Last week, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Sage Publications,
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We've just added two new science databases to our collection: AccessScience and GreenFile.
AccessScience features fully searchable content from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Yearbook of Science & Technology, and the Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms.
GreenFILE is a freely accessible research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Contains both scholarly and general interest articles.
These, as well as our other databases, can be accessed from our database page:
http://www.fairfield.edu/lib_databases.htm
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Thank you for joining us to celebrate libraries, April 13-19, when we:
- Invited the entire University Community to draw on graffiti boards set up in the library lobby. Contributors shouted out their favorite books, movies and music and enjoyed free giveaways in return.
- Celebrated our library with cake for 200 in the lobby on Tuesday April 15, at 3 p.m.
- "Stuffed the Cruiser" to benefit the hungry on Wednesday April 16, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in front of the Library. All foods donated were given to the food pantry of St. Charles in Bridgeport. Your generosity was rewarded with a $1.00 waiver of library fines.
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During National Library Week, April 13-19 2008, Fairfield U students contributed to grafitti boards shouting out their favorite books, music and films.
Some of the more popular book entries were the classics Pride and Prejudice, Catcher in the Rye, as well as Lord of the Rings.
We still have a place in our heart for children's books though. Students noted their love of Dr. Seuss's Go, Dog, Go, and also Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are and, not surprisingly, Harry Potter (a book for young and old).
Students' musical taste run the gamut: King Crimson, Johnny Cash, Third Eye Blind and Mariah Carey were some of the artists scribbled on the boards.
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Our newest e-book is the Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties:
Spanning three volumes, this comprehensive encyclopedia of over six hundred entries covers the full range of civil rights and liberties in America from the antecedents of the Bill of Rights through the most recent controversies over political and social issues, including abortion, free speech, religious liberty, voting rights, and the guarantees of equality. It also addresses the civil rights and liberties issues stemming from America's ongoing "war on terrorism."To learn how to find this and other e-books, watch this video on how to search for e-books in the catalog: http://www.fairfield.edu/Documents/Library/ebooks.swf
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Want to unlock the secrets of Big Brother? Check out our newest e-book, The Encyclopedia of Privacy:
This encyclopedia, the first of its kind, comprehensively overviews various aspects of privacy throughout U.S. history, including significant legal cases, events, laws, organizations, individuals, technology, and terms.
To learn how to find this and other e-books, watch this video on how to search for e-books in the catalog: http://www.fairfield.edu/Documents/Library/ebooks.swf
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The library is pleased to announce that we have added International Political Science Abstracts (IPSA) to our list of databases. Produced by the International Political Science Association, it includes current indexing and abstracts of the world's leading journals in political science.
This, as well as all of our other databases, can be found on our database page.
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We are pleased to announce that we have added the e-book version of the Palgrave Dictionary of Economics to our collection.
This new edition retains the inspiring tradition of bringing together the world's most influential economists writing in their own voice on their areas of expertise, but in its online incarnation it has married this tradition with the benefits of a dynamic, updated resource serving the information needs of a new generation of economists.You find this ebook through our catalog by clicking here. Once the catalog record is open, click on the term "url" or the HTTP link. To learn more about e-books, watch this video on how to search for e-books in the catalog: http://www
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Check out our new e-book, The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture:
. . . the most current and comprehensive reference resource for the visual arts of the Classical period. It features an abundance of in-depth articles on this field of enduring importance
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Author Raymond Schroch details the inner history of the American Jesuits with honesty and with concrete examples of dedicated Jesuits throughout history in his new book American Jesuits: a history.
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A year of hippies, drugs, and free love. 1968 was about that and so much more. It was a year that stands out in American history as one that was truly pivotal. From the Civil Rights & Women's movements to the Presidential election, our country saw change. We were divided over the Vietnam War. We watched the crew of the Apollo 8 orbit the moon. And we bore the burden of dealing with two assassinations.
Americans found their voices and they were heard. From college campuses to churches, from City Halls to Convention Halls, people were engaged, interested and involved.
The changes were seen and heard everywhere. It was reflected in the music we listened to, the television shows we watched and the movies we went to.
Our country experienced so much in that one year and yet we can look back and say "We made it through", and maybe we grew up a little.
1968... It was an uncertain, tumultuous and exciting year. Times were changing and so were we. We had to.
On the 40th anniversary of 1968, this exhibit explores pivotal events of 1968 - celebrating the lives of those who died in 1968, the turmoil of the Democratic National Convention and the pop culture which brought us the television show Laugh-In, the movie Barbarella and so much more.
- Read a moving letter from James D. Sack '71, a Fairfield University Vietnam Veteran, published in the student newspaper on April 4, 1968.Mr. Sack ends his letter with, "On the way to Vietnam I decided, with all the typical profoundity of a high school senior, that it would be an honor to die for my country in Vietnam. On the way back, after realizing what we were not doing in Vietnam, I thanked the Lord above that He did not see fit to waste my life. Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, etc., were a different matter. With no undue emphasis on patriotism I would have considered it an honor to be there, and would have given my life proudly. With Vietnam I can only sympathize and go on feeling guilty for those people who will not see their valiant sons again."
- See a list of books and other material about the 1960s the University community may borrow.
- See a partial list of films about the 60s the University community may borrow.
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A wonderful, searchable collection of poetry is available at
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