App: iTunes U   By: Apple Inc. Price: Free Device: Reviewed on an iPad iTunes U, by Apple Inc, is a very comprehensive app that allows users to access free education content from universities around the world. It is currently only available to iOS devices. There is a private courses option for schools that participate. The Read More

App: TED   By: TED Conferences Price: Free Device: Reviewed on an iPad TED, by TED Conferences, allows users to view lectures from TED conferences held around the world. When I have 15-20 minutes to kill and nothing better to do, I like check out a TED talk lecture. I am certainly not picky as Read More

App: BrowZine™   By: Third Iron, LLC Price: Free Device: Reviewed on an iPad BrowZine™, by Third Iron, LLC, allows users to easily access free and licensed content from scholarly journals available from CUA Libraries. BrowZine™ promises to deliver your academic journals to your tablet in a way that’s “fun, practical, and intuitive.” And it Read More

App: BrowZine™   By: Third Iron, LLC Price: Free Device: Reviewed on an iPad BrowZine™, by Third Iron, LLC, allows users to easily access free and licensed content from scholarly journals available from CUA Libraries. BrowZine™ promises to deliver your academic journals to your tablet in a way that’s “fun, practical, and intuitive.” And it Read More

The exhibit “Sights & Sounds: The 50th Anniversary of the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music” will be on display in the May Gallery from March 22 through May 18. Maintaining a tradition of excellence from the studio to the Broadway stage, from singing at the Met to teaching piano in Afghanistan, faculty and students of Read More

App: lynda.com   By: lynda.com Price: Free Device: Reviewed on an iPad The lynda.com app, by lynda.com, allows users to access their lynda.com content from mobile devices. While lynda.com offers a wide variety of education videos, my experience with lynda.com has been learning about desktop softwares and applications. What makes this application great is that Read More

Welcome to Appy Hour, a series in which we review apps related to learning, reading, or that may be of special interest to the CUA community. App: Blackboard Mobile Learn™   By: Blackboard Inc. Price: Free Device: Reviewed on an iPad Blackboard Mobile Learn allows users to access their Blackboard content from mobile devices. With a 1 Read More

The Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies (CUA), in conjunction with The American Catholic History Research Center & University Archives (CUA) and the Office of Migration and Refugee Policy (USCCB), will be hosting a conference entitled American Catholics and Immigration: Past and Present on Thursday, March 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Caldwell Read More

The completed, revised, and expanded finding aid for the National Catholic War Council records in now online.

Until Thursday, February 19th, the CUA Libraries has a free trial to the database Washington Business Journal, the major weekly newspaper for business, real estate, and industry news for the Washington D.C. area. The portal provides access to its sister publications in 42 other metropolitan markets in the United States.  It may be especially helpful Read More