Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies News

November 13th, 2015

Welcome to Database of the Week, a feature from the Parrish Library. Each of these weekly snapshots will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This week’s database is OneSource brought to you by Infogroup. Link: http://guides.lib.purdue.edu/businessdatabases is the alphabetical list of the databases specially more…

November 6th, 2015

Welcome to Database of the Week, a feature from the Parrish Library. Each of these weekly snapshots will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This week’s database is Business Source Premier from EBSCO. Link: http://guides.lib.purdue.edu/businessdatabases is the alphabetical list of the databases specially selected more…

November 5th, 2015

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Mark Geyer, deputy director of Johnson Space Center, on Tuesday (Nov. 10) will visit Purdue University to speak about space. Geyer’s talk, titled “Orion and NASA Deep Space Exploration,” is part of Purdue Libraries‘ Distinguished Lecture Series. His talk, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for 6 more…

November 3rd, 2015

Purdue University will host its 8th annual GIS Day College event on Thursday, Nov. 12 and Friday, Nov. 13. GIS Day is a global celebration of geospatial research and geographic information systems (GIS) technology. Purdue University Libraries is working with the GIS Day planning committee, which includes faculty and staff from a variety of divisions more…

October 29th, 2015

October 29th, 2015

October 23rd, 2015

Welcome to Database of the Week, a feature from the Parrish Library. Each of these weekly snapshots will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This week’s database is GREENR brought to you by CENGAGE Learning. Link: http://guides.lib.purdue.edu/businessdatabases is the alphabetical list of the databases more…

October 21st, 2015

October 13th, 2015

Policies for Progress: Catalyzing Collaboration between the Humanities/Social Sciences and STEM to Address the World’s Grand Challenges Conference Keynote Speaker Nicholas Haan Global Grand Challenges Director, Singularity University Click here for a schedule of events Reception and Keynote Speaker: Nicholas Haan Wednesday, October 28, 2015 5:45pm – 8:30pm Purdue Memorial Union North Ballroom Presentations, Lectures, more…

October 13th, 2015

Stop by Siegesmund Engineering Library (POTR 160) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15 to learn more about the interior space of the Active Learning Center.  Sample interior furnishings will be showcased for all students to peruse.  The Active Learning Center, opening in 2017 will be a central library/classroom space for all more…