h, we wanted to share a selection of resources available through Fordham’s libraries and beyond covering Native American history in New York state.
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Your personal librarian is like a mythical being who shows you all the library shortcuts and makes your time at Fordham so much easier, only it’s a real person. In this post, find out more about how the personal librarian project helps students succeed.
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The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research recently launched their U.S. State Collection in an effort to improve state-level polling. It includes over 4,000 state polls conducted by more than 450 organizations, and more data is being added every day.
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We are happy to share that Fordham Library’s own Hannah Herrlich has been published in Internet Reference Services Quarterly. Her article investigates how librarians, professors, & researchers engage with scholarly communication and use OA resources.
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Juneteenth originated in Galveston, Texas on June 19th, 1865 when Union Army General Granger issued General Order No. 3, relaying the news of the Emancipation Proclamation. This announcement came more than a month after the official end of the Civil War and over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
To commemorate Juneteenth, this post features a selection of resources highlighting music, first-person accounts from former enslaved individuals, and the gradual abolition of slavery in New York State.
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The American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) preserves at-risk public media from the past 70+ years. It includes over 122,000 items of television and radio programming from across the country, and more than half of the collection is available to stream online for free.
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In April 2021, the Fordham University Library became a contributor to the American Theological Library Association (Atla) Digital Library. This allows the Fordham Digital Collections to be even more searchable and develop stronger access points among the religious and theological research communities.
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Citizen science projects are a great way to introduce new students to research and the scientific process, as well as gather community support for and increase engagement with research. They’re also a great way to move forward with your own research! Take a look at a few examples of citizen science below to see what they’re all about.
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Fordham Libraries provide access to the digitized newspaper archives of four highly respected U.S. national and regional newspapers. Every issue of each title includes the complete paper with full-text and full-image articles dating back to the 1800’s.
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American Underworld: The Flash Press is a Readex database featuring rare, short-lived newspapers that cover crime, scandal, blackmail, and the seamier aspects of urban life in the mid-19th century.
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