Have you seen What's New in BU Libraries Search? This great new section within our Search interface keeps you up to date with all of the latest innovations to our system.  For instance, did you know our system is capable of "Search Term Expansion", which finds variants of keywords entered, as... Read the rest of this entry »

Access World News provides full-text current and archived articles on issues, events, people, government and more. This resource includes local news, editorials, announcements and other sections from more than 10,000 sources. Access World News is grant funded through August 2020. If you need any assistance with this resource, please contact a reference librarian. 

So you're off-campus and you want to do some research with Google Scholar. Did you know you can connect Google Scholar to BU Libraries Search? To activate the connection, first sign in to your Google account if you have one. Then, click Settings on the Scholar home page, click into the... Read the rest of this entry »

Hey BU Wheelock students - come get a quick orientation to the libraries and all they have to offer! Four Library Speed Tours are being offered this week - two at Mugar Memorial Library, and two at Pickering Educational Resources Library. The short, 15-minute tours will feature a look at some... Read the rest of this entry »

Storyline Online: Screen Actors Guild This video features Ernest Borgnine reading the book that appears on the new Pickering Educational Resources Library's home page image, Rainbow Fish.  This title also appears on our new guide to Classroom Books, under the category Friendship.

The 2018 Kids Count Data Book is now available!  Each year, the Annie E. Casey Foundation releases this important report about children in the United States. In addition to offering the data on the website, the report details trends in overall child well-being, economic well-being, education, health, and family and... Read the rest of this entry »

Today, July 18th, marks the centenary of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela's birth. The first President of a newly democratic South Africa, this remarkable man led his nation with grace and dignity. The African Studies Library is commemorating his life and legacy with a small exhibit that comprises materials from within our own collections. Please stop by the African... Read the rest of this entry »

Featured Free Resource for Teachers: SEP Lessons Quality lesson plans on many topics in science are available at this well-designed site. The home page is organized so that teachers can immediately browse by grade level, search by keyword, or view popular plans. After browsing by grade level (K-12), retrieved records are conveniently... Read the rest of this entry »

Join the Mugar Book Club, meeting electronically this summer on Facebook! We’re reading How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez. Lead by our fabulous Mugar Orientation Ambassadors, BU students Rebecca Strong Garcia, Kate Monroe, and Naveen Imin, we’ll discuss everything from the portrayal of identity and race... Read the rest of this entry »

The 2018 Edition of Journal Citation Reports is now available. This edition covers citations from scholarly journal articles published in 2017, and includes: More than 11,000 of the world's most highly cited, peer reviewed journals in 234 disciplines 80 countries represented 276 journals receiving their first impact factor To find an impact... Read the rest of this entry »