Past announcements: Academic Year 2004-2005

• Database changes: The Libraries have subscribed to Academic Search Premier. Since this database covers much of the same material as Expanded Academic Index, Humanities Abstracts, and Social Sciences Abstracts, those databases will not be renewed. Expanded Academic will remain available until 8/30/05. More info. 6/30/2005
• UPDATE to item below - Library Email/Forms are working again: Library staff email has been restored, though we're still working through some issues. Library web forms should be working as well. If you've sent a message and not received a response, please send it again, fill out the form again, or give us a call, at one of the numbers below. Thanks! 6/13/2005
• Library Email/Forms Not Working! WU Libraries staff will be unreachable by email until approximately Friday, June 10. As a result, we will not receive requests made via forms on this website (this does not affect ILLiad). Please call us instead:
  • Circulation - 314-935-5420
  • Reference/Help Desk - 314-935-5410
  • Library Administration - 314-935-5400
  We apologize for the inconvenience. 6/8/2005
• The Libraries have purchased JSTOR Arts & Sciences III collection, which, when complete by the end of 2005, will include journals in language and literature, music, the history and study of art and architecture, cultural studies, film, folklore, performing arts, and religion. More info. 5/24/2005
• New databases: Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 and Early American Newspapers, 1690-1876, which complement Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800. More info. 5/19/2005
• Have you looked at our Collections page lately? 5/19/2005
• Summer hours begin Thursday, May 12. 5/9/2005
• You are invited to the Annual Open House of the Nancy Spirtas Kranzberg Studio for the Illustrated Book, Friday, May 6, 2005, 5-7 p.m., at Washington University's West Campus, 7425 Forsyth Boulevard. Park free in the surface parking lot east of The Cheese Place, and use the West Campus Conference Center entrance, located below the concrete canopy. Then follow the signs. For more information, call University Libraries' Department of Special Collections, 314-935-5495. 5/3/2005
• New database: Film Index International provides in-depth indexing of over 118,000 films - from the first silent movies to the latest blockbusters - and biographical information for almost 685,000 personalities. Gift of Mary Wickes in honor of her parents Isabella & Frank Wickenhauser. More info. 4/25/2005
• Olin Library day lockers now available for overnight use. Lockers are now due prior to closing of the following day. 4/19/2005
• Washington University Libraries invite you to "Among the Gently Mad," a lecture by noted author & bibliophile Nicholas Basbanes, Friday, April 22, 2005 at 7:30 p.m., Whispers Cafe, John M. Olin Library. A reception & book signing follow the talk. More info. 4/18/2005
• New databases: The Libraries have purchased 6 databases from Alexander Street Press. Each can be searched individually; the full-text contents of each can be searched in North American Theatre Online. The individual databases are: American Film Scripts Online, Asian American Drama, Black Drama, North American Women's Drama, and Twentieth Century North American Drama. Gift of Mary Wickes in honor of her parents Isabella & Frank Wickenhauser. More info. 4/12/2005
• WU Bernard Becker Medical Library is hosting a day-long symposium, "Managing Knowledge in the Digital Domain," on Tuesday, April 19, 2005. More info (Word document) or press release. 3/31/2005
• The Becker Medical Library has launched a new website: http://beckerweb.wustl.edu. 3/29/2005
• Librarian@Arc: Barbara Rehkop will be available in the Olin Library Arc Presentation Room at the following days and times:
  • Thursday, 3/31, 1-2 pm
  • Tuesday, 4/12, 2-3 pm
  • Wednesday, 4/28, 11am-12 noon
  • Monday, 5/2, 3-4pm
  Her specialty is government documents questions and research, but actually she's open and available to assist with most any part of the research process. Please feel free to stop in and ask your questions! 3/29/2005
• See the exhibition entitled ". . . and henceforth shall be free" in the Olin Library main lobby, the Ginkgo Reading Room, and the Special Collections reading room, from now through April 27. This exhibition includes prints and other images from Abolition, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. More info. 3/29/2005
• Upcoming lecture: "Protecting Access to Scientific Results: We are the Solution." On Monday April 4th at 4:00PM, Dr. Michael Rosenzweig, editor and publisher of Evolutionary Ecology Research, will be speaking at Rebstock Hall on alternative approaches to scholarly communication and scientific publishing. More info. 3/29/2005
• See Eyes on the Prize and participate in other upcoming events of the Film and Media Archive. More info. 3/29/2005
• MOBIUS Catalog unavailable Monday, March 28. 3/25/2005
• New database: GLBT Life, an index of the world's literature regarding Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender issues. As of 3/14/05, now includes more full-text. More info. 3/14/2005
• Database upgraded: the Libraries have upgraded our Oxford Reference Online subscription from the Core collection to the Premium collection, which adds more than 50,000 additional in-depth, scholarly articles from titles in the acclaimed Oxford Companions series, plus all 20,000 quotations from the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. More info. 3/4/2005
• Problems with RLG databases seem to mostly have been solved. They affected Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals; Anthropology Plus; Bibliography of the History of Art; and History of Science, Technolgy, and Medicine. If you have problems with these databases, please contact your subject librarian. 3/4/2005
• The 18th annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition is underway. All full time Washington University students are eligible to compete for cash prizes by submitting a short essay, a bibliography, and a few items from their private book collection by March 28, 2005. Awards will be given in two categories: graduate and undergraduate with a first-place award of $1,000.00 and second-place award of $500.00 in each category. See the competition website for more details. 3/2/2005
• Need tax forms? 2/1/2005
• New off-campus access: we've put in place an alternative proxy server access method. 1/19/2005
• Database removed: OCLC has removed MDX Health Digest database from the FirstSearch system, so it has been removed from this website. As an alternative, you might try Health & Wellness Resource Center. 12/15/2004
• Website search down: the Google search of the library and University websites is not working. We do not yet have an estimate when it will be working again. We apologize for any inconvenience. [Was fixed and back online 12/17/2004.] 12/14/2004
• New database: ARTstor, a collection of images embracing architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design as well as many other forms of visual culture. More info. 12/7/2004
• Note: ICPSR database will not be available Dec. 27-28, 2004. More info. 12/7/2004
• Catalog unavailable Tuesday, Dec. 7, 5pm. More info. 12/2/2004
• New database: Safari Tech Books Online, a collection of 342 full-text electronic books on computing. 3 concurrent users. More info. 11/11/2004
• New database: Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost©) is now available campus-wide, instead of just in the Business Library. More info. 11/5/2004
• Database changes: we've converted our INSPEC subscription to the Web of Knowledge system. You can use CrossSearch to search INSPEC and Web of Science at the same time. More info. 10/25/2004
• Two changes in the Catalog: display of edition and description moved and See Related Searches links added. More info. 10/7/2004
• New database: CrossRef Search, a filtered Google search of several journal publishers' web content, is now freely available. More info. 10/7/2004
• New database: The Libraries have subscribed to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - and purchased it in print, if you'd rather view it that way! More info. 9/29/2004
• NOTE change in hours on October 8, 2004:
  • Olin Library will remain open until 8 p.m. However, all areas except Circulation and the Arc will be closing at 3 p.m.
  • All departmental libraries will be closed at 3 p.m.
  • Both Olin Library and Whispers Café will be card access only beginning at 3 p.m.
• Please join us for A Celebration of Willliam Gass, Saturday, October 9, beginning at 7:30 p.m., Whispers Café, Olin Library. More info. 9/24/2004
• Academic year 2004-2005 hours began Wednesday, September 1. More info. 8/27/2004
• New Library Catalog! We've updated our online catalog with a new look and feel, and new features. Take a look!. More info. 8/25/2004
• Database change: We've converted our Books in Print subscription to Global Books in Print, and now have an unlimited site license. More info. 8/13/2004
• New copiers installed, campus-wide. Price is now 12 cents/copy with a new copy card. More info. 8/5/2004
• Britannica has a spotlight featuring information about U.S. presidential elections you might find interesting. 7/26/2004
• Database changes: six databases formerly available on OCLC FirstSearch are now available through WilsonWeb instead: Biography Index, Essay and General Literature Index, General Science Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, Library Literature & Information Science, and Social Sciences Abstracts. 7/1/2004
• New database: The Libraries have subscribed to PsycARTICLES, which contains full-text articles from APA and other journals. More info. 7/1/2004
• New database: African American Newspapers: The 19th Century. More info. 7/1/2004