Monday, February 27, 2006

New items added to the collection in February

Below you will find a few of the new titles added to the Library's collection in February. You can view the complete February list on our web site.

Women at the beginning : origin myths from the Amazons to the Virgin Mary
Geary, Patrick J., 1948-
BL795.W65 G43 2006

The Holocaust : critical historical approaches
Bloxham, Donald.
D804.3 .B56 2005

Standards-based physical education curriculum development
GV363 .S73 2005

Men in the middle : searching for masculinity in the 1950s
Gilbert, James Burkhart.
HQ1090.3 .G55 2005

Wars of position : the cultural politics of left and right
Brennan, Timothy, 1953-
JA75.7 .B74 2006

That godless court? : Supreme Court decisions on church-state relationships
Flowers, Ronald B. (Ronald Bruce), 1935-
KF4865 .F57 2005

The first days of school : how to be an effective teacher
Wong, Harry K., 1932-
LB1775.2 .W64 2005

Gamelan Galak Tika
Ziporyn, Evan, Composer.
CD M1824.B3 G36 2000

I love the illusion : the life and career of Agnes Moorehead
Tranberg, Charles.
PN2287.M698 T73 2005

The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq
Winter, Jeanette.
Juv 020.92 W75l

Children of the Great Depression
Freedman, Russell.
Juv 305.23 F8757c

Spring Break Hours: March 3 to March 12

The Library's will observe the following hours during Spring Break.

Friday, March 3 - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, March 4 - CLOSED
Sunday, March 5 - CLOSED
Monday, March 6 - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, March 7 - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, March 8 - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday, March 9 - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday, March 10 - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, March 11 - CLOSED
Sunday, March 12 - 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Quick Search @ OhioLINK

OhioLINK has released a new tool to help you search for information. Quick Search @ OhioLINK provides simple, Google-like searching with reliable, library-quality results that are appropriate for your assignments. This search helps you save time by letting you search multiple resources simultaneously and receive results in a unified display. Conduct a Quick Search to search resources in a specific subject or discipline or use the Multi-Database Search option to customize your search.

Try Quick Search @ OhioLINK when:

* you are working on a class assignment and don’t really know where to begin
* you are looking quickly for a few articles and don’t need the most scholarly or complete results
* you are used to searching Google

Conduct a Quick Search in three easy steps:
1. Type a search
2. Pick a subject
3. Click go to begin



Advanced researchers who need the most comprehensive and authoritative results are better served by using the specialized databases in their field. Only a specialized database interface can provide sophisticated tools such as a thesaurus, proximity operators, specialized limits, complex export options, etc.

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

February Author Talk Cancelled

The February Author Talk has been cancelled.

We still have two author talks scheduled this semester Our next author talk will be March 16 with Dr. Jane Varley, Assistant Professor of English and local author Roger Pickenpaugh. Our final author talk of the semester will be on April 20 with Dr. Andre' DeCuir, Associate Professor of English and Dr. Todd Lekan, Professor of Philosophy.

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

New items added to the collection

The following titles have been added to the Library's collections. They have been added to the January 2006 new item list.

Elusive peace : Israel and the arabs
DVD DS113.7 .E487 2005

The sixties the years that shaped a generation
DVD E841 .S598 2005

Las Vegas an unconventional history
DVD F849.L35 L37 2005

Knights of the kitchen table
Scieszka, Jon.
Fic Sci1kn

Summer jobs abroad
Ref HD6270 .D5 2006

Secret history of the credit card
DVD HG3755.8.U6 S43 2004

Raising Cain
DVD HQ775 .R357 2006

The O.J. verdict
DVD KF224.S485 O19 2005

The Hobart Shakespeareans
DVD LA245.L6 H6 2005

No direction home Bob Dylan
DVD ML420.D98 N6 2005

Pioneers of primetime
DVD PN1992.2 .P56 2005

Making documentary films and reality videos : a practical guide to planning, filming, and editing documentaries of real events
Hampe, Barry.
PN1995.9.D6 H26 1997

Nova: Einstein's big idea
DVD QC73.8.C6 B63 2005

Leonardo's dream machines
DVD T40 .L46 2003