Britannica Academic features a new interface as of July. The home page presents some of the most relevant research tools for college students and allows for targeted searching and browsing of the database.
In the past, Gale provided two different links to Informe Academico, a database of mostly Spanish-language periodicals. One of those links went to an interface written in Spanish, the other to an interface in English. A recent change from Gale collapses those two interfaces into one.
The ProQuest platform (search.proquest.com) will be taking a two-hour maintenance window on July 9th from 9:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST to prepare for the upcoming migration to a cloud-based infrastructure.
Openly-accessible digitized primary source collections have been growing by leaps and bounds. Likewise, there has been a rise in use and expectations to access these resources by researchers, students, and teachers at all levels. Thus, the work of locating and accessing these resource
The sudden death of Prince (1958-2016) has been shocking news to digest today. Every news outlet has been covering the story providing heartfelt tributes and local Minnesota agencies and businesses are planning to honor the legendary musician in their own way.
The 1914-1917 British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition is an incredible story of survival. Never reaching mainland Antarctica, a week-long gale trapped their ship, Endurance, in the Waddell Sea.