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Tarver Tours - Fall 2008

Join a library staff member for a thirty (30) minute walking tour of the Tarver Library on Tuesday and Thursday at 3:00 during the month of September. No reservations required! Just show up at the Reference Desk on the main (2nd) floor in time for the 3pm departure.

Faculty requiring their students to attend a tour can ask the students to present their tour "ticket" as proof of their participation. Depending on participation, the tours may be extended into other months.

Orientation Sessions for Tarver

New to the Macon Campus? Want to learn more about Tarver Library and how to use it? Well don't fret and come by on one of these days to our Orientation Sessions

Thursday	August 21, 2008	1:00 - 1:50 PM
Friday	August 22, 2008	2:00 - 2:50 PM
Monday	August 25, 2008	9:00 - 9:50 AM
Tuesday	August 26, 2008	7:00 - 7:50 PM
Wednesday	August 27, 2008	1:00 - 1:50 PM
Thursday	August 28, 2008	9:30 - 10:20 AM
Wednesday	September 3, 2008	6:00 - 6:50 PM
Thursday	September 4, 2008	12:30 - 1:20 PM

They are in the classroom located on the main floor of the library. Just ask at the Circulation or Reference Desk and our friendly staff will point you in the right direction. So come on by and find out more about what the Tarver Library has to offer!

Welcome Back!

We at Tarver Library just wanted to take a moment and say welcome to all students, returning and new!

The Tarver Library is here to help you with all of your research needs. Take a look at some of the resources below on how we can help you:

Need to come into the library? Take a look at the hours page to see when we're open!

Our library catalog. From here you can find out what books and media items the library owns. Make sure you notice which library the item is at, since there are five libraries in the catalog! You want it to say Macon.

Check out our DVD collection! That's right two, different DVD collections just for you. The bearDVD collection is provided by your Student Government Association. It contains some of the popular new releases and is located on the 2nd floor. You can check out up to one of these at a time for 3 days. Be careful though, as there are fines of a $1.00 a day. The second collection is located in the Media Center on the 1st floor. These DVD's you can check out for up to 7 days.

Have a question and need help? Take a look at the AskUs page. From here you can contact the reference librarian's by IM, e-mail, phone, or even in person!

As always just come on in and let us know what we can do to help you!

Hot Document in August

Digest of Education Statistics 2007

The 2007 edition of the Digest of Education Statistics is now available online. This edition is the 43rd in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The Digest's primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from pre-kindergarten through graduate school. The Digest contains data on a variety of topics, including the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to educational attainment, finances, and federal funds for education, libraries, and international comparisons. This book is published by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Hot Document in July

Memorial Tribute to Lady Bird Johnson

U. S. Government Printing Office distributed the congressional serial set no. 15075 - First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, 1912-2007: memorial tributes in the One Hundred Tenth Congress of the United States to all federal depository libraries in July.

"Wife, mother, grandmother, conservationist, businesswoman, philanthropist, First Lady. LADY BIRD JOHNSON holds claim to all of those titles and more.""

"Today, LADY BIRD JOHNSON’s legacy lives on in the millions of blooms planted in the Nation’s Capital, in the sweeping banks of wildflowers lining U.S. highways, and in the charm of Austin’s revitalized Town Lake....."

First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, 1912-2007 is available online via the GPO Access web site. A print copy of the book is available in the Government Documents collection at Tarver Library.

EBSCOHost 2.0 Release

EBSCO has announced that the new EBSCOhost 2.0 interface will be released tomorrow, July 16th. This means that some of our most widely used databases will have a new look and will have some new features in the search interface. If you have any questions about using the new interface, please AskUs!

In addition, with such a significant upgrade there may be unforeseen technical problems. If you have any technical problems with EBSCO databases, please let us know.

Thanks, and happy searching!

Proquest Civil War Era Database

Tarver Library has added the Civil War Era database from Proquest's Historical Newspapers collection to our database listing. Following is an excerpt from the vendor's description of this product:

"ProQuest Civil War Era was developed in conjunction with librarians and expert Civil War scholars to meet valuable research needs as no other resource can. It combines complete runs of regional newspapers, as well as pamphlets covering a wide range of topics. It's a deep set of primary sources, with documents that encompass the buildup to and evolution of the war that shaped the Nation's identity, all in original article and page image. ProQuest Civil War Era focuses on the entire era, from Manifest Destiny through the end of the Civil War--enabling researchers to investigate not just the battles, but also the rising tensions that led the country to war.

Newspaper and pamphlet sources--never before available online Researchers will get the full story from nearly 2,000 pamphlets and complete runs of eight newspaper titles, covering 1840-1865, that were specifically selected for the regional and diverse perspectives they offer. The pamphlets expand on individual perspectives of government officials, clergy, social reformists, and others. Newspapers are a perfect complement to these sources offering insights on a broader range of events. The newspapers included in Civil War Era provide a variety of editorial perspectives reflecting different regions and political orientations."