US Statutes at Large Now Available Back to 1789

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has added historical volumes of the United States Statutes at Large (Statutes at Large) to GovInfo, the one-stop site for authentic, published information for all three branches of the Federal Government. The newly added Volumes 1–64 (1789–1950) date back to 1789 and include the text of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, amendments to the Constitution, treaties with Indians and foreign nations, presidential proclamations, and treaties and international agreements approved by the Senate. GPO added these Volumes to the previously existing collection covering the years 1951–2018. The entire Statutes at Large collection now covers 1789–2018 (1st–115th Congresses).

Statutes at Large: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/STATUTE

10 Ways the UNH Library helps serve the citizens of New Hampshire

The UNH Library in Durham offers a collection of more than 2.5 million print and electronic titles and employs library experts to serve the campus community and the state. Here are 10 ways the UNH Library helps New Hampshire public libraries serve the citizens of New Hampshire:

• Our four Durham campus library locations are open to the public to use our print or licensed electronic resources on site. Search our catalog to see if we have what you need. Check out these tips for effective searching and check our hours to find a convenient time to visit.
• The Milne Special Collections and Archives maintains approximately 18,000 linear feet of rare books, manuscripts, University records, photographs, sound recordings, and other materials available for on-site use.
• We extend borrowing privileges to all New Hampshire residents for a modest fee. Some residents are eligible for free borrowing privileges based on their employer, school or other affiliation.
• We offer many Open Access electronic resources that are available remotely to the public. To limit your search to these items, follow these instructions. The UNH Scholars Repository provides Open Access to UNH research and scholarship, including faculty publications and student research.
• As a U.S. federal depository library, the UNH Library provides free and ready access to and assistance with locating Federal Government information.
• We have subject specialist librarians who can assist public librarians with in-depth, scholarly research inquiries they receive from their communities. Any questions about our library can be answered through our Ask-a-librarian service.
• Users can visit us to use genealogy and local history resources.
• Our Digital Collections focus on the history of New Hampshire, including UNH yearbooks, New Hampshire City and Town Reports, and New Hampshire State documents.
• We offer expert-curated research guides on a wide range of topics. Some linked resources are limited to on-site visitors to our UNH Library locations, while some guides provide general guidance.
• If one of your patrons needs a book or article from our collection, we lend our materials to any library in the state free of charge.
• Learn more about what is happening at the UNH Library by following us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @unhlibrary.

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Kimberly Burke Sweetman
Associate Dean of the UNH Library
603-862-1974
Personal Pronouns: she/her(s)

Newspapers Online

The MakeUseOf  blog had an interesting post recently that outlined 6 places to read old newspaper online.

Online Resources for Finding Children’s Book Reviews

Ann Hoey, Youth Services Coordinator, NHSL contributed this article.

If you are selecting children’s and teen titles for your library collections, you probably rely on reviews from some of the professional review journals to help guide your choices. How can you read as many reviews as possible without subscribing to the many print publications available? The answer: NHU-PAC and the EBSCO databases. These two online resources can save a library more than $1,000 in print subscription fees—the annual cost of subscribing to Booklist, Horn Book, Kirkus Reviews, Library Media Connection, Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal. And this is just for journals that feature children’s and teen reviews!

NHU-PAC, the statewide online catalog, includes links to reviews in professional publications. If you know a children’s or teen title, try looking it up in NHU-PAC. If School Library Journal and/or Publishers Weekly have reviewed the title, you will find the complete review linked to the catalog entry.

The EBSCO databases available to NH libraries through NHewLink expand the number of review journals at your fingertips. In addition to Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal, MasterFile Premier includes the following journals that feature children’s and teen book reviews: Booklist, Horn Book, Kirkus and Library Media Connection. Librarians can use these databases to search for a particular title and find reviews from multiple journals. Alternatively, librarians can access the complete issues of these various review publications and read them online. It may be less desirable to read journals online than it is to relax with a paper copy, but you can’t beat the price of online access.

If you have any questions about accessing these reviews, please contact Ann Hoey at the NH State Library at Ann.Hoey@dcr.nh.gov

The Getty Provides FREE Access to the BHA

From a recent Getty announcement:
As of April 1, 2010, the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) is available free of charge on the Getty Web site at http://library.getty.edu/bha. Free Web access to BHA is an advantage not only to all traditional users of the database but also to such potential users as institutions in developing countries and independent scholars worldwide, who until now have been unable to afford access to the BHA. Since ending its collaboration with the Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique (INIST)–CNRS in December 2007, the Getty has been searching for partners to continue the production and distribution of BHA. This process has been complicated, and with no suitable arrangement immediately available, the Getty decided to act on its commitment to the scholarly community by providing access to BHA directly from its own Web site. BHA on the Getty Web site offers both basic and advanced search modules, and can be searched easily by subject, artist, author, article or journal title, and other elements.

To search BHA, please visit, http://library.getty.edu/bha. Note that the database search includes both BHA (covering 1990-2007) and the International Bibliography of Art (IBA), covering the years 2008 and part of 2009. The Répertoire de la litterature de l'art (RILA), one of the predecessors of BHA, with records that cover 1975–1989, should be online by May 1.

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) is the world's most comprehensive bibliography of scholarly writing about the history of western art. BHA includes articles from over 1,200 journals. Journals Included in BHA (PDF, 308 K)
The link above leads to a list of names and ISSNs of each of those journals. Note: BHA includes all articles within the subject scope of BHA regardless of the subject focus of a particular journal. Thus, many of the journals on this list are covered partially, as only some of their articles are within BHA's scope.
Search BHA / IBA

Statewide Databases

To: New Hampshire Public and School Librarians

From: Michael York

Subject: Statewide Databases

Date: May 12, 2010

During the current economic difficulties facing New Hampshire, the State Library has had to cut its budget dramatically. We have done everything possible to minimize the impact on the library community and NH citizens. During the last year, the State Library has experienced direct staff layoffs and the inability to replace retiring state library personnel. In addition to these very difficult personnel cuts, we have had to cut other areas including supplies, acquisitions, travel budgets, etc.

The renewal of our database subscriptions is coming up soon, and we have been negotiating for some time with our vendors on prices of database packages. It is clear that we will have to cut our database offerings in order to stay within our available funds. At this point, we can only commit federal funds for database subscriptions.

Our current goal is to provide a foundation of databases that would be most usable to all NH citizens. Unfortunately, the available funds do not allow us to provide direct access to the schools, and we are also forced to drop many age-appropriate databases. The databases that are in jeopardy include Novelist, Novelist K-8, Business Source Premier, Middle Search Plus, Primary Search, Professional Development Collection, Salud en Espanol and MAS Ultra School Edition. We are investigating other ways to provide assistance to schools.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact me.

Michael York
State Librarian
New Hampshire State Library
20 Park Street
Concord, New Hampshire 03301
603 271 2397
Fax 603 271 6826

Cataloging Questions Answered

The NHAIS Services webpage now includes a Cataloging Resources page where you will find everything you ever wanted to know--and more--about cataloging and classification.
At least you will find everything I could think of that you might want to know about. If I missed things, there is a link on the page to send suggestions for improvement.

Foreign Language Resources

A recent issue of The U*N*A*B*A*S*H*E*D Librarian (#152, #3 of 2009, p. 20) included an extensive list of Spanish language resources from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburg. They have also compiled resource lists for English, French, German, Italian, and Latin.