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Law Library Blog (September 2021): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law Sep 2021

Law Library Blog (September 2021): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Law Library Newsletters/Blog

No abstract provided.


Print Media Representation Of Nigerian Women In The News: A Study Of Four Selected National Newspapers, Aladi Alice Jonah, Okoro M. Nnanyelugo Aug 2020

Print Media Representation Of Nigerian Women In The News: A Study Of Four Selected National Newspapers, Aladi Alice Jonah, Okoro M. Nnanyelugo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study investigated newspaper representation of women in the news. A total of four newspapers were studied. They are Vanguard, The Punch, The Guardian and ThisDay. The duration for the study was three years (January 1st, 2015 to December 31st, 2017). The study was guided by three objectives and two hypotheses. Content analysis was used for the study with the code sheet as the instrument for data collection. Simple percentages were used to answer the research questions while the chi-square test of independence was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result showed …


Ms 226 Guide To The Ruth Sorelle Papers (1950s-2019), Danielle Ruth Doyle Sorelle Dec 2019

Ms 226 Guide To The Ruth Sorelle Papers (1950s-2019), Danielle Ruth Doyle Sorelle

Manuscript Finding Aids

The collection includes photos, plaques, framed objects, clipping books, clipping files, reference and topic files, childhood writings, science and medical articles, reporter notebooks, and clippings from SoRelle's budding career as a journalist at the University of Texas. One notable area of interest are the articles related to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Houston. See more at MS 226.


Newspaper Reading Habit Among The Students Of University College Kurukshetra: A Case Study, Chetan Sharma Dr., Rajni Saini Jan 2019

Newspaper Reading Habit Among The Students Of University College Kurukshetra: A Case Study, Chetan Sharma Dr., Rajni Saini

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Newspaper is a primary source of information. It is a house of knowledge and current events. People prefer to read printed newspaper since centuries but in the present time e-paper is also in trend. The most impressive virtue of newspaper is that it has something for someone and entertains all the age groups. Present study is based on newspaper reading habit among the students of University College Kurukshetra. The study shows the level of newspaper reading habits of students. Survey method was adopted to collect the primary data. 100 questionnaires were distributed among the students. Respondents believe that newspaper is …


Hot Type: Digitizing Utah’S Historical Newspapers, Jeremy Myntti, Tina Kirkham May 2018

Hot Type: Digitizing Utah’S Historical Newspapers, Jeremy Myntti, Tina Kirkham

Faculty Publications

1.History of Utah Digital Newspapers (UDN) Program

2.Tour of UDN

3.How can YOU help build UDN?

4.Future of UDN

5.UDN for Family History


Newspaper Citation In Scholarly Publications: A Study On Financial Times Newspaper During 2001-2010 As Reflected In Web Of Science, Angom Jeevan Singh, Dr. S. Ravikumar Feb 2018

Newspaper Citation In Scholarly Publications: A Study On Financial Times Newspaper During 2001-2010 As Reflected In Web Of Science, Angom Jeevan Singh, Dr. S. Ravikumar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

No abstract provided.


Utah Digital Newspapers Update, Jeremy Myntti Jun 2017

Utah Digital Newspapers Update, Jeremy Myntti

Faculty Publications

2001 - LSTA R&D grant for newspapers ○ 30,000 pages from Vernal Express, Grand Valley Times/Times Independent, Wasatch Wave

● 2002 - digitalnewspapers.org launched

● 2003 - Second LSTA grant ○ 100,000 pages ○ Matching funds from UALC and some public libraries

● 2003 - IMLS grant ○ 240,000 pages ○ Matching funds from BYU

● 2005, 2007, 2009 - 3 NDNP grants

● 2010 - UDN hits 1,000,000 pages


Zach's News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library Oct 2015

Zach's News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

University Libraries News Online (2008-2023)

  • West Georgia Historic Newspaper Archive Is Now Available


Zach's News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library Oct 2015

Zach's News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

University Libraries News Online (2008-2023)

  • New Titles Added to Savannah Historic Newspaper Archive


Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program, Kopana Terry Mar 2015

Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program, Kopana Terry

Library Presentations

No abstract provided.


Zach's News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library Oct 2014

Zach's News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

University Libraries News Online (2008-2023)

  • Database trial and evaluation: Hispanic American Newspaper


Getting The Crowd Into Obituaries: How A Unique Partnership Combined The World’S Largest Obituary Index With Utah’S Largest Historic Newspaper Database, Jeremy Myntti, John Alexander, John Herbert, Alan Witkowski Feb 2014

Getting The Crowd Into Obituaries: How A Unique Partnership Combined The World’S Largest Obituary Index With Utah’S Largest Historic Newspaper Database, Jeremy Myntti, John Alexander, John Herbert, Alan Witkowski

Faculty Publications

Utah Digital Newspaper

What we do

  • Create digital images of historic Utah newspapers
  • Create searchable text of every page/article
  • Make both images and text available on the Internet

Who we are

  • Run by J. Willard Marriott Library, Univ. of Utah
  • Entirely a “soft money” program
  • National leader, especially within the public sector


South Carolina’S Everyman Artist: The Oscar Jackson “Jak” Smyrl, Jr., Papers, Edward Blessing Apr 2013

South Carolina’S Everyman Artist: The Oscar Jackson “Jak” Smyrl, Jr., Papers, Edward Blessing

Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


The Narragansett Dawn, Princess Redwing, Ernest Hazard Sep 2006

The Narragansett Dawn, Princess Redwing, Ernest Hazard

Special Collections (Miscellaneous)

A newsletter edited by Princess Redwing and Ernest Hazard and published by the Narragansett Tribe of Indians in 1935 and 1936. It includes short articles by a variety of writers on the culture, history, and politics of the Narragansett Indians. It also includes religious and poetic writing, lessons in the Narragansett language, advice from community leaders, and a "milestones" section documenting births, deaths, and other life transitions.