Geography Trivia Fans!

The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, 2^nd edition, is on the shelves in Stoxen Library.

The three-volume set is in Reference with the call number of
Ref. G 103.5 .C65 2008

With over 170,000 entries, the Columbia Gazetteer of the World is an A to Z encyclopedia of geographical places and features. Whether you're looking for the ten highest mountain peaks in North America, the major commercial crops in Brazil's economy, all the rivers in Southeast Asia, the former name of the city of Yangon, or the natural resources available in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Gazetteer is the one-stop resource for all your information needs.

The Gazetteer features new entries and extensive revisions to reflect recent administrative divisions in countries around the world. It also contains new maps, population figures, and an expanded glossary of geographical and geological terms. With its long history of accuracy and authority, there is no other encyclopedia like Gazetteer.

The Columbia Gazetteer covers:

* Political world-countries, provinces, regions, states, counties, capitals, cities, towns, villages, and neighborhoods.

* Physical world-continents, oceans, seas, lakes, lagoons, rivers, bays, inlets, channels, and streams, along with islands, archipelagos, peninsulas, atolls, mountains, mountain ranges, canyons, deserts, valleys, and volcanoes.

* Special places-national parks and monuments, historic and archaeological sites, harbors, ports, airports, nuclear plants, canals, and destinations of interest.

http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-14554-1/the-columbia-gazetteer-of-the-world

Library now open 7 days a week!

Beginning this Saturday, Sept. 6, the library will be open 7 days of the week! Regular library hours will be:
Monday – Thursday – 8 am – 11 pm
Friday – 8 am – 5 pm
Saturday – 2 pm – 5 pm
Sunday – 4 pm – 11 pm

Please note the library is also now open until 5 on Fridays (versus 4:30 pm).

Library hours vary over University breaks and holidays.

We moved this summer!

We haven’t actually moved the library, but we did spend time this summer re-arranging the books and periodicals so we thought we would let you know where some of your favorite items may now be located.

First of all, we evaluated books in the reference collection and moved some of them to the open book stacks. That means you can now check out, for example, such resources as the Dictionary of the Middle Ages, the Folklore of American Holidays, the Encyclopedia of Human Emotions and the Encyclopedia of Sports Science. For those of you that require students to use reference books, you might want to double-check the stacks to see what remains. There are still plenty of resources there.

We also moved the oversize books from the north end of the balcony down to the main floor at the beginning of the reference shelving. There are some real treasures in this collection, so check it out.

We then shifted (and vacuumed) every other book in the library. For most books this means they moved several sections from where they were. I know there are some who will need to “re-learn” the location of your favorite section. Believe me when I say that I’m still in the process of relearning where those frequently used sources are…I feel your pain!

We now have a “new” collection in the library called the Curriculum Library. These are textbooks and curriculum guides used in the elementary and secondary schools. You will find these materials on the lower level of the library in the compact shelving.

Have a great school year and come see us in the library.

Free netLibrary book for August

The free book from netLibrary until August 31 is Competition and Development: the Power of Competitive Markets. netLibrary describes this book as:

"The growth of international trade and investment has brought about many changes in the economies of developing countries, including a move away from state-controlled enterprise. However, it has also made developing countries more vulnerable to new and potentially harmful types of anticompetitive business practices.
Competition and Development: The Power of Competitive Markets demonstrates the importance of true and fair competition to sustainable development and an effective marketplace, touching on issues of globalization, consumer welfare, cartels and monopolies, and trade liberalization. It provides an introduction to competition, and competition law and policy in developing countries. It focuses on the practical problems faced in developing countries and the steps that have been and can be taken to overcome those problems."

To access this online book, go the the library homepage, then choose Online Reference Resources and then netLibrary.

Need an Interesting Book?

Visit Stoxen Library soon to pick from this interesting display.

Free ebook for July

Our extra special free book from netLibrary this month is Encyclopedia of World Religions by Wendy Doniger. This resource can be accessed from July 1 - 31, 2008 via the netLibrary homepage.

Browse the list of items added during April

Remember to check the New Library Purchases page for a complete listing by month of all new materials added to the library collections. The list for April 2008 is now posted.