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EndNote is a reference management tool that allows you to easily gather, organize, and insert your references in the style of your choice. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations. The class is hands-on and there will be time for questions at the end.

Our next session is:

Tuesday, December 17 from 1-2 pm (Location: Hardin Library East Information Commons)

December  20 is the last day to find Ed the reindeer! Bring him to the front desk for a prize!

Women’s History Wednesday:

As part of its project to document the history of Iowa Latinas and their families, the Iowa Women’s Archives preserves and makes accessible the records of the LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) Council 10 of Davenport, Iowa.

Mexicans arrived in Iowa as early as the 1880s, and by the 1920s boxcar communities had grown up near railroad yards in towns such as Fort Madison, Davenport, and Bettendorf. During the mid-20th century, second- and third-generation Mexican Americans fought for civil rights through organizations such as Davenport’s LULAC Council 10, founded in 1959 and still going strong today.

Pictured here is a LULAC Christmas party from the early 1960s, showing a blend of traditional activities such as pinata games alongside an early example of what has become an internet phenomenon — the “Scared of Santa” photo.

Iowa Digital Library: Mujeres Latinas Digital Collection

Iowa Women’s Archives: Guide to the LULAC Council 10 records

Iowa Women’s Archives: Mujeres Latinas Project

*This post is duplicated from the Iowa Women’s Archives Tumblr.

Academia.edu has received roughly 2,800 takedown notices from Elsevier for copyright infringement, reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education late last week. Academia.edu is a social network for academics to “share research papers” and has over 6 million registered users. Users of the site can create a profile, identify their institution and research interests, and upload their papers and CV to share among their peers. However, when an author publishes a paper in a journal, the journal publisher oftentimes requires an agreement that transfers copyright ownership of the paper to the publisher and restricts the unauthorized distribution of that paper. In this case, Elsevier, a major academic publisher, is compelling Academic.edu to remove papers for which Elsevier owns the copyright.

This incident is part of a larger conflict in scholarship between authors and publishers over the issue of copyright. When the business interests of publishers interfere with the scholarly interests of authors, there needs to be a negotiation toward a middle ground. A useful tool in this negotiation is the Author’s Addendum. The addendum stipulates:

“The Author shall, without limitation, have the non-exclusive right to use, reproduce, distribute, and create derivative works including update, perform, and display publicly, the Article in electronic, digital or print form in connection with the Author’s teaching, conference presentations, lectures, other scholarly works, and for all of Author’s academic and professional activities.” [Download PDF]

This addendum can be attached to any publishing agreement that requires the transfer of copyright for a scholarly journal article. The agreement is similar to the licensing agreements that are freely available from Creative Commons and are commonly applied by Open Access publishers like the Public Library of Science, PeerJ, and Open Humanities Press. For more information about the Author’s Addendum or Open Access publishing, contact your department librarian. The sharing of research is fundamental to the advancement of ideas and negotiating for more equitable rights to your work helps ensure that this practice continues in your favor.

From CERN Press Release:

“After intense preparations and consensus building, CERN¹ has today confirmed that the SCOAP³ Open Access publishing initiative will start on 1 January 2014. With the support of partners in 24 countries², a vast fraction of scientific articles in the field of High-Energy Physics will become Open Access at no cost for any author: everyone will be able to read them; authors will retain copyright; and generous licenses will enable wide re-use of this information.”

For more information, please see the CERN Press Release.

East Villa Dec 7th 1863

Dear Brother Joe!

I have determined writing to you every day for more than two weeks yet have never been successful Two little babies are enough to keep one busy without much else to do; they are not more troublesome than the most of children I presume yet it occupies much time & attention They are well and grow very fast particularly Carrie L. our youngest is quite a big fat baby to be only six weeks old She is her Grandma’s pet. Minnie Culver who is two hours older although healthful and thriving [?] yet is not so large and strong she was always very small & delicate to fac similie of her Papa We recieved your letter on Tuesday of last week and was glad to hear from you and of your good health We feel so anxious on account of you being so much afflicted with Rheumatism It is very cold here and there are several inches of snow on the ground Wes has gone to the army in Va We have had one letter since he left he was in the 56th Pa Vol camp near Brooks Station 2nd Brig 1st Div. 1st Corpse. Washington care, Col. Meredith. I send you his address perhaps you may want to write to him His foot was not well when he left and we felt anxious for fear he could not get along Poor Wes! his is a hard lot I pity him and who is to blame? I see by Charlie’s letter he wrote to put in here that he too wants to leave home Mother says I shall tell you not to encourage him He has a good chance now to obtain an education but does not rightly appreciate it If you write to him encourage him to stay home & study for father will not send him to college unless he shows more inclination to be studious He and McGregor are intimate, we all think a great deal of him Harry gets along very well with his department. He has some bad boys to govern who give him much trouble, yet this is found not only in his department but to a great degree in College this year, several have been sent away for wickedness I wrote to Mary about a month ago She has not replied yet perhaps is kept busy with her boy who she says is quite a paragon of excellence. Anna Frug has left school and gone home she got tired going Sist. Lizzie’s health is not at all good She had one very severe attack in the fall and Amia thinks she may take another as she was not at all well yesterday Millers have all recovered again Kate was up two weeks ago today Sis & family are well maybe I can tell you something new about her the next time I write Joe Saxton now Joe Deering & her sist. Mary were up here last week Joe has a young son just three months old she looks well Mary still has a cough and looks thin Old Mr Breneman was burried today Mrs Postlewaite died very suddenly in Newville where she was visiting two weeks ago and was brought home & burried There has also been a number of soldiers young men from Carlisle brought home dead Han has got a situation as teacher in Harrisburg She will go or expects to go after the subsiding of Small-pox which is raging there now We will remain here untill Spring and maybe longer if Hanna goes away for mother dont want to be left alone here she says it is too lonely both she & father are very well this winter They were up to see aunt Ann on Friday she & her old man are getting along as usual Now dear brother I believe I have given you the principal news Harry mine says he will write if he can and enclose if he is kept busy with his school (excuse the blots my pen dropped out of the case). All join in sending much love and hope you [?] soon & often

We do not forget to pray for you Take good care of your health this winter there are more deaths caused from epedemics than are killed write soon to

your affectionate sister
Jennie C.C.

PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s Index to medical literature and includes over 22 million bibliographic citations in the life sciences. This one-hour session will show you how to improve your search results by using subject headings (MeSH) and advanced keyword searching techniques.

Our next session is:

Tuesday, December 10 from 1-2 pm

Location: East Information Commons