Now is the time to schedule library orientations for your students! Our schedule fills up pretty quickly during the fall semester, and a library session gives your students the opportunity to enhance their research and study skills. To request a class please fill out the instruction request form on our website. For more information, please contact Reference Librarians Nick Tomaiuolo or Susan Slaga.
Library Renovation Update
The demolition crew is preparing to take the steps off the south side of the balcony! For the next two days (7/13 & 7/14) the front Handicapped Entrance to the library will be closed while they complete the demolition. The other handicapped entrance will be open from the north side of the building and the parking lot.
Nature Photography Exhibit!
An Exhibit of photographic nature art by Connecticut native George Ostertag will be featured at the Elihu Burritt library at Central Connecticut State University during the month of June 2010.
The framed photographic art will include images of wildlife, waterfalls, wildflowers, and scenic views of well-known areas and national landmarks in various parts of the country.
The photographer has had the unique opportunity to capture many spectacular scenes while researching material for more than 23 hiking, outdoor recreation, travel guides, and photography books (for which he is the sole photographer and the co-author with his wife Rhonda Ostertag). Some of their books, including many second edition copies, will also be on exhibit.
George has put together an extensive photo stock celebrating the American West and, more recently, many Eastern states. Wherever boot and backpack would take him, he took camera and tripod. Diverse landscapes opened up unlimited photo opportunities with humbling deserts, rich forests, rocky coasts, waterfalls, and high mountains. A geologist by training and naturalist by heart, he finds beauty in all habitats.
His photography has been displayed at numerous galleries and has appeared in many publications. His images have graced calendars, greeting cards, and postcards, many of which will be on display during this exhibit.
For additional information contact exhibitor Agnes Ostertag at 860 223-3723.
Library Acquires Oxford UP Journals Archive
We are pleased to announce the addition of the 2010 Oxford Journals Archive. The Archive includes over 150 titles, with the oldest material dating back to the middle of the 19th century. Journals included cover subjects as diverse as biology, medicine, and physics, through to law, economics, and theology. A complete list of titles is available at the following URL: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/access_purchase/complete_archive_2010.html
The long-awaited new interface for Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe has arrived!
The new and improved search interface for Lexis-Nexis Academic features Easy Search and Power Search in addition to five other specialized search functions.
To test the new interface out go to: http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Trial Subsciption Now Available
Trial Access to the AAS Historical Periodicals Collections is available until June 30th. Series 1 covers the period 1693-1820, and Series 2 covers 1821-1837.
The AAS Historical Periodicals Collection presents over 1,500 titles. The collection represents over two centuries of print culture, ranging from early works imported by the colonists to later titles published on American soil on the eve of the Revolution and during the early republic. These periodical collections are the first two in a series of five created from periodical holdings belonging to one of the premier repositories in the United States, the American Antiquarian Society.
“When Humanity Fails” Exhibit April 19-23, 2010
The exhibit “When Humanity Fails”, brought to campus by the Hillel Jewish Student Organization, fills the growing schism that is arising between the dying generation of survivors and the new generation of youth that is struggling to comprehend the depths of evil that abounded in the Holocaust. While Holocaust education has certainly grown in importance, the method by which it is taught focuses on the death and destruction without teaching students about the lessons that can be learned and how their emotional and intellectual responses can be channeled into constructive action and awareness.
We hope bringing this exhibit to campus will create a more open, informed and tolerant community. More information can be found by contacting Pam Majify at ccsuhillel@hotmail.com or on the exhibits website www.whenhumanityfails.com.
We hope to see you there and at future Hillel programming.
Celebrate National Library Week!
Gale and Proquest have both announced complimentary access to selected databases during National Library week, April 11-17, 2010. Information and links to access are included below.
Gale: http://www.gale.cengage.com/NLW2010/?grid=10ALL053
Some good stuff here:
- Archives Unbound — a vast new resource of topically-focused, cross-searchable digital collections of historical documents
- Career Transitions — a new electronic resource offering a comprehensive guide to career change
- Global Issues in Context — this online resource offers global news and perspectives on issues and events of international importance
- GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) — a new electronic resource offering authoritative reference content on the environment, energy, economic development and natural resources
- Grzimek’s Animal Life — an interactive, media-rich online resource, with information on more than 4,000 species
Proquest: http://proquest.com/en-US/promos/celebrate.shtml
- CultureGramsTM explore the world’s cultures with local experts that document the history, customs, government, and daily life in multimedia reports on over 200 countries.
- eLibrary(R) this easy to use resource brings together content about in-demand subjects from millions of multimedia-rich, global resources.
- ProQuest(R) African American Heritage brings together records critical to African American family history research and connects users to a community of research experts.
- ProQuest Historical NewspapersTM – Black Newspapers experience history firsthand via continuous runs of the following full-image titles: The Baltimore Afro-American, Chicago Defender, Los Angeles Sentinel, and New York Amsterdam News.
Ambassador of Kenya to Deliver Lecture on Kenya – US Relations
His Excellency Peter Ogego, Ambassador of Kenya, will deliver a lecture on Thursday, April 8th at 4:15pm. The lecture will take place in the Special Collections Reading Room of the Burritt Library.
The lecture is sponsored by the Center for Africana Studies.
2010 Elihu Burritt Undergraduate Research Awards Winners!
The 2010 Elihu Burritt Undergraduate Research Awards winners are:
Junior, Laci A. Corridor for her paper “Anorexia Nervosa: A Review of Current Literature,” and Senior Gregory L. Person for his paper, “What gives you sovereign empire to oppress my sex? Women’s conceptualizations of gender and class during the French Revolution”. They will receive their award certificates and $350 prize at the URCAD ceremony on April 9, 2010.
Congratulaions Greg and Laci and thank you to all the participants. Everyone did a great job!
