A reception was held at Tarver Library on April 19 to honor the recipients of this year's 'Valerie B. Edmonds Student Research Award.' The winner for 2011 is Stephen Kearse, an English major and student of Dr. David Davis. His winning paper is "Defying Objectivity: An Exploration of Ethnocentrism in Jonah's Gourd Vine." Laurel McCormack, an international affairs major, received the runner-up award for her paper, "Modern Religious Missions: Western Imperialism or Natural Competition?" Photos from the reception can be viewed at the following link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarverlibrary/.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Featured Government Website in April
Copyright.gov
Copyright.gov is the official site of the U. S. Copyright Office. Copyright.gov "has been created with the desire to serve the copyright community of creators and users, as well as the general public. Here you will find information about our online registration option and other news about reengineering; all our key publications including informational circulars; application forms for copyright registration; links to the copyright law and to the homepages of other copyright-related organizations; a link to our online copyright records cataloged since 1978; news of what the Office is doing, including business process reengineering plans, Congressional testimony, and press releases; our latest regulations; and much more," as stated on their website.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Students, are you in the clear?
Advising and priority registration will take place from March 30 to April 15. In order to ensure clearance for registration, please do one of the following:
- Renew overdue items
- Return items no longer needed
- Pay fines & replacement costs
New DVD Arrivals - Feb./Mar. 2011
The Book of Eli, PN1997.9 AA THR .B66 2010
Kings: The Complete Series, PN1992.77 .K55 2009
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Vol. 3, PN1997.9 ANI SF .M45 2006 v.3
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Vol. 4, PN1997.9 ANI SF .M45 2006 v.4
The Road, PN1997.9 AA THR .R62 2009
Close to Home: Moyers on Addiction, HV5825 .C56 2008
Sermons and Sacred Pictures: The Life and Work of Reverend L.O. Taylor, BR563.N4 S48 1989
Not Just a Game, GV706.35 .N899 2010
Lake of Fire, HQ767 .L354 2008
Stem Cells: The Ethical Issues, QH588.S83 S74 2006
The Suicide Tourist, R726 .S85 2010
Doctors' Diaries, R690 .D6386 2009
The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Third Season, PN1997.9 TV COM .B54 2009
Bones: The Complete Fifth Season, PN1997.9 TV LEG .B66 2009
Entourage: The Complete Fifth Season, PN1997.9 TV COM .E58 2008
Hot in Cleveland: Season One, PN1997.9 TV COM .H68 2010
House M.D.: Season Five, PN1997.9 TV DRA .H68 2008
House M.D.: Season Six, PN1997.9 TV DRA .H68 2009
Inception, PN1997.9 AA DRA .I53 2010
The Lemon Drop Kid, PN1997.9 COM DRA .L46 1951
Lost: The Complete Sixth Season, the Final Season, PN1997.9 TV AA .L67 2009
Mad Men: Season One, PN1997.9 TV DRA .M33 2007
Mad Men: Season Two, PN1997.9 TV DRA .M33 2008
The Office: Season Six, PN1997.9 TV COM .O34 2010
The Fighter, PN1997.9 DRA BIO .F54 2010
The Kids Are All Right, PN1997.9 COM DRA .K53 2010
Secretariat, PN1997.9 DRA FAM .S43 2011
Toy story 3, PN1997.9 ANI AA .T69 2010
Waiting for Superman, LA212 .W35 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Featured Government Website in March
FruitsAndVeggiesMatter.gov
Fruit & Veggies Matter Web site is a comprehensive portal sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This resource focuses on the benefits of consuming adequate amounts of fruits and vegetables in order to protect and maintain one's health. This resource features the National Fruit and Vegetable Program, which is a partnership of government, not-for-profit groups and industry groups working collaboratively and synergistically to increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables for improved public health.
The web site also includes Fruit and Vegetable of the Month, healthy tips for breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu, recipe builders searchable by food and meal types, interactive tools that allow you to calculate how many calories you get with every meal, a helpful Q&A section, as well as numerous resources and tools for health professionals.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Don't forget!
Don't forget if you're on the go and want to check and see what we have, check out our mobile webpage! We also have a feedback form so that we know how to improve the mobile page!
You can also find Tarver Library on Facebook and Twitter, where you'll not only find links to this blog, but also questions about what services we can provide and that you'd like to see the library offer!
And remember...you can contact us any number of methods to ask us questions from our AskUs page, including email, text, and phone!
Friday, February 18, 2011
Featured Government Website in February
ScienceCinema: the Source for Department of Energy (DOE) Multimedia
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched ScienceCinema, a new search engine for videos from the national laboratories and other DOE research facilities. ScienceCinema searches audio in DOE's research and development lectures and presentations and links directly to the video files. The videos in ScienceCinema highlight DOE's most exciting scientific research. You can also check out this DOE press release to learn more about this search tool.
Simply enter a term in the search box and start exploring DOE's multimedia! You can search for specific words and phrases spoken by the presenter in these video files.
Several search options are available:
1) Auto search, which requires placing your keywords in "double quotes" and
2) Bibliographic search, which allows searching by Bibliographic Data, Creator/Author, Title, Description/Abstract, and Identifier Numbers.
For more helpful ScienceCinema search tips, please visit ScienceCinema Help.
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