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March 1st, 2022
Trees have always been a passion for Carroll D. Ritter. Taking inspiration from reading a variety of historical accounts of Indiana’s great natural heritage, Ritter authored Magnificent Trees of Indiana, published by Purdue University Press. He has written this book as a fresh approach to looking at the State of Indiana through the lens of its great trees – past to present. Their beauty, character, and importance to humankind are worth the highest consideration and admiration from all persons.
Featuring more than two hundred gorgeous color photographs of Indiana’s champion trees and old-growth forest remnants, Magnificent Trees of Indiana is a celebration of the state’s natural beauty. Seventy-four trees are featured as well as twenty old-growth woods. Each has been photographed to illuminate the grandeur of the natural world. Accessible to the outdoor enthusiast, this book details the changes that have occurred over the last two centuries in Indiana’s forests, including the landscape geology and physiography. The forest is celebrated as a living community, with highlights including odd forms, curious trees, and unique occurrences—many of which can still be visited today.
John A Bacone, director emeritus, Indiana Division of Nature Preserves, Indiana Department of Natural Resources said, “Ritter is an exceptional naturalist and an excellent writer. In this wonderful volume, he brings the reader from ancient times to the present, and from landscapes to individual old growth tracts. We learn about Indiana’s biggest trees, the remaining old growth forests, and about odd and curious trees as well.”
Magnificent Trees of Indiana makes a beautiful coffee-table gift book for any Hoosier or nature lover, walking the reader through the geologic past, into early pioneer times, and onward to the present, all while covering the history, value, and economic importance of our hardwood forests.
Magnificent Trees of Indiana
Carroll D. Ritter
Purdue University Press (March 1, 2022)
Hardcover, ISBN 9781612497419, $34.99
9×12 trim size; 280 pages; more than 270 color images
Receive 30% off all print titles by ordering directly from Purdue University Press and entering the discount code PURDUE30 at checkout.
About Purdue University Press
Founded in 1960, Purdue University Press is dedicated to the dissemination of scholarly and professional information. We publish books in several key subject areas including Purdue & Indiana, Aeronautics/Astronautics, the Human-Animal Bond, Central European Studies, Jewish Studies, and other select disciplines. Learn more at www.press.purdue.edu.
February 17th, 2022
Meet Bridget Arnold, the winner of Libraries’ MakeYourStory narrative podcast contest. She’s blazing her own trail at Purdue University, with majors in Anthropology and Organizational Leadership and minors in Spanish and Design & Innovation. The journey to this unique program of study was not without its stumbles, surprises, or sidetracks (into camper living on a Lake Erie island!), but it led Bridget to channel her many passions and regain her sense of purpose after the COVID-19 pandemic upended her first-year college plans. Listen to the story in Bridget’s own words in her award-winning podcast episode, “How Tiny Homes Help Me Explain My Majors.”
Of her podcasting future, Bridget says, “I do hope to make some more podcasts since it encompasses two things that I love and that I am good at: writing and speaking.” Besides exploring her podcaster potential, Bridget plans to live a life full of travel, adventure, and good stories. “I have lived in Central Indiana my entire life,” she says. “I need to branch out and do some traveling and gain some life experience. Hopefully, my work with the National Parks Service will take me to parks out west, or to areas where I can put my Spanish skills to the test.” After listening to her episode, curious listeners will undoubtedly wonder if her future plans include living in a tiny house. “ I would absolutely live in a tiny home again someday,” Bridget says, “but that is contingent on three criteria: not during the winter, not with another person, and not without a full-time job.”
The student podcast contest is part of the MakeYourStory podcast series created by Libraries and the Brian Lamb School of Communication. Following the success of 2020-2021’s Diversity and Making podcast and video series, a collaboration between Libraries and the Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center, the MakeYourStory series aims to introduce Purdue students to the beauty of oral storytelling, the craft of writing a compelling narrative, and the tools needed to effectively deliver that narrative through the popular medium of podcasting. The next episode of MakeYourStory will be released in late February 2022.
Bonus Fact: With eight libraries on Purdue’s campus, we asked Bridget if she has any favorite Libraries spaces. “I’m a third or fourth floor of HSSE kind of gal,” she says. “There’s something particularly comforting about being surrounded by books while I’m trying to work. Sometimes, when I need a break, I go up and check out Archives, too.”
Filed under: faculty_staff, general, servicesFebruary 15th, 2022
Open Access publishing leads to more discovery, more downloads, and more global access to Purdue’s giant leaps in research. Purdue authors may now include an open access option when publishing their research in Wiley hybrid journals without incurring author’s fees or embargoes. This new opportunity resulted from the collective bargaining of the Big Ten Academic Alliance’s consortium of academic research libraries, of which Purdue is an active member.
“This is a great opportunity for Purdue authors to increase discovery and accessibility of their scholarship,” said Dean of Libraries and School of Information Studies and Esther Ellis Norton Professor of Library Science Beth McNeil. “The Wiley partnership contributes to Libraries’ goal of creating more equitable, sustainable publishing options for Purdue authors, which furthers the University’s land-grant mission by fostering more equitable access to Purdue research across Indiana and around the world.”
Purdue authors interested in learning more about specific journals available through this or any of Purdue’s other open access publishing agreements should explore this libguide or contact Nina Collins, scholarly publishing specialist, at nkcollin@purdue.edu for more information.
Information for Authors
Eligible publications have a corresponding author from a participating BTAA institution, are primary research and review articles (which may include original articles, case studies, reviews, and short communications), and are accepted for publication in a Wiley hybrid journal between February 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. If interested, you must accept the offer to make your article OA at the time your article is accepted for publication. Your article is no longer eligible once it is published in Early View or In Issue online. Learn more.
Open Access Publishing at Purdue University
Libraries has long been a champion for open access publishing and Open Science at Purdue. Since 2020, Libraries has negotiated several open access publishing partnerships for Purdue authors with major academic publishers, including Wiley, Cambridge University Press, the Public Library of Science (PLOS), and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Libraries’ Open Access Publishing Fund and negotiated publishing discounts provide further assistance and incentive to Purdue authors.
Filed under: faculty_staff, general, Open_Access, scholcommFebruary 15th, 2022
Parrish Library’s Featured Database will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This time we’re featuring SAGE Business Cases, brought to you by SAGE.
The SAGE Business Cases database includes over 4,000 cases on entrepreneurship, accounting, healthcare management, leadership, and social enterprise from over 100 countries.
The List of Business Databases is the alphabetical list of the databases specially selected for those in a business program of study. Access the databases off-campus with your Purdue Career Account.
Click Getting Started with SAGE Business Cases to see the basics of using this database.
Some other resources you might want to explore are:
Featured Database comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact parrlib@purdue.edu. Also let us know if you know of a colleague who would benefit from this, or future Featured Databases.
Since usage statistics are an important barometer when databases are up for renewal, tell us your favorite database, and we will gladly promote it. Send an email to parrlib@purdue.edu.
Filed under: database, general, MGMTJanuary 27th, 2022
Humanities, Social Science and Education Library’s Featured Database will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This time we’re featuring INSPIRE, brought to by the Indiana State Library.
Link: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/inspire
Access the databases off-campus with your Purdue login and password.
Focus: Sometimes referred to the Indiana Virtual Library, this resource provides access to a full range of commercial databases free to all Indiana users. You can also access historical information about Indiana, and testing preparation.
Tutorial: Click here see the basics of using INSPIRE.
Why you should know this database: Beyond the access to a wide array of databases, this resource has an extensive collection of historical information about the state, including newspapers, digital collections from libraries across Indiana, and genealogy resources. Also, the testing preparation has a section for graduate exams like the LSTAT, GRE, and GMAT.
Quick tip: On the Purdue Libraries database list, if you see a little IN symbol next the title of a database, it means that this database can be access through the INSPIRE website.
Related Resource:
Another resource you might want to explore is:
Gale Access: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/galeaccess
January 10th, 2022
Libraries is proud to announce that their new fulfillment network, PurdueBorrow with Purdue Northwest and Purdue Fort Wayne, is now live in Library Search. PurdueBorrow allows easier requesting and borrowing of physical materials across all three campuses from their respective online catalogs. If a user performs a search from the main Libraries webpage using the Search All option, PurdueBorrow materials will now be included in the results. Requested materials may be checked out and returned to any library on the three campuses.
To assist new users, Libraries has created a helpful library guide that includes more information about PurdueBorrow. Libraries is extremely excited for this new contribution to world-class education and research for all Purdue students, staff, and faculty.
Note: Libraries plan to assess PurdueBorrow later in the spring semester. If you encounter any issues while placing requests or searching for PurdueBorrow materials, please submit a ticket so that staff can make note and investigate.
Filed under: collections, faculty_staff, general, servicesDecember 22nd, 2021
Judith M. Nixon, Professor Emerita of Library Science, has decided to donate her collection of illustrated versions of Clement C. Moore’s Night Before Christmas to Purdue Libraries Archives and Special Collections, and to provide a generous endowment for the care and development of the collection. Fittingly, the first nine editions of the donation were delivered to the library on St. Nicholas Day, December 6, 2021. There, Nixon personally passed these treasured volumes into the hands of Archivist for University History Adriana Harmeyer for preservation, safekeeping, and the enjoyment of generations of Boilermakers to come.
Nixon, a longtime Libraries faculty member and recent retiree, frequently shared the joy and wonder of this personal collection with the Libraries staff during her tenure at Purdue, often bringing select editions into the library and giving presentations during the holiday season; long considered a highlight for many who work in Libraries. The staff’s enthusiasm for these books was one of the main reasons Nixon decided to donate her collection to the Libraries’ Archives and Special Collections unit.
Nixon and her husband Bob have been collecting both old and new editions of Night Before Christmas since 1977 when they bought Elisa Trimby’s newly published illustrated edition in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for $5.95. Today, the Judith Nixon Night Before Christmas Collection includes illustrated editions by famous artists such as Thomas Nast, W. W. Denslow (the first illustrator of the Oz books), Jessie Wilcox Smith, Arthur Rackham, Grandma Moses, Reginald Birch, Tasha Tudor, Tomie de Paola, and hundreds of others.
About Judith M. Nixon: Nixon received her M.A. in Library Science from the University of Iowa in 1974 and her B.S. degree from Valparaiso University in Education in 1967.
Nixon and her husband Bob served in the U.S. Peace Corps as English language teachers from 1968-69 in the Kingdom of Tonga. After completing her M.A. in Library Science, Nixon worked as a reference librarian and business specialist from 1974-1984 at various institutions: Cedar Rapids Public Library, University of Wisconsin-Platteville and University of Arizona before coming to Purdue in 1984 as the Consumer & Family Sciences Librarian.
At Purdue, Nixon held several positions spanning nearly four decades: Consumer & Family Sciences Librarian, Head of the Management and Economics Library, Head of the HSSE Library, and since 2009 as the Education Librarian. A prolific researcher, she has mentored many scholars in the field of Information Science through her work as co-editor of the Collection Management journal. She retired from Purdue on January 2, 2021, and was subsequently honored by the American Library Association for her lifetime of “achievements to the world of librarianship.”
by Clement C. Moore, bound in purple velvet. Nixon considers this edition one of her favorites from the Judith Nixon Night Before Christmas Collection, now endowed through her generosity in Archives and Special Collections.
Filed under: collections, faculty_staff, general
November 30th, 2021
Purdue University Press is offering a 50% discount on ALL TITLES published in 2021 and our ENTIRE BACKLIST through January 10, 2022. All you need to do is enter code 21GIFT50 when ordering directly from our website.
From gorgeous coffee-table books on Purdue & Indiana to stirring biographies on some of the most important figures in the space race; books for green thumbs and naturalists to stories of survival in times of war, persecution, or health crises; Purdue University Press has plenty of books that would make wonderful gifts for your loved ones or yourself!
Here’s a guide to just a few of our favorite gifts:
Filed under: PurduePress
November 30th, 2021
Parrish Library’s Featured Database will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This time we’re featuring MRI Simmons Insights, brought to you by MRI Simmons.
MRI Simmons Insights, formerly known as Mediamark Internet Reporter, provides information on demographics, lifestyles, product and brand usage, and advertising media preferences reported by a sample of over 25,000 United States consumers.
The List of Business Databases is the alphabetical list of the databases specially selected for those in a business program of study. Access the databases off-campus with your Purdue Career Account.
Click Getting Started with MRI Simmons Insights to see the basics of using this database.
Some other resources you might want to explore are:
Featured Database comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact parrlib@purdue.edu. Also let us know if you know of a colleague who would benefit from this, or future Featured Databases.
Since usage statistics are an important barometer when databases are up for renewal, tell us your favorite database, and we will gladly promote it. Send an email to parrlib@purdue.edu.
Filed under: database, general, MGMTNovember 24th, 2021
Humanities, Social Science and Education Library’s Featured Database will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This time we’re featuring Social Sciences Full Text database, brought to you by EBSCO.
Link: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/ssft
Access the databases off-campus with your Purdue login and password.
Focus: This database provides access to more than 150 important journals published in social sciences, with full text access dating back to 1972. This includes the latest concepts, theories, and methods in both applied and theoretical aspects of social science.
Tutorial: Click here see the basics of using the Social Sciences Full Text database.
Why you should know this database: This database provides access to a wide assortment of the most important English-language journals published in the U.S. and elsewhere with full text and page images from scores of key publications, plus abstracting and indexing of hundreds of others.
Quick tip: On the preview window, there is a link for the Detailed Record. If you click on this link, to the left side of the page, you will see a link for find similar results. You can use this to generate a new results list that share similar keyword and subjects as the article you selected originally. This is a great way to expand your research.
Related Resources:
Another database you might want to explore is:
Sociological Abstracts: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/socabstract
JSTOR: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/db347