New Library website - coming in January

Coming in January 2012, the Library website will have a new look, designed to provide better access to information and resources, including the numerous electronic databases, journals, special collections, and media owned by the Library.

Take a sneak peak at our new design at http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/beta/. and let us know what you think. Please note:  this Beta site is a work in progress - not all of the pages are in their final form and many of the links may not work.

Key features of the new design include: 
*  larger, more informative menus
*  colorful icons
*  a new catalog interface

Please leave a comment to let us know what you think of the new design.
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Alright, true believers- I’m sure you all remember our last entry about Special Collection’s super-secret assortment of superheroes. Since then, you’ve seen the Thor movie. You knew you absolutely had to wait through the Captain America credits to find out more about the new Avengers movie. You might have even sat through the Conan the Barbarian remake (brave soul). And now you’re yearning for more. Plus, your eyes are getting crossed again with a new batch of journal articles. So let’s talk comics! In particular, let’s talk about Marvel’s eye-patched wonder, Nick Fury!

Made ubiquitous by Samuel L. Jackson, the character of Nick Fury first came into his own as the title character in Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos, the leader of an elite multi-ethnic, multi-racial WWII fighting unit. Fun fact: it’s a bit hard to tell the resemblance here, but Fury’s Commandos play a key role in Captain America: the First Avenger as the team that helps the Cap’n take on Red Skull. We’ve got several issues of the Sgt. Fury books, well worth checking out for their Kirbyesque art (we’ll explain that another time) and non-stop action.

Fury went on to bigger and better things as the first agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., a secret agency set up to counter all those evil secret agencies that were floating around in the 60’s. Starting with Strange Tales, and later moving to his own Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. , we see Fury change from a rough and tumble soldier of fortune to a super slick, super spy and finally to a super-soldier, always taking on seemingly insurmountable enemies and emerging victorious. As with the original series, these books feature some great art (especially the 15 issue run of Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.), as well as lots! of! unnecessary! exclamations!  


So come in for a visit, comics fans! Special Collections will be open from 1 until 4 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday all the way through finals, and until 7 pm on Thursdays. During the winter, we’ll be open by appointment only. To find our superhero lair, enter the Library Gallery and walk straight back- you’ll see our doors on the right. Secret identities will be protected with all due care. Please note that Batmobile parking is limited.

To browse all of the comics available at Special Collections, enter “comic books” in the “Collection” field in the following search; or put in more specific search terms to find the exact comic you’re looking for: http://umbc.pastperfect-online.com/37467cgi/mweb.exe?request=advform



Written by Steve Ammidown, Special Collections Student Assistant

Images shown are from the following issues:

Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos. Marvel Comics Group v.1:no.31 (Jun 1966)

Strange Tales. Marvel Comics Group v.1:no.140 (Jan 1966)

Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvel Comics Group v.1:no.4 (Sep 1968)

Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvel Comics Group v.1:no.7 (Dec 1968)

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During this period we have free, immediate, online access to all twenty-two archaeology and heritage journals.  The articles are free for you to use and re-use as and when you need via ingentaconnect - you do not need to sign up or provide any personal information.  Visit the MORE Archaeology & Heritage Collection page now to view a full list of journals and to access them all free today!
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UMBC now has trial access to the Inspec Archive - Science Abstracts 1898-1968

The Inspec Archive - Science Abstracts 1898-1968, created by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, is the leading bibliographic database providing abstracts and indexing to the world's scientific and technical papers in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, and computing and control engineering.

The Inspec Archive contains:
  • Nearly 874,000 records dating from the late 1800s to 1968
  • Conference Proceedings
  • Books
  • Journals
  • Dissertations
  • Reports
  • And more…
Trial access runs through November 4, 2011.  Feedback on the usefulness of this product is appreciated.  Leave us a comment to let us know what you think.
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UMBC now has trial access to University Press Scholarship Online.

University Press Scholarship Online is a vast and rapidly expanding cross-searchable library which offers quick and easy access to the full text of over 7,000+ academic monographs in 21 subject areas covering the humanities, social sciences, medicine, and law from six leading university presses. UPSO offers an unparalleled research tool, making disparately published scholarship easily accessible, highly discoverable, and fully cross-searchable via a single online platform. Research that previously would have required a user to jump between a variety of books and disconnected websites can now be concentrated through the UPSO search engine.

Key Features Include:
  • Keywords and abstracts available at book and chapter level for at-a-glance access to the content
  • Extensive search and browse options, with enhanced filtering, to  streamline the research process
  • Create shortcuts to favorite books chapters, and commonly used searches within a personalization area
  • Share chapters, abstracts, titles and search results with colleagues using integrated tools including social bookmarking options, citation export and DOIs for direct linking
  • Follow new paths for further enquiry, by expanding search results to include titles from other university presses
For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu) and follow the link to the UMBC Library Homepage. Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the Library's homepage to return to this post and click on the "View Website" button to access the database. For more info on remote access, see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php

Trial access runs through November 4, 2011.  Feedback on the usefulness of this product is appreciated.  Leave us a comment to let us know what you think.
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Electronic Enlightenment is the online gateway to the eighteenth century. This site gives you unrivaled access to tens of thousands of letters from the best critical editions from leading scholarly and university presses around the globe.

For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu) and follow the link to the UMBC Library Homepage. Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the Library's homepage to return to this post and click on the "View Website" button to access the database. For more info on remote access, see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php

Trial access runs through November 4, 2011.  Feedback on the usefulness of this product is appreciated.  Leave us a comment to let us know what you think.
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Social Explorer is an online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to historical census data and demographic information. It creates fast, intuitive, and appealing maps and reports to help users visually analyze and understand demography and social change throughout history. An invaluable repository of information, the site currently includes the entire US Census history from 1790 to 2000, all annual updates from the American Community Survey, and the Religious Congregations and Membership Study from 1980 to 2000. More than a just data source, Social Explorer offers a high level of functionality and control. Users can customize, save, print, and email maps and reports and export them to a variety of programs and statistical packages for further analysis and use in reports and presentations.

For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu) and follow the link to the UMBC Library Homepage. Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the Library's homepage to return to this post and click on the "View Website" button to access the database. For more info on remote access, see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php

Trial access runs through November 4, 2011.  Feedback on the usefulness of this product is appreciated.  Leave us a comment to let us know what you think.
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The Oxford African American Studies Center (AASC) provides students, scholars and librarians with online access to the finest reference resources in African American studies. At its core, AASC features the new, three-volume Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895, published by Oxford in 2006; the three-volume Black Women in America, Second Edition, edited by Darlene Clark Hine, published in March 2005, the highly acclaimed Africana, a five-volume history of the African and African American experience. The Center also includes content from much-anticipated forthcoming print publications including the African American National Biography project (estimated at 8 volumes), edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., scheduled for publication in 2008; and the Encyclopedia of African American Art and Architecture, due for publication 2007. In addition to these major reference works, AASC offers other key resources from Oxford's reference program, including the Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature and selected articles from other reference works.

Enhancing the core content will be the latest in online reference technology, granting users easy access to the valuable material included in the resource center. Core reference content will be enhanced by material and features that help students expand their research, including bibliographies, interactive timelines and maps, thematic photo essays and image collections, key primary source documents, and editorially selected links to Internet resources.

For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu) and follow the link to the UMBC Library Homepage. Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the Library's homepage to return to this post and click on the "View Website" button to access the database. For more info on remote access, see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php

Trial access runs through November 4, 2011.  Feedback on the usefulness of this product is appreciated.  Leave us a comment to let us know what you think.
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Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO) is a vast and rapidly expanding cross-searchable library providing access to the full text of over 6,500 Oxford books in 18 subject areas: Biology, Business & Management, Classical Studies, Economics & Finance, History, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Mathematics, Music, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Public Health & Epidemiology, Religion, and Social Work.

For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu) and follow the link back to the UMBC Library Homepage. Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the Library's homepage to return to this post for database access. For more info on remote access, see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php

Trial access runs through November 11, 2011.  Feedback on the usefulness of this product is appreciated.  Leave us a comment to let us know what you think.

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