The Libraries' new alumni website makes it easier than ever before for University alumni to take advantage of the rich resources and collections of the University Libraries.

The site presents links to selected, authoritative web resources that provide reliable information on the topics of most relevance to alumni.

The site also connects alums to our network of expert reference librarians. Alumni can e-mail questions to us and we'll answer them (on average) within 24 hours--or contact us for a live, interactive chat session.

The site's FAQ section presents answers to basic questions--like how to borrow books, how to obtain copies of journal articles, and how to use the Libraries' broad toolkit of online resources.

Members of the University of Minnesota Alumni Association can also access selected licensed databases online, including Academic Search Premier and Business Source Premier. Both of these databases will provide full-text articles from a wide range of journals and newspapers.

We value alumni commitment to lifelong learning and the role our alums continue to play in making the University Libraries a rich and vibrant intellectual center of campus life. To take advantage of the site, visit the Libraries alumni website

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Want to share your research with fellow students, faculty, and the rest of the University community? The U's Undergraduate Symposium is the place to do just that! The annual symposium takes place on April 26 in Coffman Great Hall. Whether you're finishing a research project or are mid-way through, describing your research in a poster presentation is a valuable learning experience. Presenters from past years say the symposium provided them with insights, ideas, and inspiration through discussions with the scientists, colleagues, and guests who stopped by to view their posters. The symposium is co-sponsored by a number of colleges across the University. Pre-registration is required. For more information, visit the Undergraduate Symposium home page.

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This online bibliography lists books and articles about philosophy and history of philosophy including: Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance to Enlightenment, 19th and 20th Centuries, and Non-Western Traditions. Language scope: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish and Catalan.

The International Philosophical Bibliography covers all issues 1997 to present. The Retrospective file covers selected pre-1996 listings. The starting point of the bibliography changes daily.

Check MNCAT for corresponding print version.

URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/ipb.cgi

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Contains all of the content available in International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text for 100 titles, including Canadian Theatre Review, Dance Chronicle, Dance Teacher, Modern Drama, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Research in Dance Education, Research in Drama Education, Studies in Theatre and Performance, TDR: The Drama Review, Theater, and many more. Additional full text available includes more than 50 books & monographs such as Art and the Performance of Memory, Avant Garde Theatre, British Realist Theatre, Community Theatre, History of European Drama and Theatre, Learning Through Theatre, Opera, Performance Theory, Popular Theatres of Nineteenth Century France, Shakespeare, Theory and Performance, Sourcebook on Feminist Theatre and Performance, Theatre and the World, Twentieth-Century Actor Training, Who's Who in Contemporary World Theatre, World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre and many more.

Coverage: 1984 - present

URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/ibtd.cgi

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