New Stuff Tuesday – October 23

Posted on October 23, 2007 by kyle

24 Hours in the Global Economy

Connected:
24 Hours in the Global Economy
by Daniel Altman
HF1359 .A5475 2007
New Book Island, 2nd floor

What does a Chinese company have to do with the British economy? Do the financial markets in Japan dictate the success of the Western markets? This book looks at the phenomenon that we all know and love, globalization. Altman, scholar and journalist for the International Herald Tribune, takes a different approach to explain how every seemingly small action can affect the world economy. Instead of the usual discourse, the author takes events from one day, 15 June 2005, to explain the global consequences. For example, he utilizes Intel’s foreign investment in Vietnam to investigate whether or not countries benefit from multinational companies. This book is a great way to learn about global markets in a very easy to read fashion, complete with notes and references to other useful sources of information.

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October is Archives Month

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Barbara

Governor Doyle named October 2007 Archives Month in Wisconsin.

Archives Month 2007 poster

2007 is the 10th year Archives Month has been celebrated. There is a different theme every year, and this year’s theme is “Celebrating our Stories,” which is broad enough to include personal records such as photographs as well as official records of communities, business and civic organizations, and government institutions.

The University Library manages the University Archives. It contains historical records from the campus, ranging from paper files (LOTS of paper files, like personnel records) to hats (yes, I said hats) to photos & slides. Questions about the archives may be emailed to archives@uww.edu, or call the Archives at 262.472.5520 between 9am and 5pm Monday-Friday.

More information about Archives Month is available online from the Wisconsin Historical Society.

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Pentagon 9/11

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Kate

Pentagon 9/11

A lot has been written about the Twin Towers on September 11th. Here’s your chance to find out more about the attack on the Pentagon and the rebuilding efforts. Published by the Defense Department, Pentagon 9/11 provides insightful details into the damage inflicted upon the Pentagon by the terrorist attack. Colored photographs, graphs, charts, and maps of the Pentagon before and after the terrorist attack give us a clear and shocking picture of what it was like to be at the Pentagon when this devastating event occurred and the efforts to repair the building and heal a nation.

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The University Library is a federal depository with many federal, state, local, and international documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in print, microfiche, CD-ROM, and electronically. Come check out your government at the University Library!

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Suggest a Book, Video or CD

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Carol

Babel

Open to Suggestions

Hey, we’re open to suggestions on titles to add to our collection. Recently a student asked if we could purchase a DVD of Babel, starring Cate Blanchett & Brad Pitt. Since we’re starting a collection of popular movies, we bought a copy. Cool, huh?

If you suggest a title to add to our collection, you’ll get a personal response from a librarian letting you know if the item is a good fit for our library. Generally we only add academically-oriented books to the collection, but with movies we’ll consider fun titles too.

So if you find a book you think we should have or your professor suggests that you watch a movie we don’t have, fill out our online Suggest a Book form (it works for videos, too).

Hope to hear from you soon!

Need it Quicker?

If you’re in a hurry to get something we don’t own, try Universal Borrowing. You can borrow books or videos from other UW libraries for free & pick them up at our library within 2-4 business days. Here’s more info on Universal Borrowing.

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The Disconnect Between Google and the Library

Posted on October 17, 2007 by kyle

Let’s be realistic. You search Google. That’s cool. I do too. It’s a great search engine, which is why Google commanded 53.6% of the searches in the month of July (Yahoo! was second with 19.9%). But consider this scenario:

I need to find sources about marketing to baby boomers. Although I’m sure to find information in ABI/Inform and Business Source Elite, I’ll just go to Google because it’s quicker. So I type in marketing baby boomers articles into the search box. I look through the results and find an article from IngentaConnect titled, “Marketing medium impact: differences between baby boomers…” from the Journal of Marketing Communications. I read the abstract and it sounds right on target. Then I scroll down to find out that I CAN’T actually read the article. Not only that, I’d have to pay $32.42 plus tax to get it.

STOP! HOLD UP!

Put the credit card down. Back up a second. Don’t you think you should check to see if the library has a copy of that article? Check the Journal Holdings List to see if we have a particular journal and how you can get to it.

So I checked the Journal Holdings List. And guess what? The Library has access to the Journal of Marketing Communications via Communication and Mass Media Complete (EBSCO). Not only that, the article I found on Google is included in the database. Now it’s one source down, fourteen to go.

Does it make sense? It’s so easy and we don’t charge you $32.42 for the service.

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New Stuff Tuesday – October 16

Posted on October 16, 2007 by kyle

Public Aesthetics and Mass Politics

Latin American Posters:
Public Aesthetics and Mass Politics
Edited by Russ Davidson
Oversize F1414.2 .L32983 2006
New Book Island, 2nd floor

This is one of those books where I’m like, “OH! SHINY!” and I can’t resist picking it up off the shelf. I’m sure that some of you out there have a Che Guevara poster on your wall, as it is a staple in every college revolutionary’s room. But there is a whole world of Latin American posters out there that do not involve immortalizing the Argentine socialist. Latin American Posters does just that, displaying a select number of over ten thousand advertisements and propaganda from the twenty-two Latina American countries and Spain housed at the University of New Mexico Libraries. The Sam L. Slick Collection of Latin American and Iberian Posters is composed of ephemera gathered by Slick, a retired professor of Spanish. As Ilan Stavans, well-known scholar, writes in his essay, the people of El Salvador were not getting their news from traditional outlets, but with the posters throughout the streets. If you only got your news from flyers and posters, how would that change your perception of the world?

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Using LexisNexis From Off-Campus

Posted on October 16, 2007 by kyle

It has come to our attention that sometimes when trying to access LexisNexis from off-campus brings up the company’s login prompt, even after logging in through the library’s proxy server. Don’t worry, we’re working with the folks at LexisNexis to resolve the issue. In the meantime, LN’s tech people have recommended clearing the history and clicking on the link for LexisNexis again. I’ve also noticed that just going back to the library’s website using the back button and trying again has worked as well.

If you encounter this problem, please let us know, either by calling the Reference Desk at 262.472.1032, sending us an e-mail, or commenting on the blog. We hope to have this issue taken care of as soon as possible.

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DIPNOTE: U.S. Dept. of State Blog

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Barbara

Interested in foreign affairs? Curious about what diplomatic service is like? Have an opinion on foreign policy issues? This blog’s for you!

U.S. Dept. of State Blog

The U.S. Dept. of State has launched DIPNOTE, a blog intended to provide “an alternative source to mainstream media for U.S. foreign policy information” and an opportunity to discuss foreign policy with State Dept. officials.

Entries go back to late Sept. 2007, and include first-person commentary on postings abroad (India, Lebanon, Saudia Arabia, etc.), interviews (Director of Protection for Diplomatic Security), commentary on the United Nations General Assembly meetings in New York, and, of course, discussions on relevant issues and events.

For example, a Question of the Week posted Oct. 2 was “How To Convince Nations With Influence Over Burmese Junta To Halt Violence.” More than 60 comments were posted as of Oct. 9. An earlier question about who should have nuclear technology had more than 80 comments. The postings originate from all over the U.S. and other countries.

Finally, DIPNOTE has photos and links to videos and external sites, such as the Council on Foreign Relations and Passport, a blog by the editors of Foreign Policy magazine.

So this is a way to keep up with foreign affairs and weigh in as well. The State Dept. is reading.

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The University Library is a federal depository with many federal, state, local, and international documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in print, microfiche, CD-ROM, and electronically. Come check out your government at the University Library!

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New Stuff Tuesday – October 9

Posted on October 9, 2007 by kyle

The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming

Cool It:
The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming
By Bjorn Lomborg
QC981.8 .G56 L657 2007
New Book Island, 2nd floor

The author of our featured book, named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in 2004, isn’t keen on the whole public outcry over global warming. That’s not to say he doesn’t think that it’s not a global issue which needs to be addressed. He contends that the current (costly) efforts to curb the climate change may not be rooted in scientific methods and rather of the emotions of its biggest advocates. Instead of attacking the large concern of global warming, he argues that we should take on more immediate issues, such as HIV/AIDS and fresh water, which he believes can do more within our lifetime and save more money. As Michael Crichton says in his Amazon book review, “Lomborg’s concerns embrace the planet.” The author, who is the director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, also wrote The Skeptical Environmentalist, available in the Main Collection (call number GE149 .L65 2001).

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Library Land Trivia’s Final Winners

Posted on October 9, 2007 by kyle

Congratulations to Michelle Simon – her name was pulled from this week’s drawing and she will receive a free massage from the University Health and Counseling Services! Way to get the answer right, Michelle! And thanks for all of you that participated!

For those of you that are wondering, the answers to last week’s questions were:

The Library has 14 laptops available for in-library use. How many hours can you check out and use a laptop in the library?
The Library’s laptops can be checked out for 4 hours. All you have to do is ask at the Circulation Desk!

True or False? The Library has 2 digital projectors available for you to check out and use in the Library’s group study rooms.
The answer is true – but this one was (unintentionally) tricky. The web page describing our A/V equipment states that we only have 1 projector, but we recently purchased a second. As long as you answered the question, you got it right.

And for the grand prize, we have a winner! Congratulations to…

SARAH COONS!

She will receive $100 for her name being chosen in the final drawing.

Thanks again to everyone who participated! Think it was fun? Let us know what you think!

contest home page

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