Library services for Marygrove MAT students that'll make you go WOW!

Calling all MAT students! Did you know that you can get personalized research help and thousands of scholarly resources via the Marygrove College Library website?

It's true! Librarian Christine Malmsten (313.927.1378) frequently helps Master in the Art of Teaching students via the phone or email, especially when it comes time for them to complete their Action Research Project. Here's what they have to say about their library help:

(Jackie, Sept 14, 2011)

WOW!!! Thank you so much! I am excited to try and search some more when I get home from work today. I will for sure let you know how it goes! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

(Jana, Sept 28, 2010)

You are a life saver! Most of these look VERY helpful! I will definitely try and search the way you said to find more. I have never done a research project before, other than trying to find specific things on Google, etc. LOL! Though doing this so far has been more frustration than enjoyment, I can see that if I am ABLE to find what I need, it can become more interesting. If you come up with any other ideas for search parameters, please let me know! You are brilliant!

(Diane, May 12, 2009)

You are a saint. Thank you.

To learn more about how MAT students can receive research guidance (brainstorming search words, finding books, articles, and websites, narrowing or broadening a topic, and creating citations) visit this library webpage: http://research.marygrove.edu/research-help-a-guides/mat-students

Fabulous new titles in Gale Virtual Reference Library

The Gale Virtual Reference Library is available to all Michigan residents via the Michigan eLibrary, which is made possible by grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan.

The Gale Virtual Reference Library can be accessed here and, after October 1, 2011, will be updated to include the following titles:

• Africa: An Encyclopedia for Students, 4 volumes, 2003
• African-American Years: Chronologies of American History and Experience, 1 volume, 2003
• American Civil War Reference Library, 5 volumes, 2003
• American Home Front in World War II, 4 volumes, 2004
• American Inaugurals: The Speeches, The Presidents and Their Times, 1 volume, 2004
• American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present, 4 volumes, 2003
• Ancient Civilizations Reference Library, 3 volumes, 2006
• Ancient Greece and Rome: An Encyclopedia for Students, 4 volumes, 2007
• Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 6 volumes, 2007
• Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990, 2 volumes, 2004
• Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America, 6 volumes, 2001
• Biology, 4 volumes, 2002
• CDs, Super Glue and Salsa: How Everyday Products Are Made, Series 3, 2 volumes, 2004
• Chemical Elements: From Carbon to Krypton, 3 volumes, 2006
• Chemistry: Foundations and Applications, 4 volumes, 2004
• Child Development, 1 volumes, 2003
• Complete Life Science Resource, 3 volumes, 2004
• Contemporary American Religion, 2 volumes, 2003
• Contemporary Black Biography, Vol. 1-46, 2007
• Contemporary Black Biography, Vol. 48, 2005
• Contemporary Black Biography, Vol. 49, 2005
• Contemporary Black Biography, Vol. 50, 2005
• Contemporary Black Biography, Vol. 51, 2005
• Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Vol. 1, 2004
• Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Vol. 2, 2004
• Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Vol. 3, 2004
• Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Vol. 4, 2004
• Countries and Their Cultures, 4 volumes, 2001
• Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook 2010, 2 volumes, 2009
• Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco: Learning about Addictive Behavior, 3 volumes, 2003
• Encyclopedia of Aging, 4 volumes, 2003
• Encyclopedia of Drugs and Addictive Substances, 5 volumes, 2005
• Encyclopedia of European Social History, 6 volumes, 2005
• Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, 3 volumes, 2004
• Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, 2 volumes, 2004
• Encyclopedia of Management, 1 volumes, 2005
• Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, 6 volumes, 2004
• Encyclopedia of Religion, 15 volumes, 2005
• Encyclopedia of Russian History, 4 volumes, 2003
• Encyclopedia of Science, 10 volumes, 2004
• Encyclopedia of Small Business, 2 volumes, 2007
• Encyclopedia of the Great Depression, 2 volumes, 2003
• Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa, 4 volumes, 2004
• Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, 4 volumes, 2009
• Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, 2 volumes, 2010
• Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence, 4 volumes, 2005
• Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, 2 volumes, 2010
• Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3 volumes, 2000
• Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, 3 volumes, 2000
• Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, 4 volumes, 2009
• Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology, 1 volumes, 2003
• Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, 2 volumes, 1999
• Governments of the World: A Global Guide to Citizens' Rights and Responsibilities, 4 volumes, 2005
• Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library, 4 volumes, 2004
• Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, 17 volumes, 2004
• Grizimek's Student Animal Life Resource, 21 volumes, 2005
• Learning about the Holocaust, 4 volumes, 2007
• Major Acts of Congress, 3 volumes, 2003
• Middle Ages Reference Library, 5 volumes, 2004
• National Survey of State Laws, 1 volumes, 2005
• Psychologists and their Theories for Students, 2 volumes, 2005
• Real-Life Math, 2 volumes, 2006
• Renaissance and Reformation Reference Library, 6 volumes, 2004
• St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, 5  volumes, 2000
• Supreme Court Drama: Cases that Changed America, 4 volumes, 2005
• Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources, 1 volumes, 2005
• The Crusades Reference Library, 4 volumes, 2005
• The Sixties in America Reference Library, 4 volumes, 2005
• Vietnam War Reference Library, 5 volumes, 2004
• Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia, 17 volumes, 2007
• World of Earth Science, 2 volumes, 2003
• World Education Encyclopedia, 3 volumes, 2003
• World War 1 Reference Library, 4 volumes, 2004
• World War 2 Reference Library, 5 volumes, 2003
• World of Microbiology and Immunology, 2 volumes, 2003