Research Matters

Cymru, Chili peppers and Colonialism

What do they have in common?  Not much, except that all are mentioned (in some detail) in new online reference works from Credo Reference (available to Yale affiliates on the library's website, under Databases & Article Searching).

This month's new titles include the Collins Spurrell Welsh Dictionary (where you'll find that Cymru is Welsh for Wales), the Cambridge World History of Food (where you can read about the history, biological origins and geographic distribution of chili peppers), and Routledge's Encyclopedia of African History (where you can read about the impact of colonialism on African societies).

Also new this month are the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development, Routledge's Encyclopedia of German Literature and Encyclopedia of Life Writing, Harrap's Polish Dictionary, and the Reader's Guide to British History.  The full list of titles available through Credo Reference is available here.

Questions?  Comments?  E-mail us.

Medical Library: Auteurs Wanted

Yale's Cushing/Whitney Medical Library is sponsoring a contest for students.  Submit a short video describing what you like about Yale Links:

Then submit it to the Yale Links Group on Youtube.  The contest runs through December.  The winner will receive an iPod Touch.

What is Yale Links?  This page will tell you.  For more information about the contest, see this page.  Questions can be directed to Lynn Sette.

Try this: 19th Century British Library Newspapers

The Yale University Library has trial access to a new database: 19th Century British Library Newspapers.  The collection is described as follows: "The 19th Century British Library Newspapers collection contains full runs of 48 newspapers specially selected by the British Library to best represent nineteenth century Britain. This new collection includes national and regional newspapers, as well as those from both established country or university towns and the new industrial powerhouses of the manufacturing Midlands, as well as Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Special attention was paid to include newspapers that helped lead particular political or social movements such as Reform, Chartism, and Home Rule. The penny papers aimed at the working and clerical classes are also present in the collection."

You can search by simple keyword, subject or author, or browse publications by location (the "North East" region has papers from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and from Darlington).

Questions or comments should be directed to Susanne Roberts.