Thanks to radio celebrity and music historian Tommy Starr gave the Kentucky Library and Museum another gift of local musical memorabilia. Included are LPs from luminaries such as Billy Vaughn, The Hilltoppers and Exile, CDs from Cerebral Metal, Cage the Elephant and Foster and Lloyd, as well as promotional posters and photos featuring acts like The Kentucky Headhunters, Black Stone Cherry and many more. Gifts like Mr Starr’s are helping The WKU Libraries and Museum protect and preserve the musical heritage of popular music in South Central Kentucky.
Category Archives: Acquisitions
Gift of Music for the KY Library and Museum
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New Law Database: HeinOnline
WKU Libraries now subscribes to HeinOnline, one of the most valuable law databases in existence. We are very excited to offer this resource to our patrons.
HeinOnline, named to the 2007 EContent 100 “list of companies that matter most in the digital industry,” is the world’s largest image-based legal research database. With almost 50 million pages of legal information at the touch of a button, HeinOnline is a virtual treasure trove of resources for legal researchers and professionals worldwide.
All content within HeinOnline is image-based in PDF format, from inception and fully searchable, making it the most user-friendly database available.
A Core subscription to HeinOnline includes such valuable collections as: Legal Classics, Law Journal Library, U.S. Supreme Court Library, U.S. Federal Legislative History Library, Treaties and Agreements Library and much more! Also available in HeinOnline, are several unique a-la-carte collections, including: U.S. Congressional Documents, Foreign & International Law Resources Database, World Trials, Session Laws and many more.
From on campus, you can click here to access HeinOnline. When off campus, you can access HeinOnline through our databases page.
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Music Index Online
As if April 1st, 2010, WKU Libraries has access to the Music Index Online:
Published since 1949, The Music Index is the single most comprehensive annual Subject-Author Guide to Music Periodical Literature.
The editor-librarians at Harmonie Park Press have surveyed data from more than 875 music periodicalsfrom over 40 countries.
Produced in conjunction with the PRINT format, The Music Index ONLINE edition features over 1.5 million records. The searchable database is updated quarterly with about 100,000 new records added annually. Open URL support is available and Full Text Article Links are accessible to JSTOR Participants. We are pleased to announce that in 2009 The Music Index Online coverage will span from 1973 to the present.
Topics concerned with every aspect of the classical and popular world of music are thoroughly categorized and organized according to the framework of an internal Subject List which includes both Subject and Geographic headings. Covering all styles and genres of music, The Music Index duly cites book reviews, obituaries, new periodicals, and news and articles about music, musicians, and the music industry.
The longevity and dedication of our editorial and production staff has ensured a publication of unfailing high-quality. The thoroughness of indexing and subject heading research, along with our comprehensive coverage of the music field, makes The Music Index an invaluable resource for both the novice scholar and the experienced academician.
Click here to search Music Index Online. If you are off campus, you will need to log into our proxy server first. You can also access Music Index Online through our library webpage by going to TopCat and search “Music Index Online” or through EBSCOhost via our Databases Page.
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Dictionary of Irish Biography Online
The library has acquired a subscription to the Dictionary of Irish Biography online!
The Dictionary of Irish Biography is a collaborative project between Cambridge University Press and the Royal Irish Academy, available in print and online, involving 700 contributors and spanning 9,000 lives. The Dictionary is the indispensable reference work for Ireland. It includes the lives of Irish men and women who made a significant contribution in Ireland and abroad, as well as those born overseas who had noteworthy careers in Ireland from James Ussher to James Joyce, St Patrick to Patrick Pearse, St Brigit to Maud Gonne MacBride, Shane O’Neil to Eamon de Valera, Edward Carson to Bobby Sands. The Dictionary will put their lives into every major library in the world and on the shelves of scholars, journalists, teachers, broadcasters, diplomats and general readers. It will be especially important in helping to sustain Irish studies courses in universities throughout the world. ~DIB
To access the subscription from WKU, go to http://dib.cambridge.org/. From the homepage go to “Browse” or “Advanced Search” to find what you want. No need to log in!* This is a great resource for historians, English Literature majors, and anyone who deals with important Irish citizens and issues of the past and present.
*If you are off campus, you will first have to log into the Proxy server. Look up “Dictionary of Irish Biography” in TopCat through WKU’s library homepage. There is a link to The Dictionary of Irish Biography when you click the catalog entry.
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