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African American Historical Serials Collection & Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa

Wed, July 15, 2020 2:50 PM
African American Historical Serials Collection & Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa
Two primary source digital collections are now part of UC Merced’s collection. These collections -- related to African American life and Southern Africa liberation struggles -- may be of interest to researchers not only of African studies but also of anthropology, art and art history, ethnicity and race relations, gender studies, history, international studies, language and literature, law, political science, and sociology. 
 
This archive of primary sources offers 170 titles with 60,000 pages of searchable content. The collection documents African American religious life and culture during the nineteenth and early twentieth century through newspapers, magazines, reports & annuals from African American religious organizations including churches and social service agencies.
 
A digital collection of primary source materials related to the liberation of Southern African and the dismantling of the Apartheid regime. A national advisory committee guided the selection of materials which includes periodicals, pamphlets, personal papers, correspondence books, photographs, speeches and interviews with an emphasis on Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.

IBISWorld Industry Research Database Added to the Library Collection

Tue, July 14, 2020 4:40 PM
IBISWorld Industry Research
The UC Merced Library now provides access to IBISWorld Industry Research, a database collection of industry reports, analysis, and other business intelligence. IBISWorld offers comprehensive overviews for over 700 industries, all classified and searchable by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code number. The database features segments on industry performance, outlook, products and markets, competitive landscape and major movers and shakers, and more. A highly versatile database, IBISWorld will be of interest to students and faculty in Management, Engineering, and Economics, and can be used for multiple purposes: industry research, market research and analysis, benchmarking, and career planning research, among other uses. 
 
Six categories of IBISWorld reports are available:
 
Comprehensive, in-depth analysis and overviews of 700+ major industries operating in the United States. 
 
Comprehensive overviews of smaller sub-industries that generally operate as components of larger, major industries in the United States. 
 
Overviews of external factors and economic driver outside industry but affecting industry performance and behavior, including consumer behavior, financial markets, and more. 
 
Quick snapshots of industries, with downloadable charts, tables, and paragraph-long summaries. 
 
Quick snapshots of smaller, specialized industries, with downloadable charts, tables, and paragraph-long summaries. 
 
Comprehensive, in-depth analysis and overview of major industries operating around the world. 
 
 

Free ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research

Tue, July 14, 2020 9:15 AM

Blalock Lecture Series- Summer Program (ICPSR)

ICPSR (Inter-library Consortium for Political and Social Research) and the Blalock Lecture Series are offering a Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research from July 9, 2020 - August 12, 2020. Registration is free and open to the public. All webinars are offered via Zoom.
 

 

 

Wiley Digital Archives Databases are Added to the Library’s Collection

Thu, July 2, 2020 12:00 PM

The UC Merced Library now provides access to five digital collections focused on natural history, sciences & technology, geography, and anthropology. These collections represent unique primary source content from influential academic & scientific societies and universities made available on the Wiley Digital Archives platform.  Collection content is summarized below. Access these digital collections from the library’s database listing.  

An archival collection of materials from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) an organization established to formally license physicians to practice.  Materials include monographs, rare books, manuscripts, correspondence, reports, conference papers, medical reports, medical education textbooks, proceedings, lectures, anatomical drawings, public health surveys, photographs, drawings, data and ephemera produced by the researchers and members of the RCP.
 
A digital archive about the history and development of natural science, technology and biomedical sciences. Materials include correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, maps and documentation from research projects by Academy members and committees. Content highlights include files from the Committee on the Human Rights of Scientists, records from landmark Academy scientific events, and materials from an extended scientific survey of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
 
A digital collection of primary sources documenting the history of British science across disciplines and universities.  Materials have been selected by history of science scholars from the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) and connected collections from British universities.  Materials include administrative records, press clippings, correspondence, data fieldwork, manuscripts, illustrations, photographs, maps, pamphlets, and personal papers. Note: The BAAS became the British Science Association (BAS) in 2009.
 
An archive spanning 500 years of geography, travel and exploration represented by documents, photographs, expedition reports, manuscript materials, books and an extensive number of maps from the Royal Geographic Society (with Institute of British Geographers).
 
Digitized archive materials of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (RAI) -- is a scholarly association dedicated to the study of humankind.  Content types include manuscripts, maps, correspondence, field notes, bibliographies, reports, pamphlets, and an image library of 150,000 photographs taken by anthropologists. The collection may inform fields of study including anthropology, ethic studies, archeology, and colonial history.

 

To cross-search all five collections, visit the Wiley Digital Archive.

 

Gale’s Public Health Archives are Now Available

Thu, July 2, 2020 11:20 AM
The Public Health Archive documents the rise of the 20th century public health system in the U.S. through correspondence, reports, pamphlets, ephemera and additional document types.  The collection may be of interest to scholars across multiple disciplines including, but not limited to, public health, sociology, political science, and economics.  More specifically, this primary source archive consists of four sub-collections accessible via the Gale platform. Search the archival collection as a whole or access a specific section of the collection. Summaries of these sub-collections are provided below.  
 
This collection represents the work of this committee from its inception in 1911. Materials include correspondence from Executive Secretaries, minutes, reports, and book publications from its members.
 
The collection includes over 400,000 pages of content related to American public health issues, especially as they relate to medical economics. Materials were collected by Dr. Michael Marks Davis, an advocate for public health research and a viable healthcare system for all in the U.S.  This collection is subdivided into six series. 
 
A collection that covers much of the Children’s Bureau’s work including correspondence, reports, surveys and other documentation sourced from the National Archive Records Agency (NARA).  It covers a range of topics from maternal & childhood disease/illness to health policy.
 
A collection of public health materials from the New York Academy of Medicine’s pamphlet collection with more than 2,000 publications. Works are authored by hospitals, national foundations, varied associations, and departments of health, public health, public welfare, public safety and education from numerous states and locales.
 

 

Primary Source Additions for Holocaust Studies

Wed, July 1, 2020 12:55 PM

Three primary source collections related to the study of the Holocaust are now available through the UC Merced’s Library database listing. Once entering a database, each provides a substantial overview of its content. These digital collections are part of Gale's Archives Unbound resource. 

Holocaust and Records of Concentration Camp Trials: Prosecution of Nazi War Crimes (Gale)
A collection of documents related to the investigation and prosecution of war crimes committed at Nazi concentration camps. Documents refer to camps such as Dachau.

Testaments to the Holocaust (Gale)
An archival collection of materials from the Wiener Library, a research center focused on the Nazi period and the Holocaust.

U.S. Relations with the Vatican and the Holocaust, 1940-1950
Over 35,000 scanned images of material -- correspondence, reports, memos, and personal interviews -- from the U.S. National Archives exploring the following themes: U.S.-Vatican relations; the Vatican’s role in World War II; Jewish refugees; Italian anti-Jewish Laws during Pope Pius XII’s papacy; and the pope’s own knowledge of the treatment of European Jews.

Primary Source Additions for American Indian Studies

Wed, July 1, 2020 12:25 PM

Rich primary sources related to American Indian Studies are now available from the UC Merced Library.  See the database listing for access to content.  Once entering a database, each provides a substantial overview of its content. These digital collections are part of Gale’s Archives Unbound resource.

Meriam Report on Indian Administration and the Survey of Conditions of the Indians in the US (Gale)
A collection which includes 1) The Problem of Indian Administration, better known as the Meriam Report (1928), a survey of conditions on Indian Reservations in twenty-six states  and 2) a 41-part (20,000+ page) report to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs outlining the effects of policies and programs enacted by the Bureau of Indian Affairs on Native Americans.

American Indian Movement and Native American Radicalism (Gale)
FBI files with information on the American Indian Movement (AIM) as an organization of social protest and the development of Native American Radicalism. This collection includes documentation on the 1973 Wounded Knee stand-off.

War Department and Indian Affairs, 1800-1824 (Gale)
An archival collection of letters -- including vouchers, financial statements, newspapers and contracts -- received by and sent to the War Department which oversaw Indian Affairs prior to the establishment of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1824.

American Indian Correspondence: Presbyterian Historical Society Collection of Missionaries’ Letters, 1833-1893 (Gale)
A collection of 14,000 letters, from 1833 to 1893, written by those who served as Presbyterian missionaries to the American Indians.

Indian Trade in the Southeastern Spanish Borderlands: Papers of Panton/Leslie & Company (Gale)
More than 8,000 legal, political and diplomatic documents recording operations of the trading firm Panton, Leslie & Company – a British East Florida company established during the American Revolution. This ethnographic collection will be of interest to scholars studying American Indians of the Southeast.

 

Completed Content Now Available in Making of the Modern World & Periodicals Archive Online (PAO)

Wed, July 1, 2020 12:05 PM

The UC Merced Library has acquired additional content for both Making of the Modern World and Periodical Archives Online (PAO) collections.

Completed Collections 

 

Making of the Modern World 
Part IV is now available in the Making of the Modern World collection with most materials from 1850 to 1890 focused on the Age of Capitalism and the Victorian Era. This acquisiition adds to the larger collection focused on Western trade and wealth with materials from the 1450s into the 20th century. 

Periodicals Archive Online (PAO)
Modules 6-10 consisting of 340 titles have been added to the Periodicals Archive Online, bringing PAO to a total of 770 titles. Sample content include Philosophical Topics, Spectator, Psychiatry, and New Left Review.

PAO offers full-page images with searchable full-text. 

 

Summer Session Library Workshops

Fri, June 26, 2020 10:05 AM

Summer Session Library Workshops

This summer the Library will be offering virtual workshops on topics like file management, locating industry profiles in our business databases like IBISWorld, and strategies for researching scholarly articles for a new research topic. All workshops will be offered via Zoom and registration is now open. Click on the title of each workshop for more information and Zoom details.

Wednesday, July 8th - 11:00am - 11:45am
Instructor: Elizabeth Salmon
 
Thursday, July 9th - 1:30pm - 2:20pm
Instructor: Sara Davidson Squibb
 
Monday, July 13th - 11:00am - 11:50am
Instructor: Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco
 
Wednesday, July 15th - 2:00pm - 2:20pm 
Instructor: Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco
 
Thursday, July 16th - 11:30am - 11:50am
Instructor: Sara Davidson Squibb
 
Monday, July 20th - 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Instructor: Olivia Olivares
 
Wednesday, July 22nd - 11:30am - 12:20pm
Instructor: Sara Davidson Squibb
 
Monday, July 27th - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Finding and Using Industry Research for Fun & Profit
Instructor: Olivia Olivares
 
Tuesday, July 28th - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Instructor: Elizabeth Salmon
 
Thursday, July 30th - 10:00am - 10:20am
Instructor: Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco

To view the entire schedule of workshops, view our Library Events calendar. 

 

 

Access Alert - ProQuest

Fri, June 19, 2020 10:30 AM

On Saturday, June 27th from 9am to noon Pacific Time, ProQuest Ebook Central and LibCentral  may be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will create minimal disruption to our users’ research.

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