

Posted on Jan. 2, 2025, 2 p.m.

A new 1 credit course for Spring 2025.

Innovation Committee

Posted on Jan. 2, 2025, 9 a.m.

In 2022, Advisory Board member Larry Bousquet generously gifted the library the ability to support staff projects, thus the Staff Innovation Fund was established.