From Clement C. Maxwell Library... http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/ en Copyright 2009 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:33:37 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The Mary Baker Eddy Library Summer 2010 Fellowship Application Open Research Fellowships. Applications now available for Summer 2010 Research Fellowships at The Mary Baker Eddy Library in Boston. Open to academic scholars, independent researchers, and graduate students. The Library’s newly public collections, centered on the papers of Mary Baker Eddy and records documenting the history of Christian Science, offer scholars countless opportunities for original research. A select list of such resources includes: Mary Baker Eddy’s scrapbooks and copybooks; household account ledgers and receipts; a fully-indexed file of newspapers clippings that date to the late nineteenth century; Eddy’s sermons and lectures; an extensive historic photograph collection; architectural records; early histories of branch Churches of Christ, Scientist; and Eddy’s voluminous correspondence and manuscript material, which offer opportunities for new analyses of her life and ideas. Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) authored a ground-breaking book on science, theology, and healing titled Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures and founded the Church of Christ, Scientist, a publishing society, and The Christian Science Monitor. Stipend provided. Application and supporting materials must be postmarked by February 8, 2010. For further information about the Library’s holdings and the fellowship program, including the application and instructions, please go to http://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/collections/fellowshipsor contact 617-450-7316, fellowships@mbelibrary.org. ]]> http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/11/the_mary_baker_eddy_library_su.html http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/11/the_mary_baker_eddy_library_su.html Events Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:33:37 -0500 BillMaps... putting Congressional bills on the map! See Congress Through BillMaps November 16th, 2009 From ResourceShelf Here’s a new mashup for a new week that can be filed in the U.S. Congress category. BillMaps is very easy to use but potentially very useful for those who like to “see” how something looks. Sometimes you can see something on a map (e.g. a trend) that would be difficult to detect just by looking at the text. Simply enter a bill number (the database goes back to 101st Congress) and then select what you would one of the two mapping options. You can either map where the sponsors of a bill are from or what a vote looks like on a map. In other words, Google Map “pins” are placed inside the state where the congressperson is from and colored either green for “aye” or red for “nay.” Each pin can be clicked and you’ll find the name of the voter and direct links to info about that person from the OpenCongress database and the Govtrack.us database (a ResourceShelf fave). On the home page you can find links to: + Most Tracked Bills this Week + Most Supported Bills this Week + Most Opposed Bills this Week + Hot Bills + Most Blogged Bills this Week Btw, on any list page you can access a brief bill summary by moving your cursor over the title of the bill. So here’s an example. First, we selected Most Tracked Bills this Week. We’re finding on where the “most tracked” number is coming from. Our guess, GovTrack.us. Next, we selected #H.197: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2009, click and we see where the 162 sponsors are from. In additon to the map you’ll find a brief summary and related bills. Here’s another example, we went to the top of the home page and entered H.1 from the 110th Congress and then vote. The bill was titled, Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007. Here’s the maps Below the map you’ll see 435 votes. Next to that you’ll spot an “S.” Click and you’ll go to the sponsor map. On a sponsor map, look for a “V.” When clicked you’ll go to a vote map for that piece of legislation. A nice use of several databases and API’s (Application Programming Interfaces) to create something that can provide a view not visible without the use of a map. Access BillMaps ]]> http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/11/billmaps_putting_congressional.html http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/11/billmaps_putting_congressional.html Resources Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:07:37 -0500 Nino Ricci Reading Date: November 23, 2009 Time: 4:00 pm Place: Library Heritage Room, 1st floor Mr. Nino Ricci, a renowned Canadian author and the Killam Professor of Canadian Studies, will read from his recent novel, The Origin of Species, which won the Governor General's Award. This program is sponsored by Maxwell Library and the Canadian Studies program. The event is open to the public. Refreshments will be served.]]> http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/11/nino_ricci_reading.html http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/11/nino_ricci_reading.html Events Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:44:30 -0500 Web Resource: CareerOneStop this excellent resource provides comprehensive, up-to-date, and reliable information on careers and job opportunities. The site is organized into six major areas: Explore Careers, Salary + Benefits, Education + Training, Job Search, Resumes + Interviews, and People + Places to Help. The home page also contains a link to a section titled ReEmployment Tools, which will be beneficial for those who have recently lost a job; this section also offers specific information on military transition and unemployment assistance following a major disaster. CareerOneStop is useful not only for students and job seekers but for employers as well. Employers can post positions using a very sophisticated Job Description Writer. Two particular features of this site stand out: the comprehensive Explore Careers section, which encourages viewers to take a step back and really think about their career options; and the links to the One-Stop Career Centers, located in all 50 states, which provide job training referrals, career counseling, job listings, and similar employment-related services. One can download or print just about anything on the site, and navigation is quick and easy. Other major job sites offer some sort of credible career guidance, but they tend to focus more on immediately pairing an inquirer with a job listing or college/university and do not provide crucial information and advice about the front end of the process as found on this site, e.g., spending time thinking about your career, your interests, and perhaps most important, whether your career interests are a real match with your skills. See related, Quintessential Careers http://www.quintcareers.com/ (CH, May'09, 46-4761). CareerOneStop would be very useful for undergraduate students as well as those who work with and advise them. The link to this site is also available on the library's Web Resources: Employment and Career Sources page. ]]> http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/11/web_resource_careeronestop.html http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/11/web_resource_careeronestop.html Resources Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:37:22 -0500 Creationism, Minus a Young Earth, Emerges in the Islamic World LexisNexis database. ]]> http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/11/creationism_minus_a_young_eart.html http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/11/creationism_minus_a_young_eart.html Resources Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:05:15 -0500 A Pocket Guide to Social Media and Kids nielsonwire When is a phone not a phone? In the hands of children and tweens, today’s cell phones are primarily used as text messaging devices, cameras, gaming consoles, video viewers, MP3 players, and incidentally, as mobile phones via the speaker capability so their friends can chime in on the call. Parents are getting dialed in to the social media phenomenon and beginning to understand—and limit—how children use new media. Full Article]]> http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/11/a_pocket_guide_to_social_media.html http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/11/a_pocket_guide_to_social_media.html Resources Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:09:48 -0500 Top 10 Best Books of 2009 from Publisher Weekly The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon Big Machine by Victor Lavalle Cheever: A Life by Blake Bailey A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon by Neil Sheehan In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford Stitches by David Small Reviews are available at http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704263.html. ]]> http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/11/top_10_best_books_of_2009_from.html http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/11/top_10_best_books_of_2009_from.html Resources Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:35:53 -0500 New Wilson Databases: Biography Index, Book Review Digest Plus , Current Biography Biography Index 1984 to Present, Book Review Digest Plus, and Current Biography 1940-Present to online access from H.W. Wilson. Online access provides flexible searching features, 24 hour access, and links to full text available in other library databases. Biography Index: 1984 to Present, updated daily, cites biographical articles from more than 3,000 periodicals as well as books, interviews, obituaries, letters, diaries, and memoirs. People covered range from antiquity to the present. Book Review Digest Plus, updated daily, includes more than 1,300,000 entries with book summaries, bibliographic data, review indexing, review excerpts, full-text book reviews, and links to full-text reviews in other library databases. Current Biography 1940-Present, updated monthly, includes 2500 word biographical articles on contemporary figures and historical figures back to World War II. Links to these databases are available from the library’s home page under Research Tools. ]]> http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/11/new_databases_biography_index.html http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/11/new_databases_biography_index.html Resources Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:36:50 -0500 November eBook of the Month: Invisible China: A Journey Through Ethnic Borderlands Hailed as a “spectacular achievement” by Publishers Weekly In this eloquent and eye-opening adventure narrative, authors Colin Legerton and Jacob Rawson, two Americans fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Korean, and Uyghur, throw away the guidebook and bring a hitherto unexplored side of China to light. They journey over 14,000 miles by bus and train to the farthest reaches of China to meet the minority peoples who dwell there, talking to farmers in their fields, monks in their monasteries, fishermen on their skiffs, and herders on the steppe. As they uncover surprising facts about China’s hidden minorities and their complex position in Chinese society, they discover the social ramifications of inconsistent government policies--and some deep human truths as well. The November eBook of the Month is provided through Chicago Review Press. Don’t miss the opportunity to share this engaging and provocative exploration of China’s remote border and interior regions. This ebook will be available with free, unlimited access November 1-31, 2009. You can go the Library's NetLibrary eBooks web site to read this book online. (If the link doesn't work, please use the refresh button to reload the page.) ]]> http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/11/november_ebook_of_the_month_1.html http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/11/november_ebook_of_the_month_1.html Resources Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:17:57 -0500 Take ILL/DDS Online Satisfaction Survey! The Library is conducting an ILL/DDS online survey to measure the quality of our services and to learn how we can best serve you. Please help us to further improve Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Services (ILL/DDS). The survey is designed for three user groups: undergraduates, graduates, and faculty/staff. Please click on the link below relevant to you to take the survey. Your help will be greatly appreciated!
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]]> http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/10/take_illdds_online_satisfactio.html http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/10/take_illdds_online_satisfactio.html Events Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:26:04 -0500 Encyclopedia of Emancipation and Abolition in the Transatlantic World A Featured Title of the Month from Credo Reference! The struggle to abolish slavery is one of the grandest quests--and central themes--of modern history. These movements for freedom have taken many forms, from individual escapes, violent rebellions, and official proclamations to mass organizations, decisive social actions, and major wars. Every emancipation movement--whether in Europe, Africa, or the Americas--has profoundly transformed the country and society in which it existed. This unique A-Z encyclopedia examines every effort to end slavery in the United States and the transatlantic world. It focuses on massive, broad-based movements, as well as specific incidents, events, and developments, and pulls together in one place information previously available only in a wide variety of sources. While it centers on the United States, the set also includes authoritative accounts of emancipation and abolition in Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America. The Encyclopedia of Emancipation and Abolition features primary source documents, a map of the transatlantic slave trade, illustrations, cross-references, a comprehensive chronology and bibliography, and covers a wide range of individuals and the major themes and ideas that motivated them to confront and abolish slavery. A few of the interesting entries: • Palmerston Act (1839): measure enacted by the British Parliament to suppress the international slave trade • "Forty Acres and a Mule" • Sojourner Truth (ca. 1797-1883): former slave and inspirational leader of the abolitionist movement • Abolition in the British West Indies • Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859): French jurist, statesman, and social theorist as well as a leading abolitionist during the July Monarchy (1830-1848) of King Louis-Philippe • Quakers (Society of Friends) • James Ramsay (1733-1789): one of the most influential British abolitionists writing in the 1780s ]]> http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/10/credo_reference_featured_title.html http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/10/credo_reference_featured_title.html Resources Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:42:29 -0500 New Titles Added to the Credo Reference Database! Credo Reference is featuring history titles for the month of October. Eight new books featuring historical figures and history subject encyclopedias have been added. These titles are also accessible from the library's online catalog, Voyager. Below is the list of the new history books: • Encyclopedia of Emancipation and Abolition in the Transatlantic World, M.E. Sharpe • Encyclopedia of World Trade From Ancient Times to the Present, M.E. Sharpe • First Ladies of the United States, Lynne Rienner • Great Irish Lives: An Era in Obituaries, Collins • Great Lives: A Century in Obituaries, Collins • Great Military Lives: Leadership and Courage - From Waterloo to the Falklands • Great Victorian Lives: An Era • The Underground Railroad: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations, M.E. Sharpe Other added titles: • Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World: Locations • Great Thinkers A-Z Philosophy • Key Ideas in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language • Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language • Philosophy of Science A-Z Credo Reference is a searchable database containing more than 400 encyclopedias, dictionaries, quotations, biographies, obituaries, and more. The link to this database is listed on the library's Research Tools page. ]]> http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/10/new_history_titles_added_to_th.html http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/10/new_history_titles_added_to_th.html Resources Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:05:32 -0500 2012: Eh, It's Not the End Of the World Film & Internet Rumors Fuel Doomsday Babble The world is coming to an end. In, like, 4 or 5 billion years. The sun will get old and cranky and eventually immolate the entire planet. The world, however, is not coming to an end on Dec. 21, 2012, contrary to the viral Internet rumor propounded by pseudo-scientists, hoaxers, Hollywood movie promoters and assorted void-between-the-ears people who wouldn't recognize a scientific fact if it tried to abduct them. The notion that 2012 heralds the End of Time has something to do with a mysterious Planet X that will supposedly hurtle into, or perhaps merely perturb, Earth. Also, there might be geomagnetic storms, a Pole Reversal, and a newfound unsteadiness in the planet's crustal plates. All of that, or variations thereof, can be studied in depth in scores of books now jostling for eschatological primacy with such titles as "Apocalypse 2012," "The World Cataclysm in 2012" and "How to Survive 2012." This is no joke to David Morrison, senior scientist for NASA's Astrobiology Institute. He's counted 200 different books for sale about 2012. As the author of an online feature called Ask an Astrobiologist, he's gotten nearly 1,000 e-mails from people who think something dire is about to befall the planet. One teenager wrote to Morrison that he'd rather commit suicide than see the world destroyed. Many of the letters, Morrison said, presume that the government is covering up the imminent catastrophe. Letters begin, "I know you can't tell me the truth, but . . . " The full article is available in the library's LexisNexis database. ]]> http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/10/2012_eh_its_not_the_end_of_the.html http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/10/2012_eh_its_not_the_end_of_the.html Resources Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:39:06 -0500 Comprehensive Approach to High School Dropout Prevention and Recovery NGA News Release A new report from the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) addresses the alarming rate at which students in the United States drop out of high school. Achieving Graduation for All: A Governor’s Guide to Dropout Prevention and Recovery identifies the root causes of the high school dropout problem and offers a comprehensive action plan for states to curb dropouts, help youth succeed and strengthen state economies. Currently, one in five students drop out of high school, and dropouts cost the United States more than $300 billion each year in lost wages and increased public sector expenses. Full Report]]> http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/10/comprehensive_approach_to_high.html http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/10/comprehensive_approach_to_high.html Resources Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:07:23 -0500 Researchers Pin Down Quantum Particles Science Centric Researchers at the Kavli Institute for Nanosciences at Delft University of Technology, have succeeded in getting hold of the environment of a quantum particle. This allows them to exercise greater control over a single electron, and brings the team of researchers, led by Vidi winner and FOM workgroup leader Lieven Vandersypen, a step closer still to the super-fast quantum computer. Their results were published in Nature Physics on 16 August. One of the unique properties of quantum particles is that they can be in different states at the same time. An atom or electron is then in what is termed a 'superposition' of two conditions. For instance, this means that the 'spin' of an electron can be pointing in two different directions at once. A particle like this can therefore be 0 and 1 at the same time, and not just 0 or 1 as in an ordinary computer connection. This permits super-fast calculations. Until now, however, it has not proved possible to keep a particle in one specific state for any real length of time, because the environment - which also consists of quantum particles - is constantly disrupting the state. Researchers have been unable to get to grips with this until now. Full Article ]]> http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/10/researchers_pin_down_quantum_p.html http://library.bridgew.edu/mt/max/2009/10/researchers_pin_down_quantum_p.html Resources Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:45:28 -0500