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Featured Database: Web of Science

News & Announcements - 26 April 2022 - 11:30am
Parrish Library’s Featured Database will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This time we’re featuring Web of Science brought to you by Clarivate Analytics. Focus Web of Science provides access to the world’s leading scholarly literature in the science, social sciences, arts, and humanities […]

Recommended Reading for Earth Day

Purdue Press News - 22 April 2022 - 7:00am
To celebrate Earth Day, Purdue University Press is featuring books on weather, climate, environmental issues, and the energy crisis. Read through the list below, or check out our books on Gardening, Botany, and Horticulture.   Spearheading Environmental Change: The Legacy of Indiana Congressman Floyd J. Fithian Largely remembered for his participation in the Democratic reform […]

The Sky Above-A Q&A with astronaut John Casper

Purdue Press News - 12 April 2022 - 9:00am
In this interview, we talk with author, Purdue alumnus, and astronaut Colonel John H. Casper, (USAF, Ret.) about his forthcoming autobiography, The Sky Above: An Astronaut’s Memoir of Adventure, Persistence, and Faith. Q: Could you give a brief description of your book? The Sky Above tells how persistence and determination led me to fly in […]

Upcoming Spring Reading Program from AAARCC and Libraries

News & Announcements - 9 April 2022 - 5:57am
Libraries is proud to support the upcoming Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center (AAARCC) Spring Reading Program and Speaker Series. This event will be held on Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 from 5:00–6:30 p.m. in STEW 314 and will feature a joint reading and conversation of Brian Leung’s All I Should Not Tell and […]

Announcing Expanded Open Access Publishing Opportunities with PLOS

News & Announcements - 5 April 2022 - 11:15am
Taking effect on April 1, 2022, Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies has entered into an Unlimited Publishing Agreement with the Public Library of Science (PLOS). This agreement expands our current PLOS open access publishing partnership to provide unlimited publishing in all PLOS journals without incurring fees.   This new agreement happened as a […]

Announcing Expanded Open Access Publishing Opportunities with PLOS

Open Access - 5 April 2022 - 11:15am
Taking effect on April 1, 2022, Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies has entered into an Unlimited Publishing Agreement with the Public Library of Science (PLOS). This agreement expands our current PLOS open access publishing partnership to provide unlimited publishing in all PLOS journals without incurring fees.   This new agreement happened as a […]

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 – HSSE Featured Database

News & Announcements - 24 March 2022 - 5:05pm
Humanities, Social Science and Education Library’s Featured Database will give you a brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This time we’re featuring Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 database, brought to you by Alexander Street. Link: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/wasm Access the databases off-campus with your Purdue login […]

Featured Database: Checkpoint Edge

News & Announcements - 22 March 2022 - 11:30am
Parrish Library’s Featured Database will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This time we’re featuring Checkpoint Edge brought to you by Thomson Reuters. Focus RIA Checkpoint provides primary tax documents and secondary analysis for federal, state, and local taxation, estate planning, pensions and benefits, […]

Finding Order in Diversity: A Q&A with Scott Berg

Purdue Press News - 17 March 2022 - 12:15pm
We talked to Scott Berg, the author of Finding Order in Diversity: Religious Toleration in the Habsburg Empire, 1792–1848, about the aspects of the Habsburg Empire studied for the first time in this book and their possible relevance to readers today. Finding Order in Diversity: Religious Toleration in the Habsburg Empire, 1792–1848 covers the tumultuous […]

Magnificent Trees of Indiana

Purdue Press News - 1 March 2022 - 6:00am
Trees have always been a passion for Carroll D. Ritter. Taking inspiration from reading a variety of historical accounts of Indiana’s great natural heritage, Ritter authored Magnificent Trees of Indiana, published by Purdue University Press. He has written this book as a fresh approach to looking at the State of Indiana through the lens of […]

Libraries Introduces Wiley Open Access Publishing Options for Purdue Authors

Open Access - 15 February 2022 - 4:10pm
Open Access publishing leads to more discovery, more downloads, and more global access to Purdue’s giant leaps in research. Purdue authors may now include an open access option when publishing their research in Wiley hybrid journals without incurring author’s fees or embargoes. This new opportunity resulted from the collective bargaining of the Big Ten Academic […]

2021 Winter Gift Sale

Purdue Press News - 30 November 2021 - 1:20pm
Purdue University Press is offering a 50% discount on ALL TITLES published in 2021 and our ENTIRE BACKLIST through January 10, 2022. All you need to do is enter code 21GIFT50 when ordering directly from our website. From gorgeous coffee-table books on Purdue & Indiana to stirring biographies on some of the most important figures […]

Dr. Kristina Bross Receives the 2022 Leadership in Open Access Award

Open Access - 26 October 2021 - 6:00am
Libraries is pleased to announce that Associate Dean for Research and Creative Endeavors in the Honors College and Professor of English Kristina Bross is the recipient of the 2022 Leadership in Open Access Award. Dr. Bross is a staunch supporter of scholarly dissemination and open access, as demonstrated by her many projects completed in collaboration […]

Welcome to International Open Access Week 2021

Open Access - 25 October 2021 - 7:30am
  International Open Access Week begins today. For many working in open scholarship, this is a time to reflect on Open Access and the role it plays in the dissemination and access of scholarly works. Open Access refers to the free, immediate, online availability of scholarly works, including rights to re-use that content. Open Access […]

Purdue University Press Author Receives Gold Medal of Achievement

Purdue Press News - 24 August 2021 - 11:46am
Purdue University Press author, Eric Grissell, received the 2021 Media Awards Gold Medal of Achievement in the category “Writing: Book (General Readership),” presented by GardenComm: Garden Communicators International. This national award recognizes individuals and companies who achieve the highest levels of talent and professionalism in garden communications. The 2021 competition had more than 135 entries […]

Enriching Our World with Photography and Coffee Table Books

Purdue Press News - 21 June 2021 - 12:32pm
We’re partial to words ourselves, but some subjects are just better in pictures. If you’re a photography enthusiast or just have an empty coffee table in need of a beautiful book, we’ve got a great list of photo books for you to skim through. A Round Indiana: Round Barns in the Hoosier State, Second Edition […]

Balkan Legacies: A Q&A with Balázs Apor and John Paul Newman

Purdue Press News - 7 June 2021 - 12:04pm
We talked to Balázs Apor and John Paul Newman, the editors of Balkan Legacies: The Long Shadow of Conflict and Ideological Experiment in Southeastern Europe. Balkan Legacies is a study of the aftermath of war and state socialism in the contemporary Balkans. The authors look at the inescapable inheritances of the recent past and those […]

Eleanor Roosevelt, The Jewish Plight, and the Founding of Israel: Q&A with John F. Sears

Purdue Press News - 13 May 2021 - 11:26am
We talked to John F. Sears, the author of Refuge Must Be Given: Eleanor Roosevelt, the Jewish Plight, and the Founding of Israel, about his motivations for writing the book, some of the new subjects the books covers, and some other aspects of Eleanor Roosevelts legacy. Refuge Must Be Given details the evolution of Eleanor […]

Books for Boilermakers, 50% off all Purdue Books

Purdue Press News - 3 May 2021 - 3:53pm
To celebrate Purdue’s 152nd anniversary and the graduation of the class of 2021, Purdue University Press will be having a 50% off sale on all Purdue related books from May 6-May 20. All you need to do to is enter code 21PURDUE50 when ordering from our website to redeem the discount. You can find the […]

Excerpts from THE COMPLETE GUIDE FOR PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND THEIR LOVED ONES

Purdue Press News - 28 April 2021 - 12:31pm
For Parkinson’s Awareness Month, Purdue University Press is featuring excerpts from Lianna Marie’s book The Complete Guide for People With Parkinson’s Disease and Their Loved Ones.  A diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease is as disorienting as it is devastating. The Complete Guide helps those suffering from the disease, their family, and friends make sense of what […]

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