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Information Overload: Seeking Truth and Authority in the Information Landscape New First-Year Focus Course offered by Leatherby Libraries librarian

July 23, 2020 by | Resources

Each first-year student at Chapman University completes their First-Year Focus Course during their first year on campus. Offered in a large range of topics, these courses are meant to introduce new students into university workload and practice “critical engagement, exploration and communication related to complex issues rather than on mastering a body of material.” The Leatherby Libraries is proud

The Quarantine Diaries: A Chapman University Archiving Project

July 14, 2020 by | News

Who tells your story?* You. Inspired by university archives across the country, the Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives of the Leatherby Libraries invites contributions to The Quarantine Diaries: A Chapman University Archiving Project. The project aims to capture the experiences of the university community during the COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and the unrest our nation has faced during these

Changes to the PubMed Interface

June 10, 2020 by | Resources

Guest post by Health Sciences Librarian Ivan Portillo. At the end of May, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) officially replaced the old PubMed interface with a newly re-designed version. PubMed is the popular abstract database that contains more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. What

A Chapman-Themed Summer Reading List Books by faculty, alumni, and staff

June 9, 2020 by | News

This summer is already looking very different from the summers of other years. Whether you’re missing a great vacation adventure that’s been cancelled due to the pandemic, or missing participating in the Leatherby Libraries Community of Readers, diving into some summer reading can be a great way to go on an adventure of the mind,

New: Single Sign-On for Interlibrary Loan System

June 8, 2020 by | News

The Leatherby Libraries has updated its Interlibrary Loan program to a single sign-on system. ILL accounts will be tied to current Chapman or Brandman user credentials, and patrons will no longer need a separate login to access ILL. Previous ILL history will be saved, and the only change will be the username and password for

One Million Downloads for Chapman University Digital Commons!

April 28, 2020 by | Resources

The Leatherby Libraries is pleased to announce that Chapman University Digital Commons has just achieved its latest milestone: one million downloads! What is Chapman University Digital Commons? Launched in Fall 2014, Chapman University Digital Commons is Chapman University’s institutional repository. In simpler terms, it is an open access platform for the scholarship, publications, archives, and

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