New Music Scores and Recordings

Music Scores
Bartok: Rumanian Folk Dances, M1060 .B28 R8 1939
Britten, Simple Symphony, M1101 .B85 S5 1935
Copland: Emblems, M1245 .C67 E43 1965
Crumb: A Haunted Landscape, M1045 .C945 H4 1984
Dahl: Sinfonietta, M1201 .D34 S5 1969
Dello Joio: Scenes from “The Louvre” (full score + parts), M1245 .D45 S3 1966
Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy, M1203 .G73 B75 2008
Hindemith: Symphony in B-flat, M1201 .H66 S9 1979
Holst: Brook Green Suite, M1103 .H65 B7 1980z
Holst: Brook Green Suite (full score + parts), M1103 .H78 B7 1962
Holst: First Suite in E-flat (full score + CD), M1203 .H73 op.28 no. 1 1984
Holst: Second Suite in F, M1203 .H73 op.28 no.2 1984
Holst: St. Paul’s Suite (full score + parts), M1103 .H647 S2 1950
Vincent Persichetti: Symphony for Band, M1201 .P44 op. 69 1958
Schuman: George Washington Bridge, M1245 .S342 G4 1990z
Shostakovich: Festive Overture (full score + parts), M1255 .S56 F47 2000z
Vaughan Williams: Folk Song Suite, M1203 .V38 F64
Warlock: Capriol Suite for String Orch. (full score + parts), M1103 .W277 1927

Recordings
Compact Disc 5830: Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 1-9, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Norfol Rhapsody no. 1, The Lark Ascending, In The Fen Country, On Wenlock Edge; Bernard Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sarah Chang, Ian Bostridge

Compact Disc 5831: Penderecki: Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, Canticum Canticorum Salomonis, De Natura Sonoris Nos. 1 & 2; Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki

Compact Disc 5832: Lutoslawski: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Symphonic Variations, Musique funebre, Concerto for orch., Jeux venitiens, Livre pour orchestra, Mi-parti; Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Witold Lutoslawski

Featured Government Website in January

Science.gov – a search engine just for science

Are you aware that federal agencies across the United States generate a wealth of scientific information ranging from materials geared for the general public to highly technical research reports?

“Science.gov is a gateway to government science information and research results. Currently in its fifth generation, Science.gov provides a search of over 40 scientific databases and 200 million pages of science information with just one query, and is a gateway to over 2000 scientific Websites” (see Science.gov fact sheet).

This wonderful science website represents a collaborative effort by a group of government agencies to select and share the best of their online science information. Science.gov is an interagency initiative of 18 U.S. government science organizations within 14 Federal Agencies. These agencies form the voluntary Science.gov Alliance which governs Science.gov.

Topics include:

• Agriculture & Food
• Applied Science & Technologies
• Astronomy & Space
• Biology & Nature
• Computers & Communication & Mathematics
• Earth & Ocean Sciences
• Energy & Energy Conservation
• Environment & Environmental Quality
• Health & Medicine
• Physics & Chemistry
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Science Education

If you are interested in learning more about this website, please feel free to contact Liya Deng, Government Documents Librarian at Tarver Library. She is happy to help you with researching government produced science resources.

Hot Document in January

Projections of Education Statistics To 2018

"This publication provides projections for key education statistics. It includes statistics on enrollment, graduates, teachers, and expenditures in elementary and secondary schools, and enrollment and earned degrees conferred expenditures of degree-granting institutions. For the Nation, the tables, figures, and text contain data on enrollment, teachers, graduates, and expenditures for the past 14 years and projections to the year 2018. For the 50 States and the District of Columbia, the tables, figures, and text contain data on projections of public elementary and secondary enrollment and public high school graduates to the year 2018. In addition, the report includes a methodology section describing models and assumptions used to develop national and state-level projections."

Tarver Library has the print copy of this document in its government documents collection.

Books in Print

Tarver Library is pleased to announce a university-wide subscription to Bowker's Books in Print, a premier collection development tool. Books in Print is useful for researching information about available and forthcoming books for curricula, personal study and entertainment, building the libraries' collections, and for new academic programs. Access can be found both in the library's database listing and on the GALILEO interface.

Hot Document in December

Condition of Education 2009

The Condition of Education 2009 summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presents 46 indicators on the status and condition of education. The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on the most significant national measures of the condition and progress of education for which accurate data are available. The 2009 print edition includes 46 indicators in five main areas:

(1) participation in education;

(2) learner outcomes;

(3) student effort and educational progress;

(4) the contexts of elementary and secondary education;

(5) the contexts of postsecondary education.

Tarver Library has a print version of this document title in our collection.

ACM Digital Library

Jack Tarver Library is pleased to announce a university-wide subscription to the Association for Computing Machinery's Digital Library.

The ACM Digital Library is a collection of all ACM print and online publications. It provides bibliographic information, abstracts, reviews and full text for virtually all ACM journals, magazines, and proceedings.

Tarver Library's subscription to DL Core Package, DL Master SIG Package and the Guide includes:

• ACM DL Core Package, with 19 journals and magazines and 26 transactions.
• ACM DL Master SIG (Special Interest Group) Package, with more than 85 conference proceedings and all SIG newsletters
• The ACM Online Guide to Computing Literature ("the Guide"), a database of 850,000 bibliographic citations expanding beyond ACM's literature.

Holiday Films On DVD

Can you believe it’s that time of year again? I have compiled a list of holiday films that are available in the Tarver Media Center. Some of these titles are holiday classics, and some just feature holiday scenes that I consider worthy of this list. Many of these DVDs are on display on the shelves just to the left of the Media Center entrance (they can still be checked out even though they are on display). While I was compiling this list I noted some omissions that I am going to add to our DVD wish list. So far I have been unable to find any Hanukkah or Kwanzaa movies. If any of you would like to suggest a holiday film, then please feel free to send me an email.

Happy holidays,

Richard Marcum

Media Center Supervisor

marcum_rg@mercer.edu

*Christmas film

**New Year’s Eve film

After The Thin Man (Mystery starring Myrna Loy & William Powell), PN1997.9 STAR LOY .T4 1936 **

Amahl and the Night Visitors (Christmas Opera by Gian Carlo Menotti), PN1997.9 OPR DRA .A43 1955 *

The Apartment (Best Picture of 1961 starring Jack Lemmon & Shirley McLaine), PN1997.9 COM ROM .A6 1960 **

Bishop’s Wife (Classic starring Cary Grant, Loretta young & David Niven), PN1997.9 STAR GRT .B5 1947 *

Black X-mas (2006 remake of classic horror film set on a college campus), PN1997.9 SUS HOR .B6 2006 *

Curse of the Cat People (A sweet ghost story about childhood dreams), PN1997.9 SUS HOR .C38 1942 *

Desk Set (Classic comedy starring Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn), PN1997.9 STAR HEP .D4 1957 *

Die Hard ("The greatest Christmas movie ever" - BlogCritics.org), PN1997.9 AA LEG .D54 1988 *

Elf (Will Ferrell at his best), PN1997.9 COM FAN .E4 2003 *

The Family Stone (The misadventures of a family at Christmas), PN1997.9 COM ROM .F3 2005 *

The Godfather II ("I know it was you Fredo; you broke my heart."), PN1997.9 DIR COP .G6 1972 v.2 **

Holiday (Wonderful Cary Grant & Katharine Hepburn classic), PN1997.9 STAR GRT .C3 2006 **

The Holiday (Starring Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Cameron Diaz & Jack Black), PN1997.9 COM ROM .H6 2006 *

It’s A Wonderful Life (The quintessential Christmas movie with Jimmy Stewart), PN1997.9 DIR CAP .I8 1946 *

Just Friends (Starring Ryan Reynolds & Amy Smart), PN1997.9 COM ROM .J87 2005 *

Love Actually ("The best romantic comedy set at Christmas" - Richard Marcum), PN1997.9 COM ROM .L6 2003 *

March of the Wooden Soldiers (Laurel & Hardy classic a.k.a. Babes In Toyland), PN1997.9 STAR VAR .M3 1934 *

Miracle on 34th Street (Academy Award winning Christmas classic), PN1997.9 STAR VAR .M5 1947 *

The Nightmare Before Christmas (The dark and twisted fantasy by Tim Burton), PN1997.9 DIR BUR .N5 1993 *

Penny Serenade (Classic melodrama starring Cary Grant & Irene Dunne), PN1997.9 STAR GRT .P4 1941 **

Pocketful of Miracles (Final film by It's a Wonderful Life director Frank Capra), PN1997.9 DIR CAP .P6 1961 *

Scrooged (Comedic retelling of A Christmas Carol starring Bill Murray), PN1997.9 COM PAR .S37 1988 *

Sunset Blvd. (Film noir classic starring Gloria Swanson & William Holden), PN1997.9 STAR VAR .S8 1950 **

This Christmas (A Family reunites for Christmas), PN1997.9 COM SIT .T35 2007 *

We’re No Angels (Christmas Comedy starring Humphrey Bogart), PN1997.9 STAR BOG .W4 1955 *

When Harry Met Sally (Great comedy starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan), PN1997.9 COM ROM .W34 1989 **