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Burn this Book is October eBook of the Month

Available with free, online unlimited access October 1-31 

Literary heavyweights Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie and Orhan Pamuk explore the power of literature in this provocative and

timely collection of essays.

In recognition of Banned Books Week, Smith Library is pleased  to announce that Burn This Book will be available as the October eBook of the Month. Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book explores the meaning of censorship, and the power of literature to inform the way we see the world, and ourselves. Contributors, including Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk, David Grossman, Nadine Gordimer and other literary heavyweights, discuss the importance of writing from various views, both political and social. They illustrate the need for freedom of speech and human rights, and they emphasize the target writers become in a tyranny.

In "Witness: The Inward Testimony" Nadine Gordimer discusses the role of the writer as observer, and as someone who sees "what is really taking place." She looks to Proust, Oe, Flaubert, Graham Green to see how their philosophy squares with her own, ultimately concluding "Literature has been and remains a means of people rediscovering themselves." In Freedom to Write, Orhan Pamuk elegantly describes escorting Arthur Miller and Harold Pinter around Turkey and how the experience of meeting with persecuted writers changed his life. In The Value of the Word Salman Rushdie shares a story from Bulgakov’s novel, The Master and the Margarita, in which the Devil talks to a frustrated writer called “The Master.” The writer is so upset with his own work he decides to burn it: “How could you do that?” the Devil asks... “Manuscripts do not burn.” Indeed, manuscripts do not burn, Rushdie argues, but writers do.

Both provocative and timely, Burn This Book includes a sterling list of award-winning writers and is sure to ignite spirited dialogue on the issues of censorship and freedom of speech. Provided through the generous support of HarperCollins Publishers, Burn this Book will be available online to Smith Library patrons October 1-31. We also have a copy that circulates but it is currently checked out:

For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk at 54699.

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See our Banned and Challenged Book Collection and Display in the Curriculum Center on the 1st floor. For more information, please click here.

HarperCollins Publishers has also created a dedicated Web site to raise awareness of literary censorship. Additional resources including marketing and publicity materials and a virtual petition against censorship are available at:

http://harperstudioekit.com/books/burnthisbook/book.php

Sick of censorship? Sign to speak out. Visit TheRightToRead.com to sign a petition against censorship.

literary censorship

Click here then choose a date below to find out more about literary censorship during the last 20 years.

About PEN American Center

PEN American Center is the U.S. branch of the world’s oldest international literary and human rights organization. International PEN was founded in 1921 in direct response to the ethnic and national divisions that contributed to the First World War. PEN American Center was founded in 1922 and is the largest of the 144 PEN centers in 101 countries that together compose International PEN. PEN’s programs reach out to the world and into diverse communities within the United States. They promote writing and literature at every level and are founded on the belief that free expression is an essential component of every healthy society.

About Banned  Books Week

Banned Books Week (BBW): Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, this annual ALA event reminds readers not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. BBW celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them.

About HarperCollins Publishers

Headquartered in New York, HarperCollins Publishers is a broad-based publisher with strengths in literary and commercial fiction, business books, children's books, cookbooks, and mystery, romance, reference, religious, and spiritual books. Consistently at the forefront of innovation and technological advancement, HarperCollins is the first publisher to digitize its content and create a global digital warehouse to protect the rights of its authors, meet consumer demand and generate additional business opportunities. For more information, visit: http://www.harpercollins.com.

About NetLibrary
OCLC NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning and general interest content via Web-based technologies.  NetLibrary’s eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making more than 200,000 eBooks, 6,000 eJournals, 10,000 eAudiobooks, and 83 databases available through more than 16,000 libraries worldwide. For more information, visit www.oclc.org/netlibrary/. Posted by Susan

Highlights @ Your Library - September 2009

• Caribbean Collection

Smith Library’s Colin Bennett Caribbean Collection includes more than 3,000 books on the art, literature, history and culture of the Caribbean region and its nations. The collection also includes videos, as well as artwork on the walls and comfortable study space. For more information, search our library catalog at www.consuls.org, call the Reference Desk at 860-465-4699, or drop by to browse the collection, located on the third floor of Smith Library.

• Wireless Access in the Library

We have wireless access throughout the library as well as in the Library Café. Just login with your University ID and password and you have access to all of our resources, just like sitting at one of our stationary computers. Access throughout the buildings means you can use your laptop in group study areas as well as curl up in one of our chairs to search our databases for that perfect journal article. Come in soon and enjoy Fall searching with our powerful CONSULS catalog, over 130 databases and wireless freedom. 

• “Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read”

Celebrated from Sept. 26-Oct. 3, 2009. For more info: http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm

Posted by Carol

Flatlined, an Insider’s Guide to Resuscitating American Medicine,
is
September eBook of Month

Available with free, online unlimited access September 1-30

Flatlined lifts the veil of secrecy on twenty-first century health care and delves into the realities of good people caught in a bad medical system. Dr. Guy L. Clifton, a practitioner as well as a policy advocate, reveals first-hand accounts of needless tragedy, such as the young man who died after a car wreck for lack of a bed in a qualified hospital and the surgeon who was dejected by the scarcity of resources needed to enable him to perform heart surgery on an uninsured man.

Arguing that a lack of coordinated care and quality medical practice benchmarks result in high levels of redundancy and ineffectiveness, Clifton proposes that the key to reducing health care costs, improving quality, and financially protecting the uninsured, is to reduce wastefulness, and offers a solution for achieving success.

Flatlined sounds the warning call: By 2018 Medicare and Medicaid will consume about one-third of the federal budget. American businesses now pay three times as much of their payroll for health care as global competitors, a figure that is expected to worsen as health care grows at twice the rate of the U.S. economy. Based on his years of experience in policy and medicine, Clifton offers an attainable solution through the development of an American Medical Quality System.

Provided through the generous support of Rutgers University Press, Flatlined will be available to Smith Library patrons September 1-30.

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Praise for Flatlined

"In this insider's polemic, neurosurgeon and clinical investigator Clifton warns that the U.S. health-care system is dying on the table. An eye-opening, sausage-maker's perspective on contemporary medicine, Clifton's thorough text deserves the attention of policy makers, health professionials, and anyone regularly shuffled (or shoved) through the maze of U.S. health care."
Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"Flatlined is a remarkable inside look at the embarrassingly flawed American health care delivery system. Dr. Clifton uses rich language to depicts in crisp, accurate detail the challenges and shortfalls of today's system. He willingly talks about 'the dead elephant in the room' - the issues that are often skirted, ignored, or hidden behind pretty words - as he marches toward a proposed solution for the nation. A must-read for policy makers and health care leaders."  Nancy W. Dickey, MD, president, Texas A&M Health Science Center and former president (1998) of the American Medical Association

"Flatlined does a wonderful job of alerting readers to the causes of our health care crisis, while providing recommendations for reform. The true strength of this book comes from Clifton's presentation from the ground up as a practicing surgeon and physician who successfully blends his own experiences and observations with a serious examination of the existing literature."
David Mechanic, Ph.D., author of The Truth About Health Care

"Dr. Guy Clifton lays out the problems in our health care system with extraordinary clarity and compassion, and he offers workable solutions. This book should be required reading for anybody who thinks health care needs fixing." Shannon Brownlee, Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation, and author of Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine is Making Us Sicker and Poorer

"Dr. Clifton tells a disturbing, too-often accurate story about our fragmented health care system and the realities American face as they struggle to work with a 1950s approach to providing medical services while living in a twenty-first century world. This disconnect creates serious problems for patients and providers alike. Flatlined offers smart solutions for the future of health care."
Wade Rose, vice president, External and Government Relations, Catholic Healthcare West

"Guy Clifton [is] a distinguished Texan neurosurgeon who spent a year as a Health Policy Fellow in the US Congress to develop the ideas he presents in this enlightening book, which I think is by far the best of its kind in recent memory. Clifton tells us that physicians need to have a financial incentive for practising efficient medicine. The new administration would do well to read this book, if it is, indeed, committed to intelligent health-care reform." Noah Raizmann, The Lancet

"Guy Clifton is able to draw readers into his treatise on the health care conundrum. Clifton's solutions offer insight into the complexity of a system in urgent need of change. Clear, concise, well organized, and well researched, the book could be a quick read, but the statistics are so compelling and the issues are so complex that readers will be hard-pressed not to pause."
Journal of the American Medical Association

About the Author
Guy L. Clifton, M.D. is a neurosurgeon, clinical investigator, administrator, and health policy advocate. He is the Runnells Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and has been frequently included in Best Doctors of America. A 2006–2007 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow, he is now devoting himself full-time to health policy reform.

About Rutgers University Press
Since its founding in 1936 as a nonprofit publisher, Rutgers University Press has been dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge to scholars, students, and the general reading public. An integral part of one of the leading public research and teaching universities in the United States, the Press reflects and is essential to the University’s missions of research, instruction, and service. To carry out these goals, Rutgers University Press publishes books in print and electronic format in a broad array of disciplines across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

About NetLibrary
OCLC NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning and general interest content via Web-based technologies.  NetLibrary’s eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making more than 190,000 eBooks, 6,000 eJournals, 10,000 eAudiobooks, and 83 databases available through more than 16,000 libraries worldwide. For more information, visit www.oclc.org/netlibrary/. Posted by Susan

 

The Naked Roommate
Expert advice from best-selling author and syndicated columnist Harlen Cohen

August eBook of Month
Available with free, online unlimited access August 1-31

According to the latest research, over one-third of first year college students report getting homesick; more than 40 percent report being too afraid to approach their professors; and just over 60 percent report experiencing some sort of depression (the percentage increases by junior year). Combine these with the reality that about 1 in 4 students do not return to the same campus their sophomore year and it's clear -- the first year isn't easy.

In The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College, best-selling author, syndicated columnist and professional speaker Harlan Cohen provides a behind-the-scenes look at everything students need to know about college (but never knew they needed to know). Completely revised and updated, this essential guide used by hundreds of thousands of students is packed with expert advice on everything from managing money to managing stress—plus hilarious, outrageous, and telling stories from students on over 100 college campuses.

The Naked Roommate is the #1 bestselling college life guide, and Harlan Cohen is the top voice on college life. Through his speaking engagements, college tour, music, and Website, he has reached thousands of students with his message of relaxing, being yourself, and making the most of the college years.  With calendars, planners, and The Naked Roommate being used as the first year experience guide at colleges across the country, The Naked Roommate is the top name in college life advice.

Provided through the generous support of Sourcebooks, The Naked Roommate will be available to Smith Library patrons August 1-31.

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Praise for the Naked Roommate

"If The Naked Roommate existed when I went to college, I would have devoured every page before I stepped foot on campus." Linda J. Sax, Associate Director of the Higher Education Research Institute and Director of the CIRP Freshman Survey

"The most useful guide [on college life]. (Five stars)" The Daily Orange, Syracuse University

"The Naked Roommate is one of the best and most practical college advice guides I've read."  Andrew Tinnin, administrator at the University of Michigan

About the Author
Harlan Cohen is a bestselling author, professional speaker and syndicated advice columnist. He is a contributor to Chicken Soup For The Teenage Soul III and has been featured as an expert in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition, Real Simple, Details, Seventeen and Psychology Today.  His Help Me, Harlan! advice column is distributed by King Features and reaches millions of readers in the United States, Canada, and across the globe.

About Sourcebooks, Inc.
Sourcebooks, Inc. is a leading independent publisher that offers innovative titles in reference, historical fiction, parenting, romance, business and children's books. Sourcebooks published their first college guide (Fiske Guide to Colleges) in 2001 and have since become the United State's leading resource for college planning. Sourcebooks also offers self-help legal titles through Sphinx Publishing, career planning guides, small business resources, and answer guides on everything from Alzheimer's to wedding planning to real estate investing. Sourcebooks, Inc. is based in Naperville, Illinois and is the largest woman-owned publisher in the United States.

About NetLibrary
OCLC NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning and general interest content via Web-based technologies.  NetLibrary’s eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making more than 190,000 eBooks, 6,000 eJournals, 10,000 eAudiobooks, and 83 databases available through more than 16,000 libraries worldwide. For more information, visit www.oclc.org/netlibrary/. Posted by Susan

 

The Career Clinic
June eBook of the Month

Available with free, online unlimited access June 1-30

Since the Baby Boom generation, we have been raised with a sense that self-fulfillment is one of our inalienable rights—yet most of us probably do not love our work. As the longtime host of a radio show devoted to helping people find careers they love, Maureen Anderson has often invited listeners in to hear firsthand accounts of people who not only relish their work, but live without regret.

The Career Clinic: Eight Simple Rules for Finding Work You Love by Maureen Anderson (AMACOM 2008) collects intimate and revealing first-hand accounts of people who have made the leap from the 9-to-5 doldrums into jobs that leave them feeling happy, satisfied, and filled with the sense of contentment that comes from knowing they're doing what they were put on this earth to do.

From a fashion designer who became a psychotherapist, to a husband and wife who followed their dream to open a bookstore, The Career Clinic offers practical guidance on how anyone can begin a love affair with their career…even if the path doesn't seem easy. As Anderson puts it, "It's one thing to say yes to a dream. That's easy. It's saying yes over and over, when the world is saying no, that will take you where to go." In The Career Clinic, Anderson shares motivation from her own life as well as that of filmmakers and cowboys, musicians and innkeepers, and others who have successfully found their place in the world, including a social worker who changed course to become a computer consultant, and even some well-known figures such as humorist Dave Barry, who didn't originally set out to be a columnist.

Filled with warm-hearted advice and practical encouragement, The Career Clinic urges readers to follow their instincts, get in touch with what gives them joy, and discover a way to make their greatest talents and interests a part of what they might come to only grudgingly refer to as "work." Provided through the generous support of AMACOM Books,

The Career Clinic will be available to Smith Library patrons June 1-30.

For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk at 54699.

 

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Praise for The Career Clinic

"This book is a tapestry, woven from many threads, many colors, and many voices…You should find the book immensely helpful toward your own quest for a meaningful life."                                          — Richard Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute?

"Finally. A self-help book that’s as fun to read as it is practical. Anderson doesn’t tell you how to find work you love. She shows you, by taking you on a guided tour of lives filled with passion and purpose."
                                                                                               — Marshall Goldsmith, author of What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

"If you are ready to take control and look at your life and job in a different light, then The Career Clinic is just what you need to get you started…an inspiring must-read for job seekers. The book is entertaining and humorous."                               — Suite101.com

About the Author
Maureen Anderson is host of the nationally syndicated radio program The Career Clinic®. She is also an award-winning journalist whose articles and essays have appeared in publications ranging from Radio World to Spirituality & Health. This is her third book. She lives in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.

About AMACOM Books
AMACOM Books, the book publishing division of the American Management Association, publishes books on business, management, career growth, current events, science and technology, personal finance, real estate and self-help. AMACOM Books help readers enhance their personal and professional growth and reach into the future to understand emerging trends and cutting-edge thinking.

About NetLibrary

OCLC NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary’s eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making more than 195,000 eBooks, 6,300 eJournals, 12,500 eAudiobooks, and 83 databases available through more than 17,000 libraries worldwide. For more information, visit www.oclc.org/netlibrary/. Posted by Susan

Encyclopedia of World History
May eBook of the Month

Available with free, online unlimited access May 1-31

 

In today's world of globalization, there is a growing trend among historians and students alike to study the common challenges and experiences that unite the human past. The seven-volume Encyclopedia of World History is truly a groundbreaking work and one of the first to offer a balanced presentation of human history for a global perspective on the past. A team of distinguished world history academics has brought together scores of specialists in writing signed entries based on the latest scholarship.

Based on the National Standards for World History

Influenced by the U.S. National Standards for World History, this comprehensive and authoritative set is rich in features to make the study of world history easier for students to understand. Arranged in six chronological eras that span prehistory to the present day, its chronological approach follows the way world history is taught and studied in the classroom. Each volume era begins with essays that address large themes—such as agriculture, science and technology, social and class relationships, trade and cultural exchanges, and warfare—allowing students to make connections and trace key global patterns over time. The final volume contains primary source documents and a master index for the set.

Key Features That Enhance the Set's Reference Value

• Thematic essays that help students make comparisons and connections across regions and time periods

• Primary source documents, carefully chosen to be representative of the six world eras

• Informative, cross-referenced entries

• A chronology in every volume that helps students place events in context

• More than 600 illustrations, including full-color maps designed to convey the importance of geography in world history

• Further reading sections that encourage additional research

• Individual volume indexes

• A comprehensive set index.

Provided through the generous support of Facts On File, Encyclopedia of World History will be available to Smith Library patrons May 1-31.

For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk at 54699.

 

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About Facts On File
Facts On File is an award-winning publisher of print and online reference materials for the school and library market. Facts On File specializes in core subject areas, such as history, science, literature, geography, health, and more. Facts On File print titles are authoritative references geared toward the high school, academic, and public library markets. Facts On File online databases range from curriculum-based reference resources to Facts On File News Services' historical and current news products. Facts On File has more than 65 years of service to librarians backing their editorial content and decisions.

About NetLibrary
OCLC NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning and general interest content via Web-based technologies.  NetLibrary’s eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making more than 190,000 eBooks, 6,000 eJournals, 10,000 eAudiobooks, and 83 databases available through more than 16,000 libraries worldwide. For more information, visit www.oclc.org/netlibrary/. Posted by Susan

 

Highlights @ Your Library - April 2009

• Browsing for music recordings

The Library has genre-based "Browseable Music CD Notebooks" of our music CD collection for your convenience. (The physical CD collection is kept behind the Circulation Desk, and not available for browsing.) The 4 notebooks cover different genres of music, such as opera, jazz, classical, etc. One set of notebooks is at the Reference Desk, and one set is on a table near the Reserve Desk on the 2nd floor. As always, one can still search for specific music CDs in our online catalog (CONSULS) by composer, title, subject or keyword, or ask for assistance finding music at the Reference Desk.

 

• Links to some of the college and career resources from the library

Also visit the library to search or browse our Career Resources Section.

      

• April 12th through the 18th  is National Library Week  

Tuesday, April 14th is National Library Workers Day. Send a note of thanks to a special library worker.

 Posted by Carol

After the War: Nation-Building from FDR to George W. Bush
April eBook of the Month

Available with free, online unlimited access April 1-30

In recent decades, the United States' overwhelming military superiority has allowed it to “overawe” or overrun adversaries with comparative ease. However, consolidating victory and preventing a renewal of conflict has usually taken more time, energy, and resources than originally foreseen. Few recent efforts of this sort can be regarded as unqualified successes, and one or two must be accounted as clear failures.

After the War: Nation-Building from FDR to George W. Bush addresses the manner in which U.S. policy toward postconflict reconstruction has been created and implemented and the effect that these processes have had on mission outcomes. Through the lens of presidential decisionmaking style and administrative structure, from the post-World War II era through the Cold War, post-Cold War era, and current war on terrorism, it is both possible and necessary to reassess how these elements can work in favor of, as well as against, the nation-building goals of the U.S. government and military and those of its coalition partners and allies.

Provided through the generous support of The Rand Corporation, After the War: Nation-Building from FDR to George W. Bush available to Smith Library patrons April 1-30.

For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk at 54699.

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Additional information about this book is available on The Rand Corporation Web site:

Read the Report »
Read the News Release »
Read the Related Report on The Beginner's Guide to Nation-Building
Read the Related Report on America's Role in Nation-Building: From Germany To Iraq
Read the Related Report on The UN's Role in Nation-Building: From The Congo To Iraq
Read the Related Report on Europe's Role in Nation-Building: From the Balkans to the Congo

http://www.rand.org/congress/newsletters/national_security/2008/10/

 About NetLibrary
OCLC NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary’s eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making more than 190,000 eBooks, 6,000 eJournals, 10,000 eAudiobooks, and 83 databases available through more than 16,000 libraries worldwide. For more information, visit www.oclc.org/netlibrary/. Posted by Susan

 

 

Highlights @ Your Library - March 2009

• Eastern Online Library Resources

Of interest to those taking or teaching online courses at Eastern. Links to many of our library resources and services compiled on one page. Please share this page with your students. Since we don’t see many of these students face-to-face in the library this is a way to answer many questions. (Also take note of the links to our library homepage and our “Getting Started” page that have been placed in Blackboard to guide online students to our resources and find out how to get help)

              

A few selections from our Government Documents  page are found below

• Connecticut General Assembly

FAQs about the Connecticut General Assembly – Who are they? How are laws are made? How has your legislator voted in the past? How can you contact them? (Use the following link to the State of CT Districts list of Representatives, Senators, and Congresspersons. Also find information about CT Statutes.

 

• Internal Revenue Service

The Internal Revenue Service website offers all kinds of federal tax information & printable forms.

 Posted by Carol

 

Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability
March eBook of the Month

Available with free, online unlimited access March 1-31st

At present, there are roughly a billion motor vehicles in the world. Within twenty years, the number will double to 2 billion, largely a consequence of China's and India's explosive growth. Given that greenhouse gases are already creating havoc with our climate and that violent conflict in oil-rich nations is on the rise, does this mean that matters will only get worse? Or are there hopeful signs that effective, realistic solutions can be found?

In Two Billion Cars, transportation experts Daniel Sperling and Deborah Gordon provide a concise history of America's love affair with cars and an overview of the global oil and auto industries. America is still the leading emissions culprit, and what is especially worrying is that developing nations are becoming car-centric cultures as well. The authors explain how we arrived in this dangerous state, and also what we can do about it. Sperling and Gordon expose the roots of the problem-- the resistant auto-industry, dysfunctional oil markets, short-sighted government policies, and unmotivated consumers. They zero in on reforming our gas-guzzling culture, expanding the search for low-carbon fuels, environment-friendly innovations in transportation planning, and more. Promising advances in both transportation technology and fuel efficiency together with shifts in travel behavior, they suggest, offer us a realistic way out of our predicament.

Ironically, the authors contend that the two places with the most troublesome emissions problems--California and China-- are taking the lead in developing effective strategies that can help wean us from our reliance on conventional, petroleum-fueled cars. California's embrace of eco-friendly policies, which Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger discusses in the foreword, and China's willingness to confront the twin environmental and energy crises wrought by an exponential growth in cars, suggest that if they can develop ingenious and effective solutions, then there really is reason for hope.

Provided through the generous support of Oxford University Press, Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability is available to Smith Library patrons March 1-31.

For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk at 54699.

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About the Authors
Daniel Sperling is Professor of Engineering and Environmental Science & Policy at the University of California, Davis, and Founding Director of University of California, Davis's Institute of Transportation Studies. He also serves on the California Air Resources Board, chairs the Future of Mobility Council of the Davos World Economic Forum, and has authored 10 books and over 200 technical papers and reports on transportation and energy.

Deborah Gordon is a senior transportation policy analyst who has provided consulting services to the National Commission on Energy Policy, the California Energy Commission, Hewlett Foundation, and the Chinese government to develop fiscal policies for their burgeoning auto fleet. She earlier served as director of transportation and energy programs at the Union of Concerned Scientists, senior research scholar at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and a chemical engineer at Chevron.

Reviews

"An urgent wake-up call ...The authors have laid out a blueprint the entire world can use."
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (from the Foreword)

"In this insightful and persuasive book, Sperling and Gordon highlight one of the biggest environmental challenges of this century: two billion cars. They rightly contend that we cannot avert the worst of global warming without making our cars cleaner and petroleum-free. Luckily the authors also offer a roadmap for navigating this problem that is both visionary and achievable."
Frances Beinecke, President, Natural Resources Defense Council

"The future of mobility should concern every citizen and government official. We have to tackle this together, but we’ve not been good at it, except in crisis. Now is the time to move forward. Two Billion Cars provides inspiration and a compelling pathway."|
John D. Hofmeister, Former President, Shell Oil company, and Founder and CEO, Citizens for Affordable Energy

"The authors make a compelling and urgent fact-based case that we must quickly expand the universe of affordable, low-impact transportation options if we are to survive the doubling of the worlds cars. They show how a combination of leadership, smart policy, the unleashing of a can-do technological revolution, and carefully understanding consumer motivations will save the day. It's a must-read for anyone eager to be part of the solution." Kevin Knobloch, President, Union of Concerned Scientists

"Provocative and pleasurable, far-seeing and refreshing, fact-based and yet a page-turner, global in scope but rooted in real places. The authors make a convincing case that smart consumers driving smart electric-drive cars can find the critical path to a safer planet." Robert Socolow, Princeton University

"This book provides with considerable objectivity and foresight an analysis of the unsustainable pattern of transportation that human society has become accustomed indeed addicted to. In very simple terms the authors deal with the profound issues arising from the growing human desire for locomotion and mobility."
R.K. Pachauri, Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

About Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press, Inc. (OUP USA), is Oxford University Press’s second major publishing center, after Oxford (UK). It publishes works that further Oxford University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education.

About NetLibrary
OCLC NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary’s eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making more than 180,000 eBooks, 6,000 eJournals, 10,000 eAudiobooks, and 83 databases available through more than 16,000 libraries worldwide. For more information, visit www.oclc.org/netlibrary/. Posted by Susan

Highlights @ Your Library - February 2009

• U.S. and World Newspapers/Internet Public Library

We quite often let our international students know about this web page filled with U.S. and World Newspapers. Take a look at the vast amount of newspapers listed from many countries in many languages. Anyone who has traveled or has family and friends that live far away can look for a local paper and feel re-connected. Access to world news can also teach us what is being focused on and of interest to particular cultures. Many are in English, but pictures can be informational as well. What is that adage?

• Audio Books - Free Downloadable Audio Books from the Web

Audio books can be downloaded to your home computer. Many can be transferred to a CD or a portable listening device.

LibriVox is a website whose goal is to make all public domain books available as free downloadable audio books. You will find many classic titles here read by volunteers, such as works by Dante, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and much more.

Project Gutenberg is a website that encourages the creation and distribution of ebooks. They also provide free downloadable audio books, as well as other formats of information.

• National Archives - Presidential Libraries

Posted by Carol

 

Highlights @ Your Library - January 2009

• Health & Wellness Resource Center

Are you Googling your health and medical information? Access the Health & Wellness Resource Center to find more reliable sources.

• Find a full A-Z list of trusted Web sites
• Information on Diseases and Conditions
• Alternative Medicine
• Drugs and Herbal Remedies and more….
• Learning Express Library

The Learning Express Library contains math and reading skills improvement, graduate school exams, job and career test preparation, and more. For free access to test preparation materials, please register.

• iCONN Newsstand

Access iCONN Newsstand to find a collection of 7 major newspaper titles including the New York Times (Book Review and Magazine too), the L.A. Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, the Christian Science Monitor, and the Hartford Courant. You can do a search for specific articles by placing keywords in the search box to find the full-text. Select specific dates to narrow a search.

When accessing databases off-campus, you will need a Library PIN Code.

Posted by Carol

 

Barack Obama: The New Face of American Politics

December eBook of the Month

Available with free, unlimited access December 1-31, 2008.

At the beginning of 2004, Barack Obama was an almost unknown Illinois state legislator and a candidate for the U.S. Senate. Today, Obama’s straightforward policy recommendations, message of hope and inclusion, and charismatic style have propelled him to the highest office in the nation.

Written by Martin Dupuis and Keith Boeckelman, this book examines Barack Obama’s meteoric rise to fame and what it means for American politics.  The roots of President-elect Obama's politics and presidential campaign strategy are traced in this detailed political biography, ascending from his successful run in 1996 to represent Chicago's South Side in the Illinois Senate, through his partial term as the junior U.S. senator from Illinois beginning in 2004, to his campaign for the presidency.  Dupuis and Boeckelman analyze in illuminating detail the critical ways in which the political calculus so brilliantly deployed in Obama's 2007-2008 national campaign was shaped by the lessons he learned from the successes and failures of his previous local and statewide campaigns.

With his election as the first black president, Obama has captured the world’s imagination because his story reflects many of the most positive beliefs that permeate American culture: that underdogs can triumph, that the American dream of success is open to immigrants and their children if they work hard, that racism is fading. He also appeals to Americans searching for common ground in an era of political division and hyperpartisanship and gives them hope that wealth, nepotism, and negative campaigning are not the only tickets to success in contemporary politics.

Provided through the generous support of Greenwood Publishing Group, Barack Obama, the New Face of American Politics will be available to Smith Library patrons December 1-31.

For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk at 54699.

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Reviews:

Presidential candidate Obama is the only African American in the U.S. Senate. Here, Dupuis and Boeckelman show how his stirring speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, his policy recommendations, and his charismatic style have put him in the national spotlight.

—Library Journal November 1, 2007

Senator Barack Obama is on the precipice of making a historical political statement in the United States. The second African-American senator from Illinois, and only the fifth overall, is the first African-American presidential candidate. This book offers an insightful account and analysis of his meteoric rise and unprecedented mass appeal to the American people....Barack Obama, the New Face of American Politics is part of a series dedicated to the study of women and minorities in politics. The authors, whjo are both political science professors, begin this work with the obligatory biographical information and political timeline. Its uniqueness stems from the critical and detailed account of Obama's state senate career in Illinois, followed by an analysis of the 2004 U.S. Senate campaign....This book is recommended for academic and large public libraries, political science scholars and researchers, and general readers interested in the personal and political genesis of Barack Obama.

—MultiCultural Review Fall 2008

In light of this year's heated campaign, libraries might wish to bolster their political science sections. The authors explore the early political career of Barack Obama, includes a brief biography, and discusses Obama's career in the Illinois State Senate....The goals of each chapter are clearly set out and methodically achieved. Every point is clearly sourced, and the book does not seem rushed to publication as "hot topic" books often are. The many quotes and statistics are well synthesized and not pasted together.

—VOYA June 2008

The authors explore the role of money, political party, ethnicity, religion, and the issues facing our society today. Obamas straightforward policy recommendations, message of hope and inclusion, and charismatic style propelled him to the national spotlight. Obama has the potential to shape America and to reshape U.S. politics as he campaigns for the White House. Obamas state senate career and his decision to enter the U.S. Senate race are examined in this book....The authors analyze Obamas ability to speak to the concerns of multiple constituencies by appealing to a coalition of voters that transcends race, class, and gender. At the start of his presidential run, Obama gives new meaning to the American dream.

—freebooksource.com May 2008

About the Authors
Martin Dupuis is Assistant Dean of the Burnett Honors College and Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Central Florida. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California and his J.D. from the American University.

Keith Boecklelman is Associate Professor of Political Science and Research Fellow of the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, Western Illinois University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois-Urbana.

About Greenwood Publishing Group
The Greenwood Publishing Group is one of the world's leading publishers of reference titles, academic and general interest books, texts, books for librarians and other professionals, and electronic resources. With over 18,000 titles in print, GPG publishes some 1,000 books each year, many of which are recognized with annual awards from Choice, Library Journal, the American Library Association, and other scholarly and professional organizations.

About NetLibrary
OCLC NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary’s eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making more than 170,000 eBooks, 6,000 eJournals, 7,500 eAudiobooks, and 83 databases available through more than 16,000 libraries worldwide. For more information, visit www.oclc.org/netlibrary/. Posted by Susan

Highlights @ Your Library - November 2008

• Government Documents

Our Government Documents web pages have recently been updated. Want to know which Connecticut county has the highest/lowest delinquency rate on mortgages?

How about the best site to search for official statistical information produced by the Federal Government? Visit the Government Documents pages to access reliable Connecticut, U.S. Federal, and Canadian information sources.

• Tools & Tutorials Featured Link

The new “Tools & Tutorials for Library Research” pages include Library Database Tutorials. If you or your students are looking for full-text articles from magazines, newspapers, and journals online, these tutorials will help you get started using some of our great databases. View a complete list of Databases A – Z and the descriptions “About” each one and begin a search.

Posted by Carol

Foreclosure Survival Guide: Keep Your House or Walk Away With Money In Your Pocket
November eBook of the Month

Available with free, unlimited access November 1-30, 2008.

The No. 1 topic of conversation in the news and around the office today and tomorrow? Foreclosures. They rose in the U.S. by over 79 percent last year—and over two million more are expected in the next two years. Written by a practicing lawyer who has helped hundreds keep their homes or come out of foreclosure financially sound, Foreclosure Survival Guide provides practical solutions and information that can help readers make the best decisions possible. An essential tool for anyone at risk of foreclosure, Foreclosure Survival Guideprovides key information about:

• What to expect from foreclosure

• Whether it’s worth trying to keep the house

• Walking away from a house with money in hand

• Building liquidity

• Opportunities and resources for a workout

• Using Chapter 7 to buy time

• Using Chapter 13 bankruptcy to save a home

Foreclosure Survival Guide gathers all the information Attorney Stephen R. Elias has used tohelp hundreds of clients over 30 years of practicing lawand shows readers how to deal with foreclosure.

Provided through the generous support of Nolo, Foreclosure Survival Guide, will be available to Smith Library patrons November 1-30.

For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk at 54699.

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Special Features available via the Publisher's web site:
http://www.nolo.com/product.cfm/ObjectID/4412505C-02EC-4455-B8149F5F6963B335/213/317/

1. Table of Contents
2. Sample Chapter

3. Podcast (no iPod required)

In this first of a two-part interview, Attorney Steve Elias, author of The Foreclosure Survival Guide: Keep Your House or Walk Away With Money in Your Pocket, defines some of the terminology and explains some of the issues that arise in foreclosure proceedings.

Special Features available via the Author:

1. Watch Author Video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/yourlegalcompanion

2. Read Author's Blog: http://www.bankruptcyforeclosureblog.com/

About the Author
Stephen Elias is a practicing attorney and current president of the National Bankruptcy Law Project. He is the author of many Nolo books, most recently The New Bankruptcy: Will It Work for You? Other titles include Special Needs Trusts: Protect Your Child’s Financial Future, How to File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, and Legal Research: How to Find and Understand the Law. He is one of the original authors/designers of Nolo’s bestselling WillMaker software and has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Good Morning America, 20/20 and Money Magazine. He resides in Northern California.

About Nolo
Nolo is the country's leading publisher of plain-English legal and business tools. Our website (www.nolo.com), books, software, online legal forms and eProducts cover all sorts of everyday legal matters and are regularly updated by experts. Nolo also offers a lawyer directory (lawyers.nolo.com), which provides detailed profiles of attorney advertisers.

About NetLibrary
OCLC NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary’s eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making more than 170,000 eBooks, 6,000 eJournals, 7,500 eAudiobooks, and 83 databases available through more than 16,000 libraries worldwide. For more information, visit www.oclc.org/netlibrary/. Posted by Susan

Highlights @ Your Library - October 2008

• New Database

Classical Music Library is a fully searchable classical music database to listen to and get information about the pieces and composers included. Find classic works by Bach, Beethoven, Hindemith to Wagner and much more. This database has thousands of licensed recordings, which can be used for class or personal listening; faculty can create playlists for students to access. This database is only available for use on-campus.

• Faculty & Staff Direct Borrowing From Libraries Other Than the CSU Libraries

Faculty and staff from Eastern may borrow library materials (in person) from participating colleges and universities of the Council of CT Academic Library Directors (CCALD). Contact Greg Robinson, Head of Public Services to obtain a card that can be used at any of the participating academic libraries.Find a list of participating libraries and other details here: http://www.ctlibrarians.org/services/ccald.html

Reminder: This direct borrowing option is an alternative to using Interlibrary Loan, which may be a more convenient option for most. Faculty, staff, and students may also use the “request” feature in CONSULS to have library materials from the other CSU libraries delivered directly to campus.

UCONN is not on the list of participating academic libraries, but faculty or registered students of the CT State University system or the CT Community/Technical College systems are eligible to apply for a fee-exempt Babbidge Library (UConn/Storrs) Community Borrower card. Students may use the library on a semester-by-semester basis and faculty on an annual basis. Proof of registration for the current semester is required for students (paid fee bill or a valid home institution ID). For faculty, a valid home institution ID is required to apply at UConn.

Posted by Carol

Great Events from History: The 20th Century, 1971-2000

October eBook of the Month

Available with free, unlimited access October 1-31, 2008.

Salem Press' monumental Great Events from History series spans human history from ancient times to the present, worldwide. NetLibrary is pleased to announce that the culminating set in this series, Great Events from History: The 20th Century, 1971-2000, is the October eBook of the Month.

The ideal reference tool for students and general readers at all academic levels, Great Events from History: The 20th Century, 1971-2000 includes 1,083 individual essays covering topics ranging from personal computers to the rise of the Internet to  groundbreaking advances in biotechnology.  Events covered include the curriculum-oriented geopolitical events of the era—from end of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War in 1973 to the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. Essays also address important social and cultural developments in daily life: major literary movements, significant developments in the arts and motion pictures, trends in world population and immigration, and landmark social legislation.

This definitive historical reference of the late 20th century, this six volume edition also includes keyword Lists of Contents, quotations from primary source documents, and more than 500 photographs, maps and other illustrations of battles, buildings, people, spacecraft, and other iconic images of the period.

Provided through the generous support of Salem Press, Great Events from History: The 20th Century, 1971-2000 will be available to Smith Library patrons October 1-31.

For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk at 54699.

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About the Great Events series

Salem Press' Great Events series is a far-reaching view of history, organized around significant events. It is ideal for public libraries and undergraduate colleges and is widely used in high schools for specific curriculum support. Librarians and reviewers alike praise this series for its breadth of content and extended essays. Articles are typically 1,500 words, bridging the gap between full-length, scholarly studies and the shortened forms found in encyclopedias. Learn more at:

http://salempress.com/Store/pages/great_events.htm

About Salem Press

Since 1949, Salem Press has been the publisher of reference works on literature, history and biography, the social sciences and the sciences suitable for adult and young adult readers spanning all educational venues. Reference materials are both printed and electronic. The company distributes its work to college, school and public libraries.

About NetLibrary
OCLC NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary’s eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making more than 170,000 eBooks, 6,000 eJournals, 7,500 eAudiobooks, and 83 databases available through more than 16,000 libraries worldwide. For more information, visit www.oclc.org/netlibrary/. Posted by Susan

Highlights @ Your Library - September 2008

• Database Updates

Campus Research

This new database offers access to a comprehensive collection of news and business information and law-related resources.

Electronic Enlightenment

A new database that provides online access to a variety of 18th century primary sources. Click “Subscribers Enter Here” after selecting the database.

EBSCOhost Databases Have New Features!

Don’t be surprised when you link to the databases from our vendor EBSCOhost (like Academic Search Premier). The interface has changed and there are many new features. For assistance using this new interface, please call or come to the Reference Desk in the library ext. 54699.

• Reminder -- Course Reserves

Please use the following links to request items to be placed on Reserve for each semester. Making your requests early will ensure that your items are available when needed.

Online forms for books, AV materials, and other physical items

Online forms for articles and other photocopies (electronic reserves)

Posted by Carol

The Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technology is September eBook of the Month

Available with free, unlimited access September 1-30, 2008.

 The Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technology (ICT) is a comprehensive resource describing the influence of information communication technology in urban communities and in scientific knowledge construction in these communities around the world, with emphasis on the roles of communications technologies, urban technology planning, and knowledge management. Through 111 authoritative contributions by 93 of the world's leading experts, this reference covers the materials and instruments of information technology: from ICT in education to software engineering; the influence of ICT on different communities & environments, including e-commerce, decision support systems, knowledge management, and more; and the most pervasive presence of information technology, including studies and research on knowledge management, the human side of ICT, ICT in healthcare, and virtual organizations, among many others.

Key Features:

• 111 authoritative contributions by 93 of the world’s leading experts in information communication technology from 16 countries

• Comprehensive coverage of each specific topic, highlighting recent trends and describing the latest advances in the field

• More than 2,500 references to existing literature and research on ICTs

• A compendium of over 800 key terms with detailed definitions

• Organized by topic and indexed, making it a convenient method of reference for all IT/IS scholars and professionals

• Cross-referencing of key terms, figures, and information pertinent to information communication technology

Provided through the generous support of IGI Global, the Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technology will be available to Smith Library patrons September 1-30.

For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk at 54699.

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About the Editors:

Antonio Cartelli is a member of the faculty of humanities of the University of Cassino (Italy) and teaches basic computer science and teaching and learning technologies. He actively participated in many national and international research activities and in 2006 coordinated the research local unit of the University of Cassino in a national project directed from the University of Florence and in an international project coordinated from the University of Paisley, Scotland (UK). He is member of several national and international societies and cooperates as a volunteer in the review process of international scientific journals. Among his most recent publications is the book Teaching in the Knowledge Society: New skills and instruments for teachers by IGI global.

Marco Palma is full time professor of Latin palaeography in the faculty of humanities of the University of Cassino (Italy). His main research interests are the morphology and development of different scripts of books and charters in the Western Middle Ages (i. e. from the sixth to the fifteenth century). He is also working on the material aspects of manuscripts, as well as the transmission of classic and medieval texts before the invention of printing. He is particularly interested in the theoretical and practical problems of the description of medieval manuscripts, and the diffusion of scientific information and didactic contents through the Internet. The open catalogue of manuscripts, his recent main project, conceived some years ago along with Antonio Cartelli, was so far realized by two historic libraries in Italy (Malatestiana of Cesena and Lancisiana of Rome).

About IGI Global

Founded in 1988, IGI Global (IGI) is an international publishing company specializing in high-quality research publications in the fields of information science, technology, and management. The company publishes under six imprints - IGI Publishing, IRM Press, Information Science Publishing, CyberTech Publishing, Information Science Reference, and Medical Information Science Reference - and produces high-quality research and professional publications. Each IGI publication is aimed at aiding information science and technology professionals in keeping up with emerging innovations, technologies, and managerial techniques. This allows them to achieve greater strategic utilization and management of technology in their organizations.

About NetLibrary
OCLC NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary’s eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making more than 170,000 eBooks, 6,000 eJournals, 7,500 eAudiobooks, and 83 databases available through more than 16,000 libraries worldwide. For more information, visit www.oclc.org/netlibrary/. Posted by Susan.

 

Competition and Development: The Power of Competitive Markets

is August eBook of the Month
Available with free, unlimited access August 1-31, 2008.

The growth of international trade and investment and the spread of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements have resulted in increasing economic integration, affecting almost all nations of the world. This has brought about many changes in the economies of developing countries, including a move away from state-controlled enterprise. However, it has also made developing countries more vulnerable to new and potentially harmful types of anticompetitive business practices.

Competition and Development: The Power of Competitive Markets demonstrates the importance of true and fair competition to sustainable development and an effective marketplace, touching on issues of globalization, consumer welfare, cartels and monopolies, and trade liberalization. It provides an introduction to competition, and competition law and policy in developing countries. It focuses on the practical problems faced in developing countries and the steps that have been and can be taken to overcome those problems. It is about anticompetitive practices as they occur in developing countries and the policies that governments and citizens can promote and practice to limit the impact of such practices.

The book will be of particular interest to consumer’s groups and NGOs, as well as to government officials, legislators, trade negotiators, the judiciary, educators, students, development professionals, and business groups.  Additional analysis, discussion, and case materials are also available at a companion Web site: www.idrc.ca/in_focus_competition. 

Provided through the generous support of International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Competition and Development: The Power of Competitive Marketsis available to Smith Library patrons August 1-31.

For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk at 54699.

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About the Authors  

Susan Joekes is Senior Program Specialist in IDRC’s Globalization, Growth, and Poverty program, currently working out of IDRC’s Cairo office. Before joining IDRC, she was a Fellow and Member of the Globalization Team at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. She has also worked with UNCTAD, the International Center for Research on Women, and the World Bank. Phil Evans is Head of Consumer Policy and a Director at FIPRA, a specialist public affairs firm. Before joining FIPRA, Phil spent 10 years as Principal Policy advisor at the UK Consumers' Association, where he was responsible for dealing with competition policy investigations and submissions and for developing its trade policy.

About IDRC

IDRC is a Canadian Crown corporation that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies. For more information, visit: http://www.idrc.ca.

About NetLibrary
OCLC NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary’s eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making more than 170,000 eBooks, 6,000 eJournals, 7,500 eAudiobooks, and 83 databases available through more than 16,000 libraries worldwide. For more information, visit www.oclc.org/netlibrary/. Posted by Susan.

Interesting report on citation analysis and statistics

Summary below taken from a report from the Joint Committee on Quantitative Assessment of Research Citation Statistics. A report from the International Mathematical Union (IMU) in cooperation with the International Council of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM) and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)

"This is a report about the use and misuse of citation data in the assessment of scientific research. The idea that research assessment must be done using "simple and objective" methods is increasingly prevalent today. The "simple and objective" methods are broadly interpreted as bibliometrics, that is, citation data and the statistics derived from them. There is a belief that citation statistics are inherently more accurate because they substitute simple numbers for complex judgments, and hence overcome the possible subjectivity of peer review. But this belief is unfounded."

"The first three sections address the ways in which citation data can be used (and misused) to evaluate journals, papers, and people. The next section discusses the varied meanings of citations and the consequent limitations on citation-based statistics. The last section counsels about the wise use of statistics and urges that assessments temper the use of citation statistics with other judgments, even though it makes assessments less simple."

Citation Analysis & Statistics Article

For one way to help in evaluating publications, we recently acquired the new 2008, 16th edition book, Magazines for Libraries (REF Z6941.M23) Cheryl LaGuardia and Bill Katz. This reference book reviews the best publications for all serials collections from 1969 to present. Use the subject index in the back of the book to locate subject areas of interest. Find descriptions for specific journals, magazines, bulletins, and other publications. Includes the publication coverage, types of articles, audience, and special features. Posted by Carol

Britannica Encyclopedia of World Religions is July eBook of the Month
Available with free, unlimited access July 1-31, 2008.

3,500 entries deliver comprehensive coverage of religious movements and concepts.

Religion is dominating today's headlines like no other time in modern history. Whether the issue is sectarian violence, stem cell research, or political elections, religion plays a critical role. But what is the story behind the headlines? The Britannica Encyclopedia of World Religions gets to the heart of the matter by providing a deeper understanding of the religions that shape our world. Prepared by the editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster, with the assistance of hundreds of scholars and experts, this authoritative, comprehensive, and up-to-date book answers your questions as well as exposes you to the concepts, movements, people, and events associated with living and ancient religions, including Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism.

Provided through the generous support of Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc, Britannica Encyclopedia of World Religions is available to Smith Library patrons July 1-31.

For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk at 54699.

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About Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.,

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, is a leading provider of learning and knowledge products, and is one of the world's most trusted sources of information on every topic imaginable - from the origins of the universe to current events and everything in between. Encyclopædia Britannica is available to Eastern students & staff:

http://0-www.search.eb.com.www.consuls.org/.

About NetLibrary
Based in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 15,000 libraries worldwide. Posted by Susan.

What now? Is June eBook of the Month
Available with free, unlimited access June 1-30, 2008.

Bestselling author Ann Patchett offers an essay on hope and inspiration for graduates and anyone at a crossroads

Based on her lauded commencement address at Sarah Lawrence College, this stirring essay by bestselling author Ann Patchett offers hope and inspiration for anyone at a crossroads, whether graduating, changing careers, or transitioning from one life stage to another. With wit and candor, Patchett tells her own story of attending college, graduating, and struggling with the inevitable question, What now?

From student to line cook to teacher to waitress and eventually to award-winning author, Patchett's own life has taken many twists and turns that make her exploration genuine and resonant. As Patchett writes, "'What now?' represents our excitement and our future, the very vitality of life."

Praised as “The best graduation present on the market…” by Publisher’s Weekly, What now? highlights the possibilities the unknown offers and reminds us that there is as much joy in the journey as there is in reaching the destination. Provided through the generous support of HarperCollins Publishers, What now? will be available to Smith Library patrons through June 30th.

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About the Author

Ann Patchett is the author of the novels Run (a New York Times Bestseller), The Patron Saint of Liars (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year), Taft (winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize), The Magician's Assistant (Guggenheim Fellowship), and Bel Canto (winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, England's Orange Prize, and the Book Sense Book of the Year Award, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award), which has been translated into more than thirty languages. Her nonfiction book, Truth & Beauty, was a New York Times bestseller, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the winner of a Books for a Better Life Award and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize. She has written for many publications, including Atlantic Monthly, Harper's magazine, Gourmet, the New York Times Magazine, Vogue, and the Washington Post. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Author’s Web site

About HarperCollins Publishers

Headquartered in New York, HarperCollins Publishers is a broad-based publisher with strengths in literary and commercial fiction, business books, children's books, cookbooks, and mystery, romance, reference, religious, and spiritual books. Consistently at the forefront of innovation and technological advancement, HarperCollins is the first publisher to digitize its content and create a global digital warehouse to protect the rights of its authors, meet consumer demand and generate additional business opportunities. For more information, visit: http://www.harpercollins.com.

About NetLibrary
Based in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 15,000 libraries worldwide. Posted by Susan.

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means
May eBook of the Month
New book from George Soros available as a free eBook exclusive through May 19

George Soros, the legendary financier, philanthropist, and bestselling author, has written a new book on the current financial crisis that is available as the NetLibrary eBook of the Month selection for May. Print editions of this thought-provoking new work will not be released until May 19. In The New Paradigm for Financial Markets, Soros explores the origins of the current financial crisis and its implications for the future. Soros, whose breadth of experience in financial markets is unrivaled, places the current crisis in the context of decades of study of how individuals and institutions handle the boom and bust cycles that now dominate global economic activity. “This is the worst financial crisis since the 1930s,” writes Soros in characterizing the scale of financial distress spreading across Wall Street and other financial centers around the world. In a concise essay that combines practical insight with philosophical depth, Soros makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the great credit crisis and its implications for our nation and the world. Provided through the generous support of The Perseus Books Group, The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means will be available to Smith Library patrons through May 19th.

For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk at 54699.

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About the Author
George Soros is chairman of Soros Fund Management and is the founder of a global network of foundations dedicated to supporting open societies. He is the author of several best-selling books including The Bubble of American Supremacy, Underwriting Democracy, and The Age of Fallibility. He was born in Budapest and lives in New York City.

About the The Perseus Books Group
The Perseus Books Group is an independent company committed to enabling independent publishers to reach their potential whether those publishers are Perseus-owned, joint ventures or owned by third parties. Member publishing programs include Avalon Travel, Basic Books, Basic Civitas, Da Capo, Lifelong Books, Running Press, Seal Press, Vanguard Press and Westview Press, as well as partnerships with PublicAffairs and Nation Books. Through Consortium, Perseus Distribution and Publishers Group West, the Perseus Books Group is also the leading provider of sales, marketing and distribution services to independent publishers. For more information, visit: www.perseusbooksgroup.com.

About NetLibrary
Based in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 15,000 libraries worldwide. Posted by Susan.

Highlights @ Your Library - April

• New “Leisure Reading” Collection

The library has a new “Leisure Reading” collection located just opposite the Circulation Desk for browsing and borrowing. This collection consists of many award-winning books in a variety of fiction genres, as well as New York Times bestselling authors, current movie tie-ins, memoirs, and more.

• Confused whether to request an item or to ask for Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

Any item (book, government document, report, DVD, VHS) found in the online catalog CONSULS and not owned by the Smith Library can be requested from the other CSU libraries (CCSU, SCSU or WCSU but not the State Library). Use the “Request” button in CONSULS. You will be asked to login using your University ID and your Library Pin Code. There is no cost for requested items and it will only take a few days to have it sent to the Circulation Desk.

However, if you are interested in an item (book, government document, report – we are unlikely to get videos from libraries outside the CSU system) that the CSU libraries do not own, then you can use our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service. This includes all periodical articles which Smith Library does not own or have online access to. To use the ILL service, you would register for an account. Smith Library’s charge for the service depends on the lending library charge.

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Posted by Carol

Retire Happy: What You Can Do Now to Guarantee a Great Retirement
April eBook of the Month

Available ONLY April 1-30

" When planning for retirement, it’s easy to become preoccupied with stock portfolios, 401(k) balances and doomsday predictions about baby boomer’s lack of savings. But happiness in retirement isn’t about how much cash you can manage to sock away before the age of 65. Everyone wants a comfortable retirement—but most also plan to have some fun, maintain an active social life, and enjoy a healthy old age.

In Retire Happy: What You Can Do Now to Guarantee a Great Retirement, author Rich Stim shows readers how to become rich in the ways that matter most. He encourages future retirees to balance financial concerns with an enriching lifestyle.

'Don’t fall for the retirement industry scare stories or calculations about how much you’ll need to retire safely,' he advises. Instead, Stim instructs readers on how to estimate real retirement needs and create a workable savings and investment plan. Even more important, he advises readers to make personal preparations for life after work, including:

• cultivating interests outside work
• leading a healthier lifestyle
• revitalizing family relationships
• spending more time with spouses
• embracing spirituality or meditation
• nurturing friendships and making new friends

Retire Happy helps readers prepare for retirement—not just financially, but in every aspect of their lives."

Provided through the generous support of Nolo, Retire Happy: What You Can Do Now to Guarantee a Great Retirement will be available to Smith Library patrons April 1-30. For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk at 54699.

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"This is a straight-forward guide that explains the essentials that need to be addressed to ensure a terrific retirement."

— Jenny McKinney, retirement planning guide for About.com

"Covers all the bases -- health, finances, relationships and how to create a life worth sticking around for."

— Bob Clyatt, author of the bestselling book, Work Less, Live More

About the Authors

Richard Stim, a legal and business editor as well as an attorney in private practice, has written several Nolo books, including Music Law, Patent Pending in 24 Hours and Whoops! I’m in Business. Ralph Warner is a co-founder of Nolo, and is the author of several do-it-yourself books, including Everybody’s Guide to Small Claims Court and How to Run a Thriving Business. Both make their homes in the San Francisco Bay Area.

About NOLO
Since 1971, Nolo has offered affordable, plain-English books, forms and software on a wide range of legal issues, including wills, estate planning, retirement, elder care, personal finance, taxes, housing, real estate, divorce and child custody. Nolo is supported by a staff of over one hundred legal editors, software developers, customer service representatives, salespeople, web developers and others. Everyday, they strive to provide customers with the most accurate, easy-to-use plain-English legal and business solutions available. They are the people behind Nolo's trusted legal expertise, great customer service and commitment to being Your Legal Companion.

About NetLibrary
Based in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 15,000 libraries worldwide. Posted by Susan.

Highlights @ Your Library - March

 

• Need database access while off campus?

All databases can be accessed off campus by creating a Library Pin Code. For more information about Library Pin Codes click here. If you get an “Invalid Pin” error message, call 860-465-4465 for help or visit the library’s circulation/reserve desk on the 2nd Floor. A library pin code is also needed when requesting books from the other CSU libraries.

• Looking for Primary Sources?

The Primary Sources Guide, will help you locate primary sources in CONSULS, in journals, magazines and newspapers, and online. Does anyone remember the CT Flood of 1955? The Hartford Courant documented videos, photos, and memories of those who witnessed this event. Posted by Carol

From the Primaries to the Polls
March eBook of the Month
Available March 1-31 ONLY

America's presidential nominating process is inherently unfair and exclusive, yielding undue weight and privilege to the states that vote in the earliest rounds. More and more states are beating down the door to vote earlier, trying to redress the inequity on a state-by-state basis. In the ensuing free-for-all, the presidential primary schedule has become so front-loaded that the anointed "front-runner" with the biggest war chest in each of the major parties is the de facto nominee. The primaries are becoming mere noise and pageantry, as the national conventions have been for several decades.

From the Primaries to the Polls describes the problem and proposes the solution. The American Plan is designed to begin with contests in small-population states, where candidates do not need millions of dollars to compete and a wide field of presidential hopefuls can be competitive in the early going. A "minor candidate's" surprise success in early rounds, based on merit rather than money, tends to attract money from larger numbers of small contributors for the campaign to spend in later rounds of primaries. Keeping more candidates in the race longer to challenge to the "front-runners" prevents a rush to judgment and permits more voters across the country to select from a diverse field. As the campaign proceeds over ten two-week intervals of primaries and caucuses on a semi-randomized schedule, the aggregate value of contested states becomes successively larger, requiring the expenditure of larger amounts of money in order to campaign effectively. A more gradual weeding-out process occurs, allowing a clear winner to emerge only after the full spectrum of candidates has been in play nationally.

Provided through the generous support of The Greenwood Publishing Group, From the Primaries to the Polls will be available to Smith Library patrons March 1-31 ONLY. For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Smith Library, please contact the Reference Desk at 54699.

Endorsements
Endorsement From Robert D. Loevy, Professor of Political Science, Colorado College: Thomas Gangale draws our attention to what is the greatest flaw in American democracy - the totally unfair system by which a small number of arbitrarily selected states, such as Iowa and New Hampshire, dominate the presidential nominating process. His proposed solution to the problem is both innovative and practical. This book will help move the United States in the direction of reforming how we nominate our presidential candidates.

Endorsement From Prof. Larry J. Sabato Author, A More Perfect Constitution Director, Center for Politics, University of Virginia: The presidential nominating process is flat-out broken, and few dispute this. Now comes Thomas Gangale, who bravely wades in to give us a possible fix, not just another description of the problem. Whether you agree or disagree with Gangale's proposal, he will cause you to think, so that together we can reconsider and improve the system that produces our Presidents.

About the Author
Thomas Gangale is the author of the American Plan for reforming the presidential nomination process, which is gaining support within the National Association of Secretaries of State and the national and state committees of both parties and on the editorial pages of national newspapers, including The New York Times.

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About the Greenwood Publishing Group

The Greenwood Publishing Group is one of the world's leading publishers of reference titles, academic and general interest books, texts, books for librarians and other professionals, and electronic resources. With over 18,000 titles in print, GPG publishes some 1,000 books each year under imprints such as Praeger, Greenwood Press, and Libraries Unlimited. Many of these titles are recognized with annual awards from Choice, Library Journal, the American Library Association, and other scholarly and professional organizations.

About NetLibrary
Based in Boulder, Colorado, NetLibrary is a division of Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a worldwide library cooperative. NetLibrary provides content and technical delivery solutions to institutional libraries, corporations and government agencies that facilitate the purchase, management and distribution of research, reference, digital learning, and general interest content via Web-based technologies. NetLibrary's eContent solution is the most broadly adopted in the market, making the content of more than 400 publishers and eContent providers available through more than 15,000 libraries worldwide. Posted by Susan.

Highlights @ Your Library - February

• Curious about Copyright?
  For detailed information about copyright, link to the new CSU Copyright Guide available from the Faculty Resources page. Click here for a list of examples illustrating applications of fair use in the classroom by other universities.

• Need to find a journal, magazine, or newspaper?
  The Journal Locator, on the library’s homepage, will help you quickly find out if the J. Eugene Smith Library has access to specific journals, magazines, and newspapers. Not only will you find titles in print, but you can also connect to our databases to search for full-text articles online. Journal Locator – Getting Started. Posted by Carol

Highlights @ Your Library - January

• Need help getting started with research? Use Research Guides - helpful guides that have been compiled by individual areas of study from Anthropology to Visual Arts. This link, from the library's homepage, will help in finding books in CONSULS, reference materials, subject-specific databases, and reliable websites.
  
  
• Course Reserves
  Please use the following links to request items to be placed on Reserve for the Spring Semester. Making your requests early will ensure that your items are available when needed. Posted by Carol
  
  Online forms for books, AV materials, and other physical items
  
  Online forms for articles and other photocopies (electronic reserves)

 

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