Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History

We have a new online reference title, Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History.

A description from their site states that “the Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History captures the experiences of women throughout history in a far-reaching, four-volume work. Although there has been extensive research on women in history by region, no other text or reference work has comprehensively covered the role women have played throughout world history. With over 650 biographies of influential women and over 600 topical articles covering topics such as geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and gender studies, Women in World History is the definitive reference work in the field.”

Access to this title can be found in the alphabetical database list, the General & Reference database list, and the Government, History & Politics database list.

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Printing Power Point Slides

The library staff is asking your assistance with an issue we are having with printing Power Point slides on the Library's printer. The Power Point printing default is set to print only one slide per page. Students will usually select the default and disregard the option to print multiple slides per page, therefore using many extra sheets of paper and holding up other students in the print queue.

Please let your students know they have this option. If they are unsure how to select multiple slides per page, a reference librarian can show them how. Thank you for your assistance.

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