Opening Day:
The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season
By Jonathan Eig
GV865 .R6 E35 2007
New Book Island, 2nd floor
Now I understand that baseball may be a sore subject (at least the Packers are doing well, right?), but the rest of the country is still paying attention to America’s Pastime. Instead of focusing on the current season and the collapse of our beloved teams, let’s take a trip back in time sixty years ago to Opening Day, 1947. That was the groundbreaking year in which Jackie Robinson entered the major leagues and opened the doors for other African-Americans to join the professional baseball ranks. Eig, a senior writer for the Wall Street Journal, details what it was like in the 1940s, in the middle of the civil rights movement, to handle the stress of being the first to break the color barrier. The author also wrote Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig, which is available in the McNaughton Collection.
Congratulations to Kyle Butzine – his name was pulled from this week’s drawing and he will receive a $20 gift certificate to the Sweet Spot! Way to get the answer right, Kyle! And thanks for all of you that participated!
For those of you that are wondering, the answers to last week’s questions were:
I need an article from the Harvard Business Review from 1997. List two places that I can go to get it. Only one can be a database. Hint: Use the Journal Holdings List.
The correct answers are microfilm/Periodicals Microform Room and one of the following: Business Source Elite, Corporate ResourceNet or EBSCOhost. The Journal Holdings List is the place to go when you need to get access to a particular magazine or journal.
How many databases are listed in EBSCOhost?
So, how many databases are there? There are thirty-three databases available to search through EBSCOhost. While most of you are probably familiar with Academic Search Premier, you can also search others like Education Research Complete, MLA International Bibliography or PSYCInfo.
Thanks again to everyone who participated and don’t forget to answer this week’s question!
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The next time you’re in the Library, check out the displays of Undergraduate Research posters, in the area in front of the Circulation Desk and entrance/exit doors (near the Food for Thought cafe).
Interested in getting involved? Information about the Undergraduate Research Program is at http://acadaff.uww.edu/URP/.
Terry Tempest Williams, a naturalist, advocate for free speech and wilderness preservation, and author of several books, will speak on campus Tuesday, October 9th at 7pm in McGraw Auditorium.
Ms. Williams is a native of Utah with a lifelong passion for the American Southwestern deserts, which she passionately and eloquently expresses in her writing. Her books are available from other UW campuses by using the free Universal Borrowing service. Requested items should be available for pickup at the Circulation Desk in 2-3 weekdays. Her titles include Refuge: an unnatural history of family and place (2001), Red: passion and patience in the desert (2001), Desert quartet (1995), and An unspoken hunger: stories from the field (1994), among others. Descriptions of her books can easily be found using online sources such as Barnes and Noble or Amazon.com.
It is also possible to read the full text of several of Ms. Williams’ articles for newspapers and magazines online. Do a search for her as an author in EBSCO’s Academic Search Premier database. (One of my favorites is her article “Places of the Heart” for National Parks (May/Jun99 issue) that includes the quote
“If there is any place sacred in America, worshiped from all walks of life, it is our national parks. Yellowstone, Yosemite, the Great Smokies, Olympic, Zion, Bryce, Acadia, the Everglades, and Grand Canyon — all of them cathedrals of natural beauty and wonder. It is here in these shrines of majesty that we are brought to our senses in the post-modern world.”
Words worth reading! More info about her is available from her web site Terry Tempest Williams: Coyote Clan.
Week 4 Question
The Library has 10 laptops available for in-library use. How many hours can you check out and use a laptop in the library?
Week 4 Bonus Question
True or False?
The Library has 2 digital projectors available for you to check out and use in the Library’s group study rooms
(collaboratories).
You’ve got the questions, now go find the answers! We have answer forms available at any of the service desks (Circulation, Reference, & Periodical Help Desks), which is also where you need to turn them in.
This week, you have the chance to win a massage from the University Health & Counseling Services!
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