The Library has recently expanded our holdings in JSTOR by adding the Arts & Sciences IV collection. There are 112 titles in this collection with an emphasis on business, education, and law. There are also titles in over 15 other disciplines including history, political science, psychology and sociology. In the past couple years, many students and faculty have tried to access these titles through Google, so it is a welcome addition to our collection.
Click here for the title list.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Pathfinder
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as
HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her
knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for
developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization,
and more. Henrietta’s cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she
remains virtually unknown, and her family can’t afford health insurance.
-From About The Immortal Life of Henrietta
Lacks on RebeccaSkloot.com
This summer, all first
year students at Marist College were asked to read The Immortal Life of
Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot.
Librarian Nancy Lewis has created a Special Topics Pathfinder, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, as a resource for students and Faculty
working with the common reading. This pathfinder draws together resources
related to the story and the science of the HeLa cells, maps of locations in the
book, as well as resources related to researching and writing about a story. A number of multimedia resources, including a video of HeLa cells dividing are presented.
While this Pathfinder will certainly be of use to the First Year Seminars, we
hope that other classes may find these resources of use and that you will direct your students
to the pathfinder as well.
We hope you will also
stop by and see the Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks Display in the display
case on the second floor of the Library.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Recent DVD Purchases
Check out some of the dvds the Library has recently purchased at faculty request:
The Corporation DVD 1534-35
Weight of the nation DVD 1536-38
First World War, the complete series DVD 1539-42
Miss representation DVD 1543
Amor brugo / Love, the magician DVD 1546
39 steps DVD 1557
Half the sky DVD 1572-73
Ghosts of Rwanda DVD 1576
Margin call DVD 1577
Helvetica DVD 1585
The Corporation DVD 1534-35 Weight of the nation DVD 1536-38 First World War, the complete series DVD 1539-42 Miss representation DVD 1543 Amor brugo / Love, the magician DVD 1546 39 steps DVD 1557 Half the sky DVD 1572-73 Ghosts of Rwanda DVD 1576 Margin call DVD 1577 Helvetica DVD 1585
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Lowell Thomas Papers: Now Searchable Through Fox Hunt
The Lowell Thomas Papers encompasses a wide range of materials documenting the life, family, and professional career of Lowell Thomas. These materials include correspondence, administrative and financial documents, manuscripts, printed materials, photographic materials, motion picture films, audio recordings, and memorabilia. Of particular interest are the materials relating to Thomas's travelogues, association with T.E. Lawrence, Cinerama productions, journey to Tibet, and broadcast series "High Adventure with Lowell Thomas." The overview of this collection can be viewed at: LT Paper Historical Note.
This highlights a major milestone for Archives & Special Collections. The Lowell Thomas Papers is the first digital collection from our archives to be successfully integrated in the Fox Hunt. Furthermore, we are working closely with Serial Solutions to integrate the remaining 49 manuscript collections and additional updates will be sent as we do so. In the meantime follow us on Facebook and Twitter to get a snapshot of our collections.
For a sample search of the Lowell Thomas Papers in Fox Hunt please click on the following search phrase: Lowell Thomas Tibet.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Recent Print Book Purchases
The library has recently added the following print books:
Introduction to Presocratics : a thematic approach to early Greek philosophy with key readings / Giannis Stamatellos
Inheriting Abraham : the legacy of the patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam / Jon D. Levenson
Syria : the fall of the house of Assad / David W. Lesch
Thomas Jefferson : the art of power / Jon Meacham
The generals : American military command from World War II to today / Thomas E. Ricks
The Hudson primer : the ecology of an iconic river / David L. Strayer
Fashion and art / edited by Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas
What money can't buy : the moral limits of markets / Michael J. Sandel
Intelligence in action: strategically managing knowledge assets / G. Scott Erickson and Helen N. Rothberg
Regarding Warhol : sixty artists, fifty years / Mark Rosenthal ... [et al.]
Dialect diversity in America : the politics of language change / William Labov
The wire : truth be told / Rafael Alvarez
If you have books (print or electronic) you would like the library to order, please use our online acquisitions form or email your librarian liaison.
Introduction to Presocratics : a thematic approach to early Greek philosophy with key readings / Giannis Stamatellos Inheriting Abraham : the legacy of the patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam / Jon D. Levenson Syria : the fall of the house of Assad / David W. Lesch Thomas Jefferson : the art of power / Jon Meacham The generals : American military command from World War II to today / Thomas E. Ricks The Hudson primer : the ecology of an iconic river / David L. Strayer Fashion and art / edited by Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas What money can't buy : the moral limits of markets / Michael J. Sandel Intelligence in action: strategically managing knowledge assets / G. Scott Erickson and Helen N. Rothberg Regarding Warhol : sixty artists, fifty years / Mark Rosenthal ... [et al.] Dialect diversity in America : the politics of language change / William Labov The wire : truth be told / Rafael Alvarez If you have books (print or electronic) you would like the library to order, please use our online acquisitions form or email your librarian liaison.
Friday, March 1, 2013
March 12, 6PM - 8PM iLearn and the Marist Library
On Tuesday, March 12th, from 6PM to 8PM there will be an "iLearn and the Marist Library" workshop in the AT&E Computer Lab,. Room 305 in the Library. Librarian Nancy Lewis' presentation will focus on how you can integrate Library Resources into your iLearn course. She will discuss how to link to articles in the online Library Collection and provide an introduction to Library Pathfinders. She will demonstrate how to link a Library Pathfinder into your iLearn course.
To register for the workshop, visit, http://www.marist.edu/facultystaff/cte/workshops.html?cat=38
To register for the workshop, visit, http://www.marist.edu/facultystaff/cte/workshops.html?cat=38
Monday, February 25, 2013
New Database: Roper Center iPOLL database
The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research iPOLL database is now available through the Cannavino Library website. iPOLL contains over half a million questions and answers from polls conducted by the major polling organizations from 1935 to the present. They also have large datasets available for downloading.
Video tutorials for iPoll are available. iPoll also provides a Teaching Tools section with sample assignments.
The scope of the questions reported in iPoll cover almost all disciplines taught at Marist College.
Video tutorials for iPoll are available. iPoll also provides a Teaching Tools section with sample assignments.
The scope of the questions reported in iPoll cover almost all disciplines taught at Marist College.
- Economic Issues/Policies :Business; Economy; Personal Finances; Social Security; Taxes; Work
- Education
- Elections, Political Parties/Figures
- Government Institutions : Congressional Approval; Presidential Approval; Role of Government; The Presidency; The Supreme Court
- Health Issues/Policies, Science, and Nutrition: Health Care; Medical Research; Smoking
- International Affairs/Crises/Wars: Afghanistan; Europe; Iraq; Latin America; Terrorism
- News Media/Coverage
- Personal Characteristics, Beliefs, and Lifestyles: Evolution and Creationism; The Elderly; Family; Homosexuality; Leisure & Recreation; The Mood of America; Patriotism; Religion; Retirement; Sports; Science & Technology; Internet; Privacy; Space Exploration
- Social Issues: Abortion; Alcohol; Crime; Energy; Ethics; Global Warming; Human Rights; Illegal Drugs; Immigration;Poverty; Race Relations; Women & Work; Youth
- US Defense & Foreign Policy: Defense Spending; Role of the United States in the World
| Business Administration | Communication | Criminal Justice |
| History | Political Science | Psychology |
| Public Administration | Social Work | A-Z List |
Friday, February 15, 2013
Recent Ebook Purchases
The Library recently purchased over 60 ebooks to add to our Ebrary database. A sampling of the titles include:
Born Together Reared Apart: The Landmark Minnesota Twin Study by Nancy Segal
Birth (and Death) of the Cool by Ted Gioia
Environmental Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing by Frank Spellman
Handbook of Youth Mentoring edited by David DuBois and Michael Karcher
Humanitarian Intervention: Ethical, Legal and Political Dilemmas edited by J.K.Holzgrefe and R. Keohane
Online Social Networks: Identity, Community, and Culture in the Digital Age edited by Z. Papacharissi
Philosophy and Love: From Plato to Popular Culture by Linnell Secomb
Sacred Matters: Religion and Spirituality in Families by Wesley Burr, et. al.
Social Media Reader edited by Michael Mandiberg
Theatre Censorship: From Walpole to Wilson by David Thomas, et.al.
Visions of the Land: Science, Literature and the American Environment... by Michael Bryson
Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Couples and Family Relationships edited by G. Karantzas and P. Noller
Born Together Reared Apart: The Landmark Minnesota Twin Study by Nancy Segal Birth (and Death) of the Cool by Ted Gioia Environmental Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing by Frank Spellman Handbook of Youth Mentoring edited by David DuBois and Michael Karcher Humanitarian Intervention: Ethical, Legal and Political Dilemmas edited by J.K.Holzgrefe and R. Keohane Online Social Networks: Identity, Community, and Culture in the Digital Age edited by Z. Papacharissi Philosophy and Love: From Plato to Popular Culture by Linnell Secomb Sacred Matters: Religion and Spirituality in Families by Wesley Burr, et. al. Social Media Reader edited by Michael Mandiberg Theatre Censorship: From Walpole to Wilson by David Thomas, et.al. Visions of the Land: Science, Literature and the American Environment... by Michael Bryson Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Couples and Family Relationships edited by G. Karantzas and P. Noller
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Jstor Register & Read now cover 1,200 journals
Jstor has expanded the Register & Read program we wrote about last October. That pilot program
covered 75 titles, and allowed anyone with a free Jstor account to read and add
to a reading shelf up to 3 items in journals not under subscription by Marist
College. The program has now been
expanded to cover 1,200 out of Jstor's approximately 1,600 titles. To learn how to use Register & Read,
please view this Jstor Video.
Friday, February 1, 2013
New Exhibit - Hidden Treasures
The Archives and Special Collections is mounting a new exhibit in the Steel Plant Art Gallery. "Hidden Treasures: Photographers and the Lowell Thomas Papers" will be on display from February 7th through March 2nd. Please join us for the opening reception on February 7th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
This exhibit displays the work of four photographers from the Lowell Thomas Papers. Frank R. Roberson was a prolific early travel lecturer. Lowell Thomas’s “With Allenby in Palestine and With Lawrence in Arabia” made him world famous. Harry Chase was a pioneer photographer whose innovations enthralled audiences. Lowell Thomas, Jr. was one of only a few to take photographs of Tibet and the Dalai Lama before the invasion of Communist China. The remarkable photography within the collection is truly a hidden treasure.
Lowell Thomas’s remarkable life began in the gold mining boom town of Cripple Creek, Colorado. An ambitious term of collegiate study earned him two Bachelor’s degrees from Valparaiso University in two years and then a Master’s degree from the University of Denver while he worked as a newspaper writer. From there he moved on to the Chicago Kent College of Law, and then to Princeton University, where he taught while pursuing his law degree. In Chicago he worked as a reporter for the Chicago Evening Journal and gained notoriety for exposing a man attempting to blackmail a number of wealthy Chicago industrialists – men who provided the capital for the Lowell Thomas Travelogues.
In 1917 his fledgling career obtained him ambiguous support from the U.S. government to create war propaganda. In August he married Frances Ryan and left for Europe where he toured the Western Front and found it insufficient for a travelogue. When he heard of General Allenby’s campaign in Palestine he jumped at the opportunity and sped off to the Middle East where he met T. E. Lawrence in Jerusalem in February 1918. Fran Thomas stayed in Italy where she worked with the Red Cross, was shot at while touring the front and arrested as a spy for taking photographs.
Thomas returned to America in 1919 where he gave his travelogue performance at the Century Theater and Madison Square Garden in New York. British theater promoter Percy Burton brought him to London where “With Allenby in Palestine and With Lawrence in Arabia” became an enormous hit. Thomas then took his travelogue on tour through Australia and New Zealand while others performed the lecture throughout Canada. Keen to build upon his early success, Thomas returned through Malaya, Burma and India where he and Chase gathered material to create “Through Romantic India.”
Lowell Thomas is remembered mostly as an American radio news broadcaster from 1930 to 1976, first on the NBC and then the CBS radio network. He was also an author of more than 50 books and countless newspaper and magazine articles, a noted speaker who for much of his life traveled widely on the national lecture circuit, a world traveler, filmmaker, entrepreneur and friend and associate of many of the most influential people of the 20th century.
Lowell Thomas in Petra, 1918.
This exhibit displays the work of four photographers from the Lowell Thomas Papers. Frank R. Roberson was a prolific early travel lecturer. Lowell Thomas’s “With Allenby in Palestine and With Lawrence in Arabia” made him world famous. Harry Chase was a pioneer photographer whose innovations enthralled audiences. Lowell Thomas, Jr. was one of only a few to take photographs of Tibet and the Dalai Lama before the invasion of Communist China. The remarkable photography within the collection is truly a hidden treasure.
Lowell Thomas’s remarkable life began in the gold mining boom town of Cripple Creek, Colorado. An ambitious term of collegiate study earned him two Bachelor’s degrees from Valparaiso University in two years and then a Master’s degree from the University of Denver while he worked as a newspaper writer. From there he moved on to the Chicago Kent College of Law, and then to Princeton University, where he taught while pursuing his law degree. In Chicago he worked as a reporter for the Chicago Evening Journal and gained notoriety for exposing a man attempting to blackmail a number of wealthy Chicago industrialists – men who provided the capital for the Lowell Thomas Travelogues.
In 1917 his fledgling career obtained him ambiguous support from the U.S. government to create war propaganda. In August he married Frances Ryan and left for Europe where he toured the Western Front and found it insufficient for a travelogue. When he heard of General Allenby’s campaign in Palestine he jumped at the opportunity and sped off to the Middle East where he met T. E. Lawrence in Jerusalem in February 1918. Fran Thomas stayed in Italy where she worked with the Red Cross, was shot at while touring the front and arrested as a spy for taking photographs.
Thomas returned to America in 1919 where he gave his travelogue performance at the Century Theater and Madison Square Garden in New York. British theater promoter Percy Burton brought him to London where “With Allenby in Palestine and With Lawrence in Arabia” became an enormous hit. Thomas then took his travelogue on tour through Australia and New Zealand while others performed the lecture throughout Canada. Keen to build upon his early success, Thomas returned through Malaya, Burma and India where he and Chase gathered material to create “Through Romantic India.”
Lowell Thomas is remembered mostly as an American radio news broadcaster from 1930 to 1976, first on the NBC and then the CBS radio network. He was also an author of more than 50 books and countless newspaper and magazine articles, a noted speaker who for much of his life traveled widely on the national lecture circuit, a world traveler, filmmaker, entrepreneur and friend and associate of many of the most influential people of the 20th century.
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