Author Archives: Barbara

About Barbara

I am a Reference & Instruction librarian, head of that department in Andersen Library, an associate professor, and a member of the General Education Review Committee and Faculty Senate. I've been working at UW-W since July 1, 1990.

Federal Govt. on YouTube

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Barbara

From the CitizenTube blog I learned of the U.S. Government’s channel on YouTube. From there you can view and subscribe to videos from NASA, EPA, White House, FEMA, Census Bureau, and other federal agencies. The videos are on all kinds … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court nominations

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Barbara

The Supreme Court is in the news: On May 26th President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor, a federal appellate court judge (U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit), to replace retiring Justice David Souter. Curious about how this process … Continue reading →

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Summer Library Hours start May 26

Posted on May 25, 2009 by Barbara

Exceptions: CLOSED on Sunday, July 5th & Sunday, August 16th For details see http://library.uww.edu/hours.html.

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Memorial Day weekend library hours

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Barbara

The Library will be closed Saturday-Monday, May 23-25. Summer hours will start on Tuesday, May 26th (7am-9pm). Remember that even when the Library is closed: The Library’s article databases are available…just login when prompted with your campus Net-ID (same as … Continue reading →

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State Dept.’s State magazine

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Barbara

State, the U.S. State Dept.’s glossy monthly magazine, is aimed at Dept. employees at home or abroad, but it’s available online to everyone, including prospective employees wanting to know more about the Dept. There’s a lot of news that’s not … Continue reading →

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Federal Gov’t Information is Diverse

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Barbara

While reviewing some recently-received U.S. Government publications, I was struck once again by the great variety of topics on which the Government publishes: A Basic Guide to Exporting English Teaching Forum Enforcing Religious Freedom in Prison Medical Aspects of Chemical … Continue reading →

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Library Exam Hours

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Barbara

The Library will be open special hours for exams: Mon., May 11: 7:30am-2am Tues.-Thurs., May 12-14: 6am-2am Fri., May 15: 6am-10pm Sat., May 16: 9am -10pm Sun., May 17: 9am-2am Mon., May 18: 6am-2am Tues., May 19: 6am-6pm Good luck, … Continue reading →

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Keep up with aerospace research

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Barbara

Want to scan new publications related to aerospace research? Try Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR), an “online publication listing citations and abstracts of NASA and worldwide aerospace-related research.” It’s updated biweekly, and you can sign up for an email … Continue reading →

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Word of the Day: contextomy

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Barbara

Are you writing a research paper? Please avoid contextomy, which is distorting meaning by quoting of context. You can read more about it in the 2005 article “Contextomy: the art of quoting out of context” (Media, Culture & Society, vol. … Continue reading →

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Swine Flu, aka H1N1 influenza

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Barbara

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ve been hearing about the swine flu invasion. You can keep updated on it with the Internet, TV, radio, or newspapers. Some helpful web sites are: H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) – Centers for … Continue reading →

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