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As part of the University of Utah’s efforts to prioritize open research, the University Libraries has partnered with the Office of the Vice President for Research to facilitate open-access publishing through a licensing agreement with Elsevier. The agreement allows U of U corresponding authors at...

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Doody’s Core Titles publishes a “Doody’s Special Topics List” that brings together the top books on a given topic picked by content experts. In October 2024, Doody published a Dementia book list that librarians use to evaluate their collections. Associate Librarian Tallie Casucci used this...

Allison McCormack, librarian and Hallie Oines, metadata specialist began working on a project to improve access to the archives of Utah women in the Marriott Library in November 2023. Funded by the National Historical Publication and Records Commission, the project involves researching Marriott Library archival...

From a graphic novel showcasing original art created during Japanese American internment to a documentary on the art of tatau, honor Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month with these great selections from the library’s general collection. ...

Interested in a dynamic, hands-on experience studying quantitative methods and statistics over the summer in Ann Arbor, Michigan? ICPSR’s summer training program offers courses in research design, statistics, data analysis, and social science methodology....

The year was 1943, and the United States was now heavily engaged in WWII on both the European and Pacific fronts. It was also the year that Alberta Hunt Nicholson, a resident of Salt Lake City, joined the Women’s Airforce Service Project (WASP), aiding in...

A Hymn for Women’s Rights, Statehood, and Polygamy By Alexander Jolley, Rare Books Assistant Between the 1850s-60s, the women’s suffrage movement had crossed the Mississippi River and moved into the American West. What had long been a political issue in East Coast metropolitan cities finally saw some...