TV News Archive: Search 1,300,000+ US TV News Broadcasts!

The TV News Archive, originally released in 2012, is an amazing resource for journalists, scholars, teachers and students.
 

In the Archive you can view over a million video clips from United States news broadcasts aired since 2009.

You can navigate the archive in a number of ways:

• Search closed captions and transcripts
• Use advanced search to search by network/broadcaster
• View clips from 1,333,000 shows since 2009
• Share custom show clips and track popularity
• Browse by special topics, such as 9/11, Trump Archive, and more!

The TV News Archive is run by the Internet Archive:  "The Internet Archive works to preserve the published works of human kind. Standing on the shoulders of Vanderbilt University’s Television News Archive project, the Internet Archive collects and preserves television news. Like library collections of books and newspapers, this accessible archive of TV news enables anyone to compare, contrast and quote statements from this influential medium."

More tips

Scan and view show segments:

• Shows are presented in 60 second segments, each with a video and corresponding transcript text.
• Scroll left and right to scan through segments of a show; search terms are highlighted in transcript text.
• To search within a show transcript text try Ctrl + F to search inside the page.

Share and embed short clips/quotes from a show:

• Shareable quotes are limited to 60 seconds. Refine your quote selection by clicking the “Edit” button and dragging the handles.
• Click a social media button to finalize and share your quote.
• Your quote will be assigned a permalink. You can always come back to see it!

If you have questions about using this resource, contact Ilka at idatig5@naz.edu. 

New E-book Collection Trial

For the next few weeks the library will be running a trial of the EBSCO ebook Academic Collection database.  You can access the database here from on campus.

Publisher's description:

"This growing subscription package contains a large selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter, and is a strong complement for any academic collection. The breadth of information available through this package ensures that users will have access to information relevant to their research needs.

Offering more than 150,000 e-books, this collection includes titles from leading university presses such as Oxford University Press, MIT Press, State University of New York Press, Cambridge University Press, University of California Press, McGill-Queen's University Press, Harvard University Press and many others. Additional academic publishers include Elsevier, Ashgate Publishing, Taylor & Francis, Sage Publications and John Wiley & Sons.

Subject Coverage Includes:

Art
Business and  economics
Education
Language arts and discipline
Literary criticism
Medical
Performing arts
Philosophy
Poetry
Political science
Religion
Social science
Technology and engineering
Other academic fields
All titles are available with unlimited user access, and titles are regularly added to the collection at no additional cost."

Please send your feedback regarding the ebook database to Ilka Datig at idatig5@naz.edu.  We appreciate it!

Free access databases: including monographs, images, data and more

The librarians at the City Colleges of Chicago maintain an excellent list of free, public databases.  This list is regularly updated and is organized alphabetically (but can be searched by keyword by using Control-F on a standard computer).  Here are some of the highlights:

Gutenberg-e:  A digital book collection.

"Columbia University Press is pleased to announce that Gutenberg-e is now an open access site. These award winning monographs, coordinated with the American Historical Association, afford emerging scholars new possibilities for online publications, weaving traditional narrative with digitized primary sources, including maps, photographs, and oral histories."

Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930: A primary sources collection.

"Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930, is a web-based collection of historical materials from Harvard's libraries, archives, and museums that documents voluntary immigration to the United States from the signing of the Constitution to the onset of the Great Depression. Concentrating heavily on the 19th century, Immigration to the US includes over 400,000 pages from more than 2,200 books, pamphlets, and serials, over 9,600 pages from manuscript and archival collections, and more than 7,800 photographs. By incorporating diaries, biographies, and other writings capturing diverse experiences, the collected material provides a window into the lives of ordinary immigrants.

In addition to thousands of items that are now accessible to any Internet user, the collection includes contextual information on voluntary immigration and quantitative data. The site offers additional links to related digital resources on immigration to the US, including vital materials on the African diaspora."

OECD iLibrary:  A collection of economic reports.

"The online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) featuring its books, papers and statistics and is the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data."

    

If you have questions about using any of these databases, please send your question to the Reference Department at answers.naz.edu.

Celebrating African American History Month in February

February is African American History Month.  To mark the occasion we have gathered some items from our archives and general collection to celebrate.  You can see our display at the entrance to the library.

Please come visit the display, and send any questions to Ilka and Debbie at refdesk@naz.edu.

ICE Learning Center Videos - Now Available

New Resource!

Founded in 1983, International Clinical Educators, Inc. (ICE) is known for Innovative streaming video collections, of real patients and therapists, created to inspire clinical excellence for faculty, students and clinicians in occupational therapy and physical therapy programs. All videos are professionally filmed and feature actual patients and clinicians demonstrating practical and effective treatment ideas.

More than 350 colleges and universities currently use ICE Videos in their curriculum.

Access The Washington Post for free with your Naz email address

PLEASE NOTE:  AS OF FALL 2017, THE WASHINGTON POST HAS DISCONTINUED THIS SERVICE FOR .EDU EMAIL ADDRESSES.  WE WILL UPDATE THIS POST IF THEY CHANGE THEIR POLICY.

The Washington Post, one of the most respected newspapers in the United States, provides unlimited digital access to readers who have a .edu (or .gov or .mil) email address.  To sign up for your free access, follow the steps below.

Steps to Verify Washington Post Access:

1. Go to https://www.washingtonpost.com/.

2. Click on Sign In at the top right corner of the page. Select "Sign in with Email" and "Create a New Account".

3. Use your Nazareth email address and create a password.

4. Select My Profile from the bar at the top. Go to "My subscriptions." Click "Verify my Email Address" on the right side under "Get Free Access."

5. You should receive an email indicating that you have a free subscription. Click "Start My Free Access" to complete the process.

Note:  This is the best way to access articles on The Washington Post's public website.  However, if you are doing research and need to search WaPo or look in the archives, you're better off using a library database.

Access Washington Post through library databases:

• Historical Washington Post (1877-1999):  via ProQuest Historical Newspapers database
• Current Washington Post (1996-present): via National Newspapers Premier database

If you're off-campus you'll need to enter your library barcode.  If you don't have a barcode, please contact the Circulation Desk at 585-389-2129 and ask for a supervisor. 

A Peek Into the Archives: Georgia Conner Youngblood

Georgia Conner Youngblood is well-known at Nazareth for being the college's first black graduate in 1948.  Originally from Austin, Texas, she arrived at the age of 15 to study biology, and later pursued a career in the health sciences.  Her memory is honored at Nazareth with the Youngblood Scholarship for Diversity & Inclusion.

Out of curiosity, we took a look into our Archives to see what information we have that might reflect some light on what Georgia's life may have been like as a student at Nazareth in the 1940's.

According to archival documents, Georgia Conner participated in a wide variety of activities while at Nazareth.  She is listed as a supporting cast member in "The Plight of Priscilla" in April 1948 (Reference #1).  She is also listed as an active member of several clubs, including the "Joyce Kilmer Club" (a youth group), Biology Club, and the Field Day Ticket Committee (2, 3 and 4).

Image from 1948 yearbook, Sigillum

The 'gossip' column was a regular feature of The Gleaner during Conner's stay.  The Gleaner was the student newspaper for Nazareth College beginning in 1926.  Georgia's mentions include her spectatorship of the Army-Navy game in 1946 and a reference to the thickness of her Southern accent (5 and 6).

Georgia Conner's creative and non-fiction writing activities were also mentioned several times in the Archives.  In 1944 The Gleaner published a short story by Connor entitled “The Awakening."  Her story describes a man who, thanks to a thoughtful girlfriend, learns that medical service at home during World War II is as important as serving overseas (7).  In 1947 Conner entered the Interracial Justice Contest sponsored by the National Federation of Catholic College Students, along with a few peers.  To enter, students were required to submit a “one act play, a twelve hundred word essay, a lyric poem or a poster dealing with race relations" (8).  She wrote an article entitled “A Colored Girl in a Catholic College’ for The Torch, which was mentioned in The Gleaner as “simple and touchingly beautiful" (9).

Image courtesy of New York Heritage Digital Collections

Almost a decade after graduating from Nazareth, Georgia Conner Youngblood (now married) wrote an article for Catholic Digest in which she reflected on her college experiences.  Among other things, she noted that Nazareth provided a space for her to have conversations with people with very different experiences than her own, and the power of such conversations to change people's minds about racial stereotypes (10).

Further Resources:

Read every issue of The Gleaner (1926-2007) online via the New York Heritage Digital Collections website.  It's keyword-searchable!

Edwards, R. (Winter 1997). "Crossing the color line." Nazareth College Connections 10(2).

Russell, C. (1997, Feb 28). "A pioneering spirit." About ...Time 25(16). Retrieved from http://libra.naz.edu/docview/197950836?accountid=28167.  Ethnic News Watch Database.

References:

1. The Gleaner. 5/18/48.  "S.R.O. Delights Capacity Audiences." Page 3.
2. ibid. 11/13/47. "Murmurs." Page 5.
3. ibid. 11/13/46. "Biology Club Elects New Senate." Page 1.
4. ibid. 10/27/44. "Field Day." Page 3.
5. ibid. 12/18/46. "Gossipbird." Page 3.
6. ibid. 10/15/46. "You Don't Say!" Page 3.
7. ibid. 11/21/44. "The Awakening." Page 5.
8. ibid. 3/14/47. "Interracial Justice Contest Beckons." Page 4.
9. ibid. 3/14/47. "Peg Filler Dares to Be Different in Sun. Visitor." Page 3.
10. Catholic Digest. 1947. "Plea for Love." Pages 3-5.

Acknowledgements:

Thanks to Reference Librarian Deborah Janetos for her help in locating archival material on Georgia Conner Youngblood!