The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) is a group dedicated to improving neighborhood outcomes through a variety of projects undertaken with local partners. The NNIP currently has many programs that feature data that impact on or derive from the field of  education. For example, a project called Mobilizing Data-Driven Local Outreach for... Read the rest of this entry »

If you need help citing your sources, be sure to consult the library's Citing Your Sources research guide. This guide will help you locate some of the most frequently used style manuals and provides links to a few subject specific citation guides. Also, if you are interested in using a bibliographic... Read the rest of this entry »

Here's a great blog post from one of our Digital Scholarship Services (DiSC) librarians, Eleni Castro, on a project she has been working on: Re-posted with permission from The British Library’s “Endangered Archives Blog” (original post). The Endangered Archives Programme funded this digital preservation project (EAP 1042), and is supported by... Read the rest of this entry »

This is certainly not a bad question: in fact, the answer is a little complicated. Books and other materials in Pickering are arranged into particular sections. Check out our floor plan and the bullet points below to see our sections. Education = Teaching guides and other scholarly books (aka our "education... Read the rest of this entry »

If you need help citing sources for your assignments, Pardee librarians have created a Citing Business Sources tutorial with sample Chicago Style, MLA Style and APA Style citations. The library also has style manuals available in the reference collection and Chicago Manual of Style is available online. If you have any... Read the rest of this entry »

As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, the Pardee Management Library is highlighting a few important guides to assist you with your startup and business plan research. These guides provide helpful print and electronic resources pertaining to entrepreneurship and innovation. Entrepreneurship and New Ventures Financing Business Ventures Innovation Resources Portal Social... Read the rest of this entry »

Wheelock Library Collections continue to fundamentally transform our Pickering Library branch! Here are some photos of the changes to our computer lab that show our growth. First, we took out some desks and computers that were located around the perimeter of the room. Next, we have installed shelving units against the... Read the rest of this entry »

The Pardee Library has many resources to help you develop your marketing plan such as market research reports from Mintel, consumer product usage data from University Reporter, advertising expenditure data from Ad$pender and articles from industry publications. These resources and many others are listed on the Marketing research guide available... Read the rest of this entry »

Xin Zhang is well-known for her pioneering work with metamaterials in areas as diverse as magnetic resonance imaging, downwell sensor technology for the oil industry, and noise-cancellation acoustics.

Register online to see the movie and stay for a Q&A after with producer/director Jason Schmitt.