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Business Research Orientation class turns 5

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Back in 2007, my coworker Jan Herd and I decided to develop a class specifically for business researchers.  Our very first class was in October 2007. While we included some general information about doing research at the Library and a detailed overview of the Library’s online catalog, we wanted to feature specific guidance on business …

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An Early History of Life Insurance

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Today’s guest post is by 2012 Junior Fellow Alec Korte. A life worth living is a life worth insuring. The above quote was the bedrock on which Judge Willard Phillips, a Massachusetts lawyer, founded the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1835. The anchor that held that bedrock firm was the leadership at the top, which …

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Five Questions (The Intern Edition): Alec Korte

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

1.  What is your background? Excluding five years in California, I have lived most of my life in Bowling Green, Ohio, home to its namesake university as well as the National Tractor Pulling Championship. I am currently enrolled at the University of Cincinnati, where I am studying Mechanical Engineering and, eventually, Business as part of …

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Give Me an H!

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

In an earlier post I featured an April 1902 Washington Times article on how to get a book from the Library of Congress.  While reading the article, a section about the catalog division – “one of the most remarkable departments in the conduct of the library” – also caught my eye. The function of a …