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“What ability lurks within women”

Letter from Amelia Earhart to Margaret Bourke-White, August 31, 1933

Posted on March 8, 2023, 10 a.m.

August 31, 1933, famed aviator Amelia Earhart wrote a brief note to photographer and photojournalist, Margaret Bourke-White, thanking Bourke-White for sending on one of her recent photographic prints.

Collection Spotlight: Professional Development on Your Own Time

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Posted on March 3, 2023, 9 a.m.

Career preparation isn’t limited to the classroom. Fill in the missing pieces and learn some new professional development skills.

Collection Spotlight: MarketResearch.com Academic

MarketResearch.com Academic database landing page stating “Welcome, Syracuse University” and “The same market intelligence used by business professionals worldwide. Brought to you by your learning institution.”

Posted on Feb. 24, 2023, 9 a.m.

In-depth market research reports covering the life sciences, information technology, telecommunications, food, beverage, consumer packaged goods, financial services, publishing, and more.

Three Virtual Elsevier STEM Workshops Being Offered

drawing of tree with word Elsevier below it

Posted on Feb. 22, 2023, 9 a.m.

Syracuse University Libraries is offering three virtual Elsevier STEM workshops to the campus community.

Collection Spotlight: Transformative Agreements at SU

words "Syracuse University Libraries SURFACE"

Posted on Feb. 17, 2023, 10 a.m.

Each year, scholars publishing articles in academic journals are increasingly being asked to pay article processing charges (APCs).

And the Grammy Goes To…

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Posted on Feb. 10, 2023, 10 a.m.

The 65th annual Grammy Awards February 5, 2023 provide a great springboard into our collections!

Inside SCRC: A Letter from Booker T. Washington

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Posted on Feb. 9, 2023, 1 p.m.

Washington's 1909 appeal aimed to improve operations at the Tuskegee Institute.

Collection Spotlight: Counseling and Therapy in Video

Cover art of the book: Child Centered Play Therapy by Dr. Garry Landreth

Posted on Feb. 3, 2023, 8 a.m.

Counseling and Therapy in Video provides a large and rich collection of videos for the study of counseling, social work, psychotherapy, and psychology.

Black History Month 2023

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Posted on Jan. 31, 2023, 9 a.m.

Visit Bird Library, 1st Floor from February 1-February 28, 2023

Collection Spotlight: ProQuest TDM Studio for Text Mining

Screenshot of ProQuest TDM landing page (04JAN2023)

Posted on Jan. 27, 2023, 9 a.m.

ProQuest TDM Studio provides a platform for researchers to mine the vast trove of ProQuest holdings.

Collection Spotlight: News and Newspaper Database Collections

four people standing side by side holding up newspapers with different titles

Posted on Jan. 20, 2023, 10 a.m.

Visit the Libraries' full list of News & Newspaper databases.

Collection Spotlight: ProQuest One Literature

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Posted on Jan. 13, 2023, 1 p.m.

ProQuest One Literature is a new, expanded resource and interface supporting research in Literary Studies

New Libraries' Collections: October - December 2022

masthead of Past Masters database

Posted on Jan. 6, 2023, 10 a.m.

New Libraries resources added between October and December 2022.

Collection Spotlight: Policy Commons

circle with bottom tw-thirds in yellow and words Policy Commons

Posted on Dec. 8, 2022, noon

Policy Commons, a database that indexes content from over 20,000 think tanks, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, non-profit foundations and other policy-focused organizations

Research Metrics Tools and Services

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Posted on Nov. 30, 2022, noon

Libraries collaborate across campus to support the University’s goal of advancing research initiatives and achieving greater visibility.

Collection Spotlight: Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

exterior of Slocum Hall, school of architecture, building

Posted on Nov. 29, 2022, 3 p.m.

The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals serves the need for access to a wide range of both new and older periodical literature.

King + King Architecture Library Faculty Picks

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Posted on Nov. 21, 2022, 3 p.m.

Professor Lawrence Chua has made the selection of books introducing users to materials on South Asian modernism in Cities.

Collection Spotlight: Digital Sanborn Maps

map of Syracuse University

Posted on Nov. 17, 2022, 2 p.m.

A collection of detailed fire insurance maps for more than 12,000 cities, towns and communities throughout the US.

Collection Spotlight: SURFACE

Syracuse University Libraries, SURFACE, the Face of Syracuse University Research

Posted on Nov. 11, 2022, 4 a.m.

SURFACE, Syracuse University’s institutional repository, is a lot of things.

Native American Heritage Month: Indigenous Perspective

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Posted on Nov. 7, 2022, noon

In 2005, Syracuse University created the Haudenosaunee Promise Scholarship to acknowledge the university is founded on the Onondaga Nations' ancestral land and honor cultural legacies.

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