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New Service: Make an Appointment
Need research help with an assignment and don’t know who to ask? Make an appointment with a librarian. Schedule a time that works for your schedule and get the research assistance you need. http://info.library.reed.edu/appointment/
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Russian databases – Stalin Archive & Iskusstvo Kino
The Stalin Digital Archive The SDA is a result of collaboration between the Russian State Archive of Social and Political History (RGASPI) and Yale University Press (YUP) to create an electronic database of finding aids, to digitize documents and images, and to publish in different forms and media materials from the recently declassified Stalin archive…
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Christmas Mass: Victorian Illuminated Manuscript
Reed recently acquired an illuminated Christmas Mass, calligraphed and illustrated by Marie Granville and perhaps others, dated 1854. This lovely manuscript has been digitized and is now part of the Digital Collection. This work is illuminated with many initials in colors and burnished gold, with full borders on every page in a variety of styles…
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Winter Break Hours
The Library is moving to Winter Break and Intercession hours. See below for details. Winter Break hours: Fri. Dec. 14 8:00am – 5:00pm Sat. – Sun., Dec. 15-16 CLOSED Mon. – Fri., Dec. 17-21 8:30am – 5:00pm Sat. – Tue., Dec. 22-25 CLOSED Wed. – Fri., Dec. 26-28 8:30am – 5:00pm Sat. – Tue., Dec.…
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First-year students: ask your personal librarian
Not sure how to find that book? Wondering how to access JSTOR from off-campus? Worried about that research paper that’s due soon? Your personal librarian can help. All first-year students at Reed are matched with a personal librarian. You’re welcome to contact your personal librarian at any time. He or she can help with any…
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Gov Docs: Old School Treasures
November 10, 2012 — January 31, 2013 2012 marks another Reed centennial as a government documents depository.The library was designated a senatorial depository under President Foster and first librarian Maida Rossiter in 1912; it has received about 38% of governmental publications since then. A selection showing the breadth and variety of those publications is on…
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Thesis Students: Have you talked to your librarian yet?
One of the best resources to help you with your thesis research is your librarian. The subject specialist librarian for your discipline can help you identify resources and develop strategies to make sure you are finding the best and most relevant sources for your thesis. Whether you are stuck somewhere in the process, want to…
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Beatus vir, a late Medieval Illuminated Manuscript
One of Reed’s three illuminated manuscripts, the Beatus vir, created around 1510 in France, has now been digitized and may be perused online at https://cdm.reed.edu/cdm4/beatusvir/ as one of Reed’s newer digital collections. The Beatus vir is a psalter and prayerbook containing 40 painted miniatures, ten of them full-page. Particularly appealing are the many images showing…
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Reedbrarians: Advocacy, Activism, and the Future of Access
Please join us for a lecture and reception featuring Char Booth ’01 Wed. 24 October 2012 4:30 p.m., Psychology 105 Students are invited to have dinner with Char immediately after the lecture at the Parker House. RSVP by October 22. Space is limited. Char Booth ’01 is the Instruction Services Manager & E-Learning Librarian at…
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Streaming trial – Independent films & shorts
Through November 3, 2012, all students, faculty, and staff may access New World Cinema: Independent Features and Shorts by going directly to: https://video.alexanderstreet.com/channel/new-world-cinema-independent-features-and-shorts-1990-present. The collection delivers approximately 200 full-length feature films from leading independent distributors such as Kino Lorber, First Run Features, Film Movement, MK2, and the Global Films Initiative, along with over fifty award-winning…
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