University Press Scholarship Online Database Trial - ends 11/4/2011
UMBC now has trial access to University Press Scholarship Online.

University Press Scholarship Online is a vast and rapidly expanding cross-searchable library which offers quick and easy access to the full text of over 7,000+ academic monographs in 21 subject areas covering the humanities, social sciences, medicine, and law from six leading university presses. UPSO offers an unparalleled research tool, making disparately published scholarship easily accessible, highly discoverable, and fully cross-searchable via a single online platform. Research that previously would have required a user to jump between a variety of books and disconnected websites can now be concentrated through the UPSO search engine.

Key Features Include:
  • Keywords and abstracts available at book and chapter level for at-a-glance access to the content
  • Extensive search and browse options, with enhanced filtering, to  streamline the research process
  • Create shortcuts to favorite books chapters, and commonly used searches within a personalization area
  • Share chapters, abstracts, titles and search results with colleagues using integrated tools including social bookmarking options, citation export and DOIs for direct linking
  • Follow new paths for further enquiry, by expanding search results to include titles from other university presses
For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu) and follow the link to the UMBC Library Homepage. Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the Library's homepage to return to this post and click on the "View Website" button to access the database. For more info on remote access, see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php

Trial access runs through November 4, 2011.  Feedback on the usefulness of this product is appreciated.  Leave us a comment to let us know what you think.
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Electronic Enlightenment is the online gateway to the eighteenth century. This site gives you unrivaled access to tens of thousands of letters from the best critical editions from leading scholarly and university presses around the globe.

For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu) and follow the link to the UMBC Library Homepage. Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the Library's homepage to return to this post and click on the "View Website" button to access the database. For more info on remote access, see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php

Trial access runs through November 4, 2011.  Feedback on the usefulness of this product is appreciated.  Leave us a comment to let us know what you think.
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Social Explorer is an online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to historical census data and demographic information. It creates fast, intuitive, and appealing maps and reports to help users visually analyze and understand demography and social change throughout history. An invaluable repository of information, the site currently includes the entire US Census history from 1790 to 2000, all annual updates from the American Community Survey, and the Religious Congregations and Membership Study from 1980 to 2000. More than a just data source, Social Explorer offers a high level of functionality and control. Users can customize, save, print, and email maps and reports and export them to a variety of programs and statistical packages for further analysis and use in reports and presentations.

For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu) and follow the link to the UMBC Library Homepage. Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the Library's homepage to return to this post and click on the "View Website" button to access the database. For more info on remote access, see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php

Trial access runs through November 4, 2011.  Feedback on the usefulness of this product is appreciated.  Leave us a comment to let us know what you think.
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The Oxford African American Studies Center (AASC) provides students, scholars and librarians with online access to the finest reference resources in African American studies. At its core, AASC features the new, three-volume Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895, published by Oxford in 2006; the three-volume Black Women in America, Second Edition, edited by Darlene Clark Hine, published in March 2005, the highly acclaimed Africana, a five-volume history of the African and African American experience. The Center also includes content from much-anticipated forthcoming print publications including the African American National Biography project (estimated at 8 volumes), edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., scheduled for publication in 2008; and the Encyclopedia of African American Art and Architecture, due for publication 2007. In addition to these major reference works, AASC offers other key resources from Oxford's reference program, including the Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature and selected articles from other reference works.

Enhancing the core content will be the latest in online reference technology, granting users easy access to the valuable material included in the resource center. Core reference content will be enhanced by material and features that help students expand their research, including bibliographies, interactive timelines and maps, thematic photo essays and image collections, key primary source documents, and editorially selected links to Internet resources.

For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu) and follow the link to the UMBC Library Homepage. Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the Library's homepage to return to this post and click on the "View Website" button to access the database. For more info on remote access, see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php

Trial access runs through November 4, 2011.  Feedback on the usefulness of this product is appreciated.  Leave us a comment to let us know what you think.
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To participate, you must apply now and be accepted for the course. Limited to 24 students.
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Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO) is a vast and rapidly expanding cross-searchable library providing access to the full text of over 6,500 Oxford books in 18 subject areas: Biology, Business & Management, Classical Studies, Economics & Finance, History, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Mathematics, Music, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Public Health & Epidemiology, Religion, and Social Work.

For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu) and follow the link back to the UMBC Library Homepage. Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the Library's homepage to return to this post for database access. For more info on remote access, see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php

Trial access runs through November 11, 2011.  Feedback on the usefulness of this product is appreciated.  Leave us a comment to let us know what you think.

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The database will be available until Nov. 2, 2011. Feedback on the usefulness of this product is appreciated.  Leave us a comment to let us know what you think. ]]> UMBC is now running a trial of World Scholar: Latin America & the Caribbean, a new database that brings primary source documents and academic journals about Latin America and the Caribbean;... http://proxy-bc.researchport.umd.edu/login?url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/umd_umbc?id=umd_umbc&db=LAC https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/9248/guest@my.umbc.edu/e135a8ee763478c548836ed3fa81eaf0/api/pixel database-trials library Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/library https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/xsmall.png?1279120404 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/original.png?1279120404 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/xxlarge.png?1279120404 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/xlarge.png?1279120404 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/large.png?1279120404 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/medium.png?1279120404 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/small.png?1279120404 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/xsmall.png?1279120404 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/xxsmall.png?1279120404 Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/009/248/23dc0af4dd299ca63fb05702bf686e6b/xxlarge.jpg?1317836987 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/009/248/23dc0af4dd299ca63fb05702bf686e6b/xlarge.jpg?1317836987 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/009/248/23dc0af4dd299ca63fb05702bf686e6b/large.jpg?1317836987 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/009/248/23dc0af4dd299ca63fb05702bf686e6b/medium.jpg?1317836987 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/009/248/23dc0af4dd299ca63fb05702bf686e6b/small.jpg?1317836987 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/009/248/23dc0af4dd299ca63fb05702bf686e6b/xsmall.jpg?1317836987 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/009/248/23dc0af4dd299ca63fb05702bf686e6b/xxsmall.jpg?1317836987 1 0 true Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:50:09 -0400 American Archives Month 2011 at UMBC Celebrating our campus's 45th anniversary

The Special Collections department of the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery at UMBC is pleased to be celebrating our Second Annual American Archives Month! Using UMBC's 45th anniversary as our starting point, we've put together several exhibits and resources for interested students, staff, and alumni to learn more about the past 45 years at UMBC:

Other resources:

Retriever Fever! Visit for more information on UMBC's 2011 Homecoming celebrations, October 12-15

Archives Month webpage on the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference website: Celebrating Advocacy for Archives

American Archives Month at the Society of American Archivists

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When I was applying to college, one of the schools that I chose to apply to was UMBC. While I was applying to UMBC, my father met with UMBC’s president, Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski. Dr. Hrabowski told my father about the Meyerhoff Scholars Program and my father told me about the Program. I did some research into the Meyerhoff Scholars Program which resulted in me learning about the research that was being done at UMBC. I applied for the Program and was accepted. The rest is history!

How did you find a mentor and decide on a project? How did you know this was the project you wanted to do?
Near the end of my freshman year, I decided to apply to the Pre-MARC Scholars Program. I found out about the Pre-MARC Scholars Program through the Meyerhoff Scholars Program. The Pre-MARC Scholars Program requires you to work on a research project with a research mentor. I had no research experience prior to attending UMBC. So, I decided to visit UMBC’s Department of Biological Sciences website and search for labs that interested me. I sent emails to the Principal Investigators of many different labs. I was granted interviews for two different labs. I was accepted into both labs. Having to decide between only two different labs made my decision easier for me. I chose to work in Dr. Hua Lu’s lab. Dr. Lu had chosen a project for me that would eventually allow me to work individually but at the same time, I would have the ability to ask my mentor, who is a graduate student, for help whenever I needed it. I felt that Dr. Lu’s lab would be a perfect fit for me. I am glad that I trusted my instincts!

What academic background did you have before you started on this research?
My research lab focuses on plants. I did not have much knowledge about plants prior to working in Dr. Lu’s lab. Most of what I knew about plants I learned in the Introductory Biology courses that I took prior to starting my research project. So, I have been learning something new about plants on a daily basis while working in my research lab. My previous summer research experiences have helped improve my technical lab skills which resulted in me being able to start my research project sooner and spend more of my time learning about plants.

How did you learn about applying for the Undergraduate Research Award? Was the application hard? Did your mentor help you?
I learned about the Undergraduate Research Award through my interactions with the P.I. of my lab and the Meyerhoff Scholars Program. The application was not difficult. The application was straightforward, however, the application was also time consuming. My mentor helped me throughout the whole application process.

What is your advice to other students about getting involved in research?
I would tell other students to be patient. Conducting research will not always go smoothly. There will be days where everything you do works and there will be days where nothing you do works. The student must be determined to fight through any setbacks that he or she may encounter. I would also tell the students to take advantage of every opportunity that they are given. Finally, do not be afraid to ask your mentor or your P.I. questions. It is better to know that you are doing something correctly rather than think that you are doing something correctly.

What are your career goals?
I plan to obtain an M.D./Ph.D. and to conduct biomedical research.

Read more about Teklu's research, “Genetic Analysis of the Role of PHT4;6 in Regulating Innate Immunity of Arabidopsis” at the link below. ]]> When and how did you find out that you could do independent research work as a UMBC undergraduate? When I was applying to college, one of the schools that I chose to apply to was UMBC. While I was... http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/research/ResearcherProfiles/DawitTekluProfile.htm https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/9178/guest@my.umbc.edu/178d63412760b1ae27d15c5f6c65190f/api/pixel Undergraduate Research https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/undergradresearch https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/xsmall.png?1600355057 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/original.jpg?1600355057 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/xxlarge.png?1600355057 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/xlarge.png?1600355057 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/large.png?1600355057 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/medium.png?1600355057 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/small.png?1600355057 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/xsmall.png?1600355057 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/xxsmall.png?1600355057 Undergraduate Research https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/009/178/0d2cf688695b43e2b42d77b481f71222/xxlarge.jpg?1317658703 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/009/178/0d2cf688695b43e2b42d77b481f71222/xlarge.jpg?1317658703 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/009/178/0d2cf688695b43e2b42d77b481f71222/large.jpg?1317658703 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/009/178/0d2cf688695b43e2b42d77b481f71222/medium.jpg?1317658703 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/009/178/0d2cf688695b43e2b42d77b481f71222/small.jpg?1317658703 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/009/178/0d2cf688695b43e2b42d77b481f71222/xsmall.jpg?1317658703 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/009/178/0d2cf688695b43e2b42d77b481f71222/xxsmall.jpg?1317658703 42 14 true Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:19:50 -0400 Undergraduate Research Workshop Ever think about doing Undergraduate Research?

Find out how you can be involved in undergraduate research by attending a "How to Get Involved in Research" workshop:

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