Smith Library Center News http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library The latest from the A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library Center at Southwestern University Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:59:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Get Your Google On http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/03/29/google/ http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/03/29/google/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:51:44 +0000 Jesse Saunders http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/?p=583 Get Your Google On

And Shake Your Wikipedia

 

Join your friendly neighborhood librarians for a class on the finer points of searching the internet’s most popular sites. Believe it or not, you can use them for academic research!

Join us for one of three classes at 12 noon
Tuesday, April 3
Wednesday, April 4
Thursday, April 5
SLC 202/204 (computer lab on the 2nd floor)

Learn these search skills and you’ll be the hippest cat at the sock hop.

Get Yo Google On

]]> http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/03/29/google/feed/ 0 Get a clue: Find Your Research Topic http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/02/29/get-a-clue/ http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/02/29/get-a-clue/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:07:04 +0000 Jesse Saunders http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/?p=568 Overwhelmed by your latest paper topic?
Not sure where to begin for your capstone?

Finding too many sources or too few?
Come to one of our three classes!
Our friendly librarians will provide tips and strategies to help you develop a research topic.

Where:
All classes in SLC 202/204

When:
Tuesday, March 6  11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, March 7  12:00 p.m.
Friday, March 9  12:30 p.m.
ENCORE SESSION! – Friday march 23 at 12:30 p.m

flier image

 

]]> http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/02/29/get-a-clue/feed/ 0 Paul Laurence Dunbar – African American poet, novelist, and playwright http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/02/16/paul-laurence-dunbar/ http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/02/16/paul-laurence-dunbar/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:00:53 +0000 Jesse Saunders http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/?p=561 When Malindy Sings was the second of Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poetry collections.  Dunbar, who died in 1906 at age 34, was among the first African-American writers to gain national prominence.

Special Collections holds 12 of his books, many of which have beautiful covers.  Margaret Armstrong, a famous book cover artist, designed a number these covers, including the one on display here.   Also of note are the photographic illustrations by the Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) camera club, one of the earliest institutions of higher education for African-Americans and Native Americans.  Booker T. Washington is perhaps its most famous alumnus.

Two of these books can be seen in the display case outside of Special Collections, and any of them can be read in the Special Collections Reading Room. For more information on these collections, please contact Special Collections at x1221 or x1634.

Dunbar Cover

Dunbar Title Page

]]> http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/02/16/paul-laurence-dunbar/feed/ 0 Scholarly Vs Popular: The Epic Battle! http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/02/07/scholarly-vs-popular-the-epic-battle/ http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/02/07/scholarly-vs-popular-the-epic-battle/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:59:26 +0000 Theresa http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/?p=555 The first in a new series “The Librarian is IN” brings you the answers to that eternal question, “What’s the deal with scholarly and popular resources?”

What makes something scholarly? What about newspapers and blogs? Where do they fit in? When is it okay to use popular materials in my paper/project? Come to one of these short, informative classes to find out! We’re offering this class at different times and places to better serve you. Bring your lunch or enjoy a coffee while you get the facts on where to look and what to look for when doing research.

  • Tuesday, Feb. 14, 12:30p-1:00p Roy Shilling Rm
  • Wednesday, Feb. 15, 7:00p-7:30p Library Coffee Bar
  • or Friday, Feb. 17, 12:30p-1:00p Dan Rather Rm

Contact for more information: su.library.classes@gmail.com

]]> http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/02/07/scholarly-vs-popular-the-epic-battle/feed/ 0 Southwestern University Charter Day Display http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/02/06/charter-day-display/ http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/02/06/charter-day-display/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:39:31 +0000 Jesse Saunders http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/?p=547 February celebrates Southwestern University Charter Day. To mark the occasion, the library is exhibiting reproductions of the “acts of incorporation” of Southwestern and her root institutions, an architect’s large diorama of the campus in 1944, and other historical items.  The exhibit is in the library’s foyer.  Contact Special Collections for more information: x1221 or x1634.

 

Rutersville Charter

Reproduction of Rutersville College Charter, 1840.

 

Architects Model 1944

Architect's model of campus, 1944.

]]> http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/02/06/charter-day-display/feed/ 0 Graduate & Professional School Resources http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/01/31/graduate-professional-school-resources/ http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/01/31/graduate-professional-school-resources/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:34:36 +0000 Jesse Saunders http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/?p=541 Looking for guidebooks on how to get into law school, med school or a Master’s program? The library now has a new Graduate & Professional School Resources collection! Everything from Peterson’s Guides to MCAT, LSAT, and GRE study guides and more are housed in one place for easy browsing. These books are shelved next to the audio books beside the Periodicals entrance. All items can be checked out, most for 7-day loans, some for regular 3-week loans.

There is also an online guide to these resources and more available. Visit http://libguides.southwestern.edu/gradschool.

Grad School photo

]]> http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/01/31/graduate-professional-school-resources/feed/ 0 Journals Science and Nature – Access Moved to Online Only http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/01/12/science_nature_online_access/ http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/01/12/science_nature_online_access/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:05:29 +0000 Jesse Saunders http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/?p=533 The Smith Library Center has moved the journals Science and Nature to online only versions. The website for each journal will now feature access to the current issue, as well as access to issues back to 2007. For both journals, we will maintain the physical backfiles that are currently a part of the library collection, and online access to issues dating back to 1997 will continue to be available via Academic Search Complete.

If you have any questions about these changes to Science and Nature, please contact Amy Anderson at x1639.

]]> http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/01/12/science_nature_online_access/feed/ 0 Jessie Daniel Ames Lecture – Dorothy E. Roberts Display http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/01/10/jessie-daniel-ames-lecture/ http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/01/10/jessie-daniel-ames-lecture/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:19:21 +0000 Jesse Saunders http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/?p=521 The Jessie Daniel Ames Lecture display features books by Dorothy E. Roberts, scholar and writer, who will deliver a talk entitled “Race and the New Biocitizen” on February 7th. The display is located in the Periodicals Room.

Jessie Daniel Ames Lecture Display

Jessie Daniel Ames Lecture Display

]]> http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/01/10/jessie-daniel-ames-lecture/feed/ 0 Shilling Lecture – Thomas L. Friedman Display http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/01/10/shilling-lecture-display/ http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/01/10/shilling-lecture-display/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:04:11 +0000 Jesse Saunders http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/?p=502 A display to complement the 2012 Shilling Lecture, to be delivered by journalist and author Thomas L. Friedman on Tuesday, February  28. The display is located in the Periodicals Room.

 

Shilling Lecture Display

Shilling Lecture Display

]]> http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/01/10/shilling-lecture-display/feed/ 0 Brown Symposium – Back to the Foodture Display http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/01/10/brown-symposium-back-to-the-foodture-display/ http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/2012/01/10/brown-symposium-back-to-the-foodture-display/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:35:49 +0000 Jesse Saunders http://southwestern.edu/su_blogs/library/?p=495 The Back to the Foodture display features books by Brown Symposium guests, as well as the books listed in the reading list to complement this year’s symposium. The display is located in the Periodicals Room.

Brown Symposium

Brown Symposium Display

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