New database feature - Medline Plus Full Text!

MEDLINE is the premier database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. It provides indexing of articles in biomedicine, health and the life sciences. According to the National Library of Medicine website it is designed to provide information for health professionals, biomedical practitioners, researchers and educators. The database generally covers materials from 1949 to the present.

Our new Medline Plus Full Text database includes citations from Medline to more than 4800 current biomedical journals. It also provides the complete full text dating back to 1965 to 1470 of those journals including the current issue.

More information regarding the database as well as title lists can be found here.

What's New at the Library?

Here is a session especially for staff and faculty about new products/new features and tips from your librarians. Plan to attend one of the following sessions (approximately 45 minutes):

Friday, Sept. 4 – 11:00 am or
Wednesday, Sept. 9 – 3:00 pm

These sessions will be held in the classroom on the lower level of the library. Please RSVP to Eileen (483-2136 or eileen.kopren@dickinsonstate.edu) if you plan to attend.

ebook for September

Beginning Sept. 1, the ebook titled Flatlined: Resuscitating American Medicine by Guy Clifton will be available via netLibrary.

"By 2018 Medicare and Medicaid will consume about one-third of the federal budget. American businesses now pay three times as much of their payroll for health care as global competitors, a figure that is expected to worsen as health care grows at twice the rate of the U.S. economy. In Flatlined, Author Guy L. Clifton, M.D lifts the veil of secrecy on twenty-first century health care and delves into the realities of good people caught in a bad medical system. Arguing that a lack of coordinated care and quality medical practice benchmarks result in high levels of redundancy and ineffectiveness, Clifton proposes that the key to reducing health care costs, improving quality, and financially protecting the uninsured, is to reduce wastefulness, and offers a solution for achieving success."

To read this timely book, go to the library homepage, choose "Online Reference Resources," and then netLibrary. This book will be available during the month of September.

Stoxen Library Hours for Fall 2009

Monday – Thursday 8:00 am – 11:00 pm

Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Saturday 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Sunday 4:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Library Hours Labor Day Holiday

Saturday September 5 - Sunday September 6 CLOSED

Monday September 7 4:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Summer Reading Challenge

Well, the results are in...we had nineteen people participate in the "summer reading challenge." We asked participants to choose from a list of genres and pick ten outside of their normal comfort zone. Marie Hetzel won the prize for most pages read (9511) and Noel Wax, Holly Leftridge, Lisa Dolechek and Cindy Thronburg won prizes for reading from ALL of the genres. Other prize winners were Deborah Ford, Carolyn Burns and Diane Melbye. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

For anyone who noticed the lack over the past few months, we are pleased to announce that the library's display of new books is back. This displays includes a selection of the books that have been added most recently to our collection. A complete listing of the newest additions can be found on our website at Library Purchases. Stop in and check it out!

Also, the new media is back on display downstairs.

Free ebook for August

The beginning of fall semester is just around the corner (did we have summer?) and August's ebook is very appropriate. The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College by Harlan Cohen gives advice to students on issues ranging from managing money to managing stress. Included are hilarious, outrageous and telling stories from students on other college campuses.

Free access to this ebook is from August 1 - 31 through netLibrary. Begin at the library homepage, choose "Online Reference Resources" and then netLibrary.

Another Batch of Genres for the Reading Challenge

This week we have chosen the following genres to display:

Music, Technology, Plays/Monologues and Politics

Good luck as you continue the Reading Challenge! Just a reminder, the Challenge ends on August 14th.

Don't forget about our summer reading challenge!

There are four new genres on display to check out at the library for the summer reading challenge:

Art/food/craft

Poetry

Westerns

Religion/philosophy/spiritual

Creative Crafts for Clever Kids is a fun book that offers a variety of simple project ideas. One of the projects is to make a potato hedgehog using a potato, spaghetti and toothpicks.

Free ebook for July

This month's free ebook from netLibrary is a graphic novel. For those of you who have not seen a graphic novel, this is a wonderful opportunity! The classic Beowulf is retold in graphic form while sticking to the original myth/story. To find netLibrary, go to the library homepage, then choose "Online Reference Resources" and finally netLibrary. Enjoy!

Updated World Factbook

The World Factbook (a free resource published by the CIA) has just completed a major revision of their website. This resource provides information about the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues for 266 world entities. It has regional maps and flags of the different countries. It now has a photo gallery for nearly 100 countries. This is an easy-to-use website that provides information in a fun way.

On display now...check these out!

There are four genres on display now with sample materials for the summer reading program:

Crime/mystery
Science fiction/fantasy/horror
Travel/geography
Sports

Genres for reading program

Here is the list of possible genres for the summer reading program:
Political
Science / Nature
Sports
Spiritual / Religion / Philosophy
Technology
Music
Fantasy / Science Fiction / Horror
Plays / Monologues
Poetry
Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
Travel / Geography
Crime / Mystery
Newspaper
Cartoon / Manga / Graphic Novel
Art / Craft / Food
History / Regional Interest

Guidelines for the summer reading challenge!

Basic challenge guidelines:
· Choose ten different genres to sample. You may choose from those on the sheet in the packets or pick something we haven’t thought of. Just be sure to choose ten different types of literature.
· Read a minimum of 15 pages of each genre. (But you can go for 600 pages if you like!) This can be easily fulfilled with any combination you like of essays, short stories or magazine articles or you can certainly read an entire book if you choose.
· If you choose to include your favorite genre, try a different author. Your choice must be in some way new to you.
· You do not have to choose materials from the library collection. Friends or the public library are also great places to find something new.
· Stoxen library staff will also be putting up regularly changing displays featuring materials of the different genre types on the enclosed list.
· Keep track of your reading on the reading log from the packet.
· Turn in your log by August 14th to be eligible for prize drawings.
· Special prize for the one who reads the most pages!

In addition to the drawings, all challenge participants, who turn in their reading log by August 14th will receive:
· A complimentary beverage certificate to the Common Grounds Coffee Bar
· Your own personal read poster (see the end of our book stacks for samples featuring our students and staff)

Advanced challenge: There will be a special prize drawing for anyone who would choose to try all of the genres on the enclosed list!

Fun summer reading!

The challenge: To step out of your reading comfort zone! Try a small sample of genres outside your usual fare. Everyone is welcome to participate! Prize drawings will be held for all who complete the challenge by August 14th. Stop by the circulation desk for more information!

Free ebook for June

The free NetLibrary book for June is The Career Clinic: Eight Simple Rules for Finding Work You Love by Maureen Anderson.

According to NetLibrary "Since the Baby Boom generation, we have been raised with a sense that self-fulfillment is one of our inalienable rights—yet most of us probably do not love our work. As the longtime host of a radio show devoted to helping people find careers they love, Maureen Anderson has often invited listeners in to hear firsthand accounts of people who not only relish their work, but live without regret. The Career Clinic: Eight Simple Rules for Finding Work You Love by Maureen Anderson collects intimate and revealing first-hand accounts of people who have made the leap from the 9-to-5 doldrums into jobs that leave them feeling happy, satisfied, and filled with the sense of contentment that comes from knowing they're doing what they were put on this earth to do."

To access this book start at the library homepage, choose Online Reference Resources then NetLibrary.

Stoxen Library Summer Hours

Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Saturday & Sunday Closed

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Monday May 25 Closed for Memorial Day
Friday July 3 Closed for Independence Day

Extended hours for finals!

Stoxen Library is offering extended hours to help you prepare for your final exams.

Friday May 8 - 8:00 am - 7:00 pm
Saturday May 9 - 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Sunday May 10 - 3:00 pm – 1:00 am
Monday May 11 - 8:00 am – 1:00 am


Stoxen Library Regular Hours
Tuesday May 12 – Thursday May 14 – 8:00 am – 11:00 pm
Friday May 15 – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday May 16 – Sunday May 17 – CLOSED

Swine Flu Resources

So you can't miss this subject...it's everywhere! Here are some resources that might keep you up-to-date on the latest:

CDC (Centers for Disease Control)
WHO (World Health Organization)

And here is a reputable blog about the latest happenings:

Effect Measure (part of the ScienceBlogs network)

Murder in the Library!

Stop by the library and sign up for another "Murder in the Library" happening THIS FRIDAY, April 17, 2009, from 7:00pm - 9:00pm. Join the library staff for some treats, crime solving, and prizes as we wrap up National Library Week! We have a maximum of sixty spaces available for this event.

There will once again be a murderer and a victim! We will again be joined by our own "Dr. Watson" as teams compete to see who will be the first to follow their clues and discover who did the dastardly deed. Teams will consist of six members. You can put together your own team or just come and sign up and we will add you to a team that needs additional members. Pictures from last year's event can be viewed in the sidebar.

Rules of the competition are as follows:

1. Each team must work together as one unit (you may NOT break up into smaller units in order to complete the tasks).
2. Choose a captain to speak for your team.
3. Each team will receive their first clue after you have entered the library.
4. If you have a question about a clue, there will be library staff roving on both levels. Ask one of them, but do not go to one of the station workers to ask for help.
5. If you leave the library before the event is over, you will NOT be let back into the library.
6. If one team finds another team’s clue, do NOT disturb it. You will be disqualified for this action.
7. When you have all of your clues and know who the murderer is, your captain will present the clues and the name to the judges at the reference desk.

Prizes are awarded to the top three teams and everyone receives something for participating so we hope you will join us on Friday.