Winter Break Watching and Reading List
Back in June, the Leatherby Libraries published a Chapman-Themed Summer Reading List, comprised of books written by Chapman alumni, faculty, staff, and trustees. The post, which gave suggestions on things to read to fill up a summer that looked very different from summers past, was extremely popular, so now that Winter Break is just around
New E-Books Available for December
The Leatherby Libraries recently added new e-books to its collection, including a book that includes a chapter written by Chapman Business Professor Noel Murray. In the book, Destination management and marketing : breakthroughs in research and practice, Murray contributed Chapter 14, “GoT Belfast?: How a Television Epic about a War-Torn Land was Employed to Rebrand
New and Updated ProQuest Databases Make Research Easier for Social Science Students
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.
Orange County Japanese American Youths Scrapbooks
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,
Art Song Transpositions Database Added to Leatherby Libraries Offerings
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
New Business E-Books Available for November
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
Center for American War Letters Recently Profiled in Local and National Media
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
Sciences Librarian Dr. Doug Dechow to Speak on Panel: Mars is a Place on Earth
On Wednesday, November 18th, at 5 PM, the Institute for Quantum Studies at Chapman University presents an online discussion between Kate Greene, Anna Leahy and Doug Dechow. Kate Greene is a science writer and poet, and the author of the book Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars, about her experience participating in NASA’s
New and Upgraded Database: IEEE Electronic Library
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 Winners at the Leatherby Libraries
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