Agnes Scott College, McCain Library
Library news, events, photos, etc.
Be prepared to ask great questions at this year’s Writers’ Festival. Visit the Writers’ Festival LibGuide to find interviews, books, articles and more with each of the writers on campus this week.
A big thank you to Jillian Speck ’17 who created all the profiles on the writers this year. The guide also links to snapshots of previous years and provides a history of the Writers’ Festival.
Georgia Residents with a valid Georgia Driver’s license may register to vote online at: https://registertovote.sos.ga.gov/GAOLVR.
Those without a valid Georgia Driver’s license may complete the State of Georgia Application for Voter Registration. Download a copy from the Georgia Secretary of State Office or stop by the Circulation Desk in McCain Library to pick up a print copy. Casey Long (clong@agnesscott.edu) is available for help in filling out the form.
If you are a new voter, in the envelope you will need to include a photocopy of your Georgia driver’s license or U.S. Passport. Also acceptable are photocopies of:
McCain Library called the Georgia Secretary of State to determine if a copy of your Agnes Scott College ID would be sufficient for voter registration. They said “yes,” but since this is not listed anywhere in their documentation we are hesitant to recommend it.
The postage is already paid so simply fold and seal the form when it is complete and drop it in the mail.
Agnes Scott students living on-campus can register to vote as a Georgia resident using the State of Georgia Application for Voter Registration by using the college address (141 E. College Avenue, Decatur, GA 30030) as the residence address and the student’s P.O. box number plus the college address as the mailing address. (See instructions above)
Look for an opportunity to register online. The National Conference of State Legislatures lists 31 states that allow for online registration.
Use USA.gov to find the Elections Office for your state. They may have a downloadable Voter Registration Application for your state for your state that will allow you to mail in your application.
Black Ring Radio and McCain Library are teaming up again to bring a little levity to the library with a pop-up dance party. Kick off your weekend by pushing the books aside and dancing in the Main Reading Room of McCain Library this Friday starting around 6pm. It is 15 minutes of great music and fun!
All are invited! Faculty, staff, students, and alumnae, we want to see you there!
The library will be officially closed, so no studying allowed – just dancing.
Checkout our pictures from last year!
We are so excited to welcome all the new and returning students to campus that we are throwing a Book Lovers’ Fair just so we can see each and everyone of you in person!
We will have stations to test your knowledge of book trivia, provide you with tips for finding inexpensive textbooks, and share with you information on how to access other libraries.
Plus we will provide tours of our literature collection to help you find your favorite works of fiction.
Charis Books and Decatur Public Library will be on site to tell you about their resources too! Decatur Public Library will be ready to sign up Agnes Scott students for a public library card so you have access to even more books and databases, including test prep materials and audiobooks!
Best of all we will have cookies from Insomnia Cookies. Mmmmh, cookies! We can’t wait to see you!
McCain Library is excited to announce the addition of 10 new databases specifically selected by the library for the Agnes Scott community, plus a campus-wide subscription to the Chronicle of Higher Education. Listed below is a brief description of each of our new resources.
Access World News Research Collection: A collection of over 5,000 news sources that provides insight into global issues through local newspapers around the globe.
African-American Communities: An extensive collection of primary sources that provide an in-depth look at the lives and experiences of African-Americans in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, and parts of North Carolina. Includes material from the Atlanta History Center.
Archives of Human Sexuality, LGBTQ History and Culture since 1940 (part 1): Brings together approximately 1.5 million pages of primary sources on social, political, health, and legal issues impacting LGBTQ communities around the world.
Chronicle of Higher Education: The premier publication for keeping track of the latest trends and issues in academia. Agnes Scott College faculty, students, and staff now have access to subscriber-only content on the Chronicle of Higher Education website.
Defining Gender, 1450 – 1910: A collection of primary sources that define the gender norms of British society across five centuries. Topics include domesticity, family, consumption, leisure, education, the body, conduct, and politeness.
Photography: The World Through the Lens (Nineteenth Century Collections Online): Roughly 2 million photographs from Britain, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas taken during the 19th century. Individuals studying travel, trade, science, medicine, criminology, art, photography, and daily life in the 19th century will enjoy exploring this collection of images.
Political Science Complete: An article database that focuses on comparative politics, humanitarian issues, international relations, law and legislation, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and political theory. Provides access to more than 520 full-text journals, most of which are not available on other platforms. Also includes books and conference papers.
Polling the Nations: Contains over 600,000 questions and responses to polls and surveys about a range of issues in the United States and around the world. Excellent source for understanding public opinion.
Punch Historical Archive: The most prominent British satire magazine from 1841 to 1992. Provides a unique perspective into to political and social issues in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The Taylor & Francis Social Sciences & Humanities Library Collection includes 1,400 journal titles indexed from 1997-present, with requested Public Health journal coverage.
Web of Science (with a 10-year backfile): An extensive online citation analysis tool that helps researchers find articles that cited a specific article of significance or a work by a particular author. An excellent tool for identifying the most impactive journals within a discipline. Since it indexes the articles in the most important journals in over 250 disciplines, it also serves as a fairly comprehensive search tool for any researcher who understands how to track down the full text of an article with a citation.
In addition to these resources hand-selected by McCain Library, GALILEO has added the following databases: Arts & Humanities Database, Australia & New Zealand Database, Business Market Research Collection, Continental Europe Database, East & South Asia Database, East Europe, Central Europe Database, India Database, International Newsstream, Latin America & Iberian Database, Library Science Database (1970-Current), Linguistics Database, Middle East & Africa Database, Public Health Database, Turkey Database, UK & Ireland Database, and U.S. Newsstream.
Don’t let your language skills get rusty over the summer. Download the Mango Languages app. Mango will walk you through concepts you may have learned in 101 or 102 and give you opportunities to practice your skills. This is the perfect way to perfect your pronunciations!
Mango is also great for beginners and offer dozens of languages to help you no matter where you want to travel this summer.
Mango is available on from your computer or your phone.
The network problem at University of Georgia has been fixed. Our Find Journals tab and the Find It @ ASC button in our databases should work without any problems. Please let us know if you experience problems by contacting the Scottie Research and Rescue Desk (library@agnesscott.edu).
Get prepped to ask the writers at the 45th Agnes Scott College Writers’ Festival some really great questions by reading works about and by the festival authors. We’ve got it all here for you in the Writers’ Festival LibGuide!
Join ProBo on Wednesday, December 2 from 6pm – 8pm in The Hub for a Bookmas Tree ornament craft night. After your ornament is dried add it to the Bookmas Tree or place it along the windows in the Main Reading Room. Ornaments representing all faiths and upcoming holidays are welcome!
On Friday, October 23rd McCain Library hosted a game called History Detective – The Leighton Edition. It was a scavenger hunt that lead teams to information about Lord Frederic Leighton and then challenged them to decide if he did in fact deserve to be knighted and to become a Baron.
Each team presented their case to Queen Victoria. While Queen Victoria and Lady JLP evaluated the arguments and selected a winner Casey and Rachael described the history of the Lord Leighton painting that hangs in the Main Reading Room of McCain Library.
We are happy to report that all of the teams voted to bestow peerage upon Frederic Leighton and believed him to be the Neil Patrick Harris of his time. All Scotties may study with pride beneath his painting in the Main Reading Room.
For more pictures from the event visit our Flickr.com site.
