January 23rd, 2015
Welcome to Database of the Week. This feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics is intended to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know, with only basic information to get you started. Hopefully, you will be tempted to explore this or other databases. This Week’s more…
Filed under: database, general, MGMT | Comments Off on Purdue Libraries Database of the Week: BizMiner, from the Brandow CompanyJanuary 20th, 2015
Welcome to Database of the Week. This feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics is intended to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know, with only basic information to get you started. Hopefully, you will be tempted to explore this or other databases. This Week’s more…
Filed under: database, general, MGMT | Comments Off on Purdue Libraries Database of the Week: OECD iLibraryDecember 16th, 2014
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. –Purdue University Libraries and the Joint Transportation Research Program achieved a major milestone on Dec.7 with over 1 million downloads of technical reports within the Libraries’ Purdue e-Pubs, the university’s worldwide online open access Institutional document repository. JTRP technical reports are from research projects conducted through collaboration with the Indiana Department of more…
Filed under: general, scholcomm | Comments Off on Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP) celebrates milestone of 1 million downloadsDecember 16th, 2014
GIS Day Celebration at Purdue University By Nicole Kong The 7th GIS Day celebration hosted by Purdue University Libraries was held on November 6th and 7th. It was a wonderful event to connect the GIS community on campus and beyond. During both days of celebration, the community got to know more GIS resources both more…
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Purdue University Libraries will offer study break activities for students in Hicks Undergraduate Library during prep and finals week to help Purdue students alleviate stress. All of these events are free and light refreshments will be served. Activities that will be offered are: Therapy Dogs and Cats Caring Paws volunteers will bring dog and cat more…
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Items representing Purdue University’s contributions to flight and space history were to fly onboard this week’s first test of Orion from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex. Purdue is the alma mater of 23 NASA astronauts. The Orion flight test, a two-orbit, four-hour flight that will test many of more…
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The 2014 “Why I Love Purdue Libraries” video contest recently ended. This year, as with last year, there was another fantastic group of student videos submitted. Our Undergraduate Student Libraries Advisory Council (USLAC) recently reviewed the video finalists and selected the winners. Libraries Dean Jim Mullins met with the winners and presented them with their more…
Filed under: general | Comments Off on 2014 “Why I Love Purdue Libraries” Video Contest Winners AnnouncedNovember 25th, 2014
Approaching One Million Downloads for Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP) Technical Reports: Purdue University Libraries/Purdue e-Pubs looks forward to celebrating this milestone with JTRP and partners and hope to name the millionth soon. Stay tuned!http://lnkd.in/e7ZBNPd
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Purdue University on Friday (Nov. 21) recognized Carol Armstrong for the gift of papers valued at more than $3.4 million from her late husband, Neil A. Armstrong, a 1955 Purdue graduate and the first person to step on the moon. Carol Armstrong, along with alumnus astronaut Gene A. Cernan, the most recent person to walk more…
Filed under: collections, general, RSRCH, scholcomm | Comments Off on Purdue Receives Neil Armstrong PapersNovember 21st, 2014
Purdue News – Purdue to be featured as part of C-SPAN%25E2%2580%2599s 2014 Cities Tour.
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