Word of the Week

Solstice

as in: “Twilight is of moderate length during the winter solstice, which normally happens on the 21st or 22nd of December.”

Slepukhin-Zamachnaia, Tatiana. “Surreal Twilight.” PSA Journal 75.6 (2009): 27. Academic Search Premier. Web. 9 Dec. 2009.

Explore definitions at the library’s E-Ready Reference Resources site using the Dictionaries listed:
http://www1.emmanuel.edu/library/subsplus/subjects/display_eref.php?subject=ER_ereference#58
Also, explore the definition using the Dictionary of Astronomy.

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Quiet Hours

Quiet hours are in effect in the Library Reading Room from Tuesday, Dec. 15th, through Saturday, Dec. 19th.

Fall 2009 Reserve Items

New items have just been added to the Library’s reserve holdings.

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Cardinal Cushing Library – Final Exam Week Hours

Sunday, December 13th  12noon-1am

Monday, December 14th  7:30am-1am

Tuesday, December 15th  7:30am-1am

Wednesday, December 16th  7:30am-1am

Thursday, December 17th  7:30am-1am

Friday, December 18th  7:30am-1am (extended hours)

Saturday, December 19th  7:30am-8pm (early opening for exams)

Sunday, December 20th – CLOSED

Around the Fenway

Click here to view the December 2009 issue of @ the gardner, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s online newsletter.

Enjoy!

Word of the Week

Eschew

as in: “And Gawande is not afraid to eschew showboat subjects (thrill-a-minute stories from the OR, second-chance surgical saves) for the blander territory of seminal change: Wash your hands. Leaflet the world to get annual mammograms. Give soldiers equipment they’re likely to wear.”

Caldwell, G. (2007, April 15). Practice made perfect. The Boston Sunday Globe, p. D6.
[Review of Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande]

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http://www1.emmanuel.edu/library/subsplus/subjects/display_eref.php?subject=ER_ereference#58

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Global studies reference e-books!

Interested in global studies? Here are some reference e-books:

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Word of the Week

Marge

as in: “Population concentrates on the seacoast, and the marges of the Great Lakes: half of the United States population lives within fifty miles of the coasts, and three-quarters of the population lives within seventy-five miles of them.”

Stilgoe, J. R. (2005). Landscape and images. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. pp. 4-5.

See the Bureau of the Census website [http://2010.census.gov/2010census/index.php] to learn about the upcoming population census in Spring 2010.

Explore definitions at the library’s E-Ready Reference Resources site using the Dictionaries listed:
http://www1.emmanuel.edu/library/subsplus/subjects/display_eref.php?subject=ER_ereference#58

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