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PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text=== Libraries and museums === ==== Libraries ==== [[File:Southern Methodist University July 2016 080 (Fondren Library Center).jpg|thumb|233x233px|Fondren Library]] * '''Business Information Center (BIC)''' – Business school library. Some resources are available to the public. * '''Bridwell Library''' – Named for the philanthropist Joseph Sterling Bridwell of [[Wichita Falls, Texas|Wichita Falls]], the Bridwell Library (established 1950) is one of the leading theological research collections in the United States.<ref>Comer, Stephen Earl. [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/lcb04 "Bridwell Library," The Handbook of Texas Online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018015027/http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/lcb04 |date=October 18, 2013 }}. Retrieved April 23, 2013.</ref> * '''Central University Libraries''' – Central University Libraries is the largest of the SMU library administrative units, with holdings of more than 2.1 million volumes.<ref>Southern Methodist University. [http://smu.edu/catalogs/undergraduate/file/2012-2013/2012_SMU_UGCatalog_FrontSections.pdf University Bulletin: Undergraduate Catalog 2012–13] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309032747/http://smu.edu/catalogs/undergraduate/file/2012-2013/2012_SMU_UGCatalog_FrontSections.pdf |date=March 9, 2013 }}, p. 75.</ref> It comprises the Fondren Library Center, the Jake and Nancy Hamon Arts Library, the DeGolyer Library of Special Collections, the SMU Archives, the ISEM Reading Room ('''I'''nstitute for the '''S'''tudy of '''E'''arth and '''M'''an), the Norwick Center for Digital Services, and the [[Fred Wendorf]] Information Center at SMU-in-Taos, New Mexico. * '''CUL Digital Collections''' – Central University Libraries Digital Collections provide anyone around the world the ability to access a variety of text, videos and images. These collections are part of CUL's ongoing effort to digitize and make available SMU's unique special collections on the Web. * '''DeGolyer Library''' – The DeGolyer Library is the principal repository at SMU for special collections in the humanities, the history of business, and the history of science and technology. Dedicated to enhancing scholarship and teaching at SMU, the DeGolyer Library is charged with maintaining and building its various collections "for study, research, and pleasure." Established in 1957 by gifts from geophysicist [[Everette Lee DeGolyer]], DeGolyer Library houses one of the strongest collections in the United States on the Trans-Mississippi West, Texas, the Spanish borderlands, transportation with an emphasis on railroads, and business history.<ref name="hot-deg">{{Handbook of Texas|id=lcd01|name=DeGolyer Library}}. Retrieved March 21, 2009.</ref> * '''Fondren Library Center''' – The largest collection of resources on campus, Fondren Library houses materials in the humanities, social sciences and business, as well as government information resources. Fondren Library also houses the Science and Engineering Library which includes collections in biology, chemistry, physics, earth sciences, mathematics, statistics, computer science, and civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering. The library has particularly strong collections in the earth sciences, electronics, general science and technology. The Norwick Center for Digital Collections is also housed in Fondren. Fondren Library is open 24 hours, and is a common study place for students. Students have been known to call Fondren Library Center "Club Fondy" due to the social nature of the library. Fondren Library is also home to a Starbucks Cafe that serves faculty, staff, and students. * '''Edwin J Foscue Map Library''' – Located in Fondren Library Center, this is one of the largest map collections in the Southwest. * '''Fort Burgwin Library''' – The Fort Burgwin Library, located on the SMU-in-Taos campus in New Mexico, contains approximately 9,768 books and small collections of journals and maps. * '''Hamon Arts Library''' – Hamon Arts Library supports the undergraduate and graduate programs of the Meadows School of the Arts in the disciplines of art, arts administration, cinema, dance, music, and theater. The Library's circulating and reference collections contain more than 180,000 items relating to the visual and performing arts. In addition, the Library has some 300 subscriptions to arts periodicals and provides access to more than 40 online resources that are specific to the arts. * '''Norwick Center for Digital Services''' – The Center includes a student multimedia center and screening room and supports a full range of digital services, production services and collaborative technology support, including the CUL Digital Collections. * '''Underwood Law Library''' – The Underwood Law Library's more than 640,000 volumes support the instruction and research of the Dedman School of Law and the general SMU community. The Library's collection is particularly strong in the areas of international law, commercial law, securities, taxation, jurisprudence, oil and gas, and air and [[space law]]. ====Publications==== {{Infobox journal | title = Field & Laboratory | italic title=no | cover = | former_name = | abbreviation = Field Lab. | discipline = [[Botany]] | editor = | publisher = SMU Scholar | country = United States | history = 1932–1959 | frequency = | openaccess = Yes | license = [[Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0]] | impact = | impact-year = | ISSN = | eISSN = 0096-042X | CODEN = | JSTOR = | LCCN = sf98085275 | OCLC = 2008034 | website = https://scholar.smu.edu/fieldandlab | link1 = | link1-name = | link2 = | link2-name = }} '''''Field & Laboratory''''' was a [[scientific journal]] published semiannually, then quarterly, sponsored by the science departments of the university. It was established November 1, 1932, and had a total of 27 volumes. With volume 17 in 1949, quarterly publication commenced. The final issue was published in October 1959. Articles are available in PDF format at SMU Scholar,<ref name=fal>{{Cite web | title = Field and Laboratory | url = https://scholar.smu.edu/fieldandlab/ | website = SMU Scholar (scholar.smu.edu) | access-date = November 10, 2022 | archive-date = October 27, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221027130340/https://scholar.smu.edu/fieldandlab/ | url-status = live }}</ref> a partnership between SMU Libraries, the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, and the Office of Information Technology.<ref name=smus>{{Cite web | title = About SMU Scholar | url = https://scholar.smu.edu/about.html | website = SMU Scholar (scholar.smu.edu) | access-date = November 10, 2022 | archive-date = December 3, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221203081529/https://scholar.smu.edu/about.html | url-status = live }}</ref> ==== Museums ==== * '''[[George W. Bush Presidential Center]]''' – Located on 23 acres on the east side of the SMU main campus, the center includes a presidential library, museum, institute, and the offices of the George W. Bush Foundation. The library and museum are privately administered by the [[National Archives and Records Administration]], while the university holds representation on the independent public policy institute board. The center serves as a resource for the study of the George W. Bush presidency and includes a full-size replica of the White House Oval Office, as it was during his presidency, together with over 43,000 artifacts, almost 70 million pages of textual materials, over 3.8 million photographs, 80 terabytes of electronic records, and overt 200 million email messages.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu/en/About-Us|title=About Us|work=George W. Bush Presidential Library|access-date=October 8, 2020|archive-date=December 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225024744/https://www.georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu/en/About-Us|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="dallasnews"/> [[File:Southern Methodist University July 2016 122 (Meadows Museum).jpg|thumb|Meadows Museum]] * '''[[Meadows Museum]]''' – The Meadows Museum's collection was assembled by its founder, Algur H. Meadows.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://meadowsmuseumdallas.org/collections/pages/ |title=About the Collection | Collections | Meadows Museum, Dallas |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921225927/https://meadowsmuseumdallas.org/collections/pages/ |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> It houses several collections including a collection of Spanish art from the tenth to the 21st centuries. The museum holds different exhibits for periods of time every year. In 2018 it held the exhibition "Dali: Poetics of the Small, 1929–1936", followed by Mariano Fortuny y Masal's artwork in the "Fortuny: Friends and Followers" exhibit.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.smudailycampus.com/ae/meadows-fortuny-friends-and-followers |title=Meadows' Fortuny: Friends and Followers |date=February 19, 2019 |access-date=February 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220122728/https://www.smudailycampus.com/ae/meadows-fortuny-friends-and-followers |archive-date=February 20, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> This exhibit will run from February 19 to June 6. It also includes a sculpture collection including works by [[David Smith (sculptor)|David Smith]], [[Henry Moore]] and [[Claes Oldenburg]], as well as by contemporary sculptors such as [[James Surls]]. Important figural sculptures by [[Auguste Rodin|Rodin]], [[Maillol]], and [[Giacometti]] are also housed within the museum. It is also responsible for the university's art collection, including work by several important regional artists. * '''Pollock Gallery'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smu.edu/Meadows/AreasOfStudy/Art/PollockGallery|title=Pollock Gallery - Art - Meadows School of the Arts|website=Smu.edu|access-date=June 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607204521/http://www.smu.edu/meadows/AreasOfStudy/Art/PollockGallery|archive-date=June 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> – The Pollock Gallery provides an ever-changing display of works by the faculty and students of the Meadows School of the Arts, as well as by outside artists. It is located in the Hughes–Trigg Student Center. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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