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Library TV this week: March Madness

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Basketball imageHey you hoop fans! The Library’s big screen TV will show March Madness games this week. I’d never suggest skipping class, but when you’re free come on over and follow the bouncing ball!

A complete bracket of the teams playing will be available. The Library will show all the games that are on while we’re open. The games also will be streamed for those who can’t make in to see them on our TV. For live streaming see: http://mmod.ncaa.com/

2010 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Schedule
Opening Round Game March 16
1st Round March 18-19
2nd Round March 20-21
NCAA Sweet 16® March 25-26
Elite Eight® March 27-28
Final Four® April 3
National Championship April 5

Where the tournament will be played
(note some games will be played in Milwaukee, Providence & Syracuse)
Opening Round: March 16
UD Arena, Dayton, OH

First and Second Rounds: Thursday and Saturday, March 18 and 20
New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA
Dunkin Donuts Center, Providence, RI
HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA
Spokane Memorial Arena, Spokane, WA

First and Second Rounds: Friday and Sunday, March 19 and 21
HSBC Arena, Buffalo
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, FL
Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI
Ford Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Regionals: Thursday and Saturday, March 25 and 27
East: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY
West: Energy Solutions Arena, Salt Lake City, UT

Regionals: Friday and Sunday, March 26 and 28
Midwest: Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO
South: Reliant Stadium, Houston TX

Final Four: Saturday and Monday, April 3 and 5
Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN

Academy Award® Prediction Winners

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Congratulations to the following Academy Award® prediction winners!  Winners will take home a $10 Cinemas of Whitewater gift certificate!

Abbie Murphy
Shannon Stone
Adam Bowers
Michelle Drott

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Andersen Library’s Academy Awards® Week celebration!  

We hope you enjoyed listening to Linda Robinson’s Speech, filling out movie quizzes, making predictions, and watching previous award winning best pictures!

Best Picture
The Hurt Locker

Best Directing
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker

Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart

Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side

Best Original Screenplay
The Hurt Locker

Periodicals Help Desk in a New Location!

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The Periodicals Help Desk on the first floor of the library has been relocated. If you need any assistance with locating periodicals, using microform or anything else on the first floor please look for it next to the stairwell.

The desk itself is bigger and is equipped with dual monitors to better help patrons with searching!

Look for the light blue ceiling sign that says “Information.”

Make Oscar Predictions & Enter a Drawing

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Predict the winners for five categories of the Academy Awards correctly to be entered in a drawing to win a $10 gift certificate for the Cinemas of Whitewater! Entries will be accepted through 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 5th. Only one entry per person please.

A drawing will be held next week from among the correct entries, and four lucky people will win! See the categories and nominees below.

Look by the library entrance for the entry box and “Break a leg!”

Here are the categories and nominees:

Best Director – Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, Up in the Air

Leading Actor – Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart, George Clooney in Up in the Air, Colin Firth in A Single Man, Morgan Freeman in Invictus, Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker

Leading Actress – Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side, Helen Mirren in The Last Station, Carey Mulligan in An Education, Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia

Original Screenplay - The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, The Messenger, A Serious Man, Up

Best Picture – Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, A Serious Man, Up, Up in the Air

A hot issue every week…

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Whether you are casting about for a topic for a research paper, or doing research on a topic you’ve already selected, this resource may help you:

CQ Reseacher banner
CQ Researcher explores a potentially controversial, “hot” topic in each weekly issue. You will find statistics, history, a chronology of relevant events, maps, legislative actions, and experts supporting their side of a pro/con question related to the issue of the week.

For example, the Feb. 26 issue explores cybersecurity. The leading article is “Are U.S. military and civilian computer systems safe?” The pro/con question is “Should the government regulate private-sector cybersecurity?” The issue includes a discussion of legislation over the years to deal with increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, starting with “Computer Fraud and Abuse Act — the first federal legislation specifically dealing with computer security.” Other sections of the issue discuss the current situation and the outlook for the future. There is also a bibliography of sources.

Other recent topics have been sleep deprivation, press freedom, animal rights, sex scandals, modernizing the grid, and professional football.

Movie Trivia Quiz Results

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Thanks to all who participated in the movie trivia contests this week! Answers from Thursday’s quiz are below.  One winner was chosen from among the correct forms, and the winner for the Thursday quiz is . . . . . M’Lyssa Hoops!

Answers from Thursday’s quiz are as follows:

What film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman won the Oscar for Best Picture for 1943?
Answer: Casablanca

Which Coen Brothers’ film, which starred Tommy Lee Jones, won Best Picture for 2007?
Answer: No Country for Old Men

Which Oscar-winning film for Best Picture (1972) included a scene with a horse head on a pillow?
Answer: The Godfather

Scholarly/Peer-Reviewed Sources

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Have you been told by your professor to use scholarly or peer-reviewed articles for your research paper? Wondering what that means and how to get them?

Peer-reviewed (or refereed) journals send submitted manuscripts to other experts in the same discipline so that they can assess the quality of the potential article before it’s accepted for publication.

Many article databases offer a check box that limits results to scholarly/peer-reviewed publications. However, the results may include book reviews, etc., that you would not want even though they were published in scholarly journals.screenshot from article database showing peer review limit box

Look for the characteristics of a scholarly article, which are listed on the Library’s guide “Scholarly Journal vs. Popular Magazine Articles.” There’s a YouTube video from another library called “Magazines vs. Scholarly Journals” to view: YouTube Preview Image

You also can look up a publication’s title in UlrichsWeb, which describes journals, magazines, etc.screenshot from Ulrichsweb database showing peer review info about a journal

If in doubt, ask a librarian for help!

Movie Trivia Quiz #4

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Monday through Thursday of this week, test your movie knowledge by completing a film trivia quiz. Each day, correctly completed quizzes will be entered in a drawing to win a $10 gift certificate from the Cinemas of Whitewater!  That’s four lucky winners this week!

Look for entry forms  near the library entrance and “Break a leg!” Here are the three questions for Thursday, February 25th. (Answers to yesterday’s quiz are below today’s quiz.)

Today’s Quiz

  1. What film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman won the Oscar for Best Picture for 1943?
  2. Which Coen Brothers’ film, which starred Tommy Lee Jones, won Best Picture for 2007?
  3. Which Oscar-winning film for Best Picture (1972) included a scene with a horse head on a pillow?

Answers from Wednesday’s quiz are below. Thank you for all the entries! One winner was chosen from among the correct forms, and the winner for the Wednesday quiz is . . . . . Sean Moore!

Which movie, which received the Oscar for Best Picture, does the character Elaine on Seinfeld absolutely despise? (Her boyfriend actually breaks up with her because of her hatred of this movie.)
Answer: The English Patient

Who stars in the 2000 Best Picture winner, Gladiator? He won the Oscar for Best Actor for this film.
Answer: Russell Crowe

Which 1971 Oscar winner for Best Picture tells the story of New York Police Department detectives named “Popeye” Doyle and Buddy Russo?
Answer: The French Connection

Movie Trivia Quiz #3

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Monday through Thursday of this week, test your movie knowledge by completing a film trivia quiz. Each day, correctly completed quizzes will be entered in a drawing to win a $10 gift certificate from the Cinemas of Whitewater!  That’s four lucky winners this week!

Look for entry forms  near the library entrance and “Break a leg!” Here are the three questions for Wednesday, February 24th. (Answers to yesterday’s quiz are below today’s quiz.)

Today’s Quiz

  1. Which movie, which received the Oscar for Best Picture, does the character Elaine on Seinfeld absolutely despise? (Her boyfriend actually breaks up with her because of her hatred of this movie.)
  2. Who stars in the 2000 Best Picture winner, Gladiator? He won the Oscar for Best Actor for this film.
  3. Which 1971 Oscar winner for Best Picture tells the story of New York Police Department detectives named “Popeye” Doyle and Buddy Russo?

Answers from Tuesday’s quiz are below. Thank you for all the entries! One winner was chosen from among the correct forms, and the winner is . . . .  Emilie Trimberger!

The movie voted Best Picture in 1977 stars Sylvester Stallone. The character played by Stallone excels at what sport?
Answer: boxing

Who directed the Best Picture in 1940 called Rebecca?
Alfred Hitchcock

Who plays an autistic man in the 1988 Best Picture, Rain Man?
Answer: Dustin Hoffman

 

Movie Trivia Quiz #2

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Monday through Thursday of this week, test your movie knowledge by completing a film trivia quiz. Each day, correctly completed quizzes will be entered in a drawing to win a $10 gift certificate from the Cinemas of Whitewater!  That’s four lucky winners this week!

Look for entry forms  near the library entrance and “Break a leg!” Here are the three questions for Tuesday, February 23rd. (Answers to yesterday’s quiz are below today’s quiz.)

Today’s Quiz

1. The movie voted Best Picture in 1977 stars Sylvester Stallone. The character played by Stallone excels at what sport?

2. Who directed the Best Picture in 1940 called Rebecca?

3.  Who plays an autistic man in the 1988 Best Picture, Rain Man?

Answers from Monday’s quiz are below. Thank you for all the entries! One winner was chosen from among the correct forms, and the winner is. . . . . Hannah Moore!

The movie, It Happened One Night, won five Academy Awards. Who won for best actor and actress?
Answer: Clark Gable / Claudette Colbert

Who directed the movie, Annie Hall, which won best picture in 1977?
Answer: Woody Allen

The film, Slumdog Millionaire won Best Picture for 2008. In which country was the film set?
Answer: India