College Confidential is currently featuring required reading for incoming freshmen at colleges and universities across the country. In the next few days and weeks, we will be featuring more great reads from that list.
Incoming freshmen at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland are reading "Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought it" by Elizabeth Royte--available in the Goodwin Library.
Even as tap water rises to its highest levels of purity and cleanliness, the bottled-water industry has inexplicably grown into a $60 billion dollar industry. Royte pulls back the curtain on the marketing monster (masterminded by Pepsi, Coke, and Nestle) that has not only created an absolutely unnecessary product, but has generated massive amounts of waste via mountains of plastic water bottles and fleets of water bottle trucks.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Friday, July 08, 2011
iPad App for Biology
Howard Hughes Medical Institute BioInteractive launched their first iPad app – the Virtual Bacterial ID Lab http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-virtual-bacterial-id-lab/id443867462?mt=8 – last week, and one for the iPhone and iPad – the all-in-one Click and Learn App just today http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/click-and-learn/id443814512?mt=8!
These are both free (of course), and they would love to hear your feedback on them. More are on the way!
Jennifer Bricken
Department of Science Education
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
www.BioInteractive.org
These are both free (of course), and they would love to hear your feedback on them. More are on the way!
Jennifer Bricken
Department of Science Education
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
www.BioInteractive.org
Friday, July 01, 2011
Latest News on State Library Budget Cuts
iCONN must postpone the restoration of CINAHL Full Text and ProQuest Newsstand.The state library received a summary of the Governor’s proposed budget adjustments for the Library that represents a 23% cut from their budget that was previously approved for the next biennium. Since the Governor now has authority, it is believed that the agencies will be asked to implement the reductions. Obviously, in addition to personnel cuts, there would have to be significant cuts to library programs in order to reach the $2,670,034 reduction.
Our library has already begun negotiations to purchase CINAHL Full Text, if possible.
Our library has already begun negotiations to purchase CINAHL Full Text, if possible.
Filmakers Library Online Now Available
For more than 40 years, Filmakers Library has worked to offer high-quality, issue-based documentaries and independent films from around the world. Now more than 1,000 of these titles are available online in a single, easy to search, multidisciplinary collection of streaming video designed specifically to meet the needs of researchers and teaching faculty. If we wished to purchase each film individually, the collection would cost more than $250,000 to build. The library has purchased this database through Alexander Press as part of our membership in Westchesters Academic Library Directors Organization (WALDO).
Here is the access URL. Enjoy!
http://flon.alexanderstreet.com/
Here is the access URL. Enjoy!
http://flon.alexanderstreet.com/
New Audio-Visual Resources
All from the CT Department of Environmental Protection
Expedited Site Assessment: the CD-Multimedia technicl guidance on investigating fuel releases at underground storage tank sites.
Better Birdwatching in the East: DVD Field Guide-Three hours of video and audio for 270 birds commonly found in the Eastern U.S.
An Introduction to the Threatened Turtles of Massachusetts: Why They Need Our Help-How they have survived for 200 million years and why they need our help today.
Topo USA: Terrain, Trail, and Street Maps for GPS and PCs East Region-Plan trips for maximumenjoyment and navigate with complete confidence.
Expedited Site Assessment: the CD-Multimedia technicl guidance on investigating fuel releases at underground storage tank sites.
Better Birdwatching in the East: DVD Field Guide-Three hours of video and audio for 270 birds commonly found in the Eastern U.S.
An Introduction to the Threatened Turtles of Massachusetts: Why They Need Our Help-How they have survived for 200 million years and why they need our help today.
Topo USA: Terrain, Trail, and Street Maps for GPS and PCs East Region-Plan trips for maximumenjoyment and navigate with complete confidence.
Don't Do What You Love
It's common wisdom to do what you love. Management experts usually promise that happiness and fulfillment will follow. But that's not always the case. Here are three reasons you may want to avoid pursuing your passion:
It's not your strength. You may love to do something you are just not good at. Because it can be hard to self-assess, ask for frank feedback from those around you to know where your strengths are.
You're too emotionally attached. Passion may cloud your judgment. When you care deeply about something, it can be hard to be take criticism or let others get involved.
It's a hobby, not a job. Sadly, you can't be paid for everything. What you love may not be lucrative. Instead find something you like that pays.
Source: Harvard Business Review Tip of the Day, July 1
It's not your strength. You may love to do something you are just not good at. Because it can be hard to self-assess, ask for frank feedback from those around you to know where your strengths are.
You're too emotionally attached. Passion may cloud your judgment. When you care deeply about something, it can be hard to be take criticism or let others get involved.
It's a hobby, not a job. Sadly, you can't be paid for everything. What you love may not be lucrative. Instead find something you like that pays.
Source: Harvard Business Review Tip of the Day, July 1
Thursday, June 30, 2011
State Budget and Goodwin Library
STATE BUDGET AND OUR LIBRARY
Kenneth Wiggin, State Librarian, received a summary of the Governor's proposed budget adjustments. The Governor will seek to gain legislative authority during the upcoming Special Session to implement these adjustments. If he receives that authority, Wiggin believes the expectation is that the agencies will be asked to implement the reductions. There is, at this point, no proposed line by line budget reduction for the State Library (or any agency). But the proposed adjustments for the State Library represent a 23% cut from the budget that was approved for the next biennium. Obviously, in addition to personnel cuts, there would have to be significant cuts to library programs in order to reach the $2,670,034 adjustment that is proposed. They have not been asked for specifics and he does not have them at this time.
Kenneth Wiggin, State Librarian, received a summary of the Governor's proposed budget adjustments. The Governor will seek to gain legislative authority during the upcoming Special Session to implement these adjustments. If he receives that authority, Wiggin believes the expectation is that the agencies will be asked to implement the reductions. There is, at this point, no proposed line by line budget reduction for the State Library (or any agency). But the proposed adjustments for the State Library represent a 23% cut from the budget that was approved for the next biennium. Obviously, in addition to personnel cuts, there would have to be significant cuts to library programs in order to reach the $2,670,034 adjustment that is proposed. They have not been asked for specifics and he does not have them at this time.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
FILMAKERS LIBRARY ONLINE
Great News! Soon you can search, find, click, and watch videos on your computer screen, iPad, or smart phone. The Goodwin Library is subscribing to Filmakers Library Online. In partnership with electronic publisher Alexander Street Press, this new online collection gathers together for the first time all of the superb documentary films in the Filmakers catalog on a single cross-searchable streaming platform. Encompassing more than 1,000 films at launch and with new titles being added all the time, this multidisciplinary collection will include documentaries that present points of view and historical and current experiences from diverse cultures and traditions worldwide.
Source: Information and illustration from Filmakers Library Online website.
EBRARY SURPASSES 70,000 TITLES
Just when you thought our ebrary's Academic Complete™ database couldn't get any bigger, they have added over 16,000 e-books! Our subscription database now offers unlimited, multi-user access to over 70,000 titles. The newly added selection spans all academic subject areas from Amsterdam University Press, Brill Academic Publishers, MIT Press, National Academies Press, Oxford University Press, University of Minnesota Press, World Scientific, and other leading publishers.
Academic Complete gives you,our library users, access to new content at no additional cost, along with powerful research technology.
Academic Complete gives you,our library users, access to new content at no additional cost, along with powerful research technology.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Featured Reference Title of the Month
Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece (Ashgate Publishing)
Ancient Greece was the cradle of philosophy in the Western tradition. Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece brings the thoughts and lives of the pioneers of Western philosophy down from their sometimes remote heights and introduces them to a modern audience. Comprising essays written by internationally distinguished scholars in a lively and accessible style, this book presents the values, ideas, wisdom and arguments of the most significant thinkers from the world of ancient Greece.
Commencing with Thales of Miletus and continuing to the end of the Ancient Period of philosophy by way of Heraclitus, Parmenides, Protagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Archimedes, Epictetus this book explores the major contributions of each philosopher as well as looking at archaeological and historical sites where they lived, worked and thought. This book is an outstanding introduction to the world of the philosophers of Ancient Greece.
This reference book is available in the Credo Reference Database.
Summer is here!
The summer solstice – the annual moment at which the sun is the highest it ever gets in the sky – occurs today at 1:16 p.m. ET. This time also marks the beginning of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
Specifically, the summer solstice is the moment when the sun is directly above the Tropic of Cancer. This is the farthest north the sun ever moves in the sky, which is why the days near the solstice have the most daylight of any days of the year. Today, for instance, Washington, D.C., will have almost 15 hours of daylight and only about nine hours of darkness.
Specifically, the summer solstice is the moment when the sun is directly above the Tropic of Cancer. This is the farthest north the sun ever moves in the sky, which is why the days near the solstice have the most daylight of any days of the year. Today, for instance, Washington, D.C., will have almost 15 hours of daylight and only about nine hours of darkness.
Friday, June 17, 2011
New In the First Person Database
Some of the exciting new documents on In the First Person database include:
A full text oral history interview with an anonymous British civilian female aid worker serving in Afghanistan. (Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team, Interview #37, July 22, 2005).
A travel diary written by a man named Alvan Stewart. Included is mention of his new friendship with world-renown author James Fennimore Cooper while visiting Paris. (Alvan Stewart Papers, July 4, 1831).
Letters written by American Civil War veteran, Calvin Shedd, to his wife from the lonely, perilous battlefront and from remote cities, where he roamed looking for post-war work. (Calvin Shedd Papers, 1861-1869).
Audio excerpts voiced by Chicana feminists and activists from 20th century Los Angeles. (Women's History: Chicana Feminists).
There are also 788 new memoirs, oral histories and letters from the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress.
In case you have forgotten, In the First Person is a free, high quality, professionally published, in-depth index of close to 4,000 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world. It lets you keyword search more than 700,000 pages of full-text by more than 18,000 individuals from all walks of life. It also contains pointers to some 4,300 audio and video files and 30,000 bibliographic records.
A full text oral history interview with an anonymous British civilian female aid worker serving in Afghanistan. (Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team, Interview #37, July 22, 2005).
A travel diary written by a man named Alvan Stewart. Included is mention of his new friendship with world-renown author James Fennimore Cooper while visiting Paris. (Alvan Stewart Papers, July 4, 1831).
Letters written by American Civil War veteran, Calvin Shedd, to his wife from the lonely, perilous battlefront and from remote cities, where he roamed looking for post-war work. (Calvin Shedd Papers, 1861-1869).
Audio excerpts voiced by Chicana feminists and activists from 20th century Los Angeles. (Women's History: Chicana Feminists).
There are also 788 new memoirs, oral histories and letters from the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress.
In case you have forgotten, In the First Person is a free, high quality, professionally published, in-depth index of close to 4,000 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world. It lets you keyword search more than 700,000 pages of full-text by more than 18,000 individuals from all walks of life. It also contains pointers to some 4,300 audio and video files and 30,000 bibliographic records.
Emergency Preparedness Information
The Preservation Directorate of the Library of Congress (LC) redesigned and updated its Web site in acknowledgement of MayDay 2011. MayDay is an initiative promoted by Heritage Preservation to increase the emergency preparedness and response capabilities of cultural heritage organizations. LC’s new Web site features information about emergency preparedness, protecting family treasures, collections care, preservation science, and where to get help. It also highlights the activities of the Preservation Directorate, including conservation projects, outreach opportunities, and upcoming lectures and events.
CQ Global Researcher: Brazil on the rise
Centuries ago, Brazil was a remote Portuguese colony. Today the biggest nation in Latin America has evolved into a stable democracy, a regional power and an important U.S. and European Union partner. Economic growth has been steady, fueled by rising food exports, and the burgeoning oil and ethanol industries have helped the country become energy independent. Twenty-eight million Brazilians have been lifted out of poverty in the past decade. Globally, Brazil participates in numerous peacekeeping missions and is becoming an aid donor rather than recipient. The picture is not all rosy, however. Brazil needs major infrastructure upgrades before it hosts the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. The Amazon rain forest continues to disappear, drug gangs control many city slums and the country increasingly relies on cheap Chinese imports. Nevertheless, as Brazil's new President Dilma Rousseff — a former guerrilla fighter — begins to make her mark, Brazil is a booming regional power.
The full CQ report is available online (password protected).
The full CQ report is available online (password protected).
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
New Reference: Berkshire Encyclopedia of China
NEW CREDO REFERENCE BOOK
BERKSHIRE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHINA
The Berkshire Encyclopedia of China is now available in the Credo Reference database accessible from the library home page. The encyclopedia features lavishly illustrated articles (over 1,100 unique photographs and maps) that appear in English and in Chinese with pinyin transliterations and tones (that will help those studying the language). 800 articles and over 1,100 photographs on Chinese history and culture are now live on Credo.
Berkshire's collection, 5,000 years in the making, is not just the history of
China! With information on blogging and Internet use, human rights, and overseas returnees (the "sea turtles"), Berkshire's Encyclopedia of China looks to the future with articles on renewable energy and other political and environmental challenges.With additional subject coverage ranging from arts and education to social welfare and technology, these volumes are specifically intended to help students and professionals improve their knowledge of all aspects of China.
Credo Reference is an online database of 535 full-text reference books.
http://www.goodwin.edu/library/libdatabases.htm
BERKSHIRE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHINA
The Berkshire Encyclopedia of China is now available in the Credo Reference database accessible from the library home page. The encyclopedia features lavishly illustrated articles (over 1,100 unique photographs and maps) that appear in English and in Chinese with pinyin transliterations and tones (that will help those studying the language). 800 articles and over 1,100 photographs on Chinese history and culture are now live on Credo.
Berkshire's collection, 5,000 years in the making, is not just the history of
China! With information on blogging and Internet use, human rights, and overseas returnees (the "sea turtles"), Berkshire's Encyclopedia of China looks to the future with articles on renewable energy and other political and environmental challenges.With additional subject coverage ranging from arts and education to social welfare and technology, these volumes are specifically intended to help students and professionals improve their knowledge of all aspects of China.
Credo Reference is an online database of 535 full-text reference books.
http://www.goodwin.edu/library/libdatabases.htm
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
NURSING STUDENTS: AWONN Convention 2011
You have free access to the proceedings of the the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWONN)--134 pages of valuable research information. Nurses from throughout the United States and Canada and a good handful of other countries gathered in Denver this year with the goal of inspiring, leading and forging new directions in the care of women and newborns.
You can view a summary of the knowledge shared in the papers and posters presented at the meeting HERE.
You can view a summary of the knowledge shared in the papers and posters presented at the meeting HERE.
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Academic Leadership Journal Online
Academic Leadership Journal is an open access journal (publications available online for users to read, download, copy, distribute,and use with attribution). The journal, provides a professional learning community with innovative user tools to allow readers and editors to add ratings, comments, editor notes, and discussions to published articles. An International team of editors reviews the peer-reviewed articles from India, Greece, Canada, and the United States. Articles are multidisciplinary and broadly focused. This journal provides four issues each year and is available online free from 2002-current.
www.academicleadership.org/
www.academicleadership.org/
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Research Accounts in ProQuest
Now that iCONN has migrated its ProQuest resources to the new ProQuest platform, any of you who have created My Research accounts in ProQuest will want to migrate the contents to My Research in the new platform as soon as possible. For advice on how to accomplish this, point to:
http://search.proquest.com/help/Import_to_MR.html
For help with th1se operation, feel free to contact ProQuest Technical Support at:
tsupport@proquest.com
(800) 889-3358 x2513
http://search.proquest.com/help/Import_to_MR.html
For help with th1se operation, feel free to contact ProQuest Technical Support at:
tsupport@proquest.com
(800) 889-3358 x2513
Friday, June 03, 2011
Free for All: 4000 books from National Academies Press
WOW!Yesterday the National Academies Press announced it would offer its entire PDF catalog of books for free, as files that can be downloaded by anyone. The press is the publishing arm of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, and publishes books and reports that scientists, educators, and policy makers rely on.
The first new title taken was Surrounded by Science: Learning Science in Informal Environments, which sells in hardcover for $24.95. A more technical tome, but very popular among researchers, is Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Management of Chemical Hazards, which costs $99.95 in hardcover.
Go to National Academies Press HERE.
The first new title taken was Surrounded by Science: Learning Science in Informal Environments, which sells in hardcover for $24.95. A more technical tome, but very popular among researchers, is Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Management of Chemical Hazards, which costs $99.95 in hardcover.
Go to National Academies Press HERE.
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Hit the Trails June 4 and 5
Connecticut Trails Day Celebration 2011
Dust off your favorite hiking shoes and grab your water bottle. Connecticut Trails Day 2011 is almost here! This year's celebration will be held Saturday and Sunday, June 4 and 5, as part of National Trails Day. The theme is "Made With All Natural Ingredients." Our natural ingredients should be easy to find with 193 Trails Day events scheduled in 115 towns on over 500 miles of trails across Connecticut.
For more information, go HERE.
Dust off your favorite hiking shoes and grab your water bottle. Connecticut Trails Day 2011 is almost here! This year's celebration will be held Saturday and Sunday, June 4 and 5, as part of National Trails Day. The theme is "Made With All Natural Ingredients." Our natural ingredients should be easy to find with 193 Trails Day events scheduled in 115 towns on over 500 miles of trails across Connecticut.
For more information, go HERE.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Printing Slides in Outline Format
Directions for printing Powerpoint slides in outline format are available in the library. These directons were created by Amy Beauchemin of the computer literacy faculty. We will also post them on the library page this week.
Please pick up a copy at the circulation desk.
Please pick up a copy at the circulation desk.
Library Open Computer Lab
The Goodwin College Library and computer Literacy Faculty bring you the Goodwin College Open Computer Lab for the summer semester. The lab is available Monday through Thursday in Room 142 from 8:30 to 10:30 and Thursday afternoon from 2:30 to 4:30. Help on Goodwin tools (such as Blackboard, Email, etc), Microsoft Office, and standard software tools. Please take advantage of this opportunity to work with faculty to solve any problems you may have.
Gale Virtual LIbrary Update
ebook titles in Gale Virtual Reference Library collection provide access to the most recent editions available. These are titles iCONN provide access to of our subscription contract with Gale Cengage Learning.
The Technical Solutions team will be automatically installing the titles below on or before May 13. The old editions of these titles will be automatically removed from our Collection on Friday, May 20 .
The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, 3rd edition (2009) ( ISBN 9781414448770)
The Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, 3rd edition (2010) (ISBN 9781414476018)
The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, 3rd edition (2010) (ISBN 9781414476056)
Additionally, when the 4th edition of The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine publishes in late June 2011, we’ll follow up then with install date for this new edition.
Please pass this information on. Thank you.
Marilyn
The Technical Solutions team will be automatically installing the titles below on or before May 13. The old editions of these titles will be automatically removed from our Collection on Friday, May 20 .
The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, 3rd edition (2009) ( ISBN 9781414448770)
The Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, 3rd edition (2010) (ISBN 9781414476018)
The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, 3rd edition (2010) (ISBN 9781414476056)
Additionally, when the 4th edition of The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine publishes in late June 2011, we’ll follow up then with install date for this new edition.
Please pass this information on. Thank you.
Marilyn
Friday, April 29, 2011
Choose Privacy Week May 1-7
We invite library users of all ages and backgrounds into a conversation about privacy rights in a digital age May 1–7, Choose Privacy Week, now in its second year. The national public-awareness campaign coordinated by the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom gives libraries the resources their users need to think critically and make informed choices about their privacy. Librarians have a long history of protecting the freedom to read, learn, and receive ideas anonymously. This makes libraries ideal places for people to think and talk about privacy.
http://www.privacyrevolution.org
http://www.privacyrevolution.org
Library Staff to Attend ALA Virtual Town Hall Meeting
The library staff will be part of the 1000 ALA members invited to ALA’s first Virtual Town Hall on Wednesday, June 1st from 3:00pm – 4:30pm CDT, online! We will be discussing reports on e-books and the Association’s response to this emerging issue, along with progress on ALA’s 2015 Strategic Plan and a report on advocacy initiatives. (ALA is the American Library Association.)
Free Trial of Filmakers Library Online
From the Library
Free Trial of Filmakers Library Online through June15
Great News! Now you can search, find, click, and watch videos on your computer screen, iPad, or smart phone. Filmakers Library is proud to announce the April 2011 launch of Filmakers Library Online. The result of partnership with award-winning electronic publisher Alexander Street Press, this new online collection gathers together for the first time all of the superb documentary films in the Filmakers catalog on a single cross-searchable streaming platform. Encompassing more than 1,000 films at launch and with new titles being added all the time, this multidisciplinary collection will include documentaries that present points of view and historical and current experiences from diverse cultures and traditions worldwide. For more information, go to their web site http://www.filmakers.com/.
You can access Filmakers Library Online through June 15, 2011, using the credentials below:
URL: http://flon.alexanderstreet.com
username: sneakpeek
password: film2011
Free Trial of Filmakers Library Online through June15
Great News! Now you can search, find, click, and watch videos on your computer screen, iPad, or smart phone. Filmakers Library is proud to announce the April 2011 launch of Filmakers Library Online. The result of partnership with award-winning electronic publisher Alexander Street Press, this new online collection gathers together for the first time all of the superb documentary films in the Filmakers catalog on a single cross-searchable streaming platform. Encompassing more than 1,000 films at launch and with new titles being added all the time, this multidisciplinary collection will include documentaries that present points of view and historical and current experiences from diverse cultures and traditions worldwide. For more information, go to their web site http://www.filmakers.com/.
You can access Filmakers Library Online through June 15, 2011, using the credentials below:
URL: http://flon.alexanderstreet.com
username: sneakpeek
password: film2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Resources for Civil War Study
To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, iCONN has prepared a web page with links to rich resources for the study of our War Between the States. We are grateful to Cengage Gale for temporary access to Sabin Americana, and to Gail Hurley of iCONN for custom search links to relevant materials in reQuest and Connecticut History Online. The link to this page will be added to the iCONN landing pages and classic menus very soon. In the meantime, feel free to use the direct link, below:
http://www.cslib.org/iconnsitemap/staff/CivilWar.aspx
http://www.cslib.org/iconnsitemap/staff/CivilWar.aspx
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Government Shutdown and Higher Education
If the federal government shuts down on Saturday, some students will have to wait longer for their aid, federal oversight of colleges and lenders will lapse, and the Education Department's controversial "gainful employment" rule could be further delayed.
But a government shutdown probably would not have long-term consequences for students and colleges, according to lobbyists, student-aid administrators, and former government officials who lived through the last shutdown 15 years ago.
During that 21-day shutdown, which spanned late 1995 and early 1996, federal contractors and servicers weren't paid, and questions submitted the Education Department went unanswered. New regulations were postponed, and federal audits and program reviews were suspended.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
But a government shutdown probably would not have long-term consequences for students and colleges, according to lobbyists, student-aid administrators, and former government officials who lived through the last shutdown 15 years ago.
During that 21-day shutdown, which spanned late 1995 and early 1996, federal contractors and servicers weren't paid, and questions submitted the Education Department went unanswered. New regulations were postponed, and federal audits and program reviews were suspended.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Use it or Lose it Series
Use it or Lose it Series
We have many great magazines and journals in the library that are not getting the attention they deserve. So the blog will be mentioning some of the forlorn periodicals from time to time.
Fast Company April
Page 55 “Buy me some peanuts and …crepes? The foodie movement has invaded the most American of venues: the baseball stadium.
Page 100 The New Junk Food. Jeff Dunn plans to generate millions—and promote healthy eating—by marketing baby carrots like Doritos.
Journal of Nursing Scholarship First Quarter 2011
Page 13 Early Indicators and Risk Factors for Ethical Issues in Clinical Practice
Page 30 Culture Change Models and Resident Health Outcomes in Long-Term Care+
Yoga Journal May 10
Page 29 et al. The Blue Issue healing ideas to save our seas, streams, and life on earth.
The Chronicle of Higher Education March 25
Cover Lawmakers likely to undo expansion of Pell Grants
We have many great magazines and journals in the library that are not getting the attention they deserve. So the blog will be mentioning some of the forlorn periodicals from time to time.
Fast Company April
Page 55 “Buy me some peanuts and …crepes? The foodie movement has invaded the most American of venues: the baseball stadium.
Page 100 The New Junk Food. Jeff Dunn plans to generate millions—and promote healthy eating—by marketing baby carrots like Doritos.
Journal of Nursing Scholarship First Quarter 2011
Page 13 Early Indicators and Risk Factors for Ethical Issues in Clinical Practice
Page 30 Culture Change Models and Resident Health Outcomes in Long-Term Care+
Yoga Journal May 10
Page 29 et al. The Blue Issue healing ideas to save our seas, streams, and life on earth.
The Chronicle of Higher Education March 25
Cover Lawmakers likely to undo expansion of Pell Grants
Acclaimed Documentary from Sundance to Goodwin Library
The feature documentary, "Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death and Technology", offers an exhilarating stream-of-consciousness ride through the interconnectedness of humankind, nature, progress,and morality. With insight, curiosity, and humor, the film weaves both a personal and global story about interdependence. For centuries we’ve been declaring independence. This film asks if perhaps it’s time to declare our interdependence instead. "Connected" won the Women in Film National Geographic all Roads film Grant at Sundance 2011.
Director Tiffany Shlain is an award-winning filmmaker, artist, Internet pioneer, and activist. Founder of the Webby Awards and cofounder of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, she was honored by Newsweek as one of the “Women Shaping the 21st Century.” Shlain’s films are known for their whimsical yet provocative approach to unraveling complicated subjects, like politics, cultural identity, technology, and science. A screening of the film opened the Association of College and Research libraries conference last week in Philadelphia. Shlain was one of the keynote speakers at the conference.
The DVD is available in the library as part of a kit designed to facilitate conversation, questions, insight, action and change.
Watch the trailer!
Director Tiffany Shlain is an award-winning filmmaker, artist, Internet pioneer, and activist. Founder of the Webby Awards and cofounder of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, she was honored by Newsweek as one of the “Women Shaping the 21st Century.” Shlain’s films are known for their whimsical yet provocative approach to unraveling complicated subjects, like politics, cultural identity, technology, and science. A screening of the film opened the Association of College and Research libraries conference last week in Philadelphia. Shlain was one of the keynote speakers at the conference.
The DVD is available in the library as part of a kit designed to facilitate conversation, questions, insight, action and change.
Watch the trailer!
Friday, April 01, 2011
ACRL Conference
Greetings from Philadelphia!
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) conference began here Wednesday. ACRL 2011, “A Declaration of Interdependence,” is the premier professional development event dedicated to meeting the interests of academic and research librarians.
Award-winning filmmaker, artist, internet pioneer and activist, Tiffany Shlain, kicked off as the opening keynote speaker on March 30. With over 3000 other academic librarians, I saw Shlain’s most recent film, “Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology,” described as a journey through the interconnectedness of humankind, nature, progress and morality at the dawn of the 21st century. Her new educational kit, which includes a DVD copy of “Connected,” curriculum and discussion guides—was released for the first time at the conference followed her keynote address. The library now owns a copy that will have interest for many programs and classes at Goodwin. It is awesome.
The exhibits opening reception followed the keynote. Over 200 companies are here showcasing the latest in library products and services.
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) conference began here Wednesday. ACRL 2011, “A Declaration of Interdependence,” is the premier professional development event dedicated to meeting the interests of academic and research librarians.
Award-winning filmmaker, artist, internet pioneer and activist, Tiffany Shlain, kicked off as the opening keynote speaker on March 30. With over 3000 other academic librarians, I saw Shlain’s most recent film, “Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology,” described as a journey through the interconnectedness of humankind, nature, progress and morality at the dawn of the 21st century. Her new educational kit, which includes a DVD copy of “Connected,” curriculum and discussion guides—was released for the first time at the conference followed her keynote address. The library now owns a copy that will have interest for many programs and classes at Goodwin. It is awesome.
The exhibits opening reception followed the keynote. Over 200 companies are here showcasing the latest in library products and services.
Monday, March 28, 2011
More e-reference books
Thanks to iCONN's arrangement with Cengage Gale for the addition of e-reference book titles based on statewide sales of other e-reference titles, I am pleased to announce that iCONN has added the following e-reference titles to its collection at no additional charge:
American Civil War Reference Library
Colonial America Reference Library
Environmental Issues
Essential Primary Sources Family in Society
Essential Primary Sources Gender Issues and Sexuality
Essential Primary Sources Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library Immigration and Multiculturalism
Essential Primary Sources Reconstruction Era Reference Library
All of the above appear in the list of e-reference books that you see after clicking on our E-Reference Books link.
American Civil War Reference Library
Colonial America Reference Library
Environmental Issues
Essential Primary Sources Family in Society
Essential Primary Sources Gender Issues and Sexuality
Essential Primary Sources Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library Immigration and Multiculturalism
Essential Primary Sources Reconstruction Era Reference Library
All of the above appear in the list of e-reference books that you see after clicking on our E-Reference Books link.
Japan's Killer Quake
NOVA: Japan’s Killer Quake - Wednesday, 3/30 at 9pm
Don’t miss an eyewitness account of the human drama behind the quake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan in this special NOVA.
Why You Should Watch:
Exclusive and chilling new footage and a scientific investigation that wonders: Will science and technology ever be able to stop the power of nature?
Source: NOVA
Don’t miss an eyewitness account of the human drama behind the quake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan in this special NOVA.
Why You Should Watch:
Exclusive and chilling new footage and a scientific investigation that wonders: Will science and technology ever be able to stop the power of nature?
Source: NOVA
Thursday, March 17, 2011
New Books in Today
1.Black Business Secrets: 500 Tips,Strategies, and Resources for the African American Entrepreneur by Dante Lee
2.The Choir Director, a novel by Carl Weber
3.Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters from Barack Obama
4.Savion Sequence by D.Jackson
5.True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself by Janet Jackson
6.Reality is Broken: How Games Make us Better and How They can Change the World by Jane McGonigal
7.Hidden Harmonies: The Lives and Times of the Pythagorean Theorem by the Kaplans
8. A Professor, A President,and a Meteor: The Birthplace of American Science by Cathryn Prince (It happened in Connecticut!)
9. Modern Critical Interpretations: Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God edited with an introduction by Harold Bloom
2.The Choir Director, a novel by Carl Weber
3.Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters from Barack Obama
4.Savion Sequence by D.Jackson
5.True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself by Janet Jackson
6.Reality is Broken: How Games Make us Better and How They can Change the World by Jane McGonigal
7.Hidden Harmonies: The Lives and Times of the Pythagorean Theorem by the Kaplans
8. A Professor, A President,and a Meteor: The Birthplace of American Science by Cathryn Prince (It happened in Connecticut!)
9. Modern Critical Interpretations: Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God edited with an introduction by Harold Bloom
Happy Green St. Patrick's Day
Happy St. Patrick's Day! On this very green-oriented holiday, there are many ways that you can make your holidays truly green and environmentally friendly as well.
Fifteen things to never buy again: Styrofoam cups, paper towels, bleached coffee filters, overpackaged food and products, teak and mahogany,chemical pesticides and herbicides, conventional housecleaners, higher octane gas than you need, toys made with PVC plastic, plastic forks and spoons, farm raised salmon, rayon, beauty and bdy care prducts made with Phthalates and Parabens, plastic wrap, high VOC paints and finishes.
Have a very green St. Patrick's Day and ffor the rest of the year.
Source: Green America Come Together
Fifteen things to never buy again: Styrofoam cups, paper towels, bleached coffee filters, overpackaged food and products, teak and mahogany,chemical pesticides and herbicides, conventional housecleaners, higher octane gas than you need, toys made with PVC plastic, plastic forks and spoons, farm raised salmon, rayon, beauty and bdy care prducts made with Phthalates and Parabens, plastic wrap, high VOC paints and finishes.
Have a very green St. Patrick's Day and ffor the rest of the year.
Source: Green America Come Together
Thursday, March 10, 2011
LIBRARY CLOSING EARLY FRIDAY
BECAUSE OF STAFF ILLNESS, THE LIBRARY IS CLOSING AT 5 P.M. FRIDAY,MARCH 11.
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Library Rights are at Stake
Does Congress have the right to restore copyright protection to foreign works that have fallen into the public domain?
That issue is at the heart of a major copyright case that the Supreme Court agreed to hear Monday. Its resolution could have implications for libraries’ ability to share works online, advocates say.
Read more about this case here.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education March 8
That issue is at the heart of a major copyright case that the Supreme Court agreed to hear Monday. Its resolution could have implications for libraries’ ability to share works online, advocates say.
Read more about this case here.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education March 8
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Fast Facts: Foreign Language Enrollment
Undergraduate enrollments in foreign language courses at American colleges and universities rose 6.6 percent between 2006 and 2009. Spanish, French, German, and American Sign Language are the four most popular languages. Arabic is now the eighth most popular.
Source: C&RL News February
Source: C&RL News February
Featured Library Magazine This Week: Granta
Granta, the magazine of new writing, has published many of the world’s finest writers tackling some of the world’s most important subjects, from intimate human experiences to the large public and political events that have shaped our lives. Every issue since 1979 is still in print. In the pages of Granta, readers met for the first time the narrative prose of writers such as Bill Bryson, Romesh Gunesekera, Blake Morrison, Arundhati Roy and Zadie Smith; and have encountered events and topics as diverse as the fall of Saigon, the mythology of the Titanic, adultery, psychotherapy and Chinese cricket fighting. The latest issue, Aliens, explores the idea of what it is to be an outsider. Writing in this issue are Roberto Bolano, Robert Macfarlane, Juan Felipe Herrera, Ann Patchett, and Paul Theroux. The issue also includes "Here is What You Do", the first published story by Chris Dennis. Beacon writers, take notice!
Source: Granta Magazine
Celebrate International Women's Day
So make a difference, think globally and act locally !! Make everyday International Women's Day. Do your bit to ensure that the future for girls is bright, equal, safe and rewarding.
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Literacy Funding in Jeopardy
Congress appears on track to deal a heavy blow to federal aid for literacy.
The Republican-led House yesterday delivered a bipartisan vote of 335-91 on a stopgap spending measure that would abolish federal funding for several literacy programs at the U.S. Department of Education, part of a planned government-wide reduction of $4 billion.
The proposed cuts include funding for the $250 million Striving Readers program, the $66 million Even Start family-literacy program, the $25 million Reading Is Fundamental program, and the $26 million National Writing Project.
The Democratic-controlled Senate is widely expected to go along with the package, which is intended to keep the government running for two more weeks while lawmakers and the White House continue to negotiate a budget plan. A vote is scheduled there today.
Source: Education Week March 2
The Republican-led House yesterday delivered a bipartisan vote of 335-91 on a stopgap spending measure that would abolish federal funding for several literacy programs at the U.S. Department of Education, part of a planned government-wide reduction of $4 billion.
The proposed cuts include funding for the $250 million Striving Readers program, the $66 million Even Start family-literacy program, the $25 million Reading Is Fundamental program, and the $26 million National Writing Project.
The Democratic-controlled Senate is widely expected to go along with the package, which is intended to keep the government running for two more weeks while lawmakers and the White House continue to negotiate a budget plan. A vote is scheduled there today.
Source: Education Week March 2
Smart Phones Make Book Citations a Snap
A new smartphone application helps you cite books in scholarly papers.
Quick Cite, which costs 99 cents and is available for both iPhones and Android-based phones, uses the camera on a smartphone to scan the bar code on the back of a book. It then e-mails you a bibliography-ready citation in one of four popular styles—APA, MLA, Chicago, or IEEE.
Point the phone at the bar code on the book and Quick Cite will send you the citations in APA style or in MLA style.
Source: Wired Campus February 14
March is National Women's History Month
The theme for National History Month this year is "Our HISTORY is Our Strength."
The stories of women’s achievements are integral to the fabric of our history. Learning about women’s tenacity, courage, and creativity throughout the centuries is a tremendous source of strength. Until relatively recently, this sphere of women’s history was overlooked and undervalued. Women’s achievements were often distorted, disdained, and denied. But, knowing women’s stories provides essential role models for everyone. And role models are genuinely needed to face the extraordinary changes and unrelenting challenges of the 21st century.
Source: National Women's History Project
The stories of women’s achievements are integral to the fabric of our history. Learning about women’s tenacity, courage, and creativity throughout the centuries is a tremendous source of strength. Until relatively recently, this sphere of women’s history was overlooked and undervalued. Women’s achievements were often distorted, disdained, and denied. But, knowing women’s stories provides essential role models for everyone. And role models are genuinely needed to face the extraordinary changes and unrelenting challenges of the 21st century.
Source: National Women's History Project
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Free Resource for Teachers
Academic Earth offers video lectures from elite universities, and it allows viewers to grade the professors. Academic Earth also offers a “Playlists” feature based around themes such as “Laws of Nature,” “Wars Throughout History,” or “You Are What You Eat.”
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Free Access to Music Online!
Alexander Street's Music Online: Listening collection has tripled in size!
All the classical, jazz, American, and world music content you need—in every format. Cross-search all of our recordings, scores, reference, and video content from a single interface. Listen to the best recordings from the best record labels—while you follow along with the score and read the composer's biography.
Access the complete Music Online suite of recordings, scores, reference, and video content, now through March 15th by registering at:
http://alexanderstreet.com/MUSICtrial2011.htm
All the classical, jazz, American, and world music content you need—in every format. Cross-search all of our recordings, scores, reference, and video content from a single interface. Listen to the best recordings from the best record labels—while you follow along with the score and read the composer's biography.
Access the complete Music Online suite of recordings, scores, reference, and video content, now through March 15th by registering at:
http://alexanderstreet.com/MUSICtrial2011.htm
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Using SQL Webcast February 17
Using SQL to Explore Any Data on Hadoop in the Cloud
- February 17 Webcast at 11 am PT/ 2 pm ET
This webcast will cover how to explore big data in the cloud from within a graphical SQL environment in five minutes, with virtually no learning curve. Attendees will see how to discover or create schema from existing data, whether structured or unstructured and then explore and visualize the results with SQL from your desktop. The webcast will also showcase customer implementations and how this solution delivers value to enterprises challenged with large, complex and quickly growing data.
Let the library staff know if you are interested in this.
- February 17 Webcast at 11 am PT/ 2 pm ET
This webcast will cover how to explore big data in the cloud from within a graphical SQL environment in five minutes, with virtually no learning curve. Attendees will see how to discover or create schema from existing data, whether structured or unstructured and then explore and visualize the results with SQL from your desktop. The webcast will also showcase customer implementations and how this solution delivers value to enterprises challenged with large, complex and quickly growing data.
Let the library staff know if you are interested in this.
Streaming Videos
Alexander Street Press (ASP) has been rapidly growing streaming media collections and is releasing three major new video products for libraries in early 2011. Some of these may work for us.
ASP has just acquired Filmakers Library, the highly regarded New York-based distributor of documentary films. For 40 years, Filmmakers Library has distributed high-quality, issue-based documentaries to the academic market. ASP plans to launch the complete Filmakers Library as a subscription-based online streaming database, Filmakers Library Online, in early 2011. The publisher will also make it possible for libraries and educational institutions to order individual films via the ASP streaming platform.
Education in Video is the first online collection of streaming video developed specifically for the training and development of teachers. More than 1,000 video titles totaling 750+ hours of teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms.
World History in Video is an online collection of 1,750 global documentaries covering everything from early civilizations to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Many of the critically acclaimed documentaries from filmmakers worldwide are the most used today in university-level classes.
Access to information about the Collections:
Filmakers Library
Education in Video
World History in Video
Let me here from you.
ASP has just acquired Filmakers Library, the highly regarded New York-based distributor of documentary films. For 40 years, Filmmakers Library has distributed high-quality, issue-based documentaries to the academic market. ASP plans to launch the complete Filmakers Library as a subscription-based online streaming database, Filmakers Library Online, in early 2011. The publisher will also make it possible for libraries and educational institutions to order individual films via the ASP streaming platform.
Education in Video is the first online collection of streaming video developed specifically for the training and development of teachers. More than 1,000 video titles totaling 750+ hours of teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms.
World History in Video is an online collection of 1,750 global documentaries covering everything from early civilizations to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Many of the critically acclaimed documentaries from filmmakers worldwide are the most used today in university-level classes.
Access to information about the Collections:
Filmakers Library
Education in Video
World History in Video
Let me here from you.
Free Access to Visual Arts Journals!
Taylor & Francis Offers Free Access to Visual Arts Journals Throughout February
February 9, 2011
Taylor & Francis is offering us free online access to their complete range of visual arts journals throughout the month of February. Read articles from each journal’s online archive, including the most recent issues.
Complete access to 19 Routledge visual arts journals is provided via Art Acess. The journals in this promotion cover art history, photography, art therapy, visual anthropology, visual culture and more. These visual arts journals are included in the T&F Arts & Humanities Online Collection and Arts & Humanities Online Archive.
Start your free access here:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/artaccess
February 9, 2011
Taylor & Francis is offering us free online access to their complete range of visual arts journals throughout the month of February. Read articles from each journal’s online archive, including the most recent issues.
Complete access to 19 Routledge visual arts journals is provided via Art Acess. The journals in this promotion cover art history, photography, art therapy, visual anthropology, visual culture and more. These visual arts journals are included in the T&F Arts & Humanities Online Collection and Arts & Humanities Online Archive.
Start your free access here:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/artaccess
Monday, February 07, 2011
Black History Month Resources
These resources will be freely available in the month of February, courtesy of ICONN.
EBSCO-African American Archives
The African American Archives provides over a million pages of original historical documents pertaining to the African American experience over several centuries, the earliest coming from the collection of Essential Records Concerning Slavery and Emancipation from the Danish West Indies (1672-1917). There are several other slavery-related collections, including letters, account books, annual reports, news clippings, and related manuscripts from the American Colonization Society. The African American Archives also includes Records of the Southern Claims Commission, government records, original muster and hospital rolls, descriptive books, lists of deserters, returns, notational cards, enlistment papers, casualty sheets, death reports, prisoner of war papers, and correspondence.
The African American Archives also includes Records of the Southern Claims Commission, government records, original muster and hospital rolls, descriptive books, lists of deserters, returns, notational cards, enlistment papers, casualty sheets, death reports, prisoner of war papers, and correspondence.
Gale Cengage
this resource includes biographical and historical resources.
ProQuest Black Historical Newspapers
ProQuest Historical Newspapers-Black Newspapers offers primary source material essential to the study of American history and African-American culture, history, politics, and the arts. Examine major movements from the Harlem Renaissance to Civil Rights, and explore everyday life as written in the Chicago Defender, The Baltimore Afro-American, New York Amsterdam News, Pittsburgh Courier, Los Angeles Sentinel, Atlanta Daily World, The Norfolk Journal and Guide, The Philadelphia Tribune, and Cleveland Call and Post.
EBSCO-African American Archives
The African American Archives provides over a million pages of original historical documents pertaining to the African American experience over several centuries, the earliest coming from the collection of Essential Records Concerning Slavery and Emancipation from the Danish West Indies (1672-1917). There are several other slavery-related collections, including letters, account books, annual reports, news clippings, and related manuscripts from the American Colonization Society. The African American Archives also includes Records of the Southern Claims Commission, government records, original muster and hospital rolls, descriptive books, lists of deserters, returns, notational cards, enlistment papers, casualty sheets, death reports, prisoner of war papers, and correspondence.
The African American Archives also includes Records of the Southern Claims Commission, government records, original muster and hospital rolls, descriptive books, lists of deserters, returns, notational cards, enlistment papers, casualty sheets, death reports, prisoner of war papers, and correspondence.
Gale Cengage
this resource includes biographical and historical resources.
ProQuest Black Historical Newspapers
ProQuest Historical Newspapers-Black Newspapers offers primary source material essential to the study of American history and African-American culture, history, politics, and the arts. Examine major movements from the Harlem Renaissance to Civil Rights, and explore everyday life as written in the Chicago Defender, The Baltimore Afro-American, New York Amsterdam News, Pittsburgh Courier, Los Angeles Sentinel, Atlanta Daily World, The Norfolk Journal and Guide, The Philadelphia Tribune, and Cleveland Call and Post.
Friday, February 04, 2011
Collection: American Environmental Leaders
American Environmental Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present
A comprehensive and diverse, award-winning collection of biographies of the most important figures in American environmentalism. As our environment changes, and environmental concerns become more and more prevalent, this encyclopedia provides much-needed information on the key players in the environmental movement.
The biographies are arranged alphabetically, from Edward Abbey to David Zwick. This is a full text reference book in the Credo Reference database accessible on and off campus.
Thursday, February 03, 2011
Happy New Year
Happy Chinese New Year
Years 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023
If you were born in any of those years, the rabbit is your Chinese zodiac sign.
Rabbit personality traits
Although generally calm, gentle and loving, Rabbit people can be very ambitious and intuitively know how to get ahead in the world.
They are good listeners, kind and sweet by nature, and are therefore often sought out as popular and trusted friends. Generally noted for their physical beauty, Rabbits like to surround themselves with beautiful things. They have a good eye for art, design and fashion, and are usually at the top of anyone's Best Dressed list.
Others may call the Rabbit timid, but those born under this sign rightly view themselves as wise and cautious.
Disappearing Forests: Global CQ Researcher Report
"As the U.N. celebrates the International Year of Forests to promote forest conservation, thousands of square miles of the planet's woodlands are destroyed each year to make way for sprawling suburbs, palm oil and soybean plantations, cattle ranches and farms. Experts say deforestation threatens a delicate balance in which forests act as Earth's lungs: absorbing carbon dioxide — the biggest contributor to climate change — and expelling oxygen. Now, scientists say, deforestation could soon release enormous amounts of carbon gases stored in the trees, undergrowth and melting permafrost. Such a “carbon bomb,” experts warn, would exacerbate climate change, triggering even more deforestation and threatening a variety of crucial environmental functions forests perform, such as air and water purification, erosion prevention, rain production and the creation of fuel, shelter, medicines and endangered species habitat. Efforts by world leaders to slow deforestation are showing progress, but scientists say more aggressive action is needed."
Source: Global CQ Researcher January 28
Image: Jamanxim National Forest on Nov. 29, 2009, that has been illegally burned down. Brazil, which lost more rainforest over the past decade than any other country, is using a $1 billion grant from Norway to crack down on deforestation. (AFP/Getty Images/Antonio Scorza)
Managing Nuclear Waste: CQ Researcher Report
"Thousands of tons of lethal nuclear waste from civilian power plants and military sites are stored at more than 100 sites around the country. But the federal government doesn't have a long-term plan today for managing nuclear waste. In the 1980s, Congress decided to build a single underground repository for spent fuel and highly radioactive defense waste in the southern Nevada desert. But work on the Yucca Mountain complex has faced political and technical problems and was canceled by President Obama, who advocates a new storage solution. Cancellation has created uncertainty for the nuclear power industry and for states where military waste is stored. It also is forcing utilities to pay to store used nuclear fuel at reactors — costs they pass on to customers. Some utilities have won multimillion-dollar lawsuits against the federal government, and more cases are pending. Obama supports expanding nuclear power as a clean energy strategy, but if the waste problem isn't solved, new reactors may be a hard sell in many states."
Source: CQ Researcher January 28
Image: Spent nuclear fuel is moved to a storage area at Dominion Virginia Power's North Anna Nuclear Generating Station, which supplies electricity to Richmond and Northern Virginia. Nuclear plants around the country store such radioactive waste on-site because the U.S. does not have a nuclear waste repository. (AP Photo/The Daily Progress/Bill Clark)
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Black History Month: Art Database
Database of Published Images of African Art from Yale Unuversity
The James J. Ross Archive of African Images presents approximately 5000 pictures of African art published before 1921. The Archive aspires to include all the figurative African objects in books, periodicals, catalogues, newspapers, and other publications appearing in 1920 and earlier - the oldest dates to 1591.
RAAI is a collection of rich historical data and images extensively catalogued and annotated. Its historic sources afford exceptional insight into early European and American views - literal and figurative - of Africa's art.
ACCESS DATABASE!
Source: Image and information Yale Art Gallery
APA: How to cite an interview
How do you cite an interview?
An interview is not considered recoverable data, so no reference to this is provided in the reference list. You may, however, cite the interview within the text as a personal communication.
Examples:
(W. Wilson,personal communication, February 2, 2011)
W. Wilson (personal communication, February 2, 2011)
Adapted from the APA Manual
An interview is not considered recoverable data, so no reference to this is provided in the reference list. You may, however, cite the interview within the text as a personal communication.
Examples:
(W. Wilson,personal communication, February 2, 2011)
W. Wilson (personal communication, February 2, 2011)
Adapted from the APA Manual
February is Heart Month
Cardiovascular diseases, including stroke, are our nation's No. 1 killer. To urge Americans to join the battle against these diseases, since 1963 Congress has required the president to proclaim February "American Heart Month." The American Heart Association (AHA) led initial efforts to develop Annual American Heart Month.
Although heart disease is one of the most costly and widespread health problems in the United States, it is among the most preventable.
Each year, the AHA, in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies, brings together the most up–to–date statistics on heart disease, stroke, other vascular diseases, and their risk factors and presents them in its Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update. The Statistical Update is a valuable resource for researchers, clinicians, healthcare policy makers, media professionals, the lay public, and students who seek the best national data available on disease morbidity and mortality and the risks, quality of care, medical procedures and operations, and costs associated with the management of these diseases in a single document.
Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2011 Update
A Report From the American Heart Association
Source: American Heart Association
Although heart disease is one of the most costly and widespread health problems in the United States, it is among the most preventable.
Each year, the AHA, in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies, brings together the most up–to–date statistics on heart disease, stroke, other vascular diseases, and their risk factors and presents them in its Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update. The Statistical Update is a valuable resource for researchers, clinicians, healthcare policy makers, media professionals, the lay public, and students who seek the best national data available on disease morbidity and mortality and the risks, quality of care, medical procedures and operations, and costs associated with the management of these diseases in a single document.
Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2011 Update
A Report From the American Heart Association
Source: American Heart Association
Monday, January 31, 2011
New Library Resources: Your Tax Money at Work
Fortunately for us, iCONN has added the following e-reference titles to our collection at no additional charge:
Alternative Energy
Crime and Punishment: Essential Primary Sources Diseases & Disorders, vol. 1-10 Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture Encyclopedia of Products & Industries - Manufacturing Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450 Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History, Government and Politics Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History, War
They also have added the following titles that are the parts of the Diseases and Disorders series:
Acne
AIDS
Anthrax
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Headaches
Hemophilia
Obesity
SARS
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
West Nile Virus
Source: iConn
Alternative Energy
Crime and Punishment: Essential Primary Sources Diseases & Disorders, vol. 1-10 Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture Encyclopedia of Products & Industries - Manufacturing Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450 Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History, Government and Politics Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History, War
They also have added the following titles that are the parts of the Diseases and Disorders series:
Acne
AIDS
Anthrax
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Headaches
Hemophilia
Obesity
SARS
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
West Nile Virus
Source: iConn
Required Course Readings
The Goodwin Library works with faculty to make sure your required course readings are available. Most of them are on reserve. Yet despite our hard work you may encounter a problem. Please contact the library staff as soon as possible if you are having difficulties.
New Rules on Sharing Scientific Data
Last week, a significant change went into effect at the National Science Foundation: The agency will now require researchers to submit data-management plans with their grant proposals.
Open government advocates hailed the move as the latest in a series of steps that are expanding public access to work done with taxpayer money. The policy will not go so far as to mandate public sharing of all data, which in this context could mean anything from glacier images to scientific papers to computer code. But it will “require people to essentially justify why they choose not to be open,” says Beth Noveck, a professor at New York Law School.
You can find lots of detailed information about the change at the NSF and the Association of Research Libraries sites.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
Open government advocates hailed the move as the latest in a series of steps that are expanding public access to work done with taxpayer money. The policy will not go so far as to mandate public sharing of all data, which in this context could mean anything from glacier images to scientific papers to computer code. But it will “require people to essentially justify why they choose not to be open,” says Beth Noveck, a professor at New York Law School.
You can find lots of detailed information about the change at the NSF and the Association of Research Libraries sites.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Start Meditating
Scientists say that meditators may be benefiting from changes in their brains. The researchers report that those who meditated for about 30 minutes a day for eight weeks had measurable changes in gray-matter density in parts of the brain associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress. The findings will appear in the Jan. 30 issue of Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging.
Skeptical? Do you need evidence? MRI brain scans taken before and after participants’ meditation regimen found increased gray matter in the hippocampus, an area important for learning and memory. The images also showed a reduction of gray matter in the amygdala, a region connected to anxiety and stress. A control group that did not practice meditation showed no such changes.
It is hard to pinpoint the benefits of meditation, but a 2009 study suggests that meditation may reduce blood pressure in patients with coronary heart disease. And a 2007 study found that meditators have longer attention spans.
So what are you waiting for? Start meditating today. It can't hurt.
Source: Illustration and article "How Meditation May Change the Brain" by Sindya N. Branoo. New York Times January 28
CT Digital Collections
CT Digital Collections
Connecticut History Online (CHO) is a digital collection of more than 15,000 primary sources. This collection has been here now for ten years. Have you used it? If you haven’t, it’s definitely time to try it now.
The collection focuses on digital capture of historical artifacts, including photographs, maps, broadsides, oral histories, and manuscripts. This collection documents events, people, and places of Connecticut. There are wonderful stories to uncover here for many classes and research projects.
The photograph above is a 1930 aerial view of the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Co in East Hartford. The automobiles are parked beside the large industrial building. I didn’t know they grew tobacco in East Hartford, but in the distance we can see tobacco fields with tobacco netting and tobacco barns. (I reduced the size of the photograph; it is bigger in the collection.)
Note: Personal or educational use of all images found in CHO is permissible. The site includes detailed information on how to cite text or images. This collection and two others are freely available to us through the Connecticut State Library, local libraries, and the Department of Higher Education.
Access here: CONNECTICUT HISTORY ONLINE
Connecticut History Online (CHO) is a digital collection of more than 15,000 primary sources. This collection has been here now for ten years. Have you used it? If you haven’t, it’s definitely time to try it now.
The collection focuses on digital capture of historical artifacts, including photographs, maps, broadsides, oral histories, and manuscripts. This collection documents events, people, and places of Connecticut. There are wonderful stories to uncover here for many classes and research projects.
The photograph above is a 1930 aerial view of the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Co in East Hartford. The automobiles are parked beside the large industrial building. I didn’t know they grew tobacco in East Hartford, but in the distance we can see tobacco fields with tobacco netting and tobacco barns. (I reduced the size of the photograph; it is bigger in the collection.)
Note: Personal or educational use of all images found in CHO is permissible. The site includes detailed information on how to cite text or images. This collection and two others are freely available to us through the Connecticut State Library, local libraries, and the Department of Higher Education.
Access here: CONNECTICUT HISTORY ONLINE
Friday, January 28, 2011
Does college make you smarter?
In a recent book titled "Academically Adrift," the authors contend that 45 percent of the nation's undergraduates learn very little in their first two years of college.
The study, by two sociologists, Richard Arum of New York University and Josipa Roksa of the University of Virginia, also found that half of the students surveyed did not take any classes requiring 20 pages of writing in their prior semester, and one-third did not take any courses requiring 40 pages of reading a week.
Not everyone agrees whti their study. Read the discussion.
Source: New York Times Today
The study, by two sociologists, Richard Arum of New York University and Josipa Roksa of the University of Virginia, also found that half of the students surveyed did not take any classes requiring 20 pages of writing in their prior semester, and one-third did not take any courses requiring 40 pages of reading a week.
Not everyone agrees whti their study. Read the discussion.
Source: New York Times Today
Thursday, January 27, 2011
State of the Union Address
January 26, 2011 18:45
Remarks by the President in State of Union Address
Source: White House
See also: Congressman Paul Ryan Delivers Republican Address to the Nation
See also: Congresswoman Michele Bachmann: Response to the State of the Union
Remarks by the President in State of Union Address
Source: White House
See also: Congressman Paul Ryan Delivers Republican Address to the Nation
See also: Congresswoman Michele Bachmann: Response to the State of the Union
Monday, January 24, 2011
Trial on Business Source Premier
Business Source® Premier, the industry's most popular business research database, features the full text for more than 2,200 journals. Full text is provided back to 1965, and searchable cited references back to 1998.
Journal ranking studies reveal that Business Source Premier's full-text coverage outshines its competitors in all business disciplines, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
ACCESS ON CAMPUS HERE!
Journal ranking studies reveal that Business Source Premier's full-text coverage outshines its competitors in all business disciplines, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
ACCESS ON CAMPUS HERE!
Trial on Environment Complete Datavbase
Environment Complete™ offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.
Environment Complete contains more than 2.4 million records from more than 2,200 domestic and international titles going back to 1888 (including over 1,350 active core titles). The database contains full text for more than 920 journals, including many of the most used journals in the discipline, such as Environment (back to 1975), Ecologist, Conservation Biology, etc. Additionally, Environment Complete provides full text for more than 190 monographs, such as Encyclopedia of World Environmental History (3 volumes), Advances in Water Treatment & Environmental Management, etc.
ACCESS ON CAMPUS HERE!
Environment Complete contains more than 2.4 million records from more than 2,200 domestic and international titles going back to 1888 (including over 1,350 active core titles). The database contains full text for more than 920 journals, including many of the most used journals in the discipline, such as Environment (back to 1975), Ecologist, Conservation Biology, etc. Additionally, Environment Complete provides full text for more than 190 monographs, such as Encyclopedia of World Environmental History (3 volumes), Advances in Water Treatment & Environmental Management, etc.
ACCESS ON CAMPUS HERE!
Respiratory Probems and Scented Products
A survey of selected scented consumer goods showw the products emitted more than 100 volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including some that are classified as toxic or hazardous by federal laws. Even products advertised as “green,” “natural,” or “organic” emitted as many hazardous chemicals as standard ones.
Read the article!
This article was published in Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP),a monthly journal of peer-reviewed research and news published by the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. EHP's mission is to serve as a forum for the discussion of the interrelationships between the environment and human health by publishing in a balanced and objective manner the best peer-reviewed research and most current and credible news of the field. With an impact factor of 6.19, EHP is the top monthly journal in public, environmental, and occupational health and the second-ranked monthly journal in environmental sciences. It is also free and online readily available for everyone.
Read the article!
This article was published in Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP),a monthly journal of peer-reviewed research and news published by the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. EHP's mission is to serve as a forum for the discussion of the interrelationships between the environment and human health by publishing in a balanced and objective manner the best peer-reviewed research and most current and credible news of the field. With an impact factor of 6.19, EHP is the top monthly journal in public, environmental, and occupational health and the second-ranked monthly journal in environmental sciences. It is also free and online readily available for everyone.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
New Journal Launched
A new open-access journal, Scientific Reports, will releast its first issue in June 2011. The peer-reviewed online publication will accept papers deemed scientifically sound and original without regard to the significance of the research.This policy is similar to that of the journal PLoS One Scientific Reports.
Quote of the Day
"Research in universities is so thoroughly embedded in universities that the line between the two has become difficult to discern. And research in universities requires solid undergraduate and graduate learning and teaching. It is foolhardy to weaken this foundation, because the modern research university is built on the energy and ideas of students. Students are not customers of a university; they are its very soul. The idea that research will prosper whle teaching and learning decay is a dangerous fallacy."
Source: "University cuts show science is far from saved" by Colin Macilwain in the January 13 issue of Nature, World View section, page 133.
Source: "University cuts show science is far from saved" by Colin Macilwain in the January 13 issue of Nature, World View section, page 133.
Cool Web Tools! "Send to Kindle: Any Web Page Text, With One Click, Using Chrome Browser
While this blog has an earlier article on using Instapaper to send articles to the Kindle and a revision of Instapaper has made it even easier now, what's described here is a new feature possible via the Chrome browser.
With the new Send to Kindle option, you can specify that the text content of a webpage you're on be sent to your Kindle at [you]@free.kindle.com. This Kindle address avoids the 15 cents per megabyte charge for sending a personal document over 3G Whispernet instead. The [you]@free.kindle.com
With the new Send to Kindle option, you can specify that the text content of a webpage you're on be sent to your Kindle at [you]@free.kindle.com. This Kindle address avoids the 15 cents per megabyte charge for sending a personal document over 3G Whispernet instead. The [you]@free.kindle.com
NEW TITLES IN EBRARY
New in EBRARY Academic Complete
They have recently added over 1,100 multidisciplinary titles from National Academies Press, New Age International, World Trade Press, University of Chicago Press, and other leading publishers.Below is a sample listing of newly added titles.
Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal,by Ben Mezrich (Anchor, 2010)
Brain Sense: The Science of the Senses and How We Process the World Around Us, by Faith Hickman Brynie (AMACOM, 2009)
Discrete Mathematics,by B.S. Vasta and Suchi Vasta (New Age International, 2009)
Innocent Bystanders: Developing Countries and the War on Drugs,
by Philip Keefer and Norman Loayza (World Bank, 2010)
Spirituality and Aging, by Robert C. Atchley (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009)
Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals, by Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce
(University of Chicago Press, 2009)
They have recently added over 1,100 multidisciplinary titles from National Academies Press, New Age International, World Trade Press, University of Chicago Press, and other leading publishers.Below is a sample listing of newly added titles.
Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal,by Ben Mezrich (Anchor, 2010)
Brain Sense: The Science of the Senses and How We Process the World Around Us, by Faith Hickman Brynie (AMACOM, 2009)
Discrete Mathematics,by B.S. Vasta and Suchi Vasta (New Age International, 2009)
Innocent Bystanders: Developing Countries and the War on Drugs,
by Philip Keefer and Norman Loayza (World Bank, 2010)
Spirituality and Aging, by Robert C. Atchley (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009)
Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals, by Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce
(University of Chicago Press, 2009)
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Don't Pass the Salt
The American Heart Association on January 13 issued a call to action for the public, health professionals, the food industry and the government to intensify efforts to reduce the amount of sodium (salt) Americans consume daily.
In an advisory, published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, the association sets out the science behind the American Heart Association’s recommendation for the general population, which is to consume no more than 1500 milligrams (mg) of sodium a day because of the harmful effects of sodium – elevated blood pressure and increased risk of stroke, heart attacks and kidney disease. Elevated blood pressure (hypertension) is a major public health problem – approximately 90 percent of all Americans will develop hypertension over their lifetime.
There is no direct conversion, but 1500 milligrams is about equivalent to 1.5 teaspoons of salt daily.
Source: American Heart Association
In an advisory, published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, the association sets out the science behind the American Heart Association’s recommendation for the general population, which is to consume no more than 1500 milligrams (mg) of sodium a day because of the harmful effects of sodium – elevated blood pressure and increased risk of stroke, heart attacks and kidney disease. Elevated blood pressure (hypertension) is a major public health problem – approximately 90 percent of all Americans will develop hypertension over their lifetime.
There is no direct conversion, but 1500 milligrams is about equivalent to 1.5 teaspoons of salt daily.
Source: American Heart Association
Pride and Prejudice for Feeley's ENG 102 classes
I have requested copies of Pride and Prejudice through Interlibrary loan. Students can also find this full text on line because it was written in 1813 and is no longer copyright protected. Any number of students can simultaneously read the novel online. Below is the link to the Gutenberg and other sites:
http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/pridprej.html
http://www.fullbooks.com/Pride-and-Prejudice.html
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1342
There are other full text sites online as well.
I will have multiple hard copies by tomorrow and the rest will come next week. Enjoy!
http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/pridprej.html
http://www.fullbooks.com/Pride-and-Prejudice.html
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1342
There are other full text sites online as well.
I will have multiple hard copies by tomorrow and the rest will come next week. Enjoy!
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Urban Fantasy Reads
Urban fantasy is a subset of contemporary fantasy, consisting of magical novels and stories set in contemporary, real-world, urban settings--as opposed to 'traditional' fantasy set in wholly imaginary landscapes, even ones containing imaginary cities, or having most of their action take place in them.
Examples of urban fantasy:
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
Tell us if you have any favorites or suggestions for the library. Just click on "Post a Comment" below and write to your heart's content.
Examples of urban fantasy:
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
Tell us if you have any favorites or suggestions for the library. Just click on "Post a Comment" below and write to your heart's content.
Highlights in U.S. Women's History
January Highlights in US Women's History so far this month:
Jan 3, 1949 - Margaret Chase Smith (R-Maine) starts her tenure in the Senate, where she stays in office until 1973; the first woman to serve in both the House and Senate as she previously served in the House (R-Maine, 1940-1949)
Jan 5, 1925 - Nellie Tayloe Ross is inaugurated as the first woman governor in U.S. history (governor of Wyoming)
Jan 7, 1896 - Fanny Farmer's first cookbook is published in which she standardized cooking measurements
Jan 7, 1955 - Marian Anderson is the first African American woman to sing at the Metrop olitan Opera
Jan 8, 1977 - Pauli Murray, the first female African American Episcopal priest, is ordained
Jan 11, 1935 - Amelia Earhart makes the first solo flight from Hawaii to North America
Jan 12, 1932 - Hattie Wyatt Caraway (D-Arkansas) is the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate. She was the first woman to chair a Senate Committee and the first to serve as the Senate's presiding officer as well
January Birthdays
Jan 3, 1793 (1880 ) - Lucretia Mott, women's rights pioneer, Quaker minister, pacifist; NWHP co-founder Molly MacGregor is honored to share her birth day
Jan 7, 1891 (1960) - Zora Neale Hurston, pioneering scholar of African American folklore
Jan 8, 1867 (1961) - Emily Greene Balch, economist and sociologist; co-founder of the Women's International League for Peace with Jane Addams (1919); won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946, shared with John Mott
Jan. 9, 1859 Carrie Chapman Catt, woman's suffrage leader and president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
Jan. 9, 1941 - Joan Baez, award winning singer and songwriter; human, civil, and peace activist; founder of Humanitas International Human Rights Committee (1979)
Jan 11, 1885 (1977) - Alice Paul, suffragist leader, founder of National Women's Party (1916); her strategies helped pass the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote (1920); initiated the Equal Rights Amendment (1923)
Jan 12, 1820 (1914) - Caroline Severance, early suffragist, social reformer; co-founded the American Woman Suffrage Association (1869); first woman to register to vote in California (1911)
Jan 13, 1850 (1911) - Charlotte Ray, fi rst African-American woman lawyer and first woman admitted to the bar in D.C.
Jan. 13, 1917 Edna Hibel the first woman to win the Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts.
Jan 19, 1905 (1995) - Oveta Culp Hobby, second women in the U.S. Cabinet (20 years after Frances Perkins), first Secretary of the Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare (1953); awarded the Distinguished Medal of Service for her work as Director of the Women's Army Corps (1945)
Jan 3, 1949 - Margaret Chase Smith (R-Maine) starts her tenure in the Senate, where she stays in office until 1973; the first woman to serve in both the House and Senate as she previously served in the House (R-Maine, 1940-1949)
Jan 5, 1925 - Nellie Tayloe Ross is inaugurated as the first woman governor in U.S. history (governor of Wyoming)
Jan 7, 1896 - Fanny Farmer's first cookbook is published in which she standardized cooking measurements
Jan 7, 1955 - Marian Anderson is the first African American woman to sing at the Metrop olitan Opera
Jan 8, 1977 - Pauli Murray, the first female African American Episcopal priest, is ordained
Jan 11, 1935 - Amelia Earhart makes the first solo flight from Hawaii to North America
Jan 12, 1932 - Hattie Wyatt Caraway (D-Arkansas) is the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate. She was the first woman to chair a Senate Committee and the first to serve as the Senate's presiding officer as well
January Birthdays
Jan 3, 1793 (1880 ) - Lucretia Mott, women's rights pioneer, Quaker minister, pacifist; NWHP co-founder Molly MacGregor is honored to share her birth day
Jan 7, 1891 (1960) - Zora Neale Hurston, pioneering scholar of African American folklore
Jan 8, 1867 (1961) - Emily Greene Balch, economist and sociologist; co-founder of the Women's International League for Peace with Jane Addams (1919); won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946, shared with John Mott
Jan. 9, 1859 Carrie Chapman Catt, woman's suffrage leader and president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
Jan. 9, 1941 - Joan Baez, award winning singer and songwriter; human, civil, and peace activist; founder of Humanitas International Human Rights Committee (1979)
Jan 11, 1885 (1977) - Alice Paul, suffragist leader, founder of National Women's Party (1916); her strategies helped pass the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote (1920); initiated the Equal Rights Amendment (1923)
Jan 12, 1820 (1914) - Caroline Severance, early suffragist, social reformer; co-founded the American Woman Suffrage Association (1869); first woman to register to vote in California (1911)
Jan 13, 1850 (1911) - Charlotte Ray, fi rst African-American woman lawyer and first woman admitted to the bar in D.C.
Jan. 13, 1917 Edna Hibel the first woman to win the Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts.
Jan 19, 1905 (1995) - Oveta Culp Hobby, second women in the U.S. Cabinet (20 years after Frances Perkins), first Secretary of the Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare (1953); awarded the Distinguished Medal of Service for her work as Director of the Women's Army Corps (1945)
Zenyatta: Horse of the Year 2010
The charismatic mare, who captivated a nation with her pre-race antics, was named the 2010 Horse of the Year on Monday night at the 40th annual Eclipse Awards in Miami. Zenyatta lost the Breeders' Cup Classic, but she still won horse racing's biggest prize.
Zenyatta ended her career with 19 wins in 20 starts, but the last race was the toughest.The 6-year-old mare was defeated in the Breeders' Cup Classic by Blame, who was also one of the three finalists for Horse of the Year. After Zenyatta won the Breeders' Cup Classic a year ago, she was defeated for Horse of the Year by another mare--Rachel Alexandra.
Source: Albany Times Union
Free Chemistry Peer-reviewed Articles
Chemistry Central publishes peer-reviewed open access research in chemistry. Chemistry Central is part of the BioMed Central group.
Chemistry Central publishes a range of online open access journals, and provides links to other online open access journals of interest published by BioMed Central.
On of the most frequently accessed article in the last 30 days?
Chemistry in Second Life
Andrew SID Lang, Jean-Claude Bradley
Chemistry Central Journal 2009, 3:14 (23 October 2009)
(The image above is from Second Life.)
National Library of Medicine Site has New Look
The National Library of Medicine has just updated thousands of pages within its site. They now include site-wide navigation in the header so many of our favorite links should be just a click away. There is also a new “Share” feature so you can send content to your friends, colleagues or yourself via social bookmarking and networking. Plus, they have added links to make it easier to connect on Facebook and Twitter.
The National Library of Medicine, a component of the National Institutes of Health, is the world’s largest medical library. Don't overlook this great resource when you are doing research.
The National Library of Medicine, a component of the National Institutes of Health, is the world’s largest medical library. Don't overlook this great resource when you are doing research.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Libraries & Librarians Re-defined
Libraries are defined more by what they do than what they look like. While new technologies might be replacing print collections, they are not replacing librarians — whose roles as research guides have become more even important as available resources have multiplied. it’s important to look at the type of reference question that are asked. The number of directional and simple questions has dropped, because we’ve provided the tools to make answering those questions easier. “If you look at the number of more difficult, research-oriented questions, we find it has grown as the complexity of the tools to provide answers to those questions has become more intense. You still need us.
while the functions and appearance of libraries has changed, nobody is about to tear them down just because they have fewer books and more social spaces.Maybe the whole idea of is the library, as a place, dead or not is a red herring. Should the question be who knows what the library means anymore? That is what we are still trying to answer.
while the functions and appearance of libraries has changed, nobody is about to tear them down just because they have fewer books and more social spaces.Maybe the whole idea of is the library, as a place, dead or not is a red herring. Should the question be who knows what the library means anymore? That is what we are still trying to answer.
Blackboard expands
Blackboard, known for its course-management software, is moving into a whole new sector. Yesterday the company announced that it bought Presidium Inc., which provides outsourced call centers and consulting services for admissions, financial aid, and other student services, and also runs IT help desks for many colleges.
Blackboard paid $53-million to acquire the company. lackboard already held about 10 percent of the company, which was founded by former Blackboard employees. Presidium is based in Reston, Va., and has 160 full-time employees.
Blackboard paid $53-million to acquire the company. lackboard already held about 10 percent of the company, which was founded by former Blackboard employees. Presidium is based in Reston, Va., and has 160 full-time employees.
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
WELCOME TO NEW STUDENTS
Welcome to the Goodwin College Library.
Please consult the library page to help you become familiar with our library and identify key services and personal contacts you may find helpful in your first weeks here. www.goodwin.edu/library
The library supports the college's educational and service goals by ensuring that all students, faculty, and staff receive the best possible service, information, resources, and equipment in an environment conducive to learning. We look forward to meeting you and helping you become successful college students, college graduates, and employed members of the your chosen field of study.
Please consult the library page to help you become familiar with our library and identify key services and personal contacts you may find helpful in your first weeks here. www.goodwin.edu/library
The library supports the college's educational and service goals by ensuring that all students, faculty, and staff receive the best possible service, information, resources, and equipment in an environment conducive to learning. We look forward to meeting you and helping you become successful college students, college graduates, and employed members of the your chosen field of study.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Build a Tower Challenge
Tom Wujec presents some surprisingly deep research into the "marshmallow problem" -- a simple team-building exercise that involves dry spaghetti, one yard of tape and a marshmallow. Who can build the tallest tower with these ingredients? And why does a surprising group always beat the average?
Watch the video.
Watch the video.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
MLA Format Hint
MLA Cover Page is not numbered. Here are directions for removing the number from the first page so that the second page will be number 1.
On the Insert tab, in the Headers & Footers group, click Page Number, and then click Format Page Numbers.
2. In the Start at box, type 0.
On the Insert tab, in the Headers & Footers group, click Page Number, and then click Format Page Numbers.
2. In the Start at box, type 0.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Embed YouTube in PowerPoint 2007
To embed a YouTube video in PowerPoint 2007 follow these simmple steps:
1. First turn on the Developer Tab on the Ribbon by clicking on the Microsoft logo at the top left of the window and selecting PowerPoint Options all the way at the bottom of the menu. Next put a check next to the unchecked item to show the developer Tab.
2. Go to YouTube and select a video to embed
3. Copy the URL
4. On the Developer menu choose "More Controls"
5. Select Shockwave Flash Object
6. Click and drag on the PowerPoint slide to add the Flash object
7. Right Click the object placeholder and select properties
8. Set the Movie property to the URL you copied
9. In the URL delete "watch?" and change the "=" sign to a ⁄
10. Adjust the options for Looping or AutoPlay if desired
Make sure to test the presentation and keep in mind that the video is streaming from YouTube, so an Internet connection is required at the time of presentation.
Good luck!
1. First turn on the Developer Tab on the Ribbon by clicking on the Microsoft logo at the top left of the window and selecting PowerPoint Options all the way at the bottom of the menu. Next put a check next to the unchecked item to show the developer Tab.
2. Go to YouTube and select a video to embed
3. Copy the URL
4. On the Developer menu choose "More Controls"
5. Select Shockwave Flash Object
6. Click and drag on the PowerPoint slide to add the Flash object
7. Right Click the object placeholder and select properties
8. Set the Movie property to the URL you copied
9. In the URL delete "watch?" and change the "=" sign to a ⁄
10. Adjust the options for Looping or AutoPlay if desired
Make sure to test the presentation and keep in mind that the video is streaming from YouTube, so an Internet connection is required at the time of presentation.
Good luck!
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Solstice, Full Moon, and Lunar Eclipse
How great is this? The Winter Solstice, December 21st, the longest night of the year, coincides with a full moon and full lunar eclipse.
According to NASA, the total eclipse of the moon will occur on this schedule, EST
• Moonrise Monday, Dec 20 3:55 pm
• Moon enters penumbra Tuesday, Dec 21, 12:28 am
• Partial Eclipse Begins(moon enters umbra) 1:32am
• Total Eclipse Begins (moon fully within umbra) 02:40 am
• Middle of Total Eclipse 3:16 am
• Moon Leaves Totality (begins re-entry into penumbra) 3:53 am
• Partial Eclipse Ends (moon leaves umbra) 5:01 am
• Partial Eclipse Ends (moon leaves penumbra) 6:04 am
• Moonset 7:29 am
According to NASA, the total eclipse of the moon will occur on this schedule, EST
• Moonrise Monday, Dec 20 3:55 pm
• Moon enters penumbra Tuesday, Dec 21, 12:28 am
• Partial Eclipse Begins(moon enters umbra) 1:32am
• Total Eclipse Begins (moon fully within umbra) 02:40 am
• Middle of Total Eclipse 3:16 am
• Moon Leaves Totality (begins re-entry into penumbra) 3:53 am
• Partial Eclipse Ends (moon leaves umbra) 5:01 am
• Partial Eclipse Ends (moon leaves penumbra) 6:04 am
• Moonset 7:29 am
Thursday, December 02, 2010
EXTENDED LIBRARY HOURS
EXTENDED HOURS WEEK BEFORE AND DURING FINAL EXAMS
Weekend Dec. 4, 5, 11, 12, 18-9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Weekdays Dec. 6-17-7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
NOTE: You must be out of the building by 5 p.m. on weekends and 10 p.m. during the week.
Weekend Dec. 4, 5, 11, 12, 18-9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Weekdays Dec. 6-17-7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
NOTE: You must be out of the building by 5 p.m. on weekends and 10 p.m. during the week.
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Free Music Download
Every two weeks, from Alexander Street and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, the Goodwin Library is offering a free music download from Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries.
Currently available for download is:
"Tetigo" from Discover Indonesia, performed by M. Sarif and Kondang
Indonesia is a huge country, spread over hundreds of islands, encompassing peoples of many different languages, religions, and musical cultures. Fifteen tracks from the widely acclaimed 20-CD series Music of Indonesia have been selected to provide an exciting and varied introduction to musical styles from different parts of the country. This is a xylophone duet performed by Petalangan musicians of mainland Riau, Sumatra.
All tracks are owned by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and are available, free of charge, for a limited time only.
Download the mp3.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Library Advocacy Committee Event tomorrow
Friday, November 19 in the auditorium 10:30-11:30
Crossfire Clash
Conservatives vs. Liberals discuss the 2010 midterm election and where we go from here.
Participants:
Mike Rotondo
Dan Noonan
Janet Jefford
Howard Satinsky
Alex Nye
Seymoure Oliviera
Paul LaRocca will moderate.
GOODWIN COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION WELCOME!
Crossfire Clash
Conservatives vs. Liberals discuss the 2010 midterm election and where we go from here.
Participants:
Mike Rotondo
Dan Noonan
Janet Jefford
Howard Satinsky
Alex Nye
Seymoure Oliviera
Paul LaRocca will moderate.
GOODWIN COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION WELCOME!
Credo Reference Databases User Statistics
In October, library users consulted 94 titles from the Credo Reference database.
133 sessions
324 searches
129 entries views
970 pages viewed
Top Entries Viewed:
Gender socialization and gender stereotypes
Attention Deficit Disorder
Rape and rape prevention
Alcohol and alcoholism
Euthanasia
Pregnancy
Kashmir
Art, religious
Hartnup disease
Latora disease
Breast cancer
Prisons and punishment
Thank you, library users, for appreciating this great database!
133 sessions
324 searches
129 entries views
970 pages viewed
Top Entries Viewed:
Gender socialization and gender stereotypes
Attention Deficit Disorder
Rape and rape prevention
Alcohol and alcoholism
Euthanasia
Pregnancy
Kashmir
Art, religious
Hartnup disease
Latora disease
Breast cancer
Prisons and punishment
Thank you, library users, for appreciating this great database!
National Book Award Winners announced
The National Book Award winners were announced last night at the 61st National Book Awards Benefit Dinner and Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
Fiction Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon
Nonfiction Just Kids by Patti Smith
Poetry Lighthead by Terence Hayes
Young People's Literature Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
Lifetime Achievement Award Tom Wolfe
The winners get $10,000,a statue, and probably increased sales.
Fiction Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon
Nonfiction Just Kids by Patti Smith
Poetry Lighthead by Terence Hayes
Young People's Literature Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
Lifetime Achievement Award Tom Wolfe
The winners get $10,000,a statue, and probably increased sales.
1100 more books in ebrary Academic Complete
New in Academic Complete
Ebrary recently added over 1,100 multidisciplinary titles from National Academies Press, New Age International, World Trade Press, University of Chicago Press, and other leading publishers. Some of the titles include:
Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal, by Ben Mezrich (Anchor, 2010)
Brain Sense: The Science of the Senses and How We Process the World Around Us,
by Faith Hickman Brynie (AMACOM, 2009)
Discrete Mathematics, by B.S. Vasta and Suchi Vasta (New Age International, 2009)
Innocent Bystanders: Developing Countries and the War on Drugs, by Philip Keefer and Norman Loayza (World Bank, 2010)
Spirituality and Aging, by Robert C. Atchley (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009)
Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals,by Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce
(University of Chicago Press, 2009)
Ebrary recently added over 1,100 multidisciplinary titles from National Academies Press, New Age International, World Trade Press, University of Chicago Press, and other leading publishers. Some of the titles include:
Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal, by Ben Mezrich (Anchor, 2010)
Brain Sense: The Science of the Senses and How We Process the World Around Us,
by Faith Hickman Brynie (AMACOM, 2009)
Discrete Mathematics, by B.S. Vasta and Suchi Vasta (New Age International, 2009)
Innocent Bystanders: Developing Countries and the War on Drugs, by Philip Keefer and Norman Loayza (World Bank, 2010)
Spirituality and Aging, by Robert C. Atchley (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009)
Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals,by Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce
(University of Chicago Press, 2009)
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
African American Experience Database
Even with the best of intentions, most librarians can't find the materials or the funding to satisfy students investigating the historical impact of African Americans on today's world. However, we now have a new resource offering students and teachers a wealth of cultural materials specifically designed for classroom research and personal inquiry.
The widest ranging and easiest-to-use online collection on African American life ever assembled, The African American Experience is the definitive electronic research tool for African American history and culture from one of the most respected publishers in the field. It provides rock-solid information from authorities in the field and to allows African Americans to speak for themselves through a wealth of primary sources. Drawing on over 450 titles, and designed under the guidance of leading librarians, this database gives voice to the black experience from its African origins to the present day.
-New material from print reference titles and multivolume sets, such as Barack Obama, the New Face of American Politics; The Martin Luther King, Jr. Encyclopedia; Encyclopedia of the Middle Passage; Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers [2 Volumes]; and Icons of Hip Hop [2 Volumes].
-A deep backlist of reference books and monographs, many now available in electronic format for the first time
-Over 5,000 primary documents: manuscripts, speeches, court cases, quotations, -advertisements, statistics, and other papers
-Over 3,500 interviews with former slaves-the WPA slave narratives-from the acclaimed The American Slave: A Composite Autobiography, now re-indexed and for the first time fully searchable
-Sixty-seven University Press texts from the early 1800s to the early 1970s—classics in black scholarship.
Try it here.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Ebrary Academic Complete
Ebrary Academic Complete is a highly interactive eBook database that covers all academic subject areas. The collection currently includes more than 50,000 titles from more than 220 of the world’s leading academic publishers.
Each individual eBook in Academic Complete integrates with information in ourlibrary and on the web through the ebrary Reader™ and InfoTools™ software. Just by highlighting any word of interest in Academic Complete, you can instantly search against our OPAC or other online resources in the library, and information
on the Internet, without leaving the current document.
New Environmental Database
GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) is a new online resource that offers authoritative content on the development of emerging green technologies and discusses issues on the environment, sustainability and more. GREENR is an important part of a new generation of solutions from Gale designed with users in mind.
GREENR is interactive and current, allowing users to navigate issue, organization and country portals. It's a one-stop site dedicated to studying sustainability and the environment.
This database will be available for Goodwin Students beginning Monday, November 15.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Latest Additions to Credo General Reference
Credo's General Reference collection continues to grow each month and now has over 515 titles.
The following well-regarded titles were added in October:
• Culture Wars: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices, M.E. Sharpe
• Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Psychology, Hodder Education
• The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History, M.E. Sharpe
• The Essentials of Global Politics, Hodder Education
• The World of Child Labor: An Historical and Regional Survey, M.E. Sharpe
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Video: Academic gap widens for black males
A new study showing that most black American male students perform worse then their peers by almost every measure suggests that some of the obstacles to their academic success start before school the school bell even rings. NBC's Ron Allen reports.
WATCH VIDEO HERE.
Source: New York Times Novembeer 9 2010
WATCH VIDEO HERE.
Source: New York Times Novembeer 9 2010
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Imagine Science Short Film
At the Imagine Science Film Festival in New York last month, Skhizein directed by Jeremy Clapin won honorable mention. It uses sophisticated computer graphics as its hero descends into schizophrenia.
SKHIZEIN is a strange film that begins with a man at a psychiatrist's office talking about his problem. It seems that since a meteorite struck nearby, he's been "out of phase". In other words, every thing he does is 91 centimeters off (that's a yard for all of us non-metric folks)!
Unique, compelling and clever--what more could you want from an animated short of about 13 minutes.
SKHIZEIN Part 1
SKHIZEIN Part 2
Source: "learning to Love Science Films" Nature November 4 2010
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Environmental Health
"Our environment affects our health. Our average life span has almost doubled over the past century or so mainly because we have clean, safe drinking water. If parts of the environment, like air and water, or soil become polluted, it can lead to health problems. For example, asthma attacks can result from pollutants and other chemicals in the air and in the home.
Some environmental risks are a part of the natural world, like radon in the soil. Others are the result of human activities, like lead poisoning from paint, or exposure to asbestos or mercury from mining or industrial use."
MedlinePlus includes Environmental Health among its many topics. The site is available in Spanish as well as English and includes abundant additional information on related topics. You can sign up for an email update: www.medlineplus.org
Source: NIH: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Some environmental risks are a part of the natural world, like radon in the soil. Others are the result of human activities, like lead poisoning from paint, or exposure to asbestos or mercury from mining or industrial use."
MedlinePlus includes Environmental Health among its many topics. The site is available in Spanish as well as English and includes abundant additional information on related topics. You can sign up for an email update: www.medlineplus.org
Source: NIH: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Library Circulates Kill a Watt Monitor
It's more than books here, folks. The library is now circulating Kill A Watt EZ electricity usage monitor.
The device measures the energy consumption of electrical appliances. Just plug it into a wall socket and then plug in your appliance to assess how efficient it is. Program in your local utility rate and display projected costs. The meter will circulate with a protective case and complete instructions. Pick it up at the circulation desk. The knowledge you gain can save you thousands of dollars.
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
No Cureballs for Higher Education
WASHINGTON -- Final tallies of exactly how many seats Republicans gained Tuesday in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are days -- if not weeks -- away (though by early Wednesday morning, the major news networks were projecting gains of more than 60 seats in the House). But anyone who didn’t stay up all night watching election results pour in has woken up to a GOP-led House of Representatives and a Senate guided by a small Democratic majority.
What do the results mean for federal higher education policy and the members of Congress who’ve played key roles in crafting those policies?
Read this article from Inside Higher Ed.
Source: Inside Higher Ed November 3, 2010
What do the results mean for federal higher education policy and the members of Congress who’ve played key roles in crafting those policies?
Read this article from Inside Higher Ed.
Source: Inside Higher Ed November 3, 2010
Monday, November 01, 2010
Sign at Rally to Restore Sanity
Do you think this sign at the Rally to Restore Sanity could be associated with a college?
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