What’s New at Schaffer Library

Every two weeks, the Homeland Security Digital Library identifies “Critical Releases in Homeland Security,” a targeted collection of recently-released documents of particular interest or potential importance.

DHS’ Role in State and Local Fusion Centers Is Evolving
United States. Dept. of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General

Freedom in the World 2009: Setbacks and Resilience
Freedom House

Nuclear Challenges and Policy Options for the Next U.S. Administration
Monterey Institute of International Studies. James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies

Strategic Implications of Global Health
United States. National Intelligence Council

ARTstor is partnering with the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum to share approximately 1,200 images of works by Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986). The images will include all of the museum’s works by O’Keeffe — paintings, drawings, and sculpture dating from 1901 to 1984. The collection in ARTstor will present the entire range of O’Keeffe’s oeuvre, from her early experiments with abstraction to mature works. Subjects range from the artist’s iconic flowers and bleached desert skulls to nudes, landscapes, cityscapes, still lifes, as well as her highly innovative abstractions.
For more detailed information about this collection, visit the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum collection page.

Related collections:

• Carnegie Arts of the United States
• The Phillips Collection
• George Eastman House Collection
• Terra Foundation for American Art
• Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
• Exhibition Installation Photograph Collection (The Museum of Modern Art Archives)

Did you know we had access to Library PressDisplay with instant access to 650 newspapers from 76 countries in 38 countries? Just like reading the familiar print edition, you can browse articles and other key content, such as pictures, advertisements, classifieds, and notices.

The service also provides up to a 60-day backfile and the ability to perform keyword searches across all titles and the entire backfile. Multilingual Interface - the interface is available in English, French, Russian, Italian, German, and Arabic.

and over 41,000 trees saved! (Check it Out)

Free Download: Mozart’s Serenade No. 11 in E flat, K. 375

Of the three substantial wind serenades composed in Mozart’s early years in Vienna, K. 375 is probably the earliest, dating from October 1781. Originally scored for pairs of clarinets, bassoons, and horns, a revision of July 1782 added oboes to bring the instrumentation in line with the standard ‘harmonie’ ensemble.

This recording is performed by the Ensemble á Vent Français Bordeaux Aquitaine, Michel Arrignon, conductor.

Download this work now through December 22nd, 2008.

Most Schaffer Library online resources are available to the Union College Community only. In order to access on-campus resources from off-campus, you need to have either a VPN account or a proxy account available from ITS. You can download the form from their website to apply for an off-campus account and return it to the ITS office located in Steinmetz Hall. ITS is open Monday - Friday 8:30am - 4:54pm.

If you are already home - call 388-6293 during business hours for further instructions.

Free Download: Berlioz’s Overture to Benvenuto Cellini

For Berlioz, success in opera was the surest route to financial reward and artistic reputation. Berlioz embarked on a search for a suitable subject, finally settling on Benvenuto Cellini’s memoirs. Initially cast for the Opera-Comique in 1834, Berlioz elevated the tone of the work and offered it to the Paris Opera.

This recording is performed by the Orchestre national de Montpellier, Lionel Arnaud, conductor.

Download this work now through December 8th, 2008.

Lion now offers more than 65 volumes of poetry from Faber and Faber Ltd.

In addition to the Faber titles already covered in Literature Online
(including notable works by T. S. Eliot, Seamus Heaney, Sylvia
Plath, Ted Hughes, and Paul Muldoon), this extended agreement
includes the poetry of W. H. Auden and Philip Larkin, previously
unavailable in electronic form. Also added are Nobel prize-winner
Seamus Heaney’s translation of Beowulf, T. S. Eliot’s early poetry,
and more recently published material.

The Latest News

The library is undergoing a long term trial of WebFeat - a federated search engine, which allows for searching across several of the Library’s electronic subscriptions simultaneously.

“Any Topic” searches databases across disciplinary boundaries (i.e., JSTOR, Proquest, etc.) Other categories are available from the pull-down menu. Please note that Webfeat does not search every database that we have access to. That list can be found via our Databases & Indexes page.

After submitting your search you will be presented with the first ten results from multiple databases. Results are displayed in the order that they are returned from the source, the best databases are not necessarily listed first.

An evaluation of nearly 180 subscription-based electronic resources in 14 subject categories

Check out the latest e-reviews with Library Journal as eight librarians attempt to organize some of the best-known respected (along with some well kept secret) e-resources available into 14 key subject categories and assess them according to the criteria they use most when considering what to buy.

See full review online.

The Global Economic Crisis

According to the International Monetary Fund, much of the world, including Europe, the United States and Japan, is currently in or close to recession. The crisis started with the collapse of subprime mortgages in the U.S. and quickly spread to financial markets around the globe.

The BBC reports that Japan is suffering from falling exports and weakening consumer demand at home. European economies are also predicted to undergo a period of weak or negative growth and in the U.S., 750,000 jobs were lost this year. Hungary, Iceland, Ukraine and Pakistan are all seeking emergency relief from the IMF.

Central banks have been very aggressive in helping to shore up flagging financial institutions either through recapitalizations or buying up assets of private firms as seen in the U.S. with the $85 billion government rescue of AIG.

This month CIAO examines the global financial crisis.

Check here for more updates in November