Audio Shakespeare in Literature Online

Literature Online now includes the Arkangel productions of Shakespeare’s plays.

The Arkangel production of audio plays brings together all of Shakespeare’s plays in fully dramatised recordings featuring many noted Royal Shakespeare Company actors. Noted performances include Simon Russell Beale as Hamlet, Joseph Fiennes as Romeo and Sir John Gielgud as Gower in Pericles. The series won the 2004 Audie Award from the Audio Publishers Association and has garnered wide praise with the New York Times describing the series as a "rhapsody of words, assembled for the ear".

Each of the 38 plays is available in full and unabridged form based on a modern authoritative edition and can be played on any mp3 compatible media player. To navigate to the complete list of audio plays simply click on the new Multimedia link in the left hand toolbar. Audio plays can be accessed at scene level and have been linked with the Full Text already available in Literature Online. With links from the Full Text of the plays to the audio versions it is possible to seamlessly listen to and read all of Shakespeare’s dramatic works.

Credo Reference Update: 6/1/10

Credo Reference recently added the following:

  • The 9/11 Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO
  • Dictionary of Microbiology & Molecular Biology, Wiley
  • A Dictionary of Travel and Tourism Terminology, CABI
  • Encyclopedia of Energy, Elsevier Science & Technology
  • Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications, Elsevier Science & Technology
  • Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History, ABC-CLIO
  • Key Concepts in Critical Social Theory, Sage UK

9 New Cambridge Companions

Nine new titles have recently been added to Cambridge Companions Online:

  • Cambridge Companion to Lucretius
  • Cambridge Companion to Greek Lyric
  • Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare’s Last Plays
  • Cambridge Companion to August Stringberg
  • Cambridge Companion to the Epic
  • Cambridge Companion to the Literature of Los Angeles
  • Cambridge Companion to Christian Philosophical Theology
  • Cambridge Companion to Malcolm X
  • Cambridge Companion to Muhammad

JSTOR Update 5/28/10

The following journals have been added to JSTOR.

African Music [1954- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=afrimusi
Previous Title: The African Music Society Newsletter [1952-1953] (2078-807X)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=afrmussocnew
Previous Title: Newsletter. African Music Society [1948-1951] (2078-8061)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=newafrmussoc
Release Content:
Vol. 1, Nos. 1-4 (June, 1948 – June, 1951);
Vol. 1, Nos. 5-6 (June, 1952 – September, 1953);
Vol. 1, No. 1 (1954) – Vol. 7, No. 4 (1999)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: International Library of African Music
ISSN: 0065-4019
Note: No issues were published from 2000-2006.

American Literary Realism [1999- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=amerlitereal
Previous Title: American Literary Realism, 1870-1910 [1967-1999] (0002-9823)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=amerlitereal1870
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Fall, 1967) – Vol. 31, No. 3 (Spring, 1999);
Vol. 32, No. 1 (Fall, 1999) – Vol. 39, No. 1 (Fall, 2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISSN: 1540-3084

Anales de la literatura española contemporánea [1981- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=analliteespacont
Previous Title: Anales de la narrativa española contemporánea [1979-1980] (0270-6334)http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=analnarrespncont
Previous Title: Anales de la novela de posguerra [1976-1978] (0145-2363)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=analnoveposg
Previous Title: Journal of Spanish Studies: Twentieth Century [1973-1980] (0092-1807)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jspanstud20cent
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring, 1973) – Vol. 8, No. 3 (Winter, 1980);
Vols. 1-3 (1976-1978);
Vols. 4-5 (1979-1980);
Vol. 6 (1981) – Vol. 31, No. 3 (2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Society of Spanish & Spanish-American Studies
ISSN: 0272-1635

Anthropologica
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=anthropologica
Release Content:
Nos. 1-8 (1955-1959);
New Series, Vol. 1, No. 1/2 (1959) – New Series, Vol. 28, No. 1/2 (1986);
Vol. 29, No. 1 (1987) – Vol. 48, No. 2 (2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Canadian Anthropology Society
ISSN: 0003-5459

Aula-Historia Social
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=aulahistsoci
Release Content:
Nos. 1-18 (Spring, 1998 – Autumn, 2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Fundacion Instituto de Historia Social
ISSN: 1139-1405

Bridges
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=bridges
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring, 1990/5750) – Vol. 11, No. 2 (Autumn, 2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISSN: 1046-8358

Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=bulcouresmusedu
Release Content:
Nos. 1-170 (1963 – Fall, 2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISSN: 0010-9894

Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=bullrijk
Release Content:
Vol. 1, Nr. 1/2 (1953) – Vol. 55, Nr. 4 (2007)
Moving Wall: 2 years
Publisher: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
ISSN: 0165-9510
Note: Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum is the previous title to The Rijksmuseum Bulletin. The volumes under the current title, The Rijksmuseum Bulletin, will be publicly released into the JSTOR archive in 2012.

College Music Symposium
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=collmusisymp
Release Content:
Vols. 1-47 (Fall, 1961 – 2007)
Moving Wall: 2 years
Publisher: The College Music Society
ISSN: 0069-5696

Diderot Studies
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=diderotstudies
Release Content:
Vols. 1-29 (1949-2003)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Librairie Droz
ISSN: 0070-4806
Note: No issues were published from 2004-2006.

Fine Arts Journal
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=fineartsj
Release Content:
Vol. 14, No. 3 (March, 1903) – Vol. 37, No. 3 (March, 1919)
Publication of this title ceased in 1919.
ISSN: 2151-2760
Note: The content for 1899-1902 will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.

The High School Journal
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=highschooljour
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (January, 1918) – Vol. 90, No. 2 (December/January, 2006/2007)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
ISSN: 0018-1498

Historia Social
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=historiasocial
Release Content:
Nos. 2-56 (Autumn, 1988 – 2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Fundacion Instituto de Historia Social
ISSN: 0214-2570
Note: The content for No. 1 (1988) will b
e released as soon as the issue becomes available to JSTOR.

History of Philosophy Quarterly
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=histphilquar
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (January, 1984) – Vol. 23, No. 4 (October, 2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISSN: 0740-0675

L’Homme
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=homme
Release Content:
T. 1, No. 1 (January/April, 1961) – 37e Année, No. 143 (July/September, 1997);
No. 146 (April/June, 1998) – No. 165 (January/March, 2003)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: EHESS
ISSN: 0439-4216
Note: The content for 2004 will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.

Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jearlmodcultstud
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring/Summer, 2001) – Vol. 6, No. 2 (Fall/Winter, 2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISSN: 1531-0485

Journal of Education for Library and Information Science [1984- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jedulibinfosci
Previous Title: Journal of Education for Librarianship [1960-1984] (0022-0604)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jedulib
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Summer, 1960) – Vol. 24, No. 4 (Spring, 1984) + Directory Issues (1971-1984);
Vol. 25, No. 1 (Summer, 1984) – Vol. 47, No. 4 (Fall, 2006) + Directory Issues (1984/1985 – 1993/1994)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
ISSN: 0748-5786

National Academy Notes including the Complete Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, National Academy of Design [1884-1889]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=naacnicocasenacd
Previous Title: Illustrated Art Notes Upon the Annual Exhibition of the National Academy of Design [1882-1883] (2152-856X)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=ilarnoupanexnaad
Previous Title: American Academy Notes [1881] (2152-8551)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=ameracadnote
Release Content:
No. 1 (1881);
Nos. 2-3 (1882-1883);
Nos. 4-9 (1884-1889)
Publication of this title ceased in 1889.
ISSN: 2152-8578

Oregon Historical Quarterly [1926- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=oregonhistq
Previous Title: The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society [1900-1926] (2153-1706)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=qoregonhistsoc
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (March, 1900) – Vol. 27, No. 2 (June, 1926);
Vol. 27, No. 3 (September, 1926) – Vol. 107, No. 4 (Winter, 2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Oregon Historical Society
ISSN: 0030-4727

Ploughshares
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=ploughshares
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (1971) – Vol. 33, No. 4 (Winter, 2007/2008)
Moving Wall: 2 years
Publisher: Emerson College
ISSN: 0048-4474

Poetry
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=poetry
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (October, 1912) – Vol. 189, No. 3 (December, 2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Poetry Foundation
ISSN: 0032-2032

Profession
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=profession
Release Content:
1977-2004
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Modern Language Association
ISSN: 0740-6959

Revista Chilena de Literatura
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=revchilenalit
Release Content:
Nos. 1-73 (Autumn, 1970 – November, 2008)
Moving Wall: 1 years
Publisher: Universidad de Chile
ISSN: 0048-7651

Studies in Bibliography [1949- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=studbibl
Previous Title: Papers of the Bibliographical Society, University of Virginia [1948-1949] (2153-3857)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=papebiblsociuniv
Release Content:
Vol. 1 (1948/1949);
Vols. 2-55 (1949/1950 – 2002)
Moving Wall: 7 years
Publisher: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia
ISSN: 0081-7600

Studies in Romanticism
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=studroma
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Autumn, 1961) – Vol. 45, No. 4 (Winter, 2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Boston University
ISSN: 0039-3762

Archival Newsreels added to Films on Demand

Films Media Group has added over 250 historic newsreels from United News to Films on Demand. Focusing on World War II, these films offer an intriguing glimpse into American life during turbulent times. Useful as a primary source for historical and cultural research, each newsreel is segmented by subject for convenient searching and viewing, and can be integrated into custom playlists.

Titles are available immediately: in the "View By Subject" bar, click on the link "Archival Films & Newsreels" to browse over 1,200 newsreel segments, or use Advanced Search for keyword searches by selecting "Archival Films & Newsreels" in the "Subject" drop-down menu.

Interviews: Library Prize Winners 2010

Interviews with the winners of the 2010 Library Prize for Undergraduate Research are now available.

bermudez.jpgDonald Bermudez speaking at the Library Prize Awards Ceremony, May 5, 2010

Donald Bermudez – author of Keystone of the Keystone: The Falls of the Delaware and Bucks County 1609-1692 (History 4997) – and faculty sponsor Rita Krueger are interviewed by Adam Shambaugh

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iTunes U link (for downloads)

 

hussey.jpgBrian Hussey speaking at the Library Prize Awards Ceremony, May 5, 2010

Brian Hussey – author of Setting the Agenda: The Effects of Administration Debates and the President’s Personal Imperatives on Forming Foreign Policy During the Reagan Administration (History 4997) – and faculty sponsor Rita Krueger are interviewed by Fred Rowland

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iTunes U link (for downloads)

 

young.jpgCharise Young speaking at the Library Prize Awards Ceremony, May 5, 2010

Charise Young – author of African American Women’s Basketball in the 1920s and 1930s: Active Participants in the “New Negro” Movement (History 4296) – and faculty sponsor Bettye Collier-Thomas are interviewed by Fred Rowland

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iTunes U link (for downloads)

For more information on this year’s winners and honorable mentions, go to the Winners page.

2010 Library Prize Award Ceremony

Classes are over and finals underway, but you might still be curious about the outcome of the 2010 Library Prize for Undergraduate Research. This year’s winners were honored at an award ceremony that took place one week ago today, May 5 at 4:30 p.m., in Paley Lecture Hall. Faculty who worked with the winners were also present. Drs. Krueger and Collier-Thomas spoke passionately about their students’ winning projects and the experience of helping shepherd such amazing examples of undergraduate research to completion.

The winners also spoke eloquently about the starts and stops, frustrations and triumphs of conducting the research necessary to complete their papers. Prior to the award ceremony the three winning students sat down with their primary faculty sponsors for interviews.

Look for links to the MP3 interview files, PDFs of the winning projects, and pictures of the winners and honorable mentions to appear on our Winners page shortly.

New Trial: Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels

We have trial access to Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels until 7/7/10.  It is the “first-ever scholarly online collection for researchers and students of adult comic books and graphic novels.”  According to the publisher:

Underground and Independent Comics provides a comprehensive view of alternative comics from the 1960s to today, particularly those from North America. There are also some pre-1960s materials included due to their influence on later works and their overall historical significance.

The collection contains scans of both original comics and reprint books.  Wherever possible we have included the original comic books instead of, or in addition to, later reprints.  Since many underground comics were anthologies, we have only included those stories for which we have received permission from the copyright holders.

This first release features approximately 24,000 pages of comics and a small number of The Comics Journal issues. Future releases will introduce additional content and functionality that will allow for more detailed browsing, searching, and content analysis.

At completion Comics will include more than 100,000 pages of materials, including 75,000 pages of primary materials (the comics themselves), and more than 25,000 pages of materials about comics—interviews, commentary, theory, and criticism—from The Comics Journal and other secondary sources.

Your feedback on the trial is appreciated!

An Interview with author Sharon White

sharon white.jpgInterview with Sharon White

On Thursday, March 25, 2010, author and professor Sharon White visited the Paley Library Book Club to discuss her most recent book, Vanished Gardens: Finding Nature in Philadelphia. Sharon White is the recipient of a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship for Creative Nonfiction and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Sharon spoke to the Book Club about her own experiences and explorations of public gardens in Philadelphia. She also discussed her research of the little-known history of urban agriculture that is as old as the city itself. After the book club talk, Sharon sat down with librarian Adam Shambaugh to chat about Vanished Gardens, her earlier works, life in Philadelphia, and writing as a healing process. Please have a listen.

 

Adam Shambaugh

Refworks 2.0 beta available

When you log into Refworks, you now have the option to try out the Refworks 2.0 beta version. Just click on the link in the upper right corner for “Refworks 2.0.” When using Refworks 2.0, you will have access to all the citations in your Refworks database. From Refworks 2.0, you can switch back to the traditional interface by clicking “Refworks Classic” in the upper right corner. Make sure you save any new work before switching between the two interfaces.

Refworks 2.0 preview RW2.jpg —Fred Rowland