* Academic Search Complete
* Business Source Complete
* Computers & Applied Sciences Complete
* Education Research Complete
* Environment Complete
* Hospitality & Tourism Complete
* Humanities International Complete
* Legal Collection
* Newspaper Source Plus
* Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
* Regional Business News
* Religion and Philosophy Collection
* Women's Studies International

Unfortunately, these new resources don’t come without a cost. On July 1, the Washington and Lee University community will lose access to the Academic OneFile and Expanded Academic ASAP. While we regret the loss of these important resources, we are sure you will find the new products will offer you a greater variety of information from a larger range of sources.

Please remember to expect some dislocations and possible service interruptions in Leyburn Library as our renovation project gets started.

We will be moving collections, staff offices, and other things to new locations, as well as closing off some areas, such as Northen Auditorium, to the public.

Keeping track of these changes is a challenge unto itself. We will try to keep you (and ourselves) up-to-date with our library renovation blog.

Please note that you can submit comments or questions via the "Comments" link at the bottom of each blog entry.
Otherwise, if you have questions, please contact Karin O'Callaghan in Leyburn Library (x8642).

The three winners of the $50 iTunes gift cards are Crystal Benavides, Kathleen (Katie) Kern, and Logan Pettigrew. They'll be having a much more musical summer thanks to all of you who participated.

The latest enhancement, Early American Newspapers, Series 2, gives us coverage of a total of about 1,000 newspapers dating from 1690 to about 1900. Here is a list of some of the notable newspapers included in this new addition.

America's Historical Newspapers is one of the databases available in the library's collection of historical newspaper information.

As befits the always-hectic second half of the Winter Term, March 2008 was our busiest month in history for ILL requests! We filled over 975 requests from W&L students and faculty -- well over 30 per day.
The average turnaround time (request-to-receipt) for requested articles in March was about 3.08 days and about 7.7 days for books.

This service, which is free to W&L students, faculty, and staff, allows access to the collections of hundreds of libraries in the U.S. and elsewhere. If you have questions, please contact a reference librarian or Elizabeth Teaff, who is in charge of ILL.

The Latino American Experience is a "full-text database focusing on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States." It contains the contents of over 150 encyclopedias and other sources, 1,500 images, hundreds of primary documents, Spanish-language content, and more.

Praeger Security International Online is a database of "information on terrorism and security, covering regional security, humanitarian and peace operations, weapons of mass destruction, armed forces, intelligence, military history, defense and national security, and military affairs." The growing content includes commentary from Oxford Analytica and other sources, over 600 encyclopedias and other books, primary source documents, and more.

Anne ("Miss Annie Jo") Robertson White, Washington and Lee University librarian from 1895 through 1922, distinguished herself as originator of W&L's Fancy Dress. In this role, she serves as inspiration for the library's turn-of-the-century women's fashion exhibit.
Come see books and memorabilia that represent the indulgences and excitement of dressing up in the late Victorian/early Edwardian period in the West.

The exhibit will be available through May.
After that, we probably will have no further Main Floor exhibits until 2009 because of renovation work in the library.

Printing will cost $12 to $20 per job, depending on size, while most scanning will be free of charge. This service is open to students and faculty for academic use only.

Contact Elizabeth Teaff for more information or consult this Web page.

Washington and Lee researchers have had access to AANB for some months, through the library's subscription to the online Oxford African American Studies Center.
Among the latest updates to the AANB is a biography of Barack Obama, written by Randall Kennedy.

Oxford has begun work on adding 2,000 mroe biographical entries to the AANB< appearing first in the online Oxford African American Studies Center. Access if offered through several pages in the library's Web site, including here.

A four-volume set in printed form, this landmark work, edited by Bonnie G. Smith, contains about 1,300 signed entries covering geography and history, comparative culture and society, organizations and movements, gender studies, other topics in world history, and biographies.

W&L researchers have access from this page in the library Web site.
This encyclopedia is one of the newest online reference works recently added to the library's collection.

What exactly is a graphic novel? For an introduction, take a look at this article from the Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English.

There are quite a few graphic novels in the library collection, but, unfortunately, they are not shelved together or gathered under any one subject label. In addition to the titles on display, you can find a few more by searching Annie under the Subject graphic novels.

There are links to the guide in several locations in our Web site and you also can find it by using the Search This Site option to find "mock convention."