Copyright Slider

Need an easy way to see if something is still protected by copyright laws? Click on the blue title above to check out the Copyright Slider. Then simply move the red arrow until it matches the original published date or years since the author died. It's a quick and dirty way to let us know if a work has been released into the Public Domain.

Cinematic Maps : Voting America

Borrowing a technique from Hollywood, historians at the University of Richmond have created animated maps that chart voting patterns in U.S. presidential elections since 1840.

Check Out : Voting America

Know Your History: Vote!

Viewzi — What are you looking for?

Viewzi is a new and highly visual way; to search that brings all your favorite stuff: video, music, belles lettres.

Viewzi's search menu offers several options for viewing results and mp3 View shows results of mp3 files related to your search. You can even listen to the files in your browser instead of opening additional applications which can use up valuable memory on your computer.

Tobacco Stops With Me.

Oklahoma Crossroads has just added the 2007 Annual Report / Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust document to their web site. Tobacco use costs every Oklahoman $750 every year whether they use tobacco or not. Click on the blue title above to see how much money Oklahoma received and how that money was spent.

2006 Oklahoma Baby Names

Oklahoma Crossroads has just published an online listing of the most popular baby names from Oklahoma in 2006. The top five girl names: Emma, Madison, Emily, Abigail, and Hannah. The top five boy names: Jacob, Ethan, Joshua, William, and Michael. Some of the more unusual names listed were: Adventure, Balance, Brave, Chaos, Mesiah, Sphinx, Tattoo, and Tequila. Check them all out. You can read the entire publication by typing in "2006 Oklahoma Baby Names" in the Al Harris library catalog; then hit "Click here for online access". You can also just search Google with the words "Oklahoma Crossroads"; then search for "2006 Oklahoma Baby Names". Or just for fun, browse the hundreds of other titles found there which pertain to Oklahoma.

Library Closed Tuesday, August 5th: No Air Conditioning

All faculty, staff and students should be aware that the Al Harris Library is closing at noon today. Without air conditioning and excessive heat predicted for the Weatherford area today, the Library will close for the afternoon. We apologize for any inconvenience and our resources via our website will remain accessible for your research needs.

Library Closing at Noon: No Air Conditioning in Library

All faculty, staff and students should be aware that the Al Harris Library is closing at noon today. Without air conditioning and excessive heat predicted for the Weatherford area today, the Library will close for the afternoon. We apologize for any inconvenience and our resources via our website will remain accessible for your research needs.