Alkek Library News

Video Tutorial for Company Research on Orbis

Orbis is an incredibly powerful database that lets you search:

1) hundreds of company financials metrics

2) custom search queries

3) international public and private companies

OFF CAMPUS access to Campus Research Has Been Restored

The Campus Research database from Thompson West is once again available off campus.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Graduate Student Research Skills Video Tutorial

This video will show you how to do grad-level research at the Alkek Library. High level use of databases, finding sources, and many tricks from former graduate students!

 

Books to Improve Your Memory

Books to improve your memory here. Do you have "popcorn brain" from too much Internet and social media? The books in that link will help you retain facts and do better in school - and life.

Tricks, tips and overcoming problems with remembering facts and material. Check it out.

 

The Wittliff Collections Open New Anniversary Exhibitions

The Wittliff Collections opened two new exhibitions this week at the Alkek Library, totaling three free shows on view in conjunction with their 25th Anniversary.

On SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, the public is invited to an OPEN HOUSE celebrating the Wittliff’s anniversary exhibitions. Curators and staff will be on hand to answer questions about The Edge of Time: Photographs of Mexico by Mariana Yampolsky, Illuminating Texas: 25 Lone Star Moments, and The Dazzling Instant photographic show. Authors and photographers whose works are held at the Wittliff will be invited, and refreshments—including anniversary cake—will be served.

The Wittliff open house is in conjunction with Family Weekend and “Discover Texas State,” the university’s premier open house event showcasing the many exciting things happening on campus. Come-and-go from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Admission is free to the open house and exhibitions, and all are welcome. Directions, parking information, and exhibition hours are online: http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/about/visit.html.

Avatars Explain Scholarly Vs Non-Scholarly

Check Out The Dazzling Instant Photographs at the Wittliff Collections

Go upstairs to the 7th floor in the library and check out the amazing

photographs from this exhibit! Classic southwestern photography.

Use Europa Database For Country Profiles

Europa Database has great country profiles for most of the world's nations. Select your country and then choose history or economy and get a good in-depth summary that takes you up to the present. Very useful.

Recommended for international business students, international political science and others.

Featured Database: Hispanic American Periodical Index

HAPI contains both popular and scholarly articles covering a wide variety of disciplines: social sciences, economics, sociology, literature and more. It features original literary works, political, economic, social issues, social science, arts & letters and the humanities concerning Central & South America, Mexico, Caribbean basin, United States-Mexico border region, & Hispanics in the US.