Pepperdine University Libraries are pleased to announce that we now offer Oxford Islamic Studies Online through December 31, 2014. We received this database through our Bridging Cultures: Muslim Journeys grant. Find it in the list of electronic resources. Encompassing over 5,000 A–Z reference entries, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur’anic materials, primary sources, images, [...]
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Pepperdine Students Conclude Special Collections Internship
Friday, May 10th, 2013
Austin McElrath, Andrea Oates, and Sarah Dannemiller recently concluded their 15-week, for-credit internship during the spring 2013 semester. Austin processed and created a finding aid for the Elinor Oswald Collection of Southern California Tourism Ephemera. The collection comprises a wide variety of tourist ephemera relating to Elinor Oswald’s professional career as a tour guide in [...]
Trial of PrivCo Available Through May 22, 2013
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Pepperdine Libraries has a full access trial to the PrivCo database through May 22, 2013. PrivCo is a source for business and financial research on non-publicly traded corporations, including family-owned, private equity-owned, venture-backed and international unlisted companies. A few current academic subscribers in California include Stanford, UCLA, Golden Gate University, Westmont College, Chapman University, USC, The Master’s College, [...]
Visit WLA Campus Library display highlighting works of Dr. Sonia Nieto
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
Stop by the WLA Campus Library and have a look at the display highlighting the prolific publishing of Dr. Sonia Nieto, the GSEP Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series speaker. Dr. Nieto is a leading authority in the field of multiculturalism and Professor Emerita of Language, Literacy and Culture in the School of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her talk [...]
When the President came to Pepperdine: Today’s featured digital object
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
On Founder’s Day, September 20, 1975, as Pepperdine University’s Malibu campus began its fourth year of activity, the university was honored by an official visit from the President of the United States, Gerald R. Ford. This was the first time a sitting President had visited Pepperdine, a milestone indicative of both the prestige the university [...]
It’s a WRAP: NHPRC Funded Project Concludes
Monday, April 22nd, 2013
March 31, 2013, concluded the eighteen month NHPRC funded project “Preserving the Past, Preparing, for the Future: Building Sustainable Archival Collections.” During the project, 1,370 linear feet of materials were processed comprising 103 collections. The finding aids for the collections can be accessed through the Online Archive of California. Over the course of the grant, we [...]
Lindsey Gant Selected as Library Outstanding Student Worker of the Year!
Saturday, April 20th, 2013
Lindsey Gant has worked in the library for the past two years. This year, she was not only selected as the Library Student Worker of the Year but she was also a finalist for Outstanding Student Worker for the entire university! Lindsey switched from working in the Digital Initiatives Department to working in Special Collections [...]
Sigma Tau Delta Donates Rare Book to Special Collections
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
On April 9, 2013, during the New Member Installation Ceremony for Sigma Tau Delta (the English National Honor Society on campus) the society presented Special Collections with a rare book to add to its holdings. This year, all of the proceeds raised from a St. Patrick’s Day bake sale went to the acquisition of a [...]
Senior Chemistry Student Presents Honors Thesis Defense on Payson Library Indoor Air Quality
Monday, April 8th, 2013
Over the past three years, senior chemistry major Tom Boundy has been researching air quality in Payson Library. I met him earlier this year when he stopped by Special Collections to check sensors placed in the rare book storage area. What I didn’t know at the time was that his tests were part of a [...]
4th and 5th Graders Visit Payson Library
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
On March 12, 2013, twenty-six 4th and 5th grade students from Open Classroom Leadership Magnet in Thousand Oaks, CA visited Pepperdine University. During their tour of the campus, they stopped by Payson Library to look at the exhibit “Becoming America: An Exhibition of Colonial Documents” on display through the end of March. The students were [...]
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