Work Smart On The Web

There are lots of great services on the Internet that aim to help your productivity when working online. The latest issue of Computers in Libraries lists a number of them in this article available in the Academic OneFile database. You may need to login with your Marygrove ID and password to view this article from off-campus.

Banned Book Read-In

The 1st Annual Read-In will be held in the library's Beyond Words Gallery on September 30th from 3pm-6pm. This event takes place in conjunction with the American Libraries Association’s Banned Books Week, September 27th – October 4th. Please join the Library Staff, Faculty and students as they read freely from their favorite works. Join the dialogue as readers discuss the historical and societal contexts of banned and challenged books. Some of the works to be read include: Lolita, The Chocolate Wars and The Awakening. All of these banned books, plus many others, can be found in the Marygrove College Library collection.

Many questions regarding banned and challenged works abound: Why do people ban books? Why do so many classical works remain banned and/or challenged today? How can understanding weaken the argument to control and censor readership at any level? What can I do to help?

To view the American Libraries Association’s banned book list, please visit: ALA Banned Books or the Parents against Bad Books in Schools List of Lists. The PABBIS website focuses primarily on books found in K-12 schools – over 1,350 books to date!

Please join us at the Marygrove College Library 1st Annual Read-In to listen, learn and discuss. Refreshments will be served.

Text a Librarian

In addition to being available by phone, email, and instant message, you can now also contact the reference librarian on duty by text message through your mobile phone. You can send a text whenever a librarian is on duty to 265010. Start your message with "marygrovelibrary:" (without the quotes), and then type your question. Keep in mind that your question is limited to 160 characters. See the Reference Services web page for more information on contacting a librarian.

New Library Tutorials

Three new tutorials have been added to the Quick Reference Guides section of the library website. On the right side of the Quick Reference Guides page are links to basic search guides for the Academic Onefile and ProQuest databases, and also basic guide to the ERIC database to go along with the updated advanced ERIC tutorial.

Ebooks on Job Searching, Resumes, and Cover Letters

A large number of ebooks on resumes, cover letters, and job searching are available in the Marygrove Library Netlibrary collection. A list of these ebooks is linked to the library's Career and Employment subject page, where you can click on the link under Ebooks to see all the titles available.

Updated Quick Reference Guides Now Available

Updated Quick Reference Guides on using Marygrove email, Marygrove printing accounts, and APA formatting in Microsoft Word are available today. You can access these and all of the guides and tutorials available through the library at the Quick Reference Guides page on the Marygrove Library website.

New Exhibit in the Beyond Words Gallery

A new exhibit entitled Further Reflections on the AIDS Crisis is showing in the library's Beyond Words Gallery. This is part of the larger, multimedia exhibit in The Gallery (located on the 4th floor of the Liberal Arts Building) entitled AIDS: The Children Left Behind. These exhibits, featuring contributions from the NAMES Project – AIDS Memorial Quilts, will be on display through March 13.

Photo Exhibit: Jeff Pearson and the Marygrove Dance Company

The Library's Beyond Words Gallery is featuring images of the Marygrove Dance Company by photographer Jeff Pearson. The exhibit runs until February 8, 2008.

Free online videos in the Marygrove Catalog

More than 1,500 records from Annenberg Media programs (Learner.org) are now available through the Marygrove Catalog. These programs are free online teaching resource videos about a wide range of topics, such as mathematics, literature, science, history, art and much more. Many of the videos have accompanying web sites with support materials such as instructor guides and lesson plans.

First-time users must register for free to view the videos. For more information about these videos see http://www.learner.org/view_programs/view.programs.html.

You can find these online video titles in the Marygrove Library Catalog by typing learner.org in the search box. When you find one you'd like to view, click on the title then on the learner.org URL below the subject headings.

New ProQuest Database Collection

The ProQuest Curriculum Package has replaced the ProQuest Research Library. This unique collection coordinated exclusively for colleges and universities offers more than 2,600 full-text titles. The collection can be searched as a whole or in any combination of nine subject areas:

• ProQuest Biology Journals
• ProQuest Computing
• ProQuest Education Journals
• ProQuest Health Management
• ProQuest Military Collection
• ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source
• ProQuest Psychology Journals
• ProQuest Religion
• ProQuest Science Journals

Marygrove College library users can access these and all of our databases at http://www.marygrove.edu/library/articles.asp

Replant, Renew: The Un-vacant Detroit

The new exhibit in the Library's Beyond Words Gallery is titled Replant, Renew: the Un-vacant Detroit, featuring the work of Marygrove photography students. The students' work represents an investigation of community gardens and public spaces in the city. The exhibit runs from October 19 through November 21.

New Exhibit in the Library's Beyond Words Gallery

Beginning September 20, the Beyond Words Gallery in the Library will be displaying the scherenschnitte work of Marie-Helene Grabman. The Beyond Words Gallery is open the same hours as the library, so stop by any time the library is open to see the exhibit.

Chronicle of Higher Education article on Marygrove's John Novak Digital Interview Collection

An article about the John Novak Digital Interview Collection appeared in the September 6 Wired Campus e-newsletter from the Chronicle of Higher Education.

This new and growing collection consists of interviews with African-American Detroiters ranging in age from 65 to 90 recounting their migration to Detroit from various parts of the South. The Collection does not seek to interview famous individuals, but to provide a better understanding of the challenges and choices ordinary people face in their daily lives and to support the goal of learning about history and human progress from the experiences of ordinary individuals. The full collection will debut on October 9, but you can preview an interview now.

More databases added

We just added 24 new specialized collections to our list of databases. All of these are available through Gale and are provided through the Michigan eLibrary (MeL.org).

Marygrove College library users can access these and all of our databases at http://www.marygrove.edu/library/articles.asp

Here's a list of the new special collections:

• InfoTrac Agriculture Collection
• InfoTrac Communications and Mass Media Collection
• InfoTrac Criminal Justice Collection
• InfoTrac Diversity Studies Collection
• InfoTrac Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
• InfoTrac Fine Arts & Music Collection
• InfoTrac Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection
• InfoTrac Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues Collection
• InfoTrac General Science Collection
• InfoTrac Home Improvement Collection
• InfoTrac Information Science and Library Issues Collection
• InfoTrac Insurance and Liability Collection
• InfoTrac Nursing and Allied Health Collection
• InfoTrac Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection
• InfoTrac Pop Culture Collection
• InfoTrac Psychology Collection
• InfoTrac Religion & Philosophy Collection
• InfoTrac Small Business Collection
• InfoTrac Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Collection
• InfoTrac U.S. History Collection
• InfoTrac Vocations, Careers and Technical Education Collection
• InfoTrac War and Terrorism Collection
• InfoTrac World History Collection
• Military and Intelligence Database

Gale Database Updates

There has been a number of changes and additions this summer to the databases available through Gale.

Changes to Gale Databases

• Info Trac Onefile has changed its name to General OneFile. The General OneFile is a general interest index with millions of full-text articles.
• The Professional Collection database has changed to Educator's Reference Complete, with a selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education.

New Gale Databases

• Informe is a database reference tool providing indexing, images and full-text of popular Hispanic magazines -- not just translations. Also included is a thesaurus and interface that are uniquely designed for Spanish-speaking users.
• Business and Company ASAP provides information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Access business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images.
• The Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
• ChiltonLibrary.com represents the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners. There are thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models.

Featured Database: LexisNexis Academic

The current featured database is the completely redesigned LexisNexis Academic. With a simplified Easy Search search screen and improved navigation, LexisNexis Academic is easier than ever to use. With over 3,900 full-text sources indexed, LexisNexis Academic is a great place to find News, Business, and Legal information. Don't forget to check out the "How do I...?" and "View Tutorials" links in the Related Links section on the search screen for helpful tips on using the new interface.

Detroit History on Display in the Library: Remembering the '67 Riot... Lessons Learned or Lost?

The city of Detroit was rocked by a civil uprising in the summer of '67. What began as a raid on a "blind pig" in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 23rd quickly evolved into a riot in which large parts of city were put to the torch. Fueled by racism, poverty, police brutality, redlining, industrial decline, urban sprawl, high levels of unemployment, black militancy, and inadequate, affordable housing, the riot, which lasted for five days, would ultimately claim the lives of 43 Detroiters, leave 1189 more injured, and lead to over 7000 arrests. For many Detroit natives the sight of burning neighborhoods, tanks rolling down residential streets, and living under martial law for five long days are images and experiences that can never be erased from their memory and have colored their perceptions of the city and its government, police, and inhabitants to this day.

The question remains... after forty years have we learned our lessons from those long ago days of violence and turmoil or have we as a city simply grown more entrenched in our fear and intolerance?

Please share your thoughts, recollections, opinions, stories, and family histories with the Marygrove community so we can move forward knowing we have Learned from the painful lessons of our past and ensure that those lessons are not Lost on our present and future. Click on the Post a Comment link below to share your view.

New Casual Reading Collection

Have a little free time? Need a break from the textbooks? Why not curl up with a good story? The Marygrove College Library has created a small collection of fiction novels and bestsellers located in the Reference Room. The books are available for check out like other circulating books. If you need an escape from your schoolwork, stop by and check them out.

Featured Database: InfoTrac Custom Newspapers

The featured database this semester is InfoTrac Custom Newspapers, a collection of full text newspapers updated daily containing over 34 million articles from more than 500 U.S. and international newspapers. Of particular local interest is full-text coverage of the Detroit Free Press from March 2000 through April 2007.

Try it now!

Beyond Words Gallery: New Exhibit

A new exhibit went up this week in the Marygrove Library Beyond Words Gallery showcasing selected works from the Marygrove College Student Art Degree Show. For more student art, make sure to visit The Gallery on the fourth floor of the Liberal Arts building.