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From the TCU Library blog What's New at the TCU Library?

American History in Video: New Content

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American History in Video has added 1,623 new titles which is approximately 238 new hours of streaming video.  In total, American History in Video now comprises 3,149 titles - 766 hours of streaming video.

Highlights:

New Partner: Pennebaker-Hegedus Films
Six films including the iconic films Monterey Pop and Jimi Plays Monterey; Town Bloody Hall, where Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer, and others debate women’s rights and politics; You’re Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You, the film of Timothy Leary’s wedding; and Chiefs, the film of the 1968 police chief convention where the police talk candidly about civil rights, riots, race relations, and more, all coming out of the demonstrations and protests of that year.

PBS
Many new titles including the balance of the Ken Burns Jazz series and The Nuremberg Trials.

Universal Newsreel
Added dozens of years starting in 1929. The series is almost complete!

Visit American History in Video's "What's New" section to see all of the new content.



From the TCU Library blog Arts & Humanities Lifeline

More Resources for History of Photography

Some of you may not be aware that the Amon Carter Museum, along with other museums in the area, have libraries and resources and are eager to assist TCU students with their work.  The Amon Carter Museum Library  offers a plethora of material in American art, photography, and history.  The have a range of monographs, including specialized publications such as dissertations, a reference collection, biographical files of artist, serials and microfilm covering the early 19th century to the present day.  The Carter Museum Library also offers research assistance, photocopy services, and Wi-Fi.  The Cultural District Library Consortium is the catalog that searches Amon Carter's collection along with other area museum libraries.  Below is some key contact information for the Carter Museum Library.

Amon Carter Museum Library

3501 Camp Bowie  Blvd.


Wednesday: 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Thursday: 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
Friday: 11 a.m.–4 p.m.

Other times by appointment

Reference desk: 817.989.5040
E-mail: library@cartermuseum.org
Library catalog: library.tcu.edu/cdlccat and worldcat.org

Have a good one,

Ammie E. Harrison

Arts and Humanities Librarian



From the TCU Library blog Special Collections at TCU

New Finding Aid Posted to Department's Website

The finding aid for the Henry B. Hardt Papers is now online. The collection was processed and the finding aid written by history graduate student, Jensen Branscombe, supervised by Senior Archivist Mike Strom.


Hardt (Henry B.)






Henry B. Hardt was born on June 6, 1897 in Hondo, Texas. Dr. Hardt was professor of
Chemistry at TCU from 1947 through 1967, serving as department chair from 1946 to 1961. Prior to that he held positions in the chemistry departments of Texas Women’s College, Columbia University, Westminster College, and Stephen F. Austin College. Hardt also spent many years on the Texas State Board of Examiners in the Basic Sciences. In 1967, Hardt resigned his teaching position at TCU and in 1969 joined the administration of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM). He retired in 1974.

In addition to his scholarly pursuits, Hardt was active in athletics administration, serving on TCU’s Athletic Council for 20 years and acting as the Faculty Representative and then President for the Southwest Athletic Conference. He was also active in the NCAA, serving as Faculty Representative, Vice President, President (1961-1962), and member of the Executive Committee.


The papers document Hardt’s scholarly pursuits as well as his support of, and service to, TCU and intercollegiate athletics. Materials include correspondence, newspaper clippings, transcripts of Hardt’s talks, and a few samples of his publications.



From Ms Branscombe's finding aid






From the TCU Library blog Frog Triage




From the TCU Library blog Business Exchange

FIG Career Research

Here is a pdf version of the power point I showed tonight.  The links should all be good.  Basically, it contains some websites for self-assessment of career interests and websites that describe the nature, typical day, salary ranges, etc. of various careers.  As an added bonus, some of the websites give job hunting advice, industry information, etc.

FIGCareerResearch

Annoyingly, you have to click the link twice.

Enjoy!



From the TCU Library blog Science is Meant to be Social

Article about Fair Use

Perhaps I read too much Slate, but I really do like most of the writing on their site. Today, I came across an article by Tim Wu called, "Is there 'Hope' for Shepard Fairey?: How does fair-use law work anyway?"

Wu begins his article with a fair-use case that is currently in the news: Shepard Fairey is the artist who created the poster of President Obama called "Hope" (You can see it here). He used an AP photo of President Obama to create this particular poster. Fairey is now accused of lying about which AP photo he used and is caught in a legal battle over whether his use of the photo constitutes "fair-use."

At the library, we are very concerned about copyright issues and plagiarism, which is why we try to provide access to all the writing style guides and links to citation guides on the web.

In this particular article in Slate, Wu does a great job of explaining how fair-use law works in terms of copyright issues and gives some good examples of how it can be applied.

If you're interested about learning more about copyright and fair-use, this article is worth a read.



From the TCU Library blog Government Information Connection

Collection Highlight for October- Economic Report of the President

Each year just after the budget is released,  Congress receives the Economic Report of the President. It includes not only information about the activities of the Council of Economic Advisors, but also goals, trends, and objectives on a variety of economic topics.

For example, this year's report includes economic data regarding housing markets, the environment, open trade, tax policy, entitlement spending, education and labor, and more.

The Economic Report of the President from 1995 on can be read online via GPO Access: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/

These and earlier editions are available at the library. The latest edition is located at the IC desk. The rest will be located in the Government Alcove during October.

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