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Writing Religion: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Presented By Special Collections & Archives

May 12, 2022

Special Collections at The Claremont Colleges Library presents a special late spring exhibit, “Writing Religion: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at The Claremont Colleges Library.” The exhibit showcases the splendor of the Egerton Crispin collection with its unique devotional books and manuscripts while exploring the linguistic, cultural and textual complexities of religious practices and religiosity of.

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New Log-In Process For Claremont Graduate University Patrons

May 11, 2022

Claremont Graduate University (CGU) patrons wishing to access their WMS Library account, Resource Sharing (ILL) account or any of the library’s electronic resources will now do so by logging into CAS using their firstname.lastname@cgu.edu login/password combination. This change was made so that CGU students, faculty and staff would not have to remember two different login/password.

Night Owls is Back to Help You Through Spring 2022 Finals!

May 2, 2022

Hoot, hoot! The Claremont Colleges Library tradition of keeping the building open 24/7 to support students through finals week is back this semester! Visit and bookmark our Night Owls page to stay up-to-date on the various Library-hosted de-stressing events, food and beverage breaks and resources such as self-care tips, mindfulness and meditation tools, links to.

9th Annual LURA Ceremony

April 12, 2022

The Claremont Colleges Library has selected the winners of its 9th Annual Library Undergraduate Research Award (LURA). Students who demonstrate exemplary original research and scholarship, including remarkable skill and creativity in the use of library and information resources, receive recognition and cash prizes ranging from $500 to $1,500 for their work. “Despite the tumultuous past.

Mystery Date with a Book

April 4, 2022

We’re taking the phrase “don’t judge a book by its cover” seriously. Throughout the month of April 2022, in conjunction with the Queer Resource Center’s Gaypril programming, check out a book or zine based only on a few key details. The book will be wrapped in paper so you can’t see the title or author, but.

Update to Zotero

March 30, 2022

Are you or your students currently using Zotero? Then you may like to know that Zotero has recently released a free upgrade to Zotero 6.0 which includes bug fixes and some helpful new features such as: Open PDFs in a new built-in reader within the main Zotero window, in a new tabbed interface Clean up.

ProQuest TDM Studio for Text & Data Mining

February 23, 2022

One of the more challenging aspects of conducting text and data mining research is collecting the materials for your corpus. If you are interested in working with news sources such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and a variety of other prominent sources, ProQuest’s TDM Studio may help you address this challenge..

Night Owls is Back, In-Person!

December 3, 2021

Hoot, hoot! The Claremont Colleges Library tradition of keeping the building open 24/7 to support students through finals week is back in person this semester! Visit and bookmark our Night Owls page to stay up-to-date on the various Library-hosted de-stressing events, food and beverage breaks, and resources such as self-care tips, mindfulness and meditation tools,.

Apply to the Library Undergraduate Research Award – Deadline 3/6/22

November 16, 2021

Are you finishing a term paper? …starting a senior thesis? …using library resources in your work? …interested in winning a CASH PRIZE? Get recognized for the amazing work you do by applying for The Claremont Colleges Library Undergraduate Research Award! The award is accompanied by a cash prize and recognizes exemplary, original student work demonstrating.

Help the Library and you could win a $50 gift card

Have an hour? Join our study!

November 1, 2021

What’s involved? Meet with a Library staff member on Zoom for a 1-hour session, to answer questions about how you use the Library website. The session will be recorded but only shared with staff involved in the website redesign. We will be conducting interviews from November 8 – November 19th. Who Can Participate? We are.