New look for Current Periodicals section

Chris next to the Current Periodicals section,
on the library's 1st floor.

Displays have been added that highlight the Current Periodicals section of the library. The displays feature the covers from different journals and magazines to showcase an overlooked resource available to students.

The Current Periodicals section has many uses; one is its ability to conjure up inspiration for research papers. Another, as Chris Felt can attest to, is to discover a favorite magazine such as Maclean’s. A Canadian news magazine, Maclean’s publishes articles on current events and issues. According to Chris, “Maclean’s is like Time Magazine except you  have a better chance of finding interesting articles.”

Additionally Chris uses the Current Periodicals as an opportunity to find new topics of interest, such as coming across an issue of Earth First! which lead Chris to a new area of research: radical environmentalism.

So, If you need a topic for a research paper or want to find a new favorite magazine, come to the Current Periodicals section of the library.

Chris Felt and Audrey Williams,
Access Services

New Open Access Basque Studies Journal Announced

The Boise State Basque Studies program, in collaboration with several other organizations, has developed BOGA: Basque Studies Consortium Journal. Housed in ScholarWorks, BOGA is a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed, open-access academic publication dedicated to the scholarly study of all aspects of Basque culture. It aspires to foster a better understanding of Basque heritage by disseminating original works of interest to an English speaking audience and to encourage interaction among academics from various learning traditions.

With the inaugural issue scheduled for Fall 2013, papers are currently being accepted through June 1st. Works published in BOGA will be distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License (CC BY-NC). By granting a CC BY-NC license to their work, authors retain copyright ownership of the work, but give explicit permission for others to download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute, and/or copy the work, as long as the original source and author(s) are properly cited (i.e. a complete bibliographic citation and link to the BOGA: Basque Studies Consortium Journal website), and used for no commercial gain. 

For more information, please visit: http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/boga/

Michelle Armstrong,
Librarian / Asst. Professor