Several new databases have been added to the Leatherby Libraries’ ongoing subscription to the ProQuest Social Science Premium Collection. These new databases are excellent resources for students and faculty doing research in the fields of government, political science, linguistics, and more. Read on for details about each: Policy File Index is a resource for U.S.
One of the primary goals of the Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections & Archives is to preserve materials related to the history of Orange County, which has been the home of Chapman University since 1954. The newest archive added to Special Collections and accessible to the public through the Chapman University Digital Commons,
As of October 2020, the Leatherby Libraries, in partnership with the College of Performing Arts, is happy to offer Chapman and Brandman University students and faculty access to the Art Song Transpositions Database. The database offers professionally crafted scores of art songs and arias as well as vocal repertoire from operas, choral works, and musical
The Leatherby Libraries recently added a wide range of business e-books as part of the library collection. Some of the topics include starting a small business, project management, leadership skills, social media engagement, marketing strategies, and more. For more information about our business resources, contact the business librarian, Essraa Nawar, at nawar@chapman.edu. Our newly acquired
Friends of the Leatherby Libraries are well-acquainted with the Center for American War Letters, and the CAWL Archives housed on the lower level of the Leatherby Libraries, and we’re always delighted when even more people learn about this treasure trove of American history, which now includes more then 150,000 war-related correspondences from every conflict in
The Leatherby Libraries is pleased to announce that, in collaboration with the Dale E. and Sarah Ann Fowler School of Engineering, we have upgraded our existing subscriptions to materials from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) to a larger, more comprehensive database: the IEEE Electronic Library. This new database replaces, supplements, and expands
Nobel Prize awards are announced every October, when award committees in Sweden and Norway name illustrious thinkers in the fields of medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace, and economics. This year’s winners were announced over the course of a week in mid-October, and several of them have exciting connections to the Leatherby Libraries, in particular a
The Leatherby Libraries is happy to welcome those students who are returning to the Chapman University campus beginning Monday, October 19, 2020. The Leatherby Libraries has re-opened to welcome students back to campus, but our policies and procedures are new. Please read below to learn how you can use the library safely. Prior to entering
The Leatherby Libraries now has the MyLibrary! application which is available on all iOS or Android mobile devices. Some of the key features of the application include: Display your digital library barcode in place of your University ID. Renew items. Search for items on the Leatherby Libraries catalog and check for up-to-date availability. Place a
The Leatherby Libraries is pleased to announce that we now have access to two new free databases from HeinOnline that focus on social justice and legal issues, Civil Rights and Social Justice and Gun Regulation and Legislation in America. Civil Rights and Social Justice contains hearings and committee prints, legislative histories, Congressional Research Service (CRS)