Past announcements: Academic Year 2002-2003

• The Libraries have added 2,839 records to the Catalog for titles in Wright American Fiction, 1851-1875. All titles are available full-text on the web. More info. 5/15/2003
• Information about computer services in the Libraries is now available in this website. 5/6/2003
• Summer 2003 hours begin Friday, May 9. 4/28/2003
• You are invited to attend the Kranzberg Illustrated Book Studio Open House, Friday, April 25, 2003, 4-6pm, at the University's West Campus, 7425 Forsyth. This annual event showcases student work in the areas of illustrated book design and production. Park in the lot east of The Cheese Place. Use the West Campus Conference Center entrance, located below the concrete canopy. More info (scroll to bottom of page), or call Washington University Libraries' Department of Special Collections, 314-935-5495. 4/21/2003
• The search engine on this website has been changed to Google. Give it a try! 4/18/2003
• New database: Media Review Digest is now available on OCLC FirstSearch. More info. 4/17/2003
• The Arc: Library Technology Center is now open, regular hours. More info. 4/7/2003
• You are invited to two lectures by Roderick Cave. Darwin & the Duocecimo: Natural Selection & Books, April 11, 7:30pm, will be held at the West Campus Conference Center, Room AB, 7425 Forsyth, lower level; reception follows. Chinese and Vietnamese Ritual Papers, April 12, 10:30am, Olin Library Arc, Level A. Both events are free and open to the public. For more information, call (314) 935-5495. More info. 4/7/2003
• Database removed: Eventline has been removed from this website, as the database publisher is no longer updating it, and OCLC has removed it from the FirstSearch service. 4/2/2003
• The Bernard Becker Medical Library is holding an Open House on Monday, April 7, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. More info. 3/28/2003
• NOTE: The Online Catalog will be unavailable 5:00 - 9:00pm Tuesday, April 1, 2003. More info. 3/24/2003
• Looking for tax forms & information? 3/21/2003
• Floor plans of Olin Library have been added to this website. They will be updated as the floors change due to renovation. 3/19/2003
• Practical Preservation: Planning and Doing, a free workshop hosted by Washington University Libraries, will be held Friday, April 18, 2003. It will address basic preservation needs of libraries and other cultural or educational institutions of any size. 3/12/2003
• You are invited to the next 'Our Favorite Books' discussion, on Wednesday, March 19, 2003, 4-5 p.m. in Special Collections. Angela Miller, Dept. of Art History and Archaeology, will speak on Old World Rivalries and New World Scenes: De Bry's America. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. More info. 3/11/2003
• Book Collectors! Enter the 16th Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition. 2/18/2003
• Chat with a Librarian! The Libraries are piloting a reference chat service, Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm. Click on the Chat bubble on any page to see if a librarian is available to answer your question live, online. 1/13/2003
• Level A reopens! 1/13/2003
• New database: Index of Christian Art, from Princeton University. More info. 1/13/2003
• New database: Alternative Press Index Archive indexes journal articles about cultural, economic, political & social change from 1969-1990. More info. 1/8/2003
• New database: Evans Digital Edition: Early American Imprints, Series I, Evans (1639-1800) is in the process of being converted from microform to the web. More info. 12/19/2002
• New database: Literature Online (LION Complete), containing more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, plus biographies, bibliographies and key criticism and reference resources. More info. 12/5/2002
• New database: CQ Weekly provides coverage of the U.S. Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, etc. More info. 12/9/2002
• New database: CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. More info. 12/9/2002
• You are invited to the next 'Our Favorite Books' discussion, on Tuesday, November 19, 2002, 4-5 p.m. in Special Collections. Dr. Joseph Loewenstein will speak on: Eumnestes' Room: Spenser's Faerie Queene (1590/1596). Refreshments will be served. More info. 11/12/2002
• Washington University Libraries is hosting a program entitled Recollecting William Gaddis, followed by a reception, 8 p.m., Thursday, November 14, 2002, Women's Building Formal Lounge, Washington University. This event is free and open to the public. 11/11/2002
• New database: Tech Data Xpress (Standards), a comprehensive index of standards from more than 450 standards organizations. More info. 10/30/2002
• New database: Faculty of 1000 Biology, a current awareness source for all areas of biology, provided jointly by Becker Medical Library and Washington University Libraries. More info. 10/22/2002
• Current exhibition in Special Collections: Exhibit A: Design by Abbott Miller, October 7 - December 13, 2002, Olin Library, Level 3. 10/15/2002
• Electronic Journals: The Libraries have subscribed to the Kluwer Online Journals. 10/11/2002
• You are invited to the next 'Our Favorite Books' discussion, on Tuesday, October 15, 2002, 4-5 p.m. in Special Collections. Recent Trends in Fine Press Printing, by Anthony Garnett. Refreshments will be served. More info. 10/11/2002
• New, more complete Electronic Journal listings! More info. 9/19/2002
• Please join us in celebrating Henry Hampton's life and work Friday, September 20, 2002. Reception in Holmes Lounge, 4:45-5:45 p.m.; lecture in Graham Chapel, 6 p.m., by Julian Bond, Eyes on the Prize narrator and chairman of the NAACP. More info. 9/18/2002
• The Becker Library has sponsored Washington University's institutional membership in BioMed Central. More info. 9/16/2002
• ISI Links have begun to appear in Web of Science. When this icon appears, WU users may link directly to the fulltext of the journal article. Note: We may also have fulltext online access when there is no icon. 9/16/2002
• New database: Education Full Text, covering 1983-present, and including some full-text articles, replaces Education Index on FirstSearch. More info. 8/19/2002
• Academic year 2002-2003 hours begin Wednesday, August 28. 8/16/2002
• NetFirst has been merged with WorldCat, and no longer exists as a separate database. More info. 8/1/2002
• New database: American Periodical Series Online contains the page images of more than 1,000 periodicals, covering 1740-1900. More info. 7/30/2002
• Electronic Journals: The Libraries have subscribed to the ACS Journal Archives. 7/30/2002
• New database: Oxford Reference Online, containing over 100 dictionaries and reference books. More info. 7/15/2002
• New database: Stratfor.biz, containing global intelligence forecasts. More info. 7/15/2002
• New database: Polling the Nations, a compilation of questions and responses from more than 14,000 surveys. More info. 7/11/2002