TAMU Undergraduate Library Page

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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Dvds at EDMS

Did you know the library has a great collection of DVDs and VHS movies! Everything from popular movies, comedies, Academy Award winners, documentaries, language studies, and much more.

Check out a DVD to help with research or kill time in between classes for fun!

Students can check out DVDs to watch at one of the many viewing stations in EDMS, on the 4th floor of the Annex. Faculty can check out DVDs for classes for 3 days.

Browse a list of the many movies here!

Historical Newspapers Online, How do I get there?

To get to historical newspapers like the New York Times....

1. Go to http://library.tamu.edu
2. In the middle "Search Now for" box click on the Indexes/Databases tab on the top right
3. Type in Proquest Newspapers into the search box, click submit
3. In the new window, follow the blue "Proquest Newspapers" link
4. When you are in Proquest you have to choose the historical newspaper that you want to search by using the "Database:" dropdown list, the historical newspapers are located at the bottom.

For more newspapers, see our News handout, and follow the first steps above!

Thursday, October 05, 2006

Help with ENGL 104 Assignment

If you are working on a Historical Event Paper in ENGL 104 and are having trouble identifying an event...here is a helpful website that has links to chronolgies.


http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/timelines.cfm

There are also books in the Evans Reference that are very helpful!