Materials for learning Chinese?
I am teaching Chinese to an English-speaking student. She is able to do basic conversation and wants to learn more vocabulary and better communication. Is there a textbook that I can use for teaching purposes? Thank you.
For textbooks you could borrow from the library, use the Classic Catalog. In the Basic Search set the [...]
“Negro All Comics” Article?
I’m looking for a 1947 issue of Time Magazine with an article on “All Negro Comics.” I looked up Readers Guide to Periodical Literature but to no avail. I was also told to look for All Negro Comics in Readers Guide but I couldn’t find anything under the subject “Negro.”
Your instincts are dead-on. [...]
Source OECD
I am researching the effects of teaching methods and feedback on student behavior and performance. I found a source with the following titles and information from SourceOECD:
1. Education & Skills
2007, vol. 2007, no. 15, pp. 1 – 159
Education and Training Policy No More Failures: Ten Steps to Equity in Education (Complete Edition – ISBN [...]
I need to find the full text of a journal article.
I need help finding this article in full text:
“Aegean Interest on the Uluburun Ship” by Christoph Bachhuber in the American Jounral of Archaeolgy, July 2006.
Hi,
This article is available only in the print version of this journal. It’s in Olin Library, on the 7th floor in the oversize section, at + CC1 .A51. We have volumes [...]
Can you help me find the transcript of the trial of Dietrich Flade?
I’m writing a short piece on Dietrich Flade for the website www.executedtoday.com (his execution date is coming up in a couple days) and was wondering if I could get a couple things from you:
- A .pdf or photographic plate image (not for distribution) of the original trial transcript.
- A photograph of the document itself for [...]
Smithsonian Institution Annual Report?
I am looking for an article called, ‘What is known of the migrations of some of the whalebone whales’ in the Smithsonian Institution Annual Report from 1928 or 1929, p. 467-496. The author is R Kellog. I found some of these report in the library catalog, but not from the correct year. Thank you for [...]
Articles about the Cloister Apocalypse Manuscript?
Do you have any published articles about the Cloister Apocalypse Manuscripts?
I wasn’t sure how soon you needed information, so I am replying to you today with only a couples of sources you might find useful. But this is not my area of expertise and I am also forwarding your question to the librarian who specializes [...]
Does Cornell own a copy of the Declaration of Independence?
Question: Does the library contain an original copy of the Declaration of Independence? Thank you.
Interesting question! The short answer is no, however, after conducting some research of Cornell Library’s Rare and Manuscript Collection, I did find some other interesting materials owned by Cornell Library related to the Declaration of Independence.
In 1949, Marguerite [...]
Cornell holdings of works by Mary Koss, Alan Burkowitz, or John Foubert
Question: I was wondering if the Cornell Library has hard copies of work by Mary Koss, Allen Burkowitz, or John Foubert on sexual assault, rape, or similar subjects.
Thank you for submitting your question! By accessing the library catalog at http://catalog.library.cornell.edu you can locate print books available in the Cornell Library. Type [...]
I need help with determining the citation for the following which is embodied as an oral presentation
I need help with determining the citation for the following which is embodied as an oral presentation.http://meeting.aps.org/Meeting/MAR08/Event/82014 Your help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks for contacting us. I am attaching information from the library website that contains information on citing sources. http://www.library.cornell.edu/services/citing.html
You did not indicate which style you are using to cite this oral presentation but the [...]