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The DNL Report

02/29/2008
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From Oyinkan Abayomi, founder of the Nigerian Women's Party, to Khaleda Zia, the first woman Prime Minister of Bangladesh, our new e-book, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History, is a great place to go to learn about some of history's greatest contributors. This e-book also features entries by two Fairfield faculty. Jocelyn Boryczka has written an entry on Democracy and Ellen Umansky has written the entry for Spiritual Leaders: Judaism. To learn how to find more e-books, watch this video on how to search for e-books in the catalog: http://www.fairfield.edu/Documents/Library/ebooks.swf
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02/26/2008
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PEW Report on religionRead
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02/12/2008
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The DiMenna-Nyselius Library has an extensive collection of material to support research in the areas of African American history, the civil rights movement in America, race relations and other topics of special interest during Black History Month. Come visit the Library during February to see Staff Picks of interest to those researching black history! Listen to a podcast of Larri Mazon, Director of Multicultural Relations, discuss the books and films which have affected him. Also, visit the Library webpage Black History Month to learn more about resources online and in the library that can help with your research
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02/07/2008
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We are very pleased to announce the Library has acquired the online version of The Encyclopaedia of Islam. Produced through the patronage of the International Union of Academies, The Encyclopedia of Islam represents the most comprehensive source of information about Islam available in English. Along with our online subscription comes access to The Third Edition of Brills Encyclopedia of Islam - an entirely new work, with new articles reflecting the great diversity of current scholarship. It will appear in four substantial thematic segments each year, both online and in print. The new scope includes comprehensive coverage of Islam in the twentieth century and of Muslim minorities all over the world.As with all e-books, access
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02/06/2008
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With artist bios, discographies, and album reviews our new e-book, The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, is a great new resource if you are doing a research project on popular music, or just want to find out some info on your favorite band. To access it, please go to the library
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