Category Archives: Arts/Humanities, Social Sciences & Science

About The Program The ICPSR Summer Program is internationally recognized as a preeminent learning environment for basic and advanced training in social science research methodologies and technologies. They stress the integration of methods of quantitative analysis within a broader context … Continue reading →

Sound Ideas, the University of Puget Sound’s institutional repository, reached the milestone of 250,000 full-text downloads since it was established in the summer of 2011. As an institutional repository, Sound Ideas increases access to and impact of a variety of … Continue reading →

  This week’s blog post about Black History Month highlights collections of images in the ARTstor Digital Library. Some of the excellent resources on the African American experience are documented by photographs, paintings, illustrations, cultural objects, sculpture, and prints from … Continue reading →

January 27th, 2015 was the 315th anniversary of a tsunami that struck the shores of Japan. Detailed historical records from the time indicated high waves in several locations around Japan, but with additional confusing note: there was no record of … Continue reading →

ARTstor’ s Renaissance Studies Collection includes a selection of 100 images of the art and architecture of Renaissance Europe, including prints, drawings, paintings, sculptures, buildings, fresco cycles, and other forms of architectural decoration.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Library of Congress in Washington DC is currently hosting an exhibition, with an accompanying web site, that … Continue reading →

The Theatre Department is performing scenes from Suzan-Lori Parks’ work, 365 Days/365 Plays in November. To learn more about the play and the author, review the library’s web guide. About the title: “With 365 – it just rhymed: 365 Days/365 … Continue reading →

If you have any problems when using the computers or scanners in the Learning Commons, please let us know.  The library staff can address and resolve many issues immediately.  We also work closely with Technology Services to address any larger … Continue reading →

With the next general election just a few weeks away, November 4th, 2014, government representation should be on all our minds.  The Women Donors Network has just released a really interesting report titled “Who Leads Us.”   “Our goal is … Continue reading →

In August, the City of Tacoma launched TacomaData a pilot program to improve access to local data through an open data platform. TacomaData can be browsed by several subject categories including Business, Infrastructure and Transportation, Public Safety, and Environment and … Continue reading →