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on March 9, 2010

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Israeli storyteller Noa Baum will present a one-woman performance of Israeli and Palestinian women’s stories called “A Land Twice Promised” at 7:30 pm on Wed., Mar. 10, in the Hamilton Center (James R. Connor University Center). Free and open to the public!

You can see an excerpt on YouTube:

Andersen Library has materials on women in Palestine and Israel. Search the HALCat online catalog to find books such as Women in Israel: A state of their own (3rd-floor Main Collection, HQ1728.5 .H35 2004) and Women and the politics of military confrontation: Palestinian and Israeli gendered narratives of dislocation (3rd-floor Main Collection, HQ1728.7 .W65 2002).

Search article databases to find articles such as “Challenging injustice: A decision every human can make” (Cross Currents, Summer 2008, vol.58:no.2, pp. 282-301), which discusses using life story to develop understanding between Israeli Jews and Arabs, and “What is your story? The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in recent women’s documentaries” (Third Text, May 2006, vol.20:no.3/4, pp. 475-486).

Please ask a librarian for assistance with finding materials.

Academy Award® Prediction Winners

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on March 8, 2010

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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

Preserve your reputation online (Mar. 9 talk)

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on March 8, 2010

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“What happens in Vegas, stays on Facebook,” a talk by social media strategists Katie Felten & Emily Lenard on Tues., Mar. 9, 6:30-8 pm (Winther Hall 2001), will provide insight on how to leverage social media for employment while preserving a professional reputation.

This should be very interesting! As one of those TV judges recently said to someone, “Say it and forget it, write it and regret it.” The same could be said for online posting. Every so often people get caught for their misdeeds because they helpfully posted information–sometimes incriminating photos too–on Facebook, etc. See, for example, a newspaper article in Greensburg, PA’s Tribune-Review (March 8, 2009), “Online social sites good tool for police.” And police aren’t the only unexpected audience for online postings. Potential employers are online too.

Interested in more information? You can search UW library catalogs for books, such as “Delete: The virtue of forgetting in the digital age,” which is available to UWW students and staff from other UW libraries by making a free Universal Borrowing request. Search article databases to find articles such as “The newest way to screen job applicants: A social networker’s nightmare” (Federal Communications Law Journal, June 2008, vol. 60:no.3, pp. 597-626), which warns that “Students and graduates today are getting more than they bargain for as they attempt to enter the workforce and realize their blogging and social networking ways can come back to bite them.”

Please ask a librarian for assistance with finding materials.

Periodicals Help Desk in a New Location!

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on March 5, 2010

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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.”

New Stuff Tuesday – March 2

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on March 2, 2010

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Playbooks and Checkbooks

Playbooks and Checkbooks:
An Introduction to the Economics of Modern Sports
by Stefan Szymanski
GV717 .S993 2009
New Book Island, 2nd floor

With the Olympics closing this past weekend, the NBA and NHL in the middle of their seasons and baseball preseason starting up in the next few weeks, sports on many people’s minds. This week’s featured title makes us think about all of the finances that go into the sports industry.

Szymanski, professor of economics at the City University London, explores the fascinating (and sickening to some) world of professional sports and the business models used to generate the necessary income to support themselves. He examines the economics behind this industry and how it functions and doesn’t function like other profit-grossing industries. The author bases much of his book on scholarly literature and provides a ‘beginner’s guide’ to said literature for those interested in further investigation.

Make Oscar Predictions & Enter a Drawing

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on March 1, 2010

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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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on March 1, 2010

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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 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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on February 26, 2010

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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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on February 26, 2010

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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:

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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on February 25, 2010