Vassar College Digital Library

Vassar Scholarship

Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

An Introduction to Library Search

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2022
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In summer 2022, the Vassar Libraries launched the new Library Search tool, which replaces the library catalog and Discover as the primary gateway to our physical and digital collections.

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Built for speed: strain in the cartilaginous vertebral columns of sharks

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2014-February-01
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In most bony fishes vertebral column strain during locomotion is almost exclusively in the intervertebral joints, and when these joints move there is the potential to store and release strain energy. Since cartilaginous fishes have poorly mineralized vertebral centra, we...

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Seeing the Sun: Maria Mitchell’s Observations, 1868-1888

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2016-January
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A Catalogue of the Exhibition Seeing the Sun Maria Mitchell’s Observations, 1868-1888. At the Frederick Ferris Thompson Memorial Library January — June 2016. Curated by Laura Streett, College Archivist and Debra Meloy Elmegreen, Professor of Astronomy on the Maria Mitchell...

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