That’s right, people - get excited. You’ll have more time to cram for exams at the library, starting today, December 12. We’ll be open until 2 AM, shut down for a couple hours, and then we’ll be back at 6 AM - just so you can have the extra study time to fit a semester’s worth of knowledge into your head. The extended hours will run through next Thursday, December 20, when we’ll take our much-needed rest and close at 4:30 PM.
Monthly Archive for December, 2007
Feeling the chill of winter, are we? Just the time to escape to other, perhaps warmer, places and the people who live there…by reading a good book! Check out these titles and enjoy a little armchair traveling!
Walking the Gobi : a 1600-mile trek across a desert of hope and despair
by Helen Thayer
DS798.9.G63 T54 2007
New Book Island, 2nd floor
Walk 1600 miles of Mongolia’s Gobi Desert with 63-year-old Helen Thayer, her husband Bill, and their camels Tom and Jerry. Feel the 126-degree heat. Endure the sandstorms, scorpions, smugglers, dehydration, snakes, and other perils. Meet the nomadic people who populate the desert. Appreciate the scenery (black & white photos, vivid descriptions). And then maybe be ready for some more cold temperatures and that white precipitation here at home.
In the Sierra Madre
by Jeff Biggers
F1221.T24 B54 2007
New Book Island, 2nd floor
OK, given the elevation it may not always be warm, but this is still an interesting tale that will get your mind off of our weather for a while. Journalist Jeff Biggers spent a year among the Raramuri/Tarahumara, “the most resilient indigenous culture in the Americas.” Oh, and along the way you learn about the parade of visitors to the Sierra Madre in the past, including Confederate and Irish war deserters, French poets, Apache and Mennonite communities, writers, George Patton, Pancho Villa, and more.
Both books are first-person accounts by experienced travelers. Enjoy.
… but that doesn’t mean the Library is closed.
We’re open the normal hours today (until midnight). Take a break from playing in the wet snow and warm up here.
For those interested in Charles Cottle’s PowerPoint presentation on “Ten Tips for Better Photos”, it can be found on his website.
He generously offered that people should feel free to contact him at anytime by email to cottlec@cecfoto.com on the topic.
Sweating over your works cited? Unsure of what to underline or italicize? Puzzling over where the publisher is located? Unsure how to go from the article to the citation? What if you don’t see an author?! Don’t panic–we can help!
In fact, we’re having a citation party, and you’re invited!
Martha Stephenson, Reference Librarian, will host drop-in sessions where you can bring your questions about MLA or APA citation styles. Two sessions! Come once or twice!
- Monday December 10, 3-5pm
- Tuesday December 11, 3-5pm
Both sessions will be in the Library’s instruction lab (L2211). Ask at the Reference Desk for directions.
We’ve also got APA, MLA, and Turabian style help online at http://library.uww.edu/guides/index.html#cite (on the Library’s home page hover on “Guides” and then click “Citations”). You can call the Reference Desk if you need more help–we’ve got the complete style manuals there–(262) 472-1032.
CQ Weekly is a weekly magazine devoted to all things related to the activities of the U.S. Congress (its subtitle is “Congressional Quarterly’s Magazine on Government, Commerce, and Politics”). Get a recap of major actions of the past week, an analysis of major issues currently under consideration or coming up soon, roll-call votes, news about the latest political skirmishes, etc. It’s addicting! Keep up with Congress by reading a new issue every Monday.
How to use it:
The home page features the contents of the latest issue (click on the titles that you want to read). Use the options on the left side to browse other issues (click the “Read Recent Issues” drop-down and select a date), or search for articles or floor votes by keyword(s), topic or date. The advanced search allows a number of options including specifying committees, searching by bill numbers, and changing the way results are ordered. You can set up an account and save searches or create automatic email alerts (start by setting up your profile–another option on the left-side margin).
How far back does it go?
UWW students and faculty/staff have access to articles from this respected publication online starting with October 1983. In the University Library’s Reference Collection is the annual summary volume, Congressional Quarterly Almanac, going back to 1959.
In addition, the Weekly is actually part of a suite of CQ databases available to the UWW community for political research. Go to CQ Electronic Library and search any or all of these components: CQ Weekly, CQ Researcher, CQ Congress Collection, CQ Public Affairs Collection, and CQ Voting and Elections Collection.
Brand NFL:
Making & Selling America’s Favorite Sport
by Michael Oriard
GV954.3 .O75 2007
New Book Island, 2nd floor
With football season in full swing, the Packers still doing well, and the BCS bound to make a lot of people mad yet again, I figure that we should highlight a new addition to the collection about the pigskin game.
Oriard, currently a distinguished professor at Oregon State University, takes on the task of profiling one of the most popular American professional sports and its commercialization over the years. Oriard brings an interesting perspective, as he played for the Kansas City Chiefs in the early 1970s. The book’s jacket highlights the fact that professional football brings in over six billion dollars in revenue a year as an industry - not too shabby. The heart of the book centers around the marketing of the NFL and whether or not the branding that took place in the late 1980s actually hurt the sport and its previously noncommerical appeal. One little tidbit from the book: he value of the Green Bay Packers increased to $911 million in 2006, making them one of the most valuable in the League.
Charles Cottle, UWW Political Science professor, will present “Ten Tips for Better Photos,” a program sponsored by the Friends of the University Library on Friday, December 7th, from 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm (location: International Education Conference Room, Andersen Library Building, L2254).
During this session Dr. Cottle will present tips on how to take better pictures. Using his own photos from China, Mexico, Ecuador, and Wisconsin, he will show examples of what works, and what doesn’t. He will also offer a few ideas, with examples, about the relative merits of digital versus film photography. To see samples of his photos, go to http://cecfoto.com/.
Please join us!
