http://blogs.uww.edu/library Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:36:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “Go green!” is the motto for today’s society. In keeping with the trend to keep our environment clean and healthy, parents and educators can teach kids at a young age how to recycle. Keepin’ It in the Loop: a Recycling Activity and Learning Guide For Educators and Students (call number ... http://blogs.uww.edu/library/archives/293 July Fourth is Independence Day. See information related to this national holiday online from the Census Bureau, usa.gov, history.com, and the Library of Congress. Why do we celebrate? It's our national birthday! On July 4, 1776 the 13 colonies took a big step toward becoming a sovereign nation when the ... http://blogs.uww.edu/library/archives/302 Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of "Energy Independence" by Robert Bryce TJ163.25 .U6 B79 2008 New Book Island, 2nd floor With oil prices nearing $143 a barrel, one has to wonder about this energy independence that has been buzzing around Washington and the rest of the world. This week's new book has some beef ... http://blogs.uww.edu/library/archives/301 There is plenty of interest in knowing what we're doing online--what we're searching, where we're surfing--by marketers, researchers, educators, and others. Here are some examples of available resources: Google Trends allows you to compare up to 5 words or phrases to see how often they've been searched relative to each other ... http://blogs.uww.edu/library/archives/297 What’s going on?! Here are links to some museums and art collections (plus a few other things) within a short drive of Whitewater. Milwaukee Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee Public Museum America’s Black Holocaust Museum Anthony Petullo Collection of Self-Taught and Outside Art (by appt. only) Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion Charles Allis and Villa Terrace Art ... http://blogs.uww.edu/library/archives/300 Bad Blood by Linda Fairstein MCN Fai McNaughton Collection, 2nd floor Last time I introduced you to Eve Dallas, a feisty police lieutenant from New York City, circa 2058. Now meet Alexandra (aka Alex) Cooper, Assistant District Attorney in charge of the Sex Crimes Unit of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. She works closely ... http://blogs.uww.edu/library/archives/298 The Book of Salsa: A Chronicle of Urban Music from the Caribbean to New York City by César Miguel Rondón translated by Frances Aparicio with Jackie White ML3475 .R6613 2008 New Book Island, 2nd floor We're going to spice things up a little here on New Stuff Tuesday with a little salsa - and I'm not referring ... http://blogs.uww.edu/library/archives/299 Is Internet use affecting our brains, and should that should worry us? Read Nicholas Carr's provocative article "Is Google making us stupid?" in the July/August Atlantic Monthly (also available via the Academic Search Premier database). Carr suggests that our use of the Internet is affecting the way our brains ... http://blogs.uww.edu/library/archives/288 You're going to be excited this week - we're featuring not one, but two new electronic resources for the university community to utilize. I know, contain yourself. First up, we have a fantastic Reference Collection here in the Library. Unfortunately, sometimes it's difficult to tell whether a book is useful until ... http://blogs.uww.edu/library/archives/290 Alright, it's Friday and I have to share this. The text reads: book rental service? was just thinking. my sister does -alot- of reading, and spends like $1000 a year on just books alone. most of them she reads once then never looks at again. is there any kind of like…video rental store ... http://blogs.uww.edu/library/archives/289