| Library
News
- Open noon-5 pm on Feb. 19, Presidents' Day
- Manuscript Collection index available online
- Scanners available to use in the library
Database
News
- BNA Tax Management Portfolios
- Encyclopaedia Judaica
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- and more!
New Resources
Selected new
reference books
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February
Celebrations
- Black History Month
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Library
News
Stewart Library will be open Feb. 19, Presidents'
Day, from noon - 5 pm. The Davis Campus Library will be closed for
the holiday.
New
to the Special Collections Department web page are listings of the
manuscript collections
housed in Special Collections. You can search alphabetically, by
title, or by collection number. It contains registers to all the
processed collections that are opened for research. Take a look,
you may be surprised at the wealth of primary sources we have to
offer. Recently added are The
Ronald Younger Collection,
the McKay-Dee
Foundation Collection, and the Richard
Roberts Weber County Photograph Collection.
Two scanners are now available for use in the library.
One is located in the Resource Commons area and the other is at
the Reference Desk, both on the middle level. A scanner allows
you to scan print sources and photographs and save to your USB drive,
a floppy, or CD-R/RW, print black and white or color, or send the
image of the scanned page to your email. Another example of putting
technology to work in the library!
Database
News
Note:
Databases and online reference books are available in the library
to everyone. Home access is limited to our current faculty, staff,
and students.
BNA
Tax Management Portfolios Library provides tax analysis, tools,
and news in an integrated library consisting of U.S. Income, State
Tax, Foreign Income, Estates Gifts and Trusts, and Tax Practice.
Formerly a subscription in paper format, we now have the electronic
version available.
Dictionary
of American Family Names documents 70,314 surnames giving their
meaning, nationality, alternate spellings, common forenames associated
with them, and the frequency of each surname and forename. For students
studying family genealogy, or others interested in finding out more
about their own lineage. This is another of our print sources which
is now available online.
Encyclopaedia
Judaica includes articles on all aspects of the Jewish World.
Discusses religion, history, politics, culture, the Holocaust, Jewish
arts and literature - more than 21,000 entries on Jewish life, culture,
history, and religion, written by Israeli, American and European
subject specialists. This newly revised edition is also available
in print at Stewart Library.
Grove
Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts covers thousands of years of
decorative arts production throughout western and non-western culture.
Included are hundreds of entries on artists and craftsmen, the qualities
and historic uses of materials, as well as concise definitions on
art forms and style.
SportDiscus
Fulltext is the world's most comprehensive source of full text
articles from sports & sports medicine journals, providing full
text for more than 415 journals.
Also new this month:
Oxford
Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures
Oxford
Encycyclopedia of Rhetoric
New
Resources
Explore
the customs and culture of countries around the world with this
month's selection of new reference books.
The
World Cookbook for Students , Greenwood Press, Reference
TX 725.A1J23 This new five-volume encyclopedia features representative
recipes from 198 countries, Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. An introduction
for each country includes a listing of the typical dishes, common
foodstuffs, and styles of eating. This set is a great overview of
the variety of foods eaten around the world.
Encyclopedia
of Politics and Religion , 2nd edition, CQ Press, Reference
BL 65.P7E5
Intended
to “represent the vast diversity of ways in which religions and
political systems are influencing each other throughout the contemporary
world,” the 281 articles in this encyclopedia examine the global
interconnections of religion and politics.
Encyclopedia
of Hair: A Cultural History ; Greenwood Press. Reference
TT 957.S46
A
fascinating look at the history of hair through the ages and the
significance that hair plays in cultures around the world. Most
of the entries include references for further reading.
Nations
of the World: A Political, Economic, & Business Handbook
, 6th edition. Grey House Publishing, Reference HC 10.N36
A
one-stop source for political, economic, and business information
on 230 countries. Information varies depending on the size of the
country, but each country includes key facts, key business indicators,
and general overview. A great starting place for travelers, businesspeople,
and students.
The
Complete Fashion Sourcebook , Thames & Hudson. Reference
GT 596.P393
Line
drawings and descriptions of representative fashions from 1920 to
1989 reflect how the basic lines of fashions have changed over the
years. Included are brief biographies of famous designers of each
decade. A fun book to study in conjunction with the Encyclopedia
of Hair (above).
