Pie, of course. Before you head out for Spring Break, stop by the UI Libraries on Thursday, March 14 for the celebration. Grab an apple tartlet at: Art Library 9:15am & 1:45pm…
Category Archives: Combo
The Black Death : the Plague, 1331-1770 – John Martin Rare Book Room annual Open House
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society and the University Libraries invite you to an Open House in the John Martin Rare Book Room. The Black Death: the Plague,…
Rusty, Rustebar, Rust E. Barron
The James L. “Rusty” Hevelin Collection of Pulps, Fanzines, and Science Fiction Books in the Special Collections of the University of Iowa Library is a manifestation of fandom, a subculture…
Measuring Scholarly Impact: Altmetrics and Altmetric for Scopus
Traditional scholarly metrics like Journal Impact Factors do not take into account scholars’ impact in today’s social media world. This is where altmetrics come in (visit altmetrics: a manifesto for […]
Iowa City Meteor in 1875
Last night a meteorite slammed into the Russian countryside, as captured in many videos and photographs. 138 years ago in 1875, nearly to the day, a very similar event occurred…
National History Day at the University of Iowa Libraries, February 15, 2013
The University of Iowa Libraries welcomes students from Roosevelt, Wilson, and Franklin Middle Schools for a National History Day workshop.
http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/nhd
Scopus mobile app: Scopus Alert for iPhone
The Scopus Alert for iPhone app allows you to 1) do keyword search, 2) email, bookmark, and tweet an article, and 3) receive email alerts when articles get cited. Keep in […]
Kelmscott Proof Among Our Recent Acquisitions
Ask three different people why we remember William Morris, and you just might get three different answers. The social activist might mention his work in leftist politics. The designer might…
Learn to speed up your research with Scopus! Free workshop at Hardin Library, Tuesday, February 19
Scopus is a multidisciplinary database with substantial international coverage. All citations that are in EMBASE are also in Scopus. Scopus also allows you to measure an author’s scholarly impact and…
DIY History: 30,000th submission, new collections for UI Libraries’ crowdsourcing project
Thanks to the public’s voracious appetite for historic cookbooks, the University of Iowa Libraries has recently reached a new milestonetemp for its DIY History crowdsourcing site: 30,000 pages transcribed. An…