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Did you know that faculty members submit copies of their syllabi to DSpace? If you need to find a syllabi for a particular course, all you need to do is log into DSpace.

1. To log into DSpace, go to DSpace, and click Login in the top-right corner or in the left-side menu and sign in with your Allegheny College username and password.




2. To find the Syllabi collections, scroll down to Communities in DSpace and click on “Merrick Archives”. On the next page, click on “Provost and Dean of the College RG 5”. Finally, click the Course Syllabi link in the list of collections.




3. Syllabi are organized into Fall and Spring semesters. To find a specific syllabi, click on one of the collections, and browse by author to search for the professor who taught the course. To find syllabi by department, browse by subject.

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HeinOnline is a valuable research platform hosting over one hundred different databases dedicated to case law, international treaties and agreements, and government documents. The platform is routinely updated with timely, topical research materials. Recent additions to HeinOnline include materials related to civil rights and social justice, COVID-19, and executive privilege,



Start your journey into HeinOnline by using it for your own research or exploring 10 Historical Events You Didn’t Know Happened in March.

Have you heard about JSTOR’s Text Analyzer tool? The Text Analyzer tool accepts PDFs, Microsoft Word documents, or images of text and generates a list of research articles and subject terms to help you find new research sources. Watch this video to learn more about JSTOR’s Text Analyzer tool.

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How to try the Text Analyzer tool for the first time.

1. Go to JSTOR Text Analyzer to get started.




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2. Upload a document with text in it. It can be an article you found, a paper you’re writing, or a picture of a page from a book. If you want experiment, JSTOR provides a test document you can click and drag to upload into the tool. The Text Analyzer tool will process the document and redirect you to the results page.




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3. On the results page, you can adjust which prioritized terms are used and how important they are in the Analysis section. These terms are autogenerated, but you can also add your own if the tool did not include the ones you want.




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4. You can also adjust important search filters like the publication year, content type, and access type in the Search Filters dropdown menu.





5. Finally, you can browse through the list of results generated by the tool.

File types supported

You can upload or point to many kinds of text documents, including: csv, doc, docx, gif, htm, html, jpg, jpeg, json, pdf, png, pptx, rtf, tif (tiff), txt, xlsx. If the file type you’re using isn’t in this list, just cut and paste any amount of text into the search form to analyze it.

Languages supported

English, Arabic, (simplified) Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish (see FAQ, below, for details)

Scientists around the world are rushing to understand the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. Proquest has created a database to curate new, openly available research related to COVID-19 and the study of coronaviruses. To view more research related to COVID-19, please check out the Coronavirus Research Database

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We are excited to announce that LITS has recently made three new digital collections publically available in the Allegheny College Institutional Repository (DSpace) for research and general use.

Allegheny Strong: A Digital Collection of Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Civil War Letters of Pvt. Willard A. Cutter

Reflections on Social (In) Justice: A Digital Collection

If you’re interested in exploring other Allegheny College digital collections, please visit LITS digital collections for more information.

What are groups in Artstor and why would you want to use them?

Groups allow any Artstor users to create sets of items to share, export, and add descriptive information. There are two kinds of groups: Private or Institutional (within Allegheny College).

How to create groups in Artstor

1. To create a group, you first need to log in to Artstor. To log into Artstor, go to Databases A-Z on the LITS website and select the Artstor link. If you are signed in properly, you should see your email address in the top right corner of Artstor.
2. To view your existing groups, select Groups from the Browse menu.



3. If you haven’t created any groups yet, go to a collection to select items for your new group. To select items for your new group, hover over the top right corner to select (on a desktop) or tap the checkbox (on mobile) to select items.



4. After you have select the items you want to add to your group, go to the Organize menu item and select “Save Selections to a New Group”.



5. Finally, complete the Create New Group form to complete your new group. Title and sharing permissions are required. You can add an optional description or subject tabs.

LITS is rolling out a newsletter about research sources at the library! Stay up to date by subscribing to the LITS News and Updates. New posts will be published on a biweekly schedule. 

Since this is the first week, we’d like to highlight Adam Matthew Digital, an essential database for primary source materials that hosts millions of primary source records across many different disciplines. The Adam Matthew Digital database organizes material into curated subject areas. In addition to primary source access, each subject collection offers access to data visualizations, copyright information, and information about institutions who contributed materials.

Users who are new to Adam Matthew Digital can orient themselves with the detailed interface by viewing instructional videos created by Adam Matthew support staff.