Monday, March 17, 2008

Saint Patrick's Day

We at Tarver Library wish you a happy and safe Saint Patrick's day.

If you're interested in knowing a little bit more about the history of Saint Patrick's day check out some of the resources below:
From the History Channel a history of the day, Saint Patrick, and other fun facts.

Books in the library:
Who was Saint Patrick? (an eBook from NetLibrary)
Saint Patrick: His origins and career: BX4700.P3.H27

There are also other materials available through our library in Atlanta. If you're not sure how to request books from Atlanta stop by the reference desk and we'll be glad to show you.

Friday, March 14, 2008

Hot Document in March


Census Atlas of the United States

The U.S. Census Bureau has published the Census Atlas of the United States. The new Atlas is an authoritative reference work that paints a fascinating and dynamic portrait of the American nation. It includes more than 700 full-color maps derived from 210 years of official Census data.

“This volume is the first comprehensive atlas produced by the U.S. Census Bureau since the early twentieth century. It highlights demographic, social, and economic conditions and changes for both people and housing in the United States and Puerto Rico. The atlas illustrates the wide range of data collected by the U. S. decennial censuses of population from the first in 1790 to the latest in 2000.”

The Atlas interprets population and housing data through maps organized by:

  • States
  • Counties
  • Cities of more than one million
  • Major metropolitan areas of more than 4 million
Census Atlas of the United States is available on the Census Bureau Web site. A print copy of the Census Atlas is available in the Government Documents collection at Tarver Library.


Thursday, March 13, 2008

The Dulcimer Art Show

The Dulcimer Art Show
March 17-28, 2008

Main floor of Tarver Library
Please submit your artwork now!


The Dulcimer's annual art show will begin next week on Monday, March 17th and will run through Friday, March 28th. Student artwork will be displayed for two weeks in the Tarver Library. A reception will be held at the end of the show to honor those who participated.

If you are interested in submitting your artwork to the show, please contact Whitney Gray (whitney.gray@student.mercer.edu OR thedulcimer@gmail.com). The art show is a great opportunity to show off paintings, photography, sculpture, pottery and more!

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Quick Search fixed!

The issues surrounding Quick Search in Galileo have been resolved. Please let us know if you experience any problems.
Thanks!

GALILEO Quick Search

At the present our GALILEO Quick Search interface is down. This just means you can't search the multiple databases at one time through the GALILEO interface. You can access each database individually through GALILEO or through our databases page. If you have any questions please contact the reference desk at 301-2055. We'll let you know when the Quick Search is back up.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

2007 Tax forms are here!

Tax season is upon us. Do you need federal or state tax forms and the instructions on how to fill them out? Please visit the tax display at the Government Documents area in the Tarver Library or use the links below to find the forms that you need.

Most standard IRS federal forms, instructions and schedules in paper are available at Tarver including the IRS 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ and instruction booklets. We also have the Georgia State tax forms 500, 500EZ, and there instructions.

You can also download federal or state forms in PDF format using the links below.

Federal Forms and Publications

http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/formspubs/index.html

Internal Revenue Service Home Page

http://www.irs.gov/

Georgia Tax Forms and Information

http://www.etax.dor.ga.gov/inctax/individual_income_tax_forms.aspx

Georgia Department of Revenue

http://www.etax.dor.ga.gov/

Other State Tax Forms - Federation of Tax Administrators (FTA)

http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/link/forms.html

Please visit the Tarver Library Government Documents website for more information.

http://tarver.mercer.edu/gov/govRes.php

Thanks!

If you have any questions please contact:

Liya Deng (Documents Librarian) deng_l@mercer.edu

or

Whitney McArthur (Documents Assistant) mcarthur_ws@mercer.edu@mercer.edu

Monday, March 10, 2008

Are books moving?

Nope you're not going crazy. We are moving books around, both at the new book shelves and up on the 3rd floor. Why?

With the new book shelves we've cleared out books that have been sitting on the shelf for a while and we are getting ready for new shipments of books to arrive! So make sure you check back on a regular basis to see whats new on the new book shelf.

Up on the 3rd floor we had to create space for all of the new books coming in. So over the week of Spring Break worked hard to create some space upstairs for the new books coming in. We moved books in the A-E ranges. So if you have a favorite book in that section it might have moved to another shelf since you last saw it. So take a look at the endcap to know where you favorite book is!