Living, or studying, in the largest city in the United States, it is easy to forget about our own rural backyard. That is one reason the American Rural Studies research guide has been created. This blog post explores all this new guide has to offer!
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In the United States, Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated annually from September 15th to October 15th. This is a time to remember and honor the cultures and contributions of Hispanic Americans whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.
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Library resources offer a wealth of information sources on Ukraine’s culture, literary, artistic, and religious traditions, geopolitics and history–including works illuminating this country’s long and often conflicted relationship with Russia.
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We wanted to share a selection of resources available at Fordham University Libraries and beyond to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Whether you are interested in taking a deep dive into biographies, speeches, videos, photographs, or other types of primary sources, librarians are here to help you find the content that inspires your curiosity.
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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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