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Calling All Students – Apply For a Research Grant!

Calling all students!  Are you considering applying for a Summer Research Grant in the Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences?  Or maybe in Science & Mathematics?  These research grants offer you the opportunity to be supported by a stipend while you … Continue reading

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Popular Reading Collection: Just in – “The Good Luck of Right Now”

Just in TODAY: The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick, bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook. Bartholomew Neil has lived with his mother for over thirty years.  When she passes away, the sheltered man must learn to … Continue reading

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Valentines’ Trivia brought to you by Collins Library!

Valentine’s Trivia Answers: Shady Brook Elementary – Academic Search , Jstor Red dress, stud earrings, a pair of heels and rings! – Academic Search Oton de Grandson – Biography Resource Center  Barbara Cartland – Biography Resource Center, Academic Search, Lexis/Nexis Naxos Business … Continue reading

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GPO’s Federal Digital System – Free Online Access

Want to read the actual text of the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act?”  Need a transcript of the President’s “State of the Union” address?  Researching Watergate, and want to read the transcripts of President Nixon’s grand jury testimony? These … Continue reading

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From the Archives: Summer Fellowship Opportunity

This summer the Archives & Special Collections will host a summer research fellow.  The 2014 project will focus on increasing awareness of our unique resources at Puget Sound through Wikipedia. Through Wikipedia’s GLAM-Wiki project (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) the … Continue reading

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“An Officer and a Spy” Available in the Popular Reading Collection

Featured on the “Books of the Times,” Robert Harris’ An Officer and a Spy is available in the Popular Reading Collection. The novel centers on the infamous Dreyfus Affair-Paris 1895.  Alfred Dreyfus, a young Jewish officer has been convicted of … Continue reading

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Apply for the Summer Fellowship in Archives & Special Collections

Come learn more about this year’s project and explore the collections at our Open House! Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 4–5:30 p.m. Collins Library Room 211 The Archives & Special Collections maintains the University of Puget Sound’s rare books, artists’ books, … Continue reading

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ARTstor On-site Training Sessions

The Collins Memorial Library Invites You to ARTstor On-site Training. Open to faculty, staff, and students February 11, 2014, 10-11 a.m. ARTstor Basics for Teaching What has ARTstor become?  Its world-wide importance, its relevance in multi-disciplinary searches, its convenience for … Continue reading

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Behind the Archives Door Series – Winter 2014 Events!

On the first and third Thursday of each month at 4:00 p.m., the Archives & Special Collections will hold a series of informal presentations on current research, unique resources, and rare books that are part of the University of Puget … Continue reading

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From the Archives: Plutarch (1538)

Amongst the beautiful old tomes in Archives & Special Collections sits a 1538 edition of Plutarch’s Lives. The work explores the actions of Themistocles, Pericles, Aristides, Alcibiades, Coriolanus, Demosthenes, Cicero, Caesar, and Antony in eleven sections. It is both a … Continue reading

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