READERS’ GUIDE FULL TEXT SELECT January 29, 2009
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Readers’ Guide Full Text Select from the H.W. Wilson Company is a new database for us this year. It contains articles from over 200 general interest magazines covering a wide variety of topics. Click on the link below for an introduction to using this database. The guide sheet is also available from the Library’s Online Databases web page.
Readers’ Guide Full Text Select Guide Sheet.
NEW AT YOUR LIBRARY TODAY January 22, 2009
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For those of you devoted Jodi Picoult fans, and there are many, we have added four of her books to the RESHS library collection. As you know, Ms. Picoult’s stories deal with contemporary issues that tug and pull at you from the first page to the very last page, sometimes beyond. Hurry in for your copy of The Pact: a love story, Keeping Faith, Nineteen Minutes: a novel, and Plain Truth:a novel.
Mom, no! I don’t want a Quinceanera; at least not a traditional quinceanera. What do you do when your Mom has been planning your quinceanera since your birth? Then there are your friends, whom you’ve told, “Oh, I’m not having a celebration” and they plan one for you. YIKES!!! How are you going to resolve this dilemma? Curious how this crisis will end? Estrella’s Quinceanera by Malin Alegria is the book for you.
“When the simmering tensions of the present mingle with the dark secrets of the past, it is kindly Bliss who becomes the focus of a deadly struggle for power.” Are you intrigued? Read Bliss by Lauren Myracle……maybe not on a dark and dreary night.
CURRENT ISSUES : REFERENCE SHELF PLUS January 15, 2009
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Current Issues : Reference Shelf Plus, from the H.W. Wilson Company, is a new database for us this year. It covers a wide variety of topics and should be useful for many assignments as well as for researching your personal interests. Click on the link below for an introduction to using this database. The guide sheet is also available from the Library’s Online Databases web page.
Current Issues : Reference Shelf Plus Guide Sheet
GALE LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER January 15, 2009
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We’ve created an introduction to using the Gale Literature Resource Center. You can download the PDF below. It can also be accessed through the Library’s Online Databases page. We hope it helps you take advantage of some of the features in the Literature Resource Center.
Look for more guide sheets to our subscription databases in the coming weeks. As always, feedback is welcome!
Gale Literature Resource Center Guidesheet
SOME NEW BOOKS January 7, 2009
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There are a number of new books in the library. Here are a few you might want to know about.
First off, we purchased all 3 books in Michael Lawrence’s Withern Rise trilogy: A Crack in the Line (vol.1), Small Eternities (vol. 2), and The Underwood See (vol. 3). One of the seniors recommended the series to Mr. Longo (Tolkien-lover that he is) and he passed the recommendation on to us. The series follows Alaric and Naia, both 16-years-old in the first volume, who live in parallel worlds but are able to cross into alternate realities. There is adventure for sure, but the books also deal with some important themes and raise interesting questions to ponder and discuss. (Find them on our shelves at FIC LAW.)
We also have What You Should Know About Politics — But Don’t : A Nonpartisan Guide to the Issues by Jessamyn Conrad (320.6 CON). Just because the elections are over, it doesn’t mean we should go back to being politically oblivious. The issues that were important in the election continue to be important now.
You don’t have to be a scientist to enjoy Neil Shubin’s Your Inner Fish : A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (611 SHU), a fascinating look at the evolution of the human body through examining the fossil record. And it’s short, too!
In addition to the books listed above, we’ve added travel guides that cover all the regions of Italy, biographies of Charlemagne and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and 3 books in a series about life in Elizabethan England. Feel free to stop by and check out any of these books — or browse our shelves and discover some treasures on your own!
