We Have a winner!

Congratulations to Nate Lane, winner of our December Library Question of the Month

The Question: This 19th century artist and ornithologist is best known for creating the first great collection of American birds that were drawn in their natural habitats. Copies of his work – in several formats – are available at the library. Who is this artist and what is the name of his most famous work?

The Answer:  The artist is John James Audubon.  Audubon's most famous work is The Birds of America.
The Library received 4 correct answers and randomly selected our winner by lottery.  Thank you to everyone who participated.                        

America's Historical Newspapers Database Tutorial

• America's Historical Newspapers Slideshow Tutorial

EBSCOhost Database Tutorials

• EBSCOhost Database Tutorials

Seasons Greetings from the Staff of the Boyden Library

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)

Footnote Examples on our MLA Bibliographic Citation Guide

Per requests of our students and faculty, library staff have recently updated both the print and online copies of the Deerfield Academy MLA Bibliographic Citation Style Guide to include additional examples of footnotes.  See pages 22-23.