How to Find City Histories, 1910-1940

Reference Librarian Mary Cargill suggests: 1.  NHGIS (http://www.nhgis.org/)  This is a free service from the University of Minnesota.  Though I can’t find it on their website, the Map Division has the software, and has experience using it.  It will map and create detailed information based on the historical census statistics, and the students were finding […]

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New Database: Arab-Israeli Relations, 1917-1970: Middle East Online I

 Arab Israeli Relations, 1917-1970: Middle East Online Series I is a dual-language (English and Arabic) online archive of documents  from British government files on the politics, administration, wars, and diplomacy of the Palestine Mandate and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Arab-Israeli Relations 1917-1970 offers a wide range of "original source material from the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, […]

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Summer Listening: E-Audiobooks from the New York Public Library

If you have a New York Public Library card, you can easily download e-Audiobooks to your ipod touch, iphone, or other mobile device. First, search the catalog for the type of audiobook you wish to download. The easiest e-audiobooks to download are MP3 audiobooks, which can be downloaded directly to your ipod touch, iphone, or […]

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