Tuesday, June 24, 2008

New Popular Reading Books


Plague Ship: A Novel of the Oregon Files
Cussler, Clive

When You Are Engulfed by Flames
Sedaris, David

Resolution
Parker, Robert B.

1434: The Year a Magnificient Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance
Menzies, Gavin

Made in the U.S.A.
Letts, Billie

Sundays at Tiffany's
Patterson, James and Gabrielle Charbonnet

Fearless Fourteen
Evanovich, Janet

The Last Oracle: A Sigma Force Novel
Rollins, James

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Friday, June 06, 2008

Items added to the collection on June 6

Here are just a few of the items recently added to the Library's collection. Feel free to browse the complete list.

The Holocaust : roots, history, and aftermath
Crowe, David.
D804.3 .C77 2008

Why America lost the war on poverty-- and how to win it
Stricker, Frank.
HC110.P6 S78 2007

The local economic impact of Wal-Mart
Hicks, Michael J.
HF5465.U64 W354 2007

When sex goes to school : warring views on sex--and sex education--since the sixties
Luker, Kristin.
HQ57.5.A3 L84 2007

Atrocities on trial : historical perspectives on the politics of prosecuting war crimes
KZ1176 .A88 2008

Masculine singular : French new wave cinema
Sellier, Genevieve.
PN1993.5.F7 S3713 2008

The religion and film reader
PN1995.5 .R457 2007

The novel now : contemporary British fiction
Bradford, Richard, 1957-
PR881 .B684 2007

I was told there'd be cake : essays
Crosley, Sloane.
PS3603.R673 I3 2008

An introduction to community health
McKenzie, James F., 1948-
RA445 .M29 2008


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Summer Session Hours

The Library will be open the following hours during Summer Session (June 7 to August 9).


Library Open


Reference Assistance Available
Monday 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday
8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday
8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday
8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday

8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(CLOSED July 4)**


8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday

CLOSED*


None
Sunday

1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
(CLOSED July 6)**


None

*Open 9 a.m. to Noon on Saturday, June 21 during Alumni Weekend
**Closed 4th of July Weekend. The Library will close Thursday, July 3 at 8 p.m. and reopen Monday, July 7 at 8 a.m.

You can always view our hours of operation by clicking on the Hours link on the left side navigator under About the Library on our web site.

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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Closed Memorial Day Weekend

The Library will close Friday, May 23 at 5 p.m. and not reopen until Tuesday, May 27 at 8 a.m. However, you will still be able to access all of our research databases, including the Electronic Journal Center and the Electronic Book Center, anytime over the holiday weekend.

As always, you can check our hours of operation anytime day or night.

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

New Popular Reading Books


Where Are You Now?
Clark, Mary Higgins

Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?

Spurlock, Morgan

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
Roach, Mary

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Obama, Barack

The Secret to True Happiness
Meyer, Joyce

Simpsons: Dollars to Donuts
Groening, Matt

Small Favor: A Novel of the Dresden Files
Butcher, Jim

The Third Circle
Quick, Amanda

The Host
Meyer, Stephenie

American's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation
Davis, Kenneth C.

The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts

Farley, Tom Jr. and Tanner Colby

Unaccustomed Earth
Lahiri, Jhumpa

The Last Lecture
Pausch, Randy

Phantom Prey
Sandford, John

Odd Hours
Koontz, Dean

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Friday, May 09, 2008

May Term Hours

The Library will be open the following hours during May Term (May 12 to June 6).

Monday through Thursday: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The Library will be closed during the Memorial Day Holiday Weekend. The building will close Friday, May 23 at 5 p.m and reopen Tuesday, May 27 at 8 a.m.

You can always view our hours of operation by clicking on the Hours link on the left side navigator under About the Library on our web site.

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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Finals Extended Library Hours (snacks included)

The library will be open until midnight Study Day, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. We will again have coffee and snacks during the evening hours. Stop by if you're looking for a quiet place to study or just need to print off any last minute papers.

Changes from normal operating hours are in bold.

Study Day, Thursday, May 1: 8 a.m. to 12 Midnight
Friday, May 2: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 3: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, May 4: 1 p.m. to 12 Midnight
Monday, May 5: 8 a.m. to 12 Midnight
Tuesday, May 6: 8 a.m. to 12 Midnight
Wednesday, May 7: 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Thursday, May 8: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday, May 9: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, May 10: CLOSED
Sunday, May 11: CLOSED

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Thursday, April 24, 2008

Undergrads...return borrowed items by April 30!

Yes, it's that time of the academic year again. All undergraduate students need to remember to "bring 'em back"!

ALL
items borrowed from the Library are due Wednesday, April 30 by 11 p.m. Items not returned by this time will be treated as lost and billed for replacement. If you need to use a library item past April 30 for a paper or project, please contact Zelda Patterson immediately (email zeldap@muskingum.edu or phone 826-8156). Library fines not paid and replacement costs for items not returned will be added to your account in the Business Office on Thursday, May 1.

Replacement costs include:
Library items borrowed from OPAL and OhioLINK colleges and universities will be billed at the rate of $125.00 each. Items returned within three months of being billed will be given a $75.00 refund for each item. A billing and processing fee of $50.00 per item will not be refunded. No refunds will be made after an item has been billed for three months.

Library items from the Muskingum College Library will be billed at the rate of $100.00 each. Items returned within three months of being billed will be given an $85.00 refund for each item. A billing fee of $15.00 per item will not be refunded. No refunds will be made after an item has been billed for three months.

Thank you for returning library materials in a timely manner. If you have any questions, please contact Zelda at 826-8156.

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Sunday, April 13, 2008

Full text resources for those last minute papers

Did you look at the calendar today and freak out? Yeah, classes are over in two and half weeks. No need to have a meltdown because you haven't even begun to think about looking for information. There is still time!

Our full-text resources are the best place to start and they are available 24x7x365. Click on any of the links below to get started. It doesn't matter if you are on-campus or off-campus...well you will need to know your 14 digit bar code number from the back of your ID and click on the off-campus link if given...but that's the only caveat.

Electronic Journal Center - 9.4 million current scholarly research articles covering all subjects

Academic Search Complete - 4,600 peer-reviewed journals

LexisNexis Academic - full-text news, business, and legal information from 5,000+ sources

Electronic Book Center - 16,000+ current scholarly books and reference books

NetLibrary (off-campus) - 15,000+ scholarly and professional books from the 90s and early 2000s

Humanities E-Books (off-campus) - 1,500 scholarly e-books covering history, humanities, and area studies.

Safari Books Online (off-campus) - 4,000 books in business, computer science, graphic design, and information technology.

Remember, you can use our subject guides to find specific resources for you topic.

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Tuesday, April 08, 2008

New Popular Reading Books


The Dreaming Void
Hamilton, Peter F.

Sepulchre
Mosse, Kate

The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America
Hajdu, David

The Girl Who Stopped Swimming
Jackson, Joshilyn

The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur
Hari, Daoud

Madness: A Bipolar Life
Hornbacher, Marya

Infected
Sigler, Scott

My Bat Boy Days
Garvey, STeve

Armageddon in Retrospect
And Other New and Unpublished Writings on War and Peace

Vonnegut, Kurt

Five Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in Guatanamo
Kurnaz, Murat


A Thousand Splendid Suns
Hosseini, Khaled

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

Tolle, Eckhart

Guilty
Robards, Karen

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Items added to the collection on March 20

Here are just a few of the items recently added to the Library's collection. Feel free to browse the complete list.

Sex, marriage, and family in world religions
BL65.S4 S48 2006

Collected memories : Holocaust history and postwar testimony
Browning, Christopher R.
D804.348 .B77 2003

Sexual ethics and Islam : feminist reflections on Qur'an, hadith, and jurisprudence
Ali, Kecia.
HQ32 .A45 2006

The making of the American conservative mind : National review and its times
Hart, Jeffrey Peter, 1930-
JC573.2.U6 H38 2005

Women and migration in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands : a reader
JV6602 .W66 2007

Educator's podcast guide
Williams, Bard.
LB1044.87 .W53 2007

Developing and sustaining a research-supportive curriculum : a compendium of successful practices
LB2326.3 .D48 2007

Handbook for the beginning music teacher
Conway, Colleen Marie.
MT1 .C65 2006

Every inch a woman : phallic possession, femininity, and the text
Brooks, Carellin.
PN56.G54 B76 2006

True stories : a century of literary journalism
Sims, Norman.
PS366.R44 S56 2007

Self, senility, and Alzheimer's disease in modern America : a history
Ballenger, Jesse F.
RC523 .B25 2006

The pain of depression a journey through the darkness
DVD RC537 .P35 2007

Fire in the hole mining disasters
DVD TN315 .F57

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Monday, March 24, 2008

New Popular Reading Books

Stop in and check out one of these titles!

Stranger in Paradise
Parker, Robert B.

Water for Elephants
Gruen, Sara

Storming Las Vegas: how a Cuban-born, Soviet-trained commando took down the Strip to the tune of five world-class hotels, three armored cars, and millions of dollars
Huddy, John

Lady MacBeth
King, Susan Fraser

Remember Me?
Kinsella, Sophie

The Outlaw Demon Wails
Harrison, Kim

Before Green Gables
Wilson, Budge

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Easter Break Hours

The Library will have reduced hours over Easter Break. Changes from our normal schedule are indicated by bold text.

Maundy Thursday, March 20: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Good Friday, March 21: CLOSED
Holy Saturday, March 22: CLOSED
Easter Sunday, March 23: CLOSED

You can always find out if we are open or closed by checking the Hours page on our web site.

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

An American Family in World War II on March 26 at 7 p.m.

The Library is sponsoring a reader's theater performance on Wednesday, March 26 at 7:00 p.m. in the large auditorium (room 343) of Boyd Science Center. This event is free and open to the public. Excerpts from the book An American Family in World War II, edited by Ralph L. Minker, Dr. Sandra O'Connell and Dr. Harry A. Butowksy will be read. Dr. O'Connell (class of 1962) will perform in the reader's theater along with members of the College community.

The book is a collection of more than 800 letters which tell the story of Ralph "Lee" Minker's war time service and that of his family as they watched and waited from a continent away. Lee's letters describe the rigors of pilot training in the U.S. Army Air Corps, culminating with the "Flying Fortress" that he would fly in combat. As part of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, the Minker crew flew its aircraft, The Blue Hen Chick, in a total of 37 combat missions during the air war over Nazi Germany.

Copies of An American Family in World War II are currently available for purchase at the campus bookstore. Additional information about the book and Dr. O'Connell can be obtained by visiting the web site An American Family in World War II.

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Items added to the collection on March 6

Here are just a few of the items recently added to the Library's collection. Feel free to browse the complete list.

The ethics of war : shared problems in different traditions
B105.W3 E86 2006

Gaming : essays on algorithmic culture
Galloway, Alexander R., 1974-
GV1469.34.S63 G35 2006

Stravinsky : a creative spring : Russia and France, 1882-1934
Walsh, Stephen, 1942-
ML410.S932 W345 2002

Politics of the female body : postcolonial women writers of the Third World
Katrak, Ketu H.
PR9080.5 .K38 2006

Critical issues facing the Middle East : security, politics, and economics
UA832 .C75 2006

Naval warfare in the age of sail : the evolution of fighting tactics, 1650-1815
Tunstall, Brian, 1900-1970.
Quarto V167 .T86 2001

Improving classroom questions
Chuska, Kenneth R.
Curr 371.37 C476im 2003

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