The Republican National Convention this July in Cleveland may or may not turn into a brawl, but those who wish to be well supplied with information - in order to have a good understanding as the events unfold - may wish to look at the following report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS):
"The Presidential Nominating Process and the National Party Conventions, 2016: Frequently Asked Questions." This report provides "answers to frequently asked questions about the Presidential nominating process, including how delegates to the national conventions are chosen, differences between a caucus and a primary, national party rules changes for 2016, and information on national conventions."
The Sawyer Library recently began a subscription to a collection of CRS Reports through the vendor ProQuest. This collection may be found by starting at the Sawyer Library home page (http://www.suffolk.edu/sawlib/) > Databases by Subject > Social Sciences > Political Science > Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports.
The Congressional Research Service produces reports specifically for use by Congress. They are known for being nonpartisan reports, which typically include analysis, pro/con viewpoints, and statistics.
In preparation for Professor Rachael Cobb's upcoming talk in the Poetry Center, "Voting Rights and the 2016 Presidential Election," attendees may wish to view the following two reports from CRS:
"Voter Identification Requirements: Background and Legal Issues" updated November 03, 2014 and updated November 10, 2014.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Friday, February 13, 2015
Frank Wedekind and his play "Spring's Awakening"
In coordination with this year's Pioneer Performance Series production of Spring Awakening, the musical, (based on a 19th century German play by Frank Wedekind), and Professor Jay Rosellini's presentation about the original work and Wedekind’s legacy in drama history, the Sawyer Library is highlighting items in the Library's collection related to the play and its German author.
- Spring Awakening
Book and lyrics by Steven Sater ; music by Duncan Sheik. Online access via eBrary. - Spring Awakening : In the Flesh
Written by David Cote ; principal photography by Doug Hamilton and Joan Marcus.
- Spring's Awakening: Tragedy of Childhood
By Frank Wedekind; English version and ten notes by Eric Bentley
- Frühlings Erwachen : eine Kindertragödie
Frank Wedekind ; mit einem Nachwort von Georg Hensel
Biography and criticism of Frank Wedekind (1864-1918):
-
Frank Wedekind
By Sol Gittleman -
Frank Wedekind
by Alan Best
- Twentieth-Century German Dramatists, 1889-1918
Access book at Gale's Dictionary of Literary Biography Online -
The Playwright & Historical Change; Dramatic Strategies in Brecht, Hauptmann, Kaiser & Wedekind
By Leroy R. Shaw
- The Cambridge Companion to
Modern German Culture
View full text via Cambridge Online
Reviews of performances, and articles about the play, from
the New York Times, spanning from 1908 to 2008.
All are available online to Suffolk University students and staff, via
the Historic New York Times database.
- Isherwood, Charles. "Injecting Real Youth into a Youthful show." New York Times (1923-Current file): 1. Sep 15 2008. ProQuest. Web. 8 Jan. 2015.
- BELLAFANTE, GINIA. "Sex, Repressed and Unleashed." New York Times (1923-Current file): 2. Feb 09 2007. ProQuest. Web. 8 Jan. 2015.
- Isherwood, Charles. "THEATER REVIEW: A Rock 'n' Roll Heartbeat for German Schoolboys of the 19th Century." New York Times (1923-Current file): 1. Jun 16 2006. ProQuest. Web. 8 Jan. 2015.
- SISARIO, BEN. "Duncan Sheik." New York Times (1923-Current file): 1. Feb 26 2006. ProQuest. Web. 8 Jan. 2015.
- Gussow, MEL. "Stage: Juilliard Players do 'Spring Awakening'." New York Times (1923-Current file): 40. Dec 19 1977. ProQuest. Web. 8 Jan. 2015.
- Funke, LEWIS. "Theater: Wedekind's 'the Awakening of Spring': Sex-Education Sermon at Pocket Theater 1891 Play Conveys Air of a Museum Piece." New York Times (1923-Current file): 50. May 13 1964. ProQuest. Web. 8 Jan. 2015.
- Gelb, ARTHUR. "Theatre: Dated Sermon: 'Spring's Awakening'Is an Essay on Sex." New York Times (1923-Current file): 30. Oct 10 1955. ProQuest. Web. 8 Jan. 2015.
- "COURT BARS SEX PLAY: Justice Erlanger Finds "The Awakening of Spring" Unfit for Public." New York Times (1857-1922): 13. May 03 1917. ProQuest. Web. 8 Jan. 2015.
- "THE AWAKENING OF SPRING": A Tragedy of Childhood by the German Playwright, Frank Wedekind." New York Times (1857-1922): 1. Oct 01 1910. ProQuest. Web. 8 Jan. 2015.
- Special Cable to THE NEW,YORK TIMES. "CHILD ACTORS SEEN IN GERMAN SEX PLAY." New York Times (1857-1922): 9. Oct 29 1908. ProQuest. Web. 8 Jan. 2015.
Friday, October 3, 2014
New Database: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Sawyer Library has recently added a subscription to the The Chronicle of Higher Education website. It is available to all current Suffolk University students, faculty, and staff, from the Sawyer Library web page (with authentication via a current Suffolk ID number, when off campus).
From the center widget box on the Sawyer Library home page > select the Databases Tab > then either choose the A-Z list, or select: Social Sciences > Education.
The Chronicle is the #1 source of news and information within the world of higher education.
From the center widget box on the Sawyer Library home page > select the Databases Tab > then either choose the A-Z list, or select: Social Sciences > Education.
The Chronicle is the #1 source of news and information within the world of higher education.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Note to Faculty: Harvard Business Review for Course Work
As you may already know, one of the crown jewels of Ebsco's top-of-the-line business database, Business Source Complete (BSC), is their complete run (back to 1922!) of the Harvard Business Review (HBR), one of the most important business journals ever published. A mix of the popular and practical with the highly academic, HBR is, indeed a valuable journal. That's why B-school professors are often interested in using articles from it for class readings.
Although HBR is in our database with full-text PDFs, you may have noticed the scary warning at the end of the articles that reads:
Generally, when a library leases a database, the use of persistent links (or PURLs) in BlackBoard syllabi would be considered "fair use" at that institution. But Harvard likes to write its own rules, and Ebsco is going along with it.
Therefore, even linking to the database record for an HBR article is, according to Harvard, not an "intended" use of database content, and according to them, verboten unless specifically licensed. So, as a faculty member at Suffolk, you might think that you (or the Bookstore, if they were helping to prepare your CoursePack) might have to email Harvard or go through a process at the Copyright Clearance Center to be able to use HBR for class.
Au contraire! As it so happens, our previous library director contracted via Ebsco to also license something called "Harvard Business Review for Course Work." We pay a large (and I would term it exorbitant) additional annual fee to cover course-related use of HBR. Exactly what does this extra fee cover? Harvard (and Ebsco) have always refused to spell that out. Early in our acquisition process I spoke to a Harvard rep. on the phone and tried to pin down the details. He was evasive. So I finally said that as far as I was concerned "anything short of handing out hundreds of copies of articles to strangers at Park Street Station was covered." And he concurred.
So, if you would like to use HBR in class, PLEASE DO SO. Although, as I say, we have no specifics for this so-called license. However, our interpretation of what we get for the fee is everything warned against in the above statement. That is, you may use HBR articles for:
(We are not copyright attorneys here at the Library, but if you are interested in delving into the nature of "fair use," you might want to look through our LibGuide on the Ethical Use of Information.)
We pay this very large fee to keep all Suffolk use of HBR covered, so please utilize this resource! Simply access the journal via links in our eJournal Locator or our Online Catalog, and identify the articles you want to use. Print them, download PDFs, or copy and paste the "Permalink" you can capture from a BSC record into your syllabus.
Ignore the warnings at the end of articles and please do NOT pay additional fees at Harvard Publishing or at CCC for Suffolk use of HBR. (Alas, the fair thing would be for those warnings to not appear on our copies of HBR articles. And BSC Permalinks should only work for institutions that pay the extra fee, like us. Harvard Publishing and the CCC should also refuse to accept additional HBR fees from anyone affiliated with Suffolk. But the world is not a fair one, so it is important for you to remember that you are completely covered for all HBR use while you teach at Suffolk....and while we can continue to pay this fee.)
If you want more information on PURL use in class readings, you might want to consult this general PURL guide and this one specific to BlackBoard.
And happy reading in the Harvard Business Review!
Although HBR is in our database with full-text PDFs, you may have noticed the scary warning at the end of the articles that reads:
"Harvard Business Review Notice of Use Restrictions,
May 2009Harvard Business Review and Harvard Business Publishing Newsletter
content on EBSCOhost is licensed for the private individual use of authorized
EBSCOhost users. It is not intended for use as assigned course material in
academic institutions nor as corporate learning or training materials in
businesses. Academic licensees may not use this content in electronic reserves,
electronic course packs, persistent linking from syllabi or by any other means of
incorporating the content into course resources. Business licensees may not
host this content on learning management systems or use persistent linking or
other means to incorporate the content into learning management systems.
Harvard Business Publishing will be pleased to grant permission to make this
content available through such means. For rates and permission, contact
permissions@harvardbusiness.org."
Generally, when a library leases a database, the use of persistent links (or PURLs) in BlackBoard syllabi would be considered "fair use" at that institution. But Harvard likes to write its own rules, and Ebsco is going along with it.
Therefore, even linking to the database record for an HBR article is, according to Harvard, not an "intended" use of database content, and according to them, verboten unless specifically licensed. So, as a faculty member at Suffolk, you might think that you (or the Bookstore, if they were helping to prepare your CoursePack) might have to email Harvard or go through a process at the Copyright Clearance Center to be able to use HBR for class.
Au contraire! As it so happens, our previous library director contracted via Ebsco to also license something called "Harvard Business Review for Course Work." We pay a large (and I would term it exorbitant) additional annual fee to cover course-related use of HBR. Exactly what does this extra fee cover? Harvard (and Ebsco) have always refused to spell that out. Early in our acquisition process I spoke to a Harvard rep. on the phone and tried to pin down the details. He was evasive. So I finally said that as far as I was concerned "anything short of handing out hundreds of copies of articles to strangers at Park Street Station was covered." And he concurred.
So, if you would like to use HBR in class, PLEASE DO SO. Although, as I say, we have no specifics for this so-called license. However, our interpretation of what we get for the fee is everything warned against in the above statement. That is, you may use HBR articles for:
- Electronic Reserves
- Course Packs (prepared by you or by the SU Bookstore for Suffolk student use)
- Persistent Linking to BSC/HBR Articles in Online Syllabi, Emails or BlackBoard Postings
- Even making Multiple Photocopies from a PDF and handing them out in class!
(We are not copyright attorneys here at the Library, but if you are interested in delving into the nature of "fair use," you might want to look through our LibGuide on the Ethical Use of Information.)
We pay this very large fee to keep all Suffolk use of HBR covered, so please utilize this resource! Simply access the journal via links in our eJournal Locator or our Online Catalog, and identify the articles you want to use. Print them, download PDFs, or copy and paste the "Permalink" you can capture from a BSC record into your syllabus.
Ignore the warnings at the end of articles and please do NOT pay additional fees at Harvard Publishing or at CCC for Suffolk use of HBR. (Alas, the fair thing would be for those warnings to not appear on our copies of HBR articles. And BSC Permalinks should only work for institutions that pay the extra fee, like us. Harvard Publishing and the CCC should also refuse to accept additional HBR fees from anyone affiliated with Suffolk. But the world is not a fair one, so it is important for you to remember that you are completely covered for all HBR use while you teach at Suffolk....and while we can continue to pay this fee.)
If you want more information on PURL use in class readings, you might want to consult this general PURL guide and this one specific to BlackBoard.
And happy reading in the Harvard Business Review!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Recurring Reference Questions: What is a Journal's Impact Factor, and How Can I Find It?
An Impact Factor (IF) provides a quantitative assessment of a journal's influence or impact. Thomson Scientific (now Thomson Reuters Scientific) offers the Impact Factor via Journal Citation Reports (JCR). According to Thomson Reuters, the Journal Impact Factor is the frequency with which the “average article” in a journal has been cited in a particular year. A journal’s Impact Factor is determined by dividing the number of citations in the JCR year by the total number of articles published in the two previous years. A Journal Impact Factor of 4.0 means that, on average, the articles published in that journal within the past three years have been cited four times. There must be at least two years of data in order to calculate the Impact Factor.
Using Impact Factors (IF) Wisely:
As Thomson Reuters indicates on their Information About page, one should not depend entirely on JCR data to evaluate a journal because:
IF only includes journals indexed by Thomson Reuters Scientific (ISI).
IF does not evaluate individual researchers.
Journals can only be compared within the same discipline. Citation results vary widely across disciplines.
The number of articles found in journals include both research and review articles. "Citation counts in JCR do not distinguish between citations to letters, reviews, or original research articles, even though only original research and review articles are used in IF calculations."
Title changes or changes in format of a journal affects the IF.
Some Additional Methods for Constructing Impact Factors:
To Find Journal Citation Reports:
Go to the Mildred F. Sawyer's home page, and select "Databases by Subject." Choose "Business and Management" or "Social Sciences" and click on Journal Citation Reports in the list.
To Utilyze JCR:
From the opening screen, select an option.
View journals by Subject, Publisher, Country/Territory. The default option is subject categorySearch for a specific journal.
Search for a specific title.
View all journals in the JCR edition and year you selected. (The Sawyer Library has the Social Sciences edition from 1998 forward).
[FIND Journal Citation Reports in our "Databases by Subject" Lists for Business and Management and for Social Sciences]
Using Impact Factors (IF) Wisely:
As Thomson Reuters indicates on their Information About page, one should not depend entirely on JCR data to evaluate a journal because:
Some Additional Methods for Constructing Impact Factors:
Google Scholar - From the Advanced Search screen, enter author and title information to obtain cited references. Publish or Perish may be used to track an author's impact using Google Scholar.
eigenfactor.org - Ranking and Mapping Scientific Journals
Journal Ranking - Center for Journal Ranking (CJR)
To Find Journal Citation Reports:
Go to the Mildred F. Sawyer's home page, and select "Databases by Subject." Choose "Business and Management" or "Social Sciences" and click on Journal Citation Reports in the list.
To Utilyze JCR:
For example, if searching by Subject Category, select the subject from the second screen, and choose data sorted by journal title, total cites, impact factor, or other options provided from the drop-down menu. Use the Information for New Users button for more detailed information and instructions.
[FIND Journal Citation Reports in our "Databases by Subject" Lists for Business and Management and for Social Sciences]
Monday, January 21, 2008
Note to Faculty: Copyright and Electronic Reserves
There have been many changes in publishing, media, and the modes to access them in recent years. The rights of the author and the publisher in this quickly changing environment is sometimes a matter of conflict for the key players--hence the Hollywood writers strike over internet access and downloads. It is also a matter of confusion for universities and faculty trying to establish electronic reserve readings for students.
In the recent past, faculty felt free to capture online texts from library databases or the web, or even scan items (like book chapters) they wanted students to read and email them to students, or put up links to these "digital" copies for students to access, read, and print. This was considered by many one of those "grey areas" of copyright that fell close enough to "fair use" to be safe and acceptable.
Well, that grey area seems to be becoming less grey.
Articles are starting to appear in the media that indicate that some universities are taking the lead in treating online readings the same way they would paper reading packets. See, for example, this recent news item from Publisher's Weekly:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6523686.html?nid=2286&source=title&rid=110462130
Three universities, following the earlier lead of Cornell, have signed an agreement with the Association of American Publishers that "affirms that digital materials will be governed by the same copyright principals [sic] used for print materials."
Who knows? Even providing PURLs (stable links) to articles in databases that the Library leases may be becoming problematic. Already, journals like the Harvard Business Review add a note to their PDFs in our Business Source Complete database indicating that their articles are “not intended for use as assigned course material." They add that they are "pleased to grant permission to make this work available through “electronic reserves” or other means of digital access or transmission to students enrolled in a course” as long as you contact them for “rates and authorization.”
The librarians of Sawyer Library are not copyright attorneys, so we cannot give you definitive advice about what is proper and what is not. However, we did want to let faculty know that free and easy distribution of the work of others, without obtaining specific permission to do so, may not be the "fair use" they think it is!
In the recent past, faculty felt free to capture online texts from library databases or the web, or even scan items (like book chapters) they wanted students to read and email them to students, or put up links to these "digital" copies for students to access, read, and print. This was considered by many one of those "grey areas" of copyright that fell close enough to "fair use" to be safe and acceptable.
Well, that grey area seems to be becoming less grey.
Articles are starting to appear in the media that indicate that some universities are taking the lead in treating online readings the same way they would paper reading packets. See, for example, this recent news item from Publisher's Weekly:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6523686.html?nid=2286&source=title&rid=110462130
Three universities, following the earlier lead of Cornell, have signed an agreement with the Association of American Publishers that "affirms that digital materials will be governed by the same copyright principals [sic] used for print materials."
Who knows? Even providing PURLs (stable links) to articles in databases that the Library leases may be becoming problematic. Already, journals like the Harvard Business Review add a note to their PDFs in our Business Source Complete database indicating that their articles are “not intended for use as assigned course material." They add that they are "pleased to grant permission to make this work available through “electronic reserves” or other means of digital access or transmission to students enrolled in a course” as long as you contact them for “rates and authorization.”
The librarians of Sawyer Library are not copyright attorneys, so we cannot give you definitive advice about what is proper and what is not. However, we did want to let faculty know that free and easy distribution of the work of others, without obtaining specific permission to do so, may not be the "fair use" they think it is!
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