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New Resources from the Library

Our librarians were hard at work this summer expanding the library’s collection. Check out these new resources now available through the Claire T. Carney Library:

The Oxford English Dictionary Online. An authoritative guide to the meaning, history, and usage of 500,000 words and phrases, past and present, from across the English-speaking world.

The Chicago Manual of Style Online. The time-tested guide to Chicago-style citation, grammar, and usage in an accessible online format.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Browse full text issues of the following newspapers, including news articles, photos, advertisements, classified ads, obituaries, cartoons, and more:

ProQuest History Vault. A digitized collection of unique manuscript and archival materials. The following modules are available:

  • American Indians and the American West, 1809-1971. A variety of collections from the U.S. National Archives, a series of collections from the Chicago History Museum, and selected first-hand accounts on Indian Wars and westward migration.
  • Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Law and Order in 19th Century America. Documents the international and domestic traffic in slaves in Britain’s New World colonies and the United States, providing important primary source material on the business aspect of the slave trade.

Springer Lecture Notes. The series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), including its subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI), has established itself as a medium for the publication of new developments in computer science and information technology research, teaching, and education. We have access to the ebooks from 2024.

Explore more library resources by visiting our website or searching our catalog. Questions? Ask a Librarian.

Library Associates Annual Authors’ Brunch: October 20, 2024

The Claire T. Carney Library Associates proudly announces its annual authors’ brunch fundraiser for the benefit of the UMass Dartmouth Claire T. Carney Library. This annual event funds materials, programs, and projects for the library. The Library Associates previously raised money to establish a Veterans’ Reading Room and sponsor scholarships.

The brunch will be held on Sunday, October 20, 2024 at Noon in the UMass Dartmouth Marketplace with parking in Lot 5.

Our featured authors will be Alan William PowersStephen Puleo and Jane Yolen.

For questions about this event, please contact Maria Sanguinetti at 508-991-5096 or msanguinetti@umassd.edu.

Tickets

Tickets can be purchased from Library Associates members or on the UMass Dartmouth Alumni and Friends website.

  • $50 for General Public
  • $45 for Library Associates Members
  • $35 for UMass Dartmouth students

About the Featured Authors

Alan William Powers is the former English Department chair at Bristol Community College, who has authored eight books and numerous articles on Shakespeare and translations. He received his PhD at the University of Minnesota and has ten post-doctoral grants at Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Brown, and Bread Loaf.  Multi-talented, he has appeared in two poetry films, Keats and His Nightingale and A Loaded Gun. As a jazz trombonist, he has written jazz tunes based on British and American birdsong. He has written verse monologues based on scandalous overheard conversations and a biography of Giordano Bruno, who was sent to the Inquisition because of one bad student evaluation.

Stephen Puleo is an author, historian, teacher, public speaker, and communications professional. He holds a master’s degree in history from UMass Boston and was a Graduate Convocation keynote speaker. His master’s thesis, From Italy to Boston’s North End:  Italian Immigration and Settlement, 1890-1910, has been downloaded more than 25,000 times by scholars and readers worldwide. He was a former award-winning newspaper reporter and contributor to articles and book reviews for publication organizations, including American History MagazinePolitico, the Boston Globe, and the Bill of Rights Institute. His books include Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919Due to Enemy Action: The True World War II Story of the USS Eagle 56The Boston Italians: A Story of PridePerseverance and Paesani, from the Years of the Great Immigration to the Present DayA City So Grand: The Rise of an American Metropolis, BostonThe Caning: The Assault That Drove America to Civil War, American Treasures: The Secret Efforts to Save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Gettysburg AddressVoyage of Mercy:  The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine and the Remarkable Story of America’s First Humanitarian Mission and, his latest publication, The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union.

Jane Yolen is a novelist, poet, fantasist, journalist, songwriter, storyteller, folklorist, and children’s book author who has written more than 400 books translated into almost two dozen languages. A graduate of Smith College with a master’s degree in education from UMass Amherst, she has received six honorary doctorate degrees from colleges and universities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Her accolades include the Daedelus Award, the Catholic Library Association’s Regina Medal, two Caldecott Medals, two Nebula Awards from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the World Fantasy Award, three Mythopoeic Awards, the Kerian Award, and two Christopher Awards. She is the former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. She has served on the board of directors for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators for over 25 years. She was born in New York City and grew up in Hollywood, New York City, and Newport News, Virginia. She is the mother of three and grandmother of six, dividing her time between homes in Hatfield, Massachusetts, and Scotland. Her works include a poetry collection, Radiation Sonnets: Love in Sickness and in Health, picture books Owl Moon and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight, the novella The Devil’s Arithmetic, and numerous nonfiction books.

Library Book Club – Fall Titles and Dates

Welcome and welcome back! The Library Book Club welcomes new members, and we have some great titles this semester as we continue to explore the Fantasy genre.

  • Wednesday, October 16, Noon – 1pm: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
  • Tuesday, December 3, 11:30am – 12:30pm: Fairy Tale by Stephen King

If you need any assistance with ordering a copy through the Library’s Interlibrary Loan service or the Commonwealth Catalog, please contact Kari Mofford. These books are a bit lengthy, so order early!

We will meet in Library 240. If you would like to join by Zoom, have any questions, or would like to be added to our email list, please contact Kari Mofford.

Limited Computer Access During New Student Orientation – August 2024

New Student orientation will take place at the Claire T. Carney Library over a few days in August. Please note that this could limit access to our public computers on the following days:

  • Tuesday, August 27 – Transfer Students
  • Thursday, August 29 – First-Year Students
  • Friday, August 30 – Veterans

New students will have priority access to the library’s 1st floor and 2nd floor computers as part of their training on various applications for orientation. If you plan to visit the library during student orientation, it is possible that there won’t be any available public terminals. You are welcome to bring your own laptop or mobile device. UMass Dartmouth students, faculty, and staff may borrow laptops at the first-floor circulation desk. Thank you for your understanding, and we wish all new students a smooth orientation day!

If you have any questions, please contact Library Administration.

Now Available: Chicago Manual of Style Online

The Carney Library recently added a subscription to the Chicago Manual of Style Online: your guide to Chicago-style citation, grammar, and usage in an accessible online format. To access this resource, search the library catalog or visit the Chicago Manual of Style website.
   
The library is here to help you with all of your information needs, including citation help! Check out our website for more information or reach out to us with any questions.

APA PsycTests Database Trial

A trial of the database APA PsycTests® is now available through our library, enabling users to search thousands of research instruments and their psychometric properties.

There are more than 62,000 records in APA PsycTests. Searchers can limit by descriptive fields, including Methodology, Test Language and Factors/Subscales and find research instruments available as PDF downloads or multimedia files.

This trial will be available through June 30, 2024 and is accessible through our A-Z Databases List.

Please let us know what you think of this resource by contacting our Electronic Resources Librarian.

Limited Computer Access during New Student Orientation – June 2024

New Student Orientation will take place at the Claire T. Carney Library over several days in June. Please note that this will limit access to our public computers on the following days:

  • Thu. June 13
  • Mon. June 17
  • Thu. June 20
  • Fri. June 21
  • Tue. June 25
  • Wed. June 26
  • Fri. June 28

New students will have priority access to the library’s 1st floor and 2nd floor computers as part of their orientation. Due to high demand, computers may be completely unavailable to other users during this time. If you plan to visit the library during student orientation, you are welcome to bring your own laptop or mobile device. UMass Dartmouth students, faculty, and staff may also borrow laptops at the first floor circulation desk.

If you have any questions, please contact Library Administration.

Announcing the Publication of PLCS 40-41: Viver e escrever em trânsito entre Angola e Portugal: Entrevistas e ensaios

We are pleased to announce that Portuguese Literary & Cultural Studies (PLCS) 40-41, “Viver e escrever em trânsito entre Angola e Portugal: Entrevistas e ensaios,” is now available! You can find this issue as well as all back issues available for free on the journal’s website.

PLCS 40/41 tem como foco a experiência pessoal e a produção literária de escritores e escritoras cujas vidas têm transitado de diferentes maneiras e em diferentes épocas entre Angola e Portugal. O grupo destas pessoas dificilmente pode ser abrangido com um único termo, como migrantes, refugiados/as, africanos/as da diáspora, afrodescendentes, afropeus, afropolitanos etc. Optou-se, neste projeto, pelo termo “pessoas em trânsito” com o intuito de abordar as mais diversas experiências migratórias entre Angola e Portugal e as suas repercussões na literatura. Este número inclui, por um lado, a transcrição de seis entrevistas – a Ana Paula Tavares, Aida Gomes, Kalaf Epalanga, Raquel Lima, Yara Monteiro e Zetho Cunha Gonçalves – originalmente gravadas para o documentário Viver e escrever em trânsito: entre Angola e Portugal  (2021). Por outro lado, inclui ensaios teóricos e estudos sobre obras dos/as entrevistados/as bem como de outra escritora em trânsito entre Angola e Portugal, Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida.

The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture’s Tagus Press publishes its electronic version of PLCS on the library’s journal hosting platform.

The Passing of Claire T. Carney

We were saddened to learn about the passing of Claire T. Carney. She was a kind and generous woman whose commitment to life long learning is memorialized in the name of the UMass Dartmouth library.

All library staff who had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Carney have had wonderful things to say about her. We are honored to work in a building named after such a remarkable woman.

Learn more about Mrs. Carney:
Oral history interview with Claire T. Carney with Dr. Fred Griffin (2006)
The Library’s webpage about Mrs. Carney taken from the Blue & Gold Gala program(October 14, 2006)

Obituary, Claire T. Carney

Open Education Events This Week

Every year, in the month of March, there is a week-long global recognition of the importance of Open Education. Its goal is to raise awareness about the impact of open education on teaching and learning worldwide. Open Education Global promotes events on an international scale to increase knowledge of Open Educational Resources (OER) and other topics within Open Education. Hopefully you will have a chance to participate in some of these opportunities, and you may consider the following events offered by Massachusetts state colleges and universities, including a panel to be held here at UMass Dartmouth.