Faculty often require students to read specific books and journal articles for class. The easiest way to ensure that all students have equal access to the required material is to use Library Reserves. Required books can still be placed on physical reserve in Access Services at the Circulation Desk in Tuttleman. As indicated below, journal articles will now be made available through e-reserves only. Visit this page for more information about e-reserves and to fill out the online form. Students can access articles here. The following is a message from Penelope Myers, Head of Access Services: “Effective Spring 2006 semester Paley reserves will supply articles as e-reserves only. We will have backups of all articles on CD should Diamond ever go down. This is being done as we anticipate that so many students will be wanting to access materials remotely rather than coming into Paley/Tuttleman to check out photocopies, and also with the advent of e-z proxy remote access issues having largely disappeared.” –David C. Murray

View a list of recently purchased books on the history of the Americas (i.e. U.S., Latin America, and the Caribbean). The list was generated as part of a trial collection of new book lists, and contains all books and e-books acquired in the past month. Titles are organized by Library of Congress classification number (E and F), not by title or date. –David C. Murray

The History News category will serve as a forum for library-related news, events, and discussion of interest to Temple’s History Department. Find announcements about new databases, trials, search tips, etc. An RSS feed is available. Contact David Murray, history subject specialist, if you have an announcement relevant to this category. This site replaces the Library News section on the Main History Subject Guide. –David C. Murray