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The library provides many national and local newspapers online through Ebsco’s Newspaper Source. Go to http://ezproxy.ctu.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?profile=ehost to see descriptions of all of the library’s databases, and scroll down to Newspaper Source. Click on the database to search for news, or click on the title list to see which newspapers are included in this database.

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Oxford Reference Online Premium has recently been updated with over 13,000 new entries. Some of the updates include revisions to the Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists and the Dictionary of Psychology, as well as the addition of new works, such as the Dictionary of Hinduism. Check out all of the library’s databases at http://www.ctu.lib.il.us/find-articles-0.

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In honor of Illinois Library Day, everyone is invited to stop by the library for some homemade cookies on Thursday, April 23rd.

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The library has added two new JSTOR collections of journals. JSTOR's Arts & Sciences V will eventually contain 120 journals, and JSTOR's Ireland collection will contain 70 journal titles by the end of 2009. To view the list of available JSTOR collections at CTU, click here.

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The library will be hosting a webinar about the eHRAF World Cultures database on Monday, March 30th at 1:30pm in room 504, and donuts will be served. Topics will include types of materials included in the database, the subject headings and organizational principles that are applied to the cultural materials, and how to use the searching and browsing functions of the database. The webinar will be conducted by Christiane Cunnar from eHRAF, and will be conducted by conference call and by a demonstration projected from the computer in the room. This webinar would be of interest to anyone who is interested in making the most of the ethnographic materials in eHRAF.

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Everyone is invited to a discussion of a spiritual classic, Spiritual Friendship, by Aelred of Rievaulx, on Tuesday, April 21st. The book discussion will take place over the lunch hour from noon-1p.m., so bring your lunch if you would like. Contact Melody at mmcmahon@ctu.edu if you plan to attend.

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The library has two more databases you may want to check out. Oxford Biblical Studies Online is available on a trial basis through April 18th. OBSO includes several Bible translations, commentaries and reference works. This database is available at http://www.ctu.lib.il.us/trialdatabases. The library has also added Camio, a collection of art museum images, to its collection of online resources. Images in the collection are licensed for educational use. To view the collection, go to the library’s web page for online images at http://www.ctu.lib.il.us/find-online-images.