Discussing American Jewish History Research

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On September 9, in a ceremony at Sullivan Hall, over one hundred interested faculty, students, staff, friends, and members of the public celebrated the arrival of the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center (PJAC) to Temple’s Main Campus. This 5 million piece collection is perhaps the best local Jewish archive anywhere in the country and finds an excellent home in the Temple University Libraries’ Urban Archives, a research center specializing in twentieth century Philadelphia. Another new arrival to Temple’s Main Campus, from its former Temple University Center City home, is the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History. Both of these organizations will invigorate Jewish studies research at Temple University. On November 6, Sarah Sherman, Archivist for the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, and Lila Berman, head of the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History, sat down with librarian Fred Rowland to discuss the recent arrival of these two organizations. They discuss the long arc of Philadelphia Jewish history, the history of their respective organizations, and their roles in promoting research at Temple University. Interview (mp3; 28:24 minutes; 26 MB)

JSTOR Update 2/8/10

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The following journals have been added to JSTOR.

Libraries & the Cultural Record [2006- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=librandcultrec
Previous Title: Libraries & Culture [1988-2006] (0894-8631)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=librandcult
Previous Title: The Journal of Library History (1974-1987) [1974-1978] (0275-3650)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=thejlibrhist
Previous Title: Journal of Library History, Philosophy, and Comparative Librarianship [1973] (0090-8894)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jlibhistphicomli
Previous Title: The Journal of Library History (1966-1972) [1966-1972] (0022-2259)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jlibrhisto
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (January, 1966) – Vol. 7, No. 4 (October, 1972);
Vol. 8, Nos. 1-3/4 (January – July/October, 1973);
Vol. 9, No. 1 (January, 1974) – Vol. 22, No. 4 (Fall, 1987);
Vol. 23, No. 1 (Winter, 1988) – Vol. 41, No. 2 (Spring, 2006);
Vol. 41, Nos. 3-4 (Summer-Fall, 2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISSN: 1932-4855

Chasqui
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=chasqui
Release Content:
Vol. 2, No. 2 (February, 1973) – Vol. 35, Special Issue No. 3 (2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Chasqui: revista de literatura latinoamericana
ISSN: 0145-8973
Note: The content for Vol. 1 (1972) will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.

The Clearing House [1936- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=clearinghouse
Previous Title: Junior-Senior High School Clearing House [1929-1936] (1947-3885)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=junsenhischclho
Previous Title: The Junior High Clearing House (1928-1929) [1928-1929] (1947-3877)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=junihighclhouse
Previous Title: The Junior High School Clearing House [1923-1924] (1947-3869)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=junhighschclhous
Previous Title: The Junior High Clearing House (1920-1921) [1920-1921] (1947-3850)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=junhighclearhous
Release Content:
Vol. 1, Nos. 1-8 (1920-1921);
Vol. 2, Nos. 1-8 (June, 1923 – May, 1924);
Vol. 3, Nos. 1-8 (April, 1928 – April/May, 1929);
Vol. 4, No. 1 (September, 1929) – Vol. 10, No. 9 (May, 1936);
Vol. 11, No. 1 (September, 1936) – Vol. 78, No. 2 (November/December, 2004)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Heldref Publications
ISSN: 0009-8655

Hispamérica
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=hispamerica
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (July, 1972) – Vol. 35, No. 105 (December, 2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Saul Sosnowski
ISSN: 0363-0471

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health [1979- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jepidcommheal
Previous Title: Epidemiology and Community Health [1979] (0142-467X)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=epidcommheal
Previous Title: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health [1978] (0141-7681)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jepidcommh1978
Previous Title: British Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine [1953-1977] (0007-1242)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=britjprevsocmed
Previous Title: British Journal of Social Medicine [1947-1952] (0366-0842)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=britjsocimedi
Release Content:
Vol. 2, No. 1 (January, 1948) – Vol. 6, No. 4 (October, 1952);
Vol. 7, No. 1 (January, 1953) – Vol. 31, No. 4 (December, 1977);
Vol. 32, Nos. 1-4 (March-December, 1978);
Vol. 33, No. 1 (March, 1979);
Vol. 33, No. 2 (June, 1979) – Vol. 59, No. 12 (December, 2005)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN: 0143-005X
Note: The content for Vol. 1 (1947) and Vol. 60 (2006) will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.

Journal of Medical Ethics
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jmedethics
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (April, 1975) – Vol. 32, No. 12 (December, 2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN: 0306-6800

Women’s Studies International [1982-1984]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=womestudinte
Previous Title: International Supplement to the Women’s Studies Quarterly [1982] (0730-5079)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=intesuppwomestud
Release Content:
No. 1 (January, 1982);
Nos. 2-3 (July, 1982 – April, 1984)
Publication of this title ceased in 1984.
Publisher: The Feminist Press at the City University of New York
ISSN: 1041-9527

Yale Law & Policy Review
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=yalelawpolirevi
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Fall, 1982) – Vol. 25, No. 1 (Fall, 2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Yale Law & Policy Review, Inc.

ISSN: 0740-8048

Previous Titles Added to Currently Published Titles

The following journals have been added to the JSTOR archive as previous titles to already present journals. Please see notes included for these titles for current title information.

Browning Institute Studies
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=browinststud
Release Content:
Vols. 1-18 (1973-1990)
Moving Wall: N/A
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 0092-4725
Note: Browning Institute Studies is a previous title to Victorian Literature and Culture.

Center House Bulletin
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=centerhousebull
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (March, 1971) – Vol. 4, No. 1 (Winter, 1974)
Moving Wall: N/A
Publisher: Blackwell on behalf of the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress
ISSN: 0098-809X
Note: Center House Bulletin is the previous title to Presidential Studies Quarterly.

The Journal of International Relations [1919-1922]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jinterelations
Previous Title: The Journal of Race Development [1910-1919] (1068-3380)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jracedeve
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (July, 1910) – Vol. 9, No. 4 (April, 1919);
Vol. 10, No. 1 (July, 1919) – Vol. 12, No. 4 (April, 1922)
Moving Wall: N/A
ISSN: 0148-8937
Note: The Journal of International Relations is the previous title to Foreign Affairs.

In Every Tongue–Speaking about Gary Tobin

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The Center for Afro-Jewish Studies and the Jewish Studies Program held its 3rd Annual Symposium on Race and Judaism on November 19, 2009. The day’s program was devoted to themes in memory of the late Dr. Gary Tobin who died on July 6, 2009. Gary Tobin was the President of the Institute for Jewish and Community Research, and, along with his wife Dianne, the founder of Be’chol Lashon/In Every Tongue, “a think-tank devoted to the study of Jewish diversity and bringing diverse communities of Jewish people together across the globe.”  (View this short film about Be’chol Lashon.)  Gary Tobin was a social scientist, teacher, and community organizer with interests in Jewish demography, philanthropy, antisemitism, and anti-Israelism.

On the morning of the symposium, librarian Fred Rowland sat down with four of the participants to discuss Gary Tobin, the organizations that he created, the issues to which he devoted his life, and the day’s events. They were Lewis Gordon, professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Afro-Jewish Studies; Laura Levitt, professor of religion and women’s studies; Rabbi Capers Funnye of the Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation in Chicago, and Walter Isaac, graduate fellow for the Center for Afro-Jewish Studies.

7 New Cambridge Companions

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

New ZMATH Interface

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New features of the new ZMATH interface include:

  • full inclusion of MathML with fast graphic display
  • enhanced retrieval combining field search, one-line search and command search
  • quicker retrieval trough load balancing and caching
  • real »anywhere«-search without exclusion of stop-words
  • full logical combinations and arbitrary * abbreviations possible
  • initial reference linking for selected journals

Further details including browser requirements are available here.

Credo Reference Update: 1/28/10

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Credo Reference recently added the following:

  • Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Men and Women in the World’s Cultures, Springer
  • Encyclopedia of Special Education: A Reference for the Education of the Handicapped and Other Exceptional Children and Adults, Wiley
  • Encyclopedia of Women’s Autobiography, ABC-CLIO
  • Encyclopedia of Women’s Health, Springer
  • Gender and Education: An Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO
  • National Gallery Collection
  • Power and Succession in Arab Monarchies, Lynne Rienner Publications
  • The Praeger Handbook of Latino Education in the U.S., ABC-CLIO

Preventive Education Reduces Plagiarism

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According to a new research study, exposing students to an educational tutorial about what constitutes plagiarism and how to prevent it is an effective mechanism for reducing student plagiarism. The study divided hundreds of students into two groups. he first group of students received no special instructions or information about plagiarism. Students in other randomly selected courses, however, were required to take a short online tutorial on plagiarism and were required to complete the exercise before they could hand in any papers. The results indicated that the students who were exposed to the online tutorial showed significant improvement in reducing the occurrence of plagiarism, especially among students with low SAT scores who typically are most likely to plagiarize.

These findings suggest that faculty concerned about student plagiarism should consider preventive educational approaches over enforcement approaches (e.g., using detection software to catch plagiarizers). While enforcement approaches may be effective at catching or detecting plagiarizers, they do little to attack the root causes of plagiarism. One of the challenges for students is not realizing they have access to tools that can help them to avoid plagiariasm and that can help them create and gather proper citations. Temple University librarians have expertise with tools such as RefWorks, a personal bibliographic software that is free to all Temple faculty and students, that can help students to better manage the citations they collect for their research project – and assist in integrating those citations into a research paper. Librarians can also show faculty the many research databases that enable students to create citations while doing their research. Consult our list of subject specialists to contact the librarian that serves your department.

ARTstor Update 1/14/10

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ARTstor has announced the following:

Now available: Brooklyn Museum Costumes (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
ARTstor is collaborating with The Metropolitan Museum of Art to share approximately 5,800 images of American and European costumes and accessories from the Brooklyn Museum in the Digital Library.

 The Samuel H. Kress collection now complete, including images from the National Gallery of Art
The Samuel H. Kress Collection is now launched in its entirety in the ARTstor Digital Library with approximately 1,700 images of European art, including more than 700 works from the National Gallery of Art.

Now available: Additional images from the Frick Art Reference Library Photoarchives
ARTstor is pleased to announce the addition of approximately 6,000 images to the Digital Library from the Frick Art Reference Library Photoarchives.

Now available: Additional images from The Warburg Institute
Approximately 860 additional images of Renaissance and Baroque book illustrations from The Warburg Institute are now available in the ARTstor Digital Library.

New collection agreement: The Trout Gallery (Dickinson College)
ARTstor is collaborating with The Trout Gallery, the art museum at Dickinson College, to share approximately 6,000 images of works in its permanent collection in the Digital Library.