Google and Beyond: Stanford's Evolving Research Library
As we move forward with the Google digitization project and purchase additional digital content, Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR) plans to implement new indexing, searching and browsing tools that will allow our users to take full advantage of digital-format materials... Read more
Not a "Library of Babel": Find "Hidden" Resources in the Stanford Libraries
Borges ominously wrote in the Library of Babel, "But the searchers did not remember that the calculable possibility of a man's finding his own book, or some perfidious variation of his own book, is close to zero." There are times it may seem as if all searches are coming up "zero"... Read more
New Digital Imaging Station in the Lane Library Archives
There's a new way for researchers in the Lane Medical Archives to quickly and easily reproduce the valuable historical documents in the archives' collections. A new digital imaging station is the latest in a series of ongoing improvements in the archives... Read more
LibX: A FireFox Plugin that Helps in Conducting Research
LibX is a Firefox plugin that helps you conduct your research at Stanford more quickly and efficiently... Read more
New American Historical Newspapers Online: Series 4 and 5 of Early American Newspapers
Building on an already impressive holding of digital historical newspapers, the Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR) has recently acquired online access to Series 4 and 5 of Early American Newspapers, part of America's Historical Newspapers... Read more
New British Historical Newspapers and Periodicals Online
The Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR) has recently acquired four new digital collections that feature historical British newspapers and periodicals... Read more
American Song: New History and Music Audio Database
American Song is described as a history database that allows people to hear and feel the music from America's past. Historical events such as the Civil Rights movement, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and the California Gold Rush are documented in song... Read more
Full-Text Database of Chinese Medicine and Hygiene
To support Stanford's growing interests in interdisciplinary research on Chinese public health, medicine and their related socioeconomic, environmental, cultural and behavioral study, the East Asia Library has acquired a subscription to the full text online database of Chinese academic journals on Chinese medicine and hygiene.... Read more
Foreign Broadcast Information Service: New Government Information Database
The Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1974 - 1996, is an open source intelligence component of the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology that monitors, translates, and disseminates openly available news and information from non-US media sources... Read more
Engineering Library: New Online Resources
What's new at the Engineering Library? More online full-text resources have been licensed for use both to replace standard print research tools and to expand research access for our users... Read more
Chemistry Library's New E-Resources: Check The Blog
Following are some new e-resources from the Swain Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library. Items about these e-resources and many more can be found on the Chemistry Library's blog...Read more
HighWire Press: New Journals
HighWire Press, the online publishing division of Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR), produces indexed, full-text versions of scientific, technical and medical journals... Read more
