Planned Outage for Birds of the World
The “Birds of the World” database will be unavailable from 6am Tuesday March 19 until 6am Thursday March 21.
Library Archives
March 4, 2013
Shakespeare Survey Online
Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production.
March 4, 2013
Women in World History
In keeping with Women’s History Month, we now have online access to all 17 volumes of the substantial set titled, Women in world history : a biographical encyclopedia. Besides individual entries, there are also collective entries, such as, Egyptian Feminism, and Siege Warfare and Women.
February 11, 2013
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
A great resource for doing research on authors and their works.
January 29, 2013
Television Research
Television research is like a CSI episode. The culprit can hide in communication, sociology, psychology, and just about any other type of database. Give yourself time and search systematically; you’ll find everything you need to make your case.
January 21, 2013
University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO)
This semester the Bates community will have available an expanding online research library of around ten thousand scholarly monographs …
January 10, 2013
The Swordfish Hunters
Prof. Bruce Bourque, Chief Archaeologist and Curator of Ethnography at the Maine State Museum and lecturer in Anthropology, interweaves three narratives into a fascinating and engaging account of the distinctive Red Paint culture of ancient coastal Maine.
January 6, 2013
Joe Smith Interview Collection
From 1986 to 1988, Joe Smith recorded interviews with more than 200 recording artists and executives. The source tapes from these interviews are being made available to the public from the Library of Congress.
December 11, 2012
O Brother Man
Lynd Ward’s significance as an artist is recognized with the release of the 2012 film “O Brother Man: The Art and Life of Lynd Ward” by Michael Maglaras.
December 9, 2012
Seniors with Fall thesis!
Thesis SWAT returns Sunday, Dec. 2, and Tuesday, Dec. 4, from 6 to 10 pm in the Peer Writing and Speaking Center in Ladd.
November 28, 2012
Spectacular Scholarship
The Story of Opera by Bates Professor James Parakilas is a feast for all the senses.