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Information Overload: Seeking Truth and Authority in the Information Landscape

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

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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

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New Research Guide for the Center for American War Letters Archive

July 13, 2020 by | Resources

If you’re a seasoned user of the Leatherby Libraries, you’re probably quite familiar with our Research & Study Guides. Compiled by our wonderful subject liaison librarians, they contain links to searches, virtual resources, and lots of great advice on how to perform the best research in a given field. We also offer Research Guides to

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Leatherby Libraries Staff Gathers for Virtual Meeting

July 10, 2020 by | News

In a typical year, the Leatherby Libraries staff gathers twice in celebration – once in June and once in December. At each gathering, fabulous decor is enjoyed, delicious food is eaten, and important news about the library is shared. In addition to all of this, each of these events includes the announcement of the Library

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Black Lives Matter Resources at the Leatherby Libraries

June 16, 2020 by | Resources

Along with Chapman University, the Leatherby Libraries stands united with all those fighting against social injustice, particularly in the wake of the recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. We know that many of our students, faculty, staff, and community members are currently looking for ways to learn more about issues of

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Leatherby Librarians at Home: Essraa Nawar

June 11, 2020 by | Leatherby Librarians at Home

With summer well underway here in Orange County, we’re wrapping up – but only for now! – our “Leatherby Librarians at Home” blog series. Joining us to fill us in on her favorite online resources for data and her current reads, Development Librarian Essraa Nawar helps us bring the series to a great finale. 1.

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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

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