It’s Leap Year!

Want to learn more about Leap Year? Check out this Credo Reference entry!

 

Need a research topic? The Library can help!

One way to find a topic is by using the subject-specific encyclopedia in the Library’s print and electronic Reference collection.

• Browse the print encyclopedias’ table of contents and indexes for research ideas. The index is usually included in the last volume of the encyclopedia.
  Examples of some of our print encyclopedias include the Encyclopedia of Sociology, the Encyclopedia of Women and Gender, the Encyclopedia of Education, and the Encyclopedia of Women & Gender.
• Additionally, browse our online encyclopedia collections using the Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc. link from the Library’s homepage.
  Explore Credo Reference and Gale Virtual Reference Library, both of which are online encyclopedia collections and specialized reference resources covering many different subjects.
• If you find a suitable topic in print or online, take the opportunity to read the entry to gain insight into the topic!

The Reference Staff welcomes  your research questions. We are available to assist you in person, through email, or by phone every day!

Word of the Week: Deliquesce

As in: “Like ice into water, words deliquesce into meaning.”

Osborn, S. (2006).  Reconsidering Elizabeth Bowen. MFS Modern Fiction Studies, 52(1), 187-197. doi: 10.1353/mfs.2006.0037

• Explore definitions at the library’s E-Ready Reference Resources site using the Dictionaries listed on Research Guide: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc..
• Read an article about glacial melting.
  Strain, D.  (2011, October 6).  Glacial melting putting animals on the run. Science Now.  Retrieved from http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/10/glacial-melting-put-animals-on-t.html
   

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Creative Workshop: Capture a Moment over Spring Break!

 

Can you remember a moment when something affected   you—moving you to snap a photo, write a poem, sketch a drawing, or write a song? 

The Library invites you to share a moment that you captured during Spring Break through word or image.
  

Describe the event, experience, or idea that elicited your response and prompted you to capture that moment. Join us for a creative workshop on Tuesday, March 20!

What? Faculty experts Mark Baard, Eric Bland, Stace Budzko, and Katie Liesener, will share their creative processes and together we will explore our communication skills through different media.

When?   Tuesday, March 20, at 4:30-5:30 PM

Where?  Library Lecture Hall

Questions?  Ask at the Library!

What are YOU doing for Spring Break?

Stop by the 2nd floor Browsing area to see some cool books and cool ideas!

Word of the Week: Impecunious

As in: “Where was the impecunious son at the time of the murder?”

Acocella, J. (2010, August 16 & 23).  Queen of Crime: How Agatha Christie created the modern murder mystery. The New Yorker, 86(24), 86.  

• Explore definitions at the library’s E-Ready Reference Resources site using the Dictionaries listed on Research Guide: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc..
• Resources about the history of the crime and detective fiction genres include:
  -  Shiach, M. (1999). Detective fiction.  In L. Sage, G. Greer,  & E. Showalter (Eds).  The Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writing in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.  Retrieved from Credo Reference. 
  - Stevenson, J. A. (1998). Crime, detective and mystery novel.  In P. Schellinger, C.  Hudson,  & M. Rijsberman (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the Novel. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers.  Retrieved from LION: Literature Online.
   

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Mid-term papers due soon and need to start researching? Read on!

• Start your research by looking at the Library’s Research Guides on the left side of the Library’s homepage, which are split up by subject, course number, and interests to make searching for electronic and print reference materials easier.
• If your are starting your research, you may wish to begin with the Multidisciplinary Databases.  To access them, click on Research Guides, then limit to Multidisciplinary Databases. A comprehensive multidisciplinary database to begin your research is Academic Search Premier. You can limit your results in Academic Search Premier to full-text, scholarly (peer reviewed) journals, by publication type, and date published.
  Extra Tip: The Multidisciplinary Databases are good place to start general research and understand your topic. You will, then, progress to subject-specific databases such as those listed under Sociology  or Education. Varying the words in search strings may help bring more relevant results—use synonyms if your first search does not work.
• Check out the “How do I find articles using the Library’s online databases?” under the Complete FAQs #1 for more information on searching databases and forming search strings, and using databases off campus.
• Visit the reference librarians in the Reading Room for help with your research, especially phrasing and formatting searches. We love your questions!

Happy Valentines Day!

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Word of the Week: Tergiversate

As in: “During the Second World War when the Communists had to tergiversate due to the Hitler-Stalin pact and Hitler’s subsequent attack on the Soviet Union, they lost the respect of all other leftists and found it difficult to recover credibility after the war.” (Kulke & Rothermund, 1998, p. 300)

Kulke, H., & Rothermund, D. (1998).  A history of India.  London: Routledge. Retrieved fromhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/emmanuel/docDetail.action?docID=10056202&p00=tergiversate

• Explore definitions at the library’s E-Ready Reference Resources site using the Dictionaries listed on Research Guide: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc..

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