Introducing Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive

"Debates over Slavery and Abolition. Slavery and Anti-Slavery includes collections from the United States and Europe on the worldwide movement for the abolition of slavery in the eighteenth and nineteenth century.

• This database contains:

• 1.5 million cross-searchable pages: 7285 books, 79 serials, 16 manuscript collections and 377 supreme court records and briefs
• Newly commissioned essays, links to websites, biographies, chronology and bibliographies; reference materials from Macmillan, Charles Scribner's Sons and Gale encyclopedias
• Collections published through partnerships with the Amistad Research Center, Oberlin College, Oxford University and many other institutions"

Gale Cengage Learning

Introducing GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources)

"GREENR focuses on the academic study of sustainability and the environment. Both interactive and current, GREENR allows users to navigate issue, organization and country portals. A one-stop site, this resource provides news, background information, video, unique commentaries, primary source documents and statistics in highly accessible, visually appealing research areas, covering relevant categories including energy systems, healthcare, food, climate change, population, economic development."

Science/AAAS - New Database Tutorial

New!  The Boyden Library has recently added the Science/AAAS database to our collection.  Science/AAAS provides access to the journal Science from the American Association for the Advancement of Science from 1996 to the present. Also includes Science Express, an electronic publication of selected Science papers in advance of print and ScienceNOW, a daily science news from Science journalists.  View the online Science/AAAS Tutorial

Encyclopedia Americana Online and More: New Library Database

The Boyden Library has recently added  Encyclopedia Americana Online to our database collection. The online Encyclopedia Americana is one of the components of the Grolier Online Database which also includes the following features:

• Interactive Maps - includes "a camera icon on the map [that] provides a link to "Pictures of Interest" of that area."
• World Newspapers - links to over 600 online newspapers in over 39 languages
• Dictionary
• GoTube Educational Videos
• Pro/Con Debabe Topics - includes "commentaries and analysis about current events"

Visit the Groler Online website for complete information on this new database (including a video tutorial)

World Book Advanced - New Library Database Tutorial

New!  The World Book Advanced Database has recently been added to our library collection.  View the online tutorial posted below.

Kansas in August

Library Question of the Month
Join in the Fun!

Who wrote ... "I'm as corny as Kansas in August" ... ???

Hint: The answer to this month's question can be answered via the library's Oxford Reference Online database featured in our Boyden Library Databases by Title webpage.

Be sure to drop off your answer in the Question of the Month Box located at the entrance of our library. Good luck!

From all the correct answers, a winner will be drawn and a prize will be awarded on Friday, September 30.

School Meeting February 1, 2011: Read More About It

School Meetings are always uplifting and feature many inspiring presentations.  Usually, our Boyden Library Connection Blog focuses upon one presentation to highlight and to promote library materials that amplify the topic.  In this post, library staff are challenging ourselves to provide information on a wide variety of today's School Meeting topics.  Here goes ...

Readers of the Gabe's Journey blog will also enjoy reading the following titles on the Appalachian Trail :

• The Appalachian Trail Reader
• As Far As The Eye Can See : Reflections Of An Appalachian Trail Hiker
• A Walk In The Woods : Rediscovering America On The Appalachian Trail (available in both hardbound and paperback formats)

For up-to-date information on the current showdown in Egypt, be sure to read one (or more) of  the online news websites that the library features on its Ready Reference website.

Visit the Teen Health and Wellness Database for more information on Stress Management.

For more information on conserving energy, visit the GreenFILE database.  The EBSCO website promotes  GreenFILE as a "research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond".

School Meeting January 11 features Music and Dance

To continue the exhilarating spirit of this week's school meeting, library staff invite you to visit the American Song online database.  American Song is best described by the database itself as "a history database that allows people to hear and feel the music from America's past.The database includes songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Included in the database are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more,"

Visit our library – in person OR online - to read about the library connection for many of Deerfield Academy’s informative events.