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January 26, 2007

A Talk by Lama Karma

You are cordially invited to a talk by Lama Karma on "Tibetan Buddhist View about Death and Afterlife."

The talk will be in the from 12:50 - 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 29 in the Hatfield Room at Hatfield Library. It is free and open to the public.

January 24, 2007

Tree of Giving Update

The Hatfield Library's annual Tree of Giving led to the donation of 55 new children's books to Richmond Elementary School, along with 4 stocking caps and 6 pairs of gloves. We will be continuing this tradition next winter, so please keep us in mind when donating things for the holidays!

Thank you Willamette Community!

January 23, 2007

SAGE Journals Online

Journals published by SAGE are now online. SAGE publishes over 460 journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.

New Politics Databases

The Hatfield Library has added three new politics databases, all of which can be found in our Databases A-Z list.

Constitutions of the Countries of the World: Contains the full text for the constitutions of 187 countries. Constitutional scholars who are familiar with the legal system, judicial language and official language of each foreign jurisdiction provide authoritative translations into English.

Constitutions of the United States: Consists of the most complete and up-to-date U.S. constitutions: each of the 50 state constitutions; constitutions of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia; and, the United States Constitution

Constitutions of Dependencies and Territories: This invaluable source consists of the most complete and up-to-date expert English translations of the constitutions of territories and dependencies and relevant federal constitutional provisions that define the relationship between the state and dependencies and territories. The author provides commentary that describes the interaction of the federal constitution with that of the dependency or territory.

January 17, 2007

Book Review Digest Plus

Hatfield Library has recently acquired Book Review Digest Plus from H.W. Wilson.

The database provides indexing to book reviews, as well as selected full text reviews from 1983 to the present. Included are reviews from the print version of Book Review Digest, as well as book reviews indexed in 11 other H.W. Wilson indexes, with a total of 1,300,000 reviews of over 660,000 book titles.