Just in for our reference collection, the new 2 volume Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work, REF HQ115 .E53.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Friday, June 22, 2007
New Roof!!!
We are very happy to let you know that work is beginning on a new roof for the library! As anyone knows who has been in here at all, garbage cans set out to catch water and tarp to protect books has become a common sight on the top floor, and even on the main floor.
Work is beginning however on a new roof, and we are grateful to the college administration for its help with this. The work will run through the summer and perhaps into fall.
Work is beginning however on a new roof, and we are grateful to the college administration for its help with this. The work will run through the summer and perhaps into fall.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Consumer price index, wages by area and occupation, productivity and costs, injuries and illnesses, employment projections, employment, hours and earnings - these are just a few of the statistical reports you can find online at the Bureau of Labor Statistics home page!
Monday, June 11, 2007
How to find information on those obscure topics...
OK, let's say you wanted to find information about "indigo" people, that is people who supposedly possess certain psychic powers. (This was a question just now at the reference desk!) Where do you look?
The catalog for books - there weren't any books with the word "indigo" in the title that were about psychic phenomena (they were all about the plant, textiles...) However, there were books about pyschic phenomena, esp and so forth. Maybe those will help, for background at least.
Articles - Lexis for newspaper articles, Academic Search for articles. This was not so great at first, just using "indigo" for a search word - lots of hits on the plant etc. However, a quick google search found several sites about the "indigo child," that is children with these powers. Now that we had the phrase we could go back to Lexis and others and search for "indigo child," and get better results.
And it's that easy ;-)
The catalog for books - there weren't any books with the word "indigo" in the title that were about psychic phenomena (they were all about the plant, textiles...) However, there were books about pyschic phenomena, esp and so forth. Maybe those will help, for background at least.
Articles - Lexis for newspaper articles, Academic Search for articles. This was not so great at first, just using "indigo" for a search word - lots of hits on the plant etc. However, a quick google search found several sites about the "indigo child," that is children with these powers. Now that we had the phrase we could go back to Lexis and others and search for "indigo child," and get better results.
And it's that easy ;-)
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Moving? Curious about another city?
Take a look at our new set, Cities of the United States, in the reference collection, HT123 .C58547. This four volume, 2006 set gives excellent introductions to the history, geography, climate, economy and more for 189 major American cities.
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