Penn Libraries

Featured Collections

The Penn Libraries' global collections encompass hundreds of languages and scripts across a broad range of subject areas, preserving the rich cultural and scholarly record from Africa, East Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and South Asia. Read about some of our unique recent acquisitions.

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Exploring Chinese Internet Literature

To more accurately reflect the diversity of literature in China, the Penn Libraries has made a special effort to add recent internet novels that have been published in print form to our collection.

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  • Workshop
October 16, 2024

Facilitating Literature Reviews with Covidence

Learn how Covidence can facilitate the processing of literature when writing a review paper or developing other scientific work that requires document screening. 

  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Collaborative Classroom, Holman Biotech Commons
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff
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  • Lecture
October 16, 2024

Health Literacy Month: Virtual Keynote Speaker

In collaboration with the Penn Medicine Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) Patient & Family Education Committee, the Penn Libraries presents a keynote address by Tracy Mehan in honor of Health Literacy Month.

  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Virtual
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff
Web scraping illustrated
  • Workshop
October 16, 2024

An Intro to Web Scraping

Interested in learning the basics of web scraping? 

  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • RDDSx Space, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, Floor 1
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff