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MEL’s Database of the Week for 3/18/11

March 18th, 2011

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

This Week’s Featured Database:  e-Archives, from Purdue University Libraries Archives and Special Collections.

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.

Start with this hint: The e-Archives toolbar has a Search link which will take you to a page with an advanced search option and a list of the specific collections.  The Search page also offers options  to Browse by Type or Title.  There you can see the list of links to over 30 collections including, for example, Amelia Earhart Papers, photos of Dr. Cornell Bell, the Krannert Alumni Magazine, and Purdue University Newsreels.  In the bottom banner of the e-Archives home page, click on the link to Archives and Special Collections to see more holdings in this unique library.

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.

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

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Database of the Week comes to you from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). Our intent is to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact kranlib@purdue.edu. Database of the Week is archived at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/MGMT/. For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@PurdueLibraries).

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