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Listen up, true believers!  We’ve talked about superheroes and we’ve talked about Nick Fury.  But comics aren’t all fun and games!  Since the first modern comic book was published around the turn of the 20th century, they have been attacked by the powers-that-be for their content, their quality, and their artistic value.  In 1954, faced with the possibility of government censorship after heated Senate hearings on the impact of comics on juvenile delinquency, publishers adopted the Comics Code, a self-censorship mechanism modeled after the film industry’s restrictive Hays Code.  The comics industry was forever changed.

The exhibit “All Lurid, Unsavory, Gruesome Illustrations Shall Be Eliminated: The Comics Code as seen through the UMBC Comics Collection,” currently on display in the Special Collections Department of the Albin O. Kuhn Library isn’t just about looking at some cool rare comics.  It’s a chance to see the ways in which the industry has changed over the past 70 years, from pushing the envelope of taste in order to sell comics, to wilting under restrictions on its creativity, and back to pushing the envelope.  We see how rare pre-Code, Silver Age and underground titles led to non-Code magazines and today’s graphic novels.

This exhibit is also an opportunity to see some fantastic original comic art from the 1970s, from legendary artists such as Jack Kirby, John Romita Sr. and Joe Sinnott.  Straight out of the Special Collections vault, these pieces have almost never been seen in public! Paired with the finished published books, they are great examples of the process of the comic book artists of the time.

So come on down, superfans!  This exhibit will be on display until May 16th, so you’ve got plenty of time.  Special Collections, located inside the library’s first floor gallery, is open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 1-4 pm, and Thursdays from 1-8 pm.  Other hours are available by appointment. Please provide advance notice if you will be arriving via invisible jet.

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

by Steve Ammidown, Special Collections Student Assistant

Image from Planet Comics #30, May 1944

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To share your excitement with library resources, contact Gergana Kostova at  g.kostova@umbc.edu.

We’d love to listen and value your opinions!


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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.
]]> UMBC now has trial access to Social Explorer. Social Explorer is an online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to historical census data and demographic information. It... http://www.socialexplorer.com/ https://dev.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/9278/guest@my.umbc.edu/28f69c04baf2c57346fb46ea27285555/api/pixel database-trials library Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/library https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/xsmall.png?1279120404 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/original.png?1279120404 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/xxlarge.png?1279120404 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/xlarge.png?1279120404 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/large.png?1279120404 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/medium.png?1279120404 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/small.png?1279120404 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/xsmall.png?1279120404 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/xxsmall.png?1279120404 Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery 2 0 true Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:49:34 -0400 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:52:36 -0400 Oxford African American Studies Center Database Trial - ends 11/4/2011 UMBC now has trial access to the Oxford African American Studies Center.

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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