Google has released the 2019 edition of Google Scholar Metrics.  This ranking of important scholarly journals is available across many disciplines and relevant subcategories.  You can find nearly all of the ranked journals in BU Libraries Search. For more details on the 2019 release, including their important inclusion guidelines, see... Read the rest of this entry »

The World Bank provides a number of data tools and visualizations across varied topics, including gender equality.  The Gender Data Portal offers areas to explore such as "Indicators", "Dashboards", and "Enterprise Surveys", and is updated four times a year.  On the main page in the upper menu, be sure to view... Read the rest of this entry »

The Chronicle of Higher Education is available to the BU community in two ways: If you are on-campus, you can access it directly through www.chronicle.com. If you are off-campus, you'll need to use your BU login and this link: https://www-chronicle-com.ezproxy.bu.edu/. BU Libraries has up-to-date and full access to the Chronicle. You'll be able to... Read the rest of this entry »

New Journal Impact Factors can be found in a library database called Journal Citation Reports. The 2019 edition of Journal Citation Reports is now available. This edition covers citations from scholarly journal articles published in 2018, and includes: More than 11,000 of the world’s most highly cited, peer reviewed journals 236 research categories ... Read the rest of this entry »

The third edition of this essential title for teaching writing in the K-12 grade levels is now available as an eBook through the BU Libraries system. The 16 chapters of this 416-page work are now divided into these four basic sections: Introduction Creating a Supportive Writing Environment Writing for Different Purposes Teaching... Read the rest of this entry »

June is Pride Month! It's a time when Boston and many other cities around the country hold pride parades to celebrate LGBTQIA+ experiences. June 28th this year is also the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City, which led to the first pride marches around the country... Read the rest of this entry »

The National Academies Press (NAP) offers its entire PDF catalog of books for free! The press is the publishing arm of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, the National Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council. The press publishes books and reports that scientists, educators, and policy makers rely... Read the rest of this entry »

Boston University Libraries announce that after a nationwide competitive search process, it has named Mark P. Newton as Associate University Librarian for Digital Strategies and Innovations, effective June 10, 2019. In this role, Newton will serve as BU Libraries’ chief technology officer, identifying trends and developing effective solutions, collaborations, and... Read the rest of this entry »

Here are some of the newest books in education available courtesy of the Pickering Educational Resources Library, located within the Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development building at 2 Silber Way. New scholarship on a broad range of educational topics are often available as eBooks (highlighted just... Read the rest of this entry »

Do you believe that the stories of cis and trans women and non-binary people matter?  Then come to BU Libraries’ Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon and make a difference!  No experience necessary!  Please join us for the entire event, or just stop in for a while. Don't worry if you’ve never edited Wikipedia... Read the rest of this entry »