V-Day: For the Love of Numbers

Posted on February 14, 2012 by kyle

We all know that Valentine’s Day is just a marketing ploy to buy gifts for your sweetie or large amounts of alcohol to deal with the public displays of affection, right? HA! I kid. Our friends at Euromonitor, the company that produces Passport GMID sent over some interesting statistics* to highlight the season:

Market Size Data – Chocolate Confectionery
As it should be no surprise, the US is the biggest international market for chocolate.

Company Share Data: Chocolate Confectionery
Mars, Inc., not Hershey, holds the top spot in the chocolate industry, but the two competitors control 53.5% of the total market.

Company Share Data: Jewelry
The company with their own shade of blue, Tiffany & Co, claims number one in jewelry production arena with a 8.5% market share.

You can access the data and analysis on chocolate, jewelry, and consumer buying habits for over seventy other countries from Passport GMID. There also plenty of other information sources on countries available on our Selected Resources for Research on Countries and Sources of Business Information: Countries guides.

*posted with permission from the publisher

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Books For That Special Someone

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Martha

The ongoing UWW Andersen Library Book Sale has a interesting assortment of books available for amazing prices.

Books about graphic design, Shakespeare’s England, travel, biology, biographies, and novels – all at the unbeatable price of 25 cents per book or ONE DOLLAR per bag!!!

So, don’t resist this wonderful offer – come check out the Book Sale carts at the front entrance of the library today!

By Christine Fary

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Darwin Day lecture on whales Feb 9

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Barbara

Hans Thewissen, professor of anatomy and expert on the evolution of whales, will deliver a talk called “Happy Birthday, Mr. Darwin! Documenting Macroevolution in the Origin of Whales” on Thurs., Feb. 9, at 6:30pm in Hyland Hall’s Timmerman Auditorium. This free public lecture is the featured event in UWW’s 2012 Darwin Day celebration. Many organizations celebrate International Darwin Day, the anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birthday on Feb. 12, 1809.

Thewissen’s research is identifying fossils that establish whales’ evolutionary transition from their four-legged, land-walking ancestors. The Science Daily article “How Ancient Whales Lost Their Legs, Got Sleek And Conquered The Oceans” suggests that it’s all because of the Sonic hedgehog!

Cover of the Emergence of Whales bookHave I wetted (ahem, I mean whetted) your curiosity, so that you want to learn more? Andersen Library has resources!

Please ask a librarian for assistance with finding materials.

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Monarchies

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Barbara

On Feb. 6th in 1952, King George VI of Great Britain passed away. If you saw the 2010 movie The King’s Speech, you’ve learned something about him. His daughter was crowned Queen Elizabeth II on June 2nd, and she’s been the queen ever since (yup, that’s over 50 years on the throne!). The notion of royalty or monarchy may seen strange in a country where it doesn’t exist. But Britain is not alone in having a monarch, although the roles of the monarch and the royal family have changed over time.

If you’d like to learn more, Andersen Library has resources.

book cover of Elizabeth the QueenSearch HALCat (Harold Andersen Library’s catalog) to find titles such as Elizabeth the Queen: The life of a modern monarch (2nd-floor Browsing Books, DA590 .S55 2012), King George VI, his life and reign (3rd-floor Main Collection, DA584 .W45 1965), The monarchy and the British nation, 1780 to the present (3rd-floor Main Collection, JN331 .M62 2007), The kings & queens of Britain (online from Oxford University Press), and Four Gothic kings: The turbulent history of medieval England and the Plantagenet kings (1216-1377), Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, Edward III, seen through the eyes of their contemporaries (3rd-floor OVERSIZE, DA225 .F68 1987).

If you’re interested in a different country (contemporary or historic), try keyword searching for the name of the country and either the phrase “kings and rulers” or monarchy in HALCat. This would find titles such as Ivan the Terrible: First tsar of Russia, The road from Versailles: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and the fall of the French monarchy, Frederick the Great: The magnificent enigma [Prussia], and Middle East monarchies: The challenge of modernity. There also are reference books that provide overviews, including Monarchs, rulers, dynasties, and kingdoms of the world (2nd-floor Reference Collection, D107 .T36 1983)–it provides a survey of the history of countries ruled by monarchs and traces the royal families’ genealogy.

Search article databases such as Historical Abstracts to find articles including “Some thoughts on the queen and Commonwealth” (Round Table, 1998, vol.347:no.1).

Please ask a librarian for assistance with finding materials.

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The Silent World

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Barbara

On this day in 1953, French oceanographer and marine conservationist Jacques-Yves Cousteau published his first book, The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure (co-authored by Frederic Dumas). Three years later the documentary film was released, and it won Best Documentary at the Academy Awards.

Alas, Andersen Library has neither the book nor the film. However, UWW students, staff, and faculty may borrow the book from other UW campus libraries by using the free Universal Borrowing service. Requested items arrive in 2-4 weekdays. There also is this video available from the Cousteau Society‘s YouTube channel that talks about the film and contains excerpts:

YouTube video The Silent World

Andersen Library does have many other titles, both by Mr. Cousteau and about marine biology. Search HALCat to find titles such as The living sea (3rd-floor Main Collection, QH91 .C628) and The living ocean: Understanding and protecting marine biodiversity (3rd-floor Main Collection, QH91 .T49 1992). Search article databases to find articles including “State of the marine environment reports––a need to evaluate their role in marine environmental protection and conservation”
(Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2003, vol.46:no.10, pp.219-1223), “Ocean” (National Geographic, 1981, vol.160, pp.780-791; available in Andersen Library’s 1st-floor Bound Periodicals Collection).

Please ask a librarian for assistance with finding materials.

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Insect Love

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Martha

With Valentine’s Day not far away, the word on many a mind is love. We all know what can happen when two people meet in our world, but what about the world of…insects?

Have you ever stumbled across a pair of butterflies linked together and attempting to fly or a pair of walking sticks intertwined, and wondered what these curious displays are about?

Survey of the Color Forms of the Southern Twostriped Walkingstick (Phasmatodea: Areolatae: Pseudophasmatidae: Pseudophasmatinae: Anisomorphini), With Notes on Its Range, Habitats, and Behaviors by OV Conle, FH Hennemann, and AT Dossey is an interesting source for a glimpse into the walkingstick’s elusive search for a mate hidden alone or in a cluster of walkingsticks amid sandy grounds, tree trunks, and palmetto fronds.

Walking Sticks (Insects)

For a full-text view of this and other fascinating articles about the “love lives” of the insect world, search BioOne UW-W users only.

By Christine Fary

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MLA, APA training, anyone?

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Barbara

Could you use some training on formatting your paper and your citations in either MLA or APA style? Well, you’re in luck! You can reserve a spot in workshops being offered by the Academic Support staff. All of the workshops are located in Andersen Library 2120 (the Academic Support Center’s satellite location). See the list of workshops at http://www.uww.edu/acadsupport/tutorial/workshop.html to find one that fits your schedule, and then register for it. Workshops are offered throughout February and March.

Andersen Library also provides citing guides that contain the most frequently needed examples of citations in MLA and APA style. We also have the manuals at the Reference Desk.

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Young and Female in the U.S. Army

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Barbara

Kayla Williams, former sergeant and Arabic linguist in an Army intelligence unit, will give a talk called “Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army” on Mon., Feb. 6th, at 7pm in the Irvin L. Young Auditorium. It’s the first of the Spring 2012 Contemporary Issues Lectures.

Her memoir of a year spent in Iraq is also titled Love my rifle more than you: Young and female in the U.S. Army. Andersen Library does not have a copy, but UWW students, faculty, and staff may use the free Universal Borrowing service to request a copy from other UW campus libraries. Requested items usually arrive within 2-4 weekdays.

Ms. Williams has been writing, speaking, and acting in support of veterans for several years. There are blog entries by her at The Huffington Post, as well as at VetVoice.com, where she is a contributing writer and senior advisor. While she was on the Board of Directors of Grace After Fire, a non-profit that helps women veterans, she testified before the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs and the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives. Her statements may be found in the published hearing called Eliminating the gaps: Examining women veterans’ issues. She was appointed to the VA Advisory Committee on Women Veterans in 2010.

Cover of A Few Good WomenIf you’d like to learn more, Andersen Library can help!

Search HALCAT (Harold Andersen Library’s catalog) to find titles such as A few good women: America’s military women from World War I to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (2nd-floor Browsing Books, UB418.W65 M66 2010), Moving beyond G.I. Jane: Women and the U.S. military (3rd-floor Main Collection, UB418.W65 Z45 2005), and Women in the combat zone (2nd-floor Browsing Academic DVDs, UB418.W65 W66 2005).

Search article databases to find articles including “Female veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan seeking care from VA specialized PTSD Programs: Comparison with male veterans and female war zone veterans of previous eras” (Journal of Women’s Health, vol.19:no.4, pp.751-757) and “Predeployment, deployment, and postdeployment risk factors for posttraumatic stress symptomatology in female and male OEF/OIF veterans” (Journal of Abnormal Psychology, vol.120:no.4, pp.819-831, doi:10.1037/a0024457).

Please ask a librarian for assistance with finding materials.

Government Printing Office logo

Andersen Library is a federal and Wisconsin depository library with many federal and state government documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in print, microfiche, CD-ROM, and online. Come check out your government at Andersen Library!

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New Stuff Tuesday – January 31

Posted on January 31, 2012 by kyle

Pet Food Politics

Pet Food Politics:
The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine
by Marion Nestle
SF414 .N47 2008
New Arrivals, 2nd floor

As I was browsing the shelf to find a book to feature for New Stuff Tuesday early on Sunday afternoon, I didn’t realize that I would end up helping someone search for images of animal abuse for an assignment. However, it turns out that one could construe this week’s topic as a form of inadvertent animal cruelty.

Nestle, nutrition professor at New York University [not sure if there’s any relation to the global food conglomerate], nearly foretold a major disaster with her book about pet food, as she signed a contract to write it a month before the country’s largest consumer product recall ever hit the news. The recall, which involved dog and cat food originating from China and manufactured by a Canadian company, caused quite a stir amongst everyone, not just animal lovers. The author details the story from the nutritional perspective, as well as the political and commercial aspect, with the bureaucratic and PR nightmare that followed the scandal. If you’re researching the effects of globalization on the food supply, this is the purr-fect place to start [that one’s for you, Barb].

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Gandhi

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Barbara

Today is the anniversary of the 1948 assassination of Mohandas Gandhi, political and spiritual leader of the Indian movement for independence from British rule. He’s famous, of course, for nonviolent activism, passive resistance, and civil disobedience. You can read more about it from the History Channel and also watch video of his funeral.

cover from Gandhi bookIf you are interested in learning more, Andersen Library has a multitude of resources.

Search HALCat (Harold Andersen Library’s catalog) to find titles such as Gandhi: The man, his people, and the empire (3rd-floor Main Collection, DS481.G3 G2165 2008–written by Gandhi’s grandson), the video Gandhi (2nd-floor Browsing Feature Film DVDs, call no. GAN), The strategy of nonviolent defense: A Gandhian approach (3rd-floor Main Collection, HM278 .R85 1996), An autobiography: The story of my experiments with truth (3rd-floor Main Collection, ), and many, many, more titles.

Search article databases to find articles including “Nonviolent Non-Cooperation: An Effective, Noble and Valuable Means For Peaceful Change” (Social Alternatives, vol.29:no.1, pp.5-10), “Gandhi on Nonviolence in the Context of Enlightenment, Rationality and Globalization” (ICFAI Journal Of History & Culture, vol.2:no.4, pp.24-31), and “On the Origins of Gandhi’s Political Methodology: The Heritage of Kathiawad and Gujarat” (Journal Of Asian Studies,” vol.30:no.2, pp.361-372).

Search the Films on Demand database to find videos such as “A&E Classroom: Mahatma Gandhi–The Great Soul.”

Please ask a librarian for assistance with finding materials.

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