November 2010 Archives
The Department of English and the MFA Program in Creative Writing at VCU will host a reading by acclaimed poets and MFA alums, Allison Titus and Mathias Svalina, at the VCU Visiting Writers Series. Titus previously worked in the Collection Management Department at VCU Libraries. The reading is Thursday, December 2, at 8 p.m., University Commons, Forum Room.
VCU Libraries now provides access to The Left Index, an online resource dedicated to the study of cultural and political issues from the perspective of leftist thought. Topics covered include art and aesthetics, ecology and environment, education, globalization, history of the labor movement past and present, legal issues, philosophy, race and ethnicity, and social theory. More than 485,000 citations and abstracts, from 1982 to the present, are drawn from a wide range of publications and classic texts.
VCU Libraries now provides access to Alternative Press Index, a comprehensive resource for the interdisciplinary study of leftist and radical cultural and political thinking in the United States and around the world. Articles from over 300 journals, magazines, and newspapers are indexed in disciplines that include ecology, feminism, and organized labor. Online coverage starts from 1991 and up to the present.
What Do I Read Next?
Tuesday, December 7, 201012:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Cabell Library 3rd floor Classroom, Room 319
This workshop will introduce participants to tools for finding leisure reading materials at VCU Libraries. It will cover such resources as Book reMarks, Fiction Connection, and various free online tools to help readers discover authors and explore genres. No advance registration is necessary.
Please contact John Glover for further information (828-6555).
A new online database, Index Islamicus, is now available through the VCU Libraries. With coverage for the last hundred years, current, and future scholarship, all aspects of Islam, the Middle East, and the Muslim world are indexed for the arts, history, literature, medicine, politics, religion, and sciences. Updated annually by the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, Index Islamicus is searchable by author, journal, and title. Over 3,000 journals are indexed, as well as book reviews, conference proceedings, and scholarly monographs.
