Monday, February 8, 2010

New Books February 1st - 5th

MOVEMENT OR MOMENT? : ASSESSING LIBERATION THEOLOGY FORTY YEARS AFTER
MEDELLIN / PATRICK CLAFFEY AND JOSEPH EGAN (EDS.).
BT83.57 .M68 2009.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST / EDITED BY LOUISE FAWCETT.
DS63.18 .I57 2009.

THE HIDDEN-HAND PRESIDENCY : EISENHOWER AS LEADER / FRED I. GREENSTEIN.
E836 .G73 1994.

THE BEST YEAR OF THEIR LIVES : KENNEDY, JOHNSON, AND NIXON IN 1948 : LEARNING THE SECRETS OF POWER / LANCE MORROW.
E840.6 .M67 2006.

FROM THE CENTER TO THE EDGE : THE POLITICS AND POLICIES OF THE CLINTON
PRESIDENCY / WILLIAM C. BERMAN.
E885 .B467 2001.

THE GEORGE W. BUSH PRESIDENCY : AN EARLY ASSESSMENT / EDITED BY FRED I.
GREENSTEIN.
E902 .G46 2003.

A CORE COLLECTION IN DANCE / MARY E. EDSALL, EDITOR ; COMPILED BY DANCE
LIBRARIANS COMMITTEE, ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES.
GV1594 .C67 2001.

THE MALE DANCER : BODIES, SPECTACLE, SEXUALITIES / RAMSAY BURT.
GV1595 .B87 1995.

DANCE : RITUALS OF EXPERIENCE / JAMAKE HIGHWATER.
GV1601 .H54 1996.

OF, BY, AND FOR THE PEOPLE : DANCING ON THE LEFT IN THE 1930S / EDITED BY LYNN GARAFOLA, WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY RUSSELL GOLD ... [ET AL.] ; PREFACE BY BARBARA MELOSH.
GV1623 .O3 1994.

THE BLACK DANCING BODY : A GEOGRAPHY FROM COON TO COOL / BRENDA DIXON
GOTTSCHILD.
GV1624.7.A34 G68 2005.

CRITICAL GESTURES : WRITINGS ON DANCE AND CULTURE / ANN DALY.
GV1783 .D35 2002.

PRIME MOVERS : THE MAKERS OF MODERN DANCE IN AMERICA / JOSEPH H. MAZO.
GV1783 .M347 2000.

THE DANCE OF DEATH : KURT JOOSS AND THE WEIMAR YEARS / SUZANNE K. WALTHER.
GV1785.J57 W24 1994.

DEMOCRACY'S BODY : JUDSON DANCE THEATER, 1962-1964 / SALLY BANES.
GV1786.J82 B36 1993.

THE POINTE BOOK : SHOES, TRAINING & TECHNIQUE / JANICE BARRINGER, SARAH
SCHLESINGER.
GV1788 .B37 2004.

STATE OF THE WORLD, 2010 : TRANSFORMING CULTURES : FROM CONSUMERISM TO
SUSTAINABILITY : A WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE REPORT ON PROGRESS TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY / LINDA STARKE AND LISA MASTNY, EDITORS.
HC59 .S72 2010.

THE PRESIDENCY AND ECONOMIC POLICY / CHRIS J. DOLAN, JOHN FRENDREIS, AND RAYMOND TATALOVICH.
HC103 .D65 2008.

FOUNDING THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY / EDITED BY RICHARD J. ELLIS.
JK511 .E46 1999.

WHY PRESIDENTS FAIL / RICHARD M. PIOUS.
JK511 .P56 2008.

THE 3 HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL READING TEACHERS : A QUICK AND EASY APPROACH TO HELPING ALL STUDENTS SUCCEED / MEGAN MILANI.
LB1573 .M55 2009.

VOCABULARY HANDBOOK / LINDA DIAMOND, LINDA GUTLOHN.
LB1574.5 .D53 2006.

TEACHING ADOLESCENT WRITERS / KELLY GALLAGHER.
LB1631 .G16 2006.

PULLING TOGETHER : INTEGRATING INQUIRY, ASSESSMENT, AND INSTRUCTION IN TODAY'S ENGLISH CLASSROOM / LEYTON SCHNELLERT ... [ET AL.].
LB1631 .P85 2009.

TO RESTORE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY : POLITICAL EDUCATION AND THE MODERN UNIVERSITY / EDITED BY ROBERT E. CALVERT.
LC173 .T6 2006.

UNLESS THE THREAT OF DEATH IS BEHIND THEM : HARD-BOILED FICTION AND FILM NOIR / JOHN T. IRWIN.
PS374.D4 I78 2006.

WHY IS MATH SO HARD FOR SOME CHILDREN? : THE NATURE AND ORIGINS OF MATHEMATICAL LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND DISABILITIES / EDITED BY DANIEL B. BERCH AND MICH{225}ELE M.M. MAZZOCCO WITH INVITED CONTRIBUTORS.
QA11.2 .W525 2007.

TEACHING MATHEMATICS MEANINGFULLY : SOLUTIONS FOR REACHING STRUGGLING LEARNERS / BY DAVID H. ALLSOPP, MAGGIE M. KYGER, AND LOUANN H. LOVIN.
QA13 .A44 2007.

NUMBER SENSE AND NUMBER NONSENSE : UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES OF LEARNING MATH / BY NANCY KRASA AND SARA SHUNKWILER.
QA141.15 .K73 2009.

ESSENTIALS OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS / EDITED BY JOHN M. OLDHAM, ANDREW E. SKODOL, DONNA S. BENDER.
RC554 .E883 2009.

FREEDOM FROM MELTDOWNS : DR. THOMPSON'S SOLUTIONS FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM / BY TRAVIS THOMPSON.
RJ506.A9 T66 2009.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

New Leisure Books this Week

New Leisure Books in the Library February 3rd

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Mr. Muo’s Travelling Couch by Dai Sijie
From Blackbeard to Walking the Plank: Pirates by David Pickering
Death: at Death’s Door (a graphic novel) by Jill Thompson
Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo
Leadville Avengers by Tom Curry
Nadirs by Herta Muller
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger for our new Classics section
The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
Cooking the RealAge Way by Michael Roizen & John LaPuma
Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell
Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert

BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY OUR PATRONS:
Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
Brooklyn: A Novel by Colm Toibin
Why My Third Husband Will Be A Dog by Lisa Scottoline
Un Lun Dun by China Mieville
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
Hollywood Buzz by Margit Liesche

DVD’s:
Proof by David Auburn A DVD
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard A DVD

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Elevator Go Down the Hooooooole


The Archbishop Alemany Library's one elevator is currently being worked on. It's quiet the sight, seeing as how it's just an empty shaft when the elevator is down.
Picture taken by Fish.

Monday, February 1, 2010

New Books January 25th - 29th

Understanding consciousness / Max Velmans.
BF311 .V44 2009

Toward a psychology of awakening : Buddhism, psychotherapy, and the path of personal and spiritual transformation / John Welwood.
BQ4570.P76 W44 2000

The existential Jesus / John Carroll.
BS2585.52 .C37 2009

Rethinking homework : best practices that support diverse needs / Cathy Vatterott.
LB1048 .V37 2009

Friday, January 29, 2010

New Books January 18th - 22nd

VEDANTA PHILOSOPHY / SWAMI ABHEDANANDA.
B132.V3 A613 1983.

MODERN PSYCHOMETRICS : THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT / JOHN RUST AND SUSAN GOLOMBOK.
BF39 .R85 2009.

WORLD RELIGIONS AND NORMS OF WAR / EDITED BY VESSELIN POPOVSKI, GREGORY M. REICHBERG AND NICHOLAS TURNER.
BL65.W2 W68 2009.

WHO WROUGHT THE BIBLE? : UNVEILING THE BIBLE'S AESTHETIC SECRETS / YAIR MAZOR.
BS1182 .M35 2008.

PALGRAVE ADVANCES IN WORLD HISTORIES / EDITED BY MARNIE HUGHES-WARRINGTON.
D13 .P323 2005.

US FOREIGN POLICY / EDITED BY MICHAEL COX, DOUG STOKES.
E183.7 .U8 2008.

THE AGE OF ANXIETY : MCCARTHYISM TO TERRORISM / HAYNES JOHNSON.
E748.M143 J64 2005.

KEEPING THE PEACE : LASTING SOLUTIONS TO ETHNIC CONFLICTS / DANIEL L. BYMAN.
GN496 .B96 2002.

CHOREO-GRAPHICS : A COMPARISON OF DANCE NOTATION SYSTEMS FROM THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT / BY ANN HUTCHINSON GUEST.
GV1587 .G82 1998.

ELEMENTS OF PERFORMANCE : A GUIDE FOR PERFORMERS IN DANCE, THEATRE, AND OPERA / PAULINE KONER.
GV1589 .K66 1993.

SOCIAL DANCING IN AMERICA : A HISTORY AND REFERENCE / RALPH G. GIORDANO.
GV1623 .G56 2007.

DANCE FOR EXPORT : CULTURAL DIPLOMACY AND THE COLD WAR / NAIMA PREVOTS; INTRODUCTION BY ERIC FONER.
GV1623 .P72 2001.

DANCE ON SCREEN : GENRES AND MEDIA FROM HOLLYWOOD TO EXPERIMENTAL ART / SHERRIL DODDS.
GV1779 .D63 2004.

SHARING THE DANCE : CONTACT IMPROVISATION AND AMERICAN CULTURE / CYNTHIA J. NOVACK.
GV1781.2 .N68 1990.


CONTACT IMPROVISATION : AN INTRODUCTION TO A VITALIZING DANCE FORM / CHERYL PALLANT.
GV1781.2 .P35 2006.

SPEAKING OF DANCE : TWELVE CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHERS ON THEIR CRAFT / JOYCE MORGENROTH.
GV1782.5 .M67 2004.

TERPSICHORE IN SNEAKERS : POST-MODERN DANCE / SALLY BANES ; WITH A NEW
INTRODUCTION.
GV1783 .B36 1987.

DANCE MASTERS : INTERVIEWS WITH LEGENDS OF DANCE / JANET LYNN ROSEMAN.
GV1785.A1 R67 2001.

ANNA SOKOLOW : THE REBELLIOUS SPIRIT / LARRY WARREN.
GV1785.S59 W37 1998.

THE DYNAMIC SOCIETY : EXPLORING THE SOURCES OF GLOBAL CHANGE / GRAEME DONALD SNOOKS.
HC21 .S64 1996.

INTELLIGENCE AND NATIONAL SECURITY : THE SECRET WORLD OF SPIES : AN ANTHOLOGY / EDITED WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY LOCH K. JOHNSON, JAMES J. WIRTZ.
JK468.I6 I467 2008.

THE RULES OF THE GAME : A PRIMER ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS / MARK R. AMSTUTZ.
JZ1308 .A48 2008.

COMIC BOOK DESIGN / GARY SPENCER MILLIDGE.
NC1764 .M55 2009.

LAZY VIRTUES : TEACHING WRITING IN THE AGE OF WIKIPEDIA / ROBERT E. CUMMINGS.
PE1404 .C87 2009.

THE SOUTHERN PRESS : LITERARY LEGACIES AND THE CHALLENGE OF MODERNITY / DOUG CUMMING ; FOREWORD BY HODDING CARTER III.
PN4893 .C78 2009.

COSMIC EVOLUTION : THE RISE OF COMPLEXITY IN NATURE / ERIC J. CHAISSON.
QB981 .C412 2001.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Library Workshops

  • Tue, Feb 02nd, 2010: An Introduction to RefWorks
    3 - 4 pm, Library 211

    This in an introduction to RefWorks, the personal online citation database. RefWorks will help you to organize your research, share material, create in-text citations, and help write your bibliographies.

  • Tue, Feb 23rd, 2010: Introduction to PsycINFO
    3 - 4pm, Science 133

    This workshop introduces PsycINFO, the premier resource for secondary literature in psychology, counseling, and related disciplines.

  • Tue, Feb 23rd, 2010: Finding Country Economic Data
    3 - 4pm, Library 211

    This workshop will focus on extracting economic data from the EIU and CountryWatch databases and how to download the data into a spreadsheet.

  • Wed, Feb 24th, 2010: ARTstor Basics
    11 - 11:45am, Room TBA

    Learn to view, present, and manage images for instruction & research.

  • Tue, Mar 02nd, 2010: Introduction to WorldCat
    3-4pm, Library 211

    This workshop will explore the sophisticated searching capabilities of WorldCat, a database that allows researchers to search the combined catalogs of hundreds of libraries around the world.

  • Tue, Mar 16th, 2010: Introduction to PsycINFO
    3 - 4pm, Science 133

    This workshop introduces PsycINFO, the premier resource for secondary literature in psychology, counseling, and related disciplines.

  • Thu, Mar 18th, 2010: Creating Bibliographies using RefWorks
    3 - 4pm, Science 133

    This workshop will focus on how to create in-text citations and bibliographies using RefWorks.

  • Tue, Mar 23rd, 2010: Introduction to RefWorks
    4 - 5pm, Library 211

    This in an introduction to RefWorks, the personal online citation database. RefWorks will help you to organize your research, share material, create in-text citations, and help write your bibliographies.

  • Tue, Apr 06th, 2010: Introduction to WorldCat
    3 - 4pm, Science 133

    This workshop will explore the sophisticated searching capabilities of WorldCat, a database that allows researchers to search the combined catalogs of hundreds of libraries around the world.

  • Wed, Apr 21st, 2010: Web-Based Research Tools
    11 - 11:45am, Room TBA

    Learn how to use web-based tools such as, Diigo, Mind42, and Zotero to help you with your online research.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

All sorts of vistors come to the Libray

A Dark-Eyed Junco I think.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

New Books January 10th - 18th

SOCRATES : A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED / SARA AHBEL-RAPPE.
B317 .A39 2009.

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO EPICUREANISM / EDITED BY JAMES WARREN.
B512 .C35 2009.

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO PHILO / EDITED BY ADAM KAMESAR.
B689.Z7 C29 2009.

PRAGMATISM : A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED / ROBERT B. TALISSE AND SCOTT F. AIKIN.
B832 .T35 2008.

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO HUME / EDITED BY DAVID FATE NORTON, JACQUELINE
TAYLOR.
B1498 .C26 2009.

KIERKEGAARD : THINKING CHRISTIANLY IN AN EXISTENTIAL MODE / SYLVIA WALSH.
B4378.C5 W34 2009.

ANCIENT EPISTEMOLOGY / LLOYD P. GERSON.
BD161 .G47 2009.

THE HUMAN PLACE IN THE COSMOS / MAX SCHELER ; TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY MANFRED S. FRINGS ; INTRODUCTION BY EUGENE KELLY.
BD450 .S314513 2009.

AN INTRODUCTION TO SHAMANISM / THOMAS A. DUBOIS.
BF1611 .D83 2009.

IMAGINING THE FETUS : THE UNBORN IN MYTH, RELIGION, AND CULTURE / EDITED BY VANESSA R. SASSON AND JANE MARIE LAW.
BL256 .I43 2009.

AN INTRODUCTION TO HINDUISM / BY GAVIN FLOOD.
BL1202 .F56 1996.

THE FAR ENEMY : WHY JIHAD WENT GLOBAL / FAWAZ A. GERGES.
BP182 .G4 2009.

LIVING SUFISM : RITUALS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE BALKANS / NICOLAAS BIEGMAN.
BP188.8.M628 B54 2009.

INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHIST MEDITATION / SARAH SHAW WITH A CHAPTER ON TIBET BY GEORGIOS HALKIAS.
BQ5612 .S53 2009.

MAHAYANA BUDDHISM : THE DOCTRINAL FOUNDATIONS / PAUL WILLIAMS.
BQ7405 .W55 2009.

WOMEN AND THE REFORMATION / KIRSI STJERNA.
BR307 .S75 2009.

SEARCHING FOR MEANING : AN INTRODUCTION TO INTERPRETING THE NEW TESTAMENT / [EDITED BY] PAULA GOODER.
BS2331 .S43 2009.

ACTS FOR EVERYONE / N. T. WRIGHT.
BS2625.53 .W75 2008.

PAULINE PARALLELS : A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE / [EDITED BY] WALTER T. WILSON.
BS2643 .W55 2009.

THE HISTORICAL CHRIST AND THE THEOLOGICAL JESUS / DALE C. ALLISON, JR.
BT303.2 .A545 2009.

AN INTRODUCTION TO CATHOLICISM / LAWRENCE S. CUNNINGHAM.
BX1751.3 .C86 2009.

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO JOHN HENRY NEWMAN / EDITED BY IAN KER AND TERRENCE MERRIGAN.
BX4705.N5 C36 2009.

JOHN WYCLIF / STEPHEN E. LAHEY.
BX4905 .L34 2009.

JOSEPH SMITH, JR.: REAPPRAISALS AFTER TWO CENTURIES / EDITED BY REID L. NEILSON AND TERRYL L. GIVENS.
BX8695.S6 J665 2009.

HISTORY BEYOND THE TEXT : A STUDENT'S GUIDE TO APPROACHING ALTERNATIVE SOURCES / EDITED BY SARAH BARBER AND CORINNA M. PENISTON-BIRD.
D5 .H556 2009.

READING PRIMARY SOURCES : THE INTERPRETATION OF TEXTS FROM NINETEENTH- AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY HISTORY / EDITED BY MIRIAM DOBSON AND BENJAMIN ZIEMANN.
D16 .R23 2009.

AN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF LATER MEDIEVAL EUROPE, 1000-1500 / STEVEN A. EPSTEIN.
D117 .E67 2009.

HITLER YOUTH, 1922-1945: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY / JEAN-DENIS G.G. LEPAGE.
DD253.5 .L4613 2009.

GREECE IN THE MAKING, 1200-479 BC / ROBIN OSBORNE.
DF220 .O82 2009.

A HISTORY OF PORTUGAL AND THE PORTUGUESE EMPIRE : FROM BEGINNINGS TO 1807 / A. R. DISNEY.
DP517 .D57 2009.

A HISTORY OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST / WILLIAM L. CLEVELAND, MARTIN BUNTON.
DS62.4 .C53 2009.

THE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE KURDS IN IRAN : PASTORAL NATIONALISM / FARIDEH KOOHI-KAMALI.
DS269.K87 K66 2003.

A NEW HISTORY OF INDIA / STANLEY WOLPERT.
DS436 .W66 2009.

A HISTORY OF THAILAND / CHRIS BAKER, PASUK PHONGPAICHIT.
DS571 .B34 2009.

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO MODERN JAPANESE CULTURE / EDITED BY YOSHIO SUGIMOTO.
DS822.5 .C365 2009.

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN PERSPECTIVE : CLIENTS, ENEMIES AND EMPIRE / DAVID SYLVAN AND STEPHEN MAJESKI.
E183.7 .S975 2009.

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO THOMAS JEFFERSON / EDITED BY FRANK SHUFFELTON.
E332 .C26 2009.

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO FREDERICK DOUGLASS / EDITED BY MAURICE S. LEE.
E449.D75 C36 2009.

CRUCIBLE OF POWER. A HISTORY OF AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS FROM 1945 / HOWARD JONES.
E744 .J6693 2009.

NAVIGATING THE POST-COLD WAR WORLD : PRESIDENT CLINTON'S FOREIGN POLICY RHETORIC / JASON A. EDWARDS.
E885 .E39 2008.

A THEORY OF RACE / JOSHUA GLASGOW.
GN269 .G52 2009.

THE NEANDERTHALS / FRIEDEMANN SCHRENK AND STEPHANIE M{232}ULLER ; IN
COLLABORATION WITH CHRISTINE HEMM ; TRANSLATED BY PHYLLIS G. JESTICE.
GN285 .S5813 2009.

THE VALUE OF A DOLLAR : PRICES AND INCOMES IN THE UNITED STATES, 1860-2009 / BY SCOTT DERKS.
HB235.U6 D47 2009.

GREEN DEVELOPMENT : ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY IN A DEVELOPING WORLD / W. M. ADAMS.
HC59.7 .A714 2009.

PLAN B 4.0 : MOBILIZING TO SAVE CIVILIZATION / LESTER R. BROWN.
HC79.E5 B76 2009.

WORKING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE / WILLIAM LUNDIN, KATHLEEN LUNDIN, AND MICHAEL S. DOBSON.
HD42 .L86 2009.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE / JONATAN PINKSE AND ANS KOLK.
HD2755.5 .P56 2009.

NORMATIVE THEORY AND BUSINESS ETHICS / EDITED BY JEFFERY SMITH.
HF5387 .N67 2009.

ON THE INTERNET / HUBERT L. DREYFUS.
HM851 .D74 2009.

LIVING WITHOUT THE SCREEN : CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF LIFE WITHOUT TELEVISION / MARINA KRCMAR.
HQ520 .K73 2009.

RECLAIMING CHILDHOOD: FREEDOM AND PLAY IN AN AGE OF FEAR / HELENE GULDBERG.
HQ769 .G94 2009.

FEMINIST THOUGHT : A MORE COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTION / ROSEMARIE TONG.
HQ1206 .T65 2009.

THE SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT READER / EDITED BY STEPHEN M. WHEELER AND TIMOTHY BEATLEY.
HT166 .S9135 2009.

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION : A GUIDE TO THE ISSUES / VAUGHAN MONAMY.
HV4915 .M65 2009.

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO ANCIENT GREEK POLITICAL THOUGHT / EDITED BY STEPHEN SALKEVER.
JC73 .C364 2009.

ANCIENT GREEK POLITICAL THOUGHT IN PRACTICE / PAUL CARTLEDGE.
JC73 .C368 2009.

JOHN RAWLS : AN INTRODUCTION / PERCY B. LEHNING.
JC251.R32 L4413 2009.

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO LEO STRAUSS / EDITED BY STEVEN B. SMITH.
JC251.S8 C36 2009.

FREE SPEECH : A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION / NIGEL WARBURTON.
JC591 .W37 2009.

A CALL TO GREATNESS : CHALLENGING OUR NEXT PRESIDENT / DAVID M. ABSHIRE.
JK516 .A37 2008.

GLOBALIZATION : A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION / MANFRED B. STEGER.
JZ1318 .S74 2009.

AN INSIDER'S GUIDE TO THE UN / LINDA FASULO.
JZ4984.6 .F37 2009.

CONFRONTING THE BOMB : A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT MOVEMENT / LAWRENCE S. WITTNER.
JZ5574 .W58 2009.

LAW AND JUSTICE FROM ANTIQUITY TO ENLIGHTENMENT / ROBERT W. SHAFFERN.
K150 .S52 2009.

THE PRICE WE PAY : THE CASE AGAINST RACIST SPEECH, HATE PROPAGANDA, AND
PORNOGRAPHY / EDITED BY LAURA J. LEDERER AND RICHARD DELGADO.
KF9345.A75 P74 1995.

INTRODUCING VYGOTSKY : A GUIDE FOR PRACTITIONERS AND STUDENTS IN EARLY YEARS EDUCATION / SANDRA SMIDT.
LB775.V942 S65 2009.

HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH ON READING COMPREHENSION / EDITED BY SUSAN E. ISRAEL, GERALD G. DUFFY.
LB1050.45 .H365 2009.

CONTEMPORARY THEORIES OF LEARNING : LEARNING THEORISTS -- IN THEIR OWN WORDS / EDITED BY KNUD ILLERIS.
LB1060 .C6558 2009.

THE ENTREPRENEURIAL DOMAINS OF AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION / MATTHEW M. MARS, AMY SCOTT METCALFE.
LC67.62 .M37 2009.

GENDER, BULLYING, AND HARASSMENT : STRATEGIES TO END SEXISM AND HOMOPHOBIA IN SCHOOLS / ELIZABETH J. MEYER ; FOREWORD BY LYN MIKEL BROWN.
LC212.82 .M49 2009.

THE CASE FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION: A DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH / ALAN L. LOCKWOOD.
LC311 .L567 2009.

EXPLORING UNEQUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SCHOOLS : THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF
FAILURE / GEORGE ANSALONE.
LC4091 .A73 2009.

MINDFUL EDUCATION FOR ADHD STUDENTS : DIFFERENTIATING CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION USING MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES / VICTORIA PROULX-SCHIRDUAN, C. BRANTON SHEARER, KAREN I. CASE ; FOREWORD BY BRUCE CAMPBELL.
LC4713.4 .P76 2009.

PLAY AND IMAGINATION IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM / PAMELA J. WOLFBERG.
LC4718.5.C2 W65 2009.

LEARNING TO LOOK AT PAINTINGS / MARY ACTON.
ND1143 .A38 2009.

THE HANDBOOK OF MASS MEDIA ETHICS / EDITED BY LEE WILKINS AND CLIFFORD G.
CHRISTIANS.
P94 .H355 2009.

THE WRITING REVOLUTION: CUNEIFORM TO THE INTERNET / AMALIA E. GNANADESIKAN.
P211 .G58 2009.

THE CAMBRIDGE INTRODUCTION TO COMEDY / ERIC WEITZ.
PN1922 .C27 2009.

HE WAS SOME KIND OF A MAN : MASCULINITIES IN THE B WESTERN / RODERICK MCGILLIS.
PN1995.9.M46 M345 2009.

MANAGING THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE : THE WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS OPERATION / MARTHA JOYNT KUMAR.
PN4738 .K86 2007.

ETHICS FOR JOURNALISTS / RICHARD KEEBLE.
PN4756 .K37 2009.

DEMANDING RESPECT: THE EVOLUTION OF THE AMERICAN COMIC BOOK / PAUL LOPES.
PN6725 .L67 2009.

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO VOLTAIRE / EDITED BY NICHOLAS CRONK.
PQ2122 .C36 2009.

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LITERATURE, 1100-1500 / EDITED BY LARRY SCANLON.
PR255 .C34 2009.

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO THE LITERATURE OF WORLD WAR II / EDITED BY MARINA MACKAY.
PR478.W67 C36 2009.

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY ENGLISH NOVEL / EDITED BY ROBERT L. CASERIO.
PR883 .C36 2009.

SHAKESPEARE'S POLITICS : A CONTEXTUAL INTRODUCTION / ROBIN HEADLAM WELLS.
PR3017 .W447 2009.

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S LITERATURE / EDITED BY ANGELYN MITCHELL AND DANILLE K. TAYLOR.
PS153.N5 C343 2009.

T.S. ELIOT : A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED / STEVE ELLIS.
PS3509.L43 Z67178 2009.

RESEARCHING WITH INTEGRITY : THE ETHICS OF ACADEMIC ENQUIRY / BRUCE MACFARLANE.
Q180.55.M67 M327 2009.

GLOBAL WARMING : A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION / MARK MASLIN.
QC981.8.G56 M38 2009.

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO DARWIN / EDITED BY JONATHAN HODGE AND GREGORY RADICK.
QH31.D2 C185 2009.

MEMORY : A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION / JONATHAN K. FOSTER.
QP406 .F67 2009.

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) / KELLEY LEE.
RA8 .L45 2009.

THE ESSENTIAL HOSPITAL HANDBOOK : HOW TO BE AN EFFECTIVE PARTNER IN A LOVED ONE'S CARE / PATRICK CONLON.
RA965.6 .C66 2009.

DEPRESSION : CAUSES AND TREATMENT / AARON T. BECK AND BRAD A. ALFORD.
RC537 .B4 2009.

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CAUSES OF WAR : PATTERNS OF INTERSTATE CONFLICT FROM WORLD WAR I TO IRAQ / GREG CASHMAN AND LEONARD C. ROBINSON.
U21.2 .C375 2007.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

New Additions to the Leisure Reading Collection

New Leisure Books This Week

Training Camp: What the Best Do Better Thank Everyone Else: A Fable about Excellence by Jon Gordon

World War I by Norman Stone

The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman

On Kindness by Adam Phillips and Barbara Taylor

Climate of Extremes: Global Warming Science They Don’t Want You to Know by Patrick J. Michaels & Robert C. Balling, Jr.

Rich: The Rise and Fall of American Wealth & Culture by Larry Samuel

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The Cosmic Connection: How Astronomical Events Impact Life of Earth by Jeff Kanipe

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Recent Study: How Students Seek Information in the Digital Age

The study How College Students Seek Information in the Digital Age, by Alison J. Head and Michael B. Eisenberg of the University of Washington, was released in December of 2009.

Highlights from the study:
  1. Students are engaged and curious but they need the big picture and background on a topic to trigger the research process
  2. Course readings, not Google, were the first point of research for course-related research
  3. Librarians were underused
  4. Although librarians taught the students how to use library resources, students turned to their professors as their main research coaches
Abstract:
A report of findings from 2,318 respondents to a survey carried out among college
students on six campuses distributed across the U.S. in the spring of 2009, as part of Project Information Literacy. Respondents, while curious in the beginning stages of research, employed a consistent and predictable research strategy for finding information, whether they were conducting course-related or everyday life research. Almost all of the respondents turned to the same set of tried and true information resources in the initial stages of research, regardless of their information goals. Almost all students used course readings and Google first for course-related research and Google and Wikipedia for everyday life research. Most students used library resources, especially scholarly databases for course-related research
and far fewer, in comparison, used library services that required interacting with librarians. The findings suggest that students conceptualize research, especially tasks associated with seeking information, as a competency learned by rote, rather than as an opportunity to learn, develop, or expand upon an information-gathering strategy which leverages the wide range of resources available to them in the digital age.

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