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MEL’s Database of the Week for 3/12/10

March 12th, 2010

Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). This week, for Spring Break, we are pleased to feature a resource unique to Purdue University Libraries.

This Week’s Featured Database:  e-Archives, in honor of the exhibit Amelia Earhart: the Aviator, the Advocate, and the Icon, on display March 1- May 28, 2010, in the Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, on the 4th floor of the HSSE Library.

Link:  e-Archives is accessed via e-Scholar, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases on MEL’s home page, right below the Libraries’ search box.

Description/focus: e-Archives is the Purdue Libraries’ digital collection of manuscripts, photographs, and University publications.  Amelia Earhart: the Aviator, the Advocate, and the Icon, is an exhibit drawn from the world’s largest collection of Amelia Earhart papers, photos, memorabilia, and artifacts.

Start with this hint: e-Archives includes an Advanced Search in the header toolbar, and it is a good choice if you know what you are looking for.  The toolbar also offers an option to Browse by Type, but for descriptions of the collections, select Browse by Title.  That link takes you to a list that includes descriptions and links to over 20 collections including, for example, Amelia Earhart at Purdue, the Krannert Alumni Magazine, and Purdue University Newsreels.

Why you should know this database: e-Archives includes over 107,000 digital objects.  Here you can learn more about Helen Gouger, a lawyer who argued in Tippecanoe County Court in 1895 that women should receive the vote, or see a page from the Book of Hours, or browse through historical photos of Purdue buildings, athletes, astronauts, and more.

How this can be integrated into the curriculum:  Class visits are welcome in the Archives and Special Collections. To schedule a visit for your class, fill out the online form.  You can also email David Hovde, Research and Instruction Librarian in Archives and Special Collections.

Cost: Purdue Libraries pays an annual maintenance fee for the CONTENTdm repository platform.

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