George C. Gordon Library
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Use Summon as a first stop for your research to search across most of the library's resources. Example: “life cycle assessment” cars
More Search Options: Advanced Search | Databases A-Z | by Subject and Type
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Use to find books, ebooks and films available through the Gordon Library. Example: “ultimate history of video games”
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Use when you know the title of a journal, magazine or newspaper to find if WPI has full text access. Example: “Journal of Solar Energy Engineering”
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Use to find completed project report, theses, or dissertations.
Example: “Erosion”More Search Options: Project Center Resources | Theses & Dissertations
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Use to find resources through Google Scholar and connect through FullTextFinder. Example: “life cycle assessment” automobiles OR cars
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News
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We’re Movin’ Right Along at Gordon Library…
It’s a summer “road trip” for much of Gordon Library’s books and collections! Thanks to efforts by students, staff, campus partners, movers, and contractors throughout the building, we’re refreshing, reorganizing, and expanding study and storage spaces. Gifts to the Library from alumni and supporters combined with WPI operational funds are supporting these efforts to improve [...]
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- Gordon Library Participates in the Touch Tomorrow Event on June 8th at WPI We had many visitors stop by the library table during the Touch Tomorrow event, young, old, and in between and we fielded many questions (too many to count) about the library’s collections. The Robert Goddard display, facilitated by Lora Brueck, generated much interest as did the Lunar Landing gear display, featuring the lunar leg cylinder (left)donated by [...] >
- Gordon Library participates in TouchTomorrow Gordon Library will display special items from the WPI Archives at TouchTomorrow on June 8, including a leg from the Apollo 11 lundar lander and precious items owned by WPI alum Robert Goddard. >
- ACRL/NEC Scholarship Honors Christine Drew The Association of College and Research Libraries New England Chapter (ACRL/NEC) Board of Directors recently announced the creation of a scholarship to honor the memory of Christine Drew and the impact she has had on the library community. The scholarship was made public at the May 10, 2013, ACRL/NEC Annual Conference held at the College [...] >
- Changes in thesis and dissertation binding Want to get your thesis or dissertation printed and bound? Gordon Library is no longer handling thesis and dissertation binding. Students may now go direct to Acme Bookbinding Company. Acme’s on-demand thesis printing and binding service offers students a reasonably priced, beautiful hard cover binding service and is easy and fast. Send Acme a .pdf of your thesis [...] >
Events
RSS Feed- Gordon Library participates in TouchTomorrow Gordon Library will display special items from the WPI Archives at TouchTomorrow on June 8, including a leg from the Apollo 11 lundar lander and precious items owned by WPI alum Robert Goddard. >
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When 4×4=8, An Exhibition of Visual Art and Poetry
March 22-April 26 2103 at Gordon Library’s Class of ’41 Gallery 4×4 is a Worcester area collaborative of four poets and four artists who, for the last three years, have discovered new ideas and creative energy in each others’ work, visions and voices. Group members include visual artists Lisa Barthelson, Carrie Crane, Dorothy Magadieu and Susan Sedgwick [...]
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- “Invented: WPI Patents Past and Present” exhibit now in Gladwin Gallery An exhibit of WPI patents is now open in Gladwin Gallery on the ground floor of Gordon Library. >
- WPI Innovator : Chester A. Reed, Class of 1896 When one considers careers WPI graduates pursue, being an author and illustrator of field guides to birds probably does not come to mind. In the early 1900s, that is what Chester Reed did, producing the first bird guides that were practical to take into the field. Instead of following his WPI major of Electrical Engineering, [...] >
- ART | WPI Many artists and friends enjoyed the artwork created by members of the WPI community on January 24, in the Class of ’41 Gallery, Gordon Library, for the opening of ART|WPI. Over 80 works of art are on display created by students, staff, and faculty. The many media in the show include textiles, with quilts by [...] >
