More NetLibrary eBooks Now Available through Mountlink
The complete contents of more than 1800 NetLibrary eBooks are available in electronic form through Mountlink, the library's online catalog. Each eBook can be located by title, author, and subject in Mountlink, and viewed from any computer with access to the catalog, on campus and off. Subjects covered range across all major areas, academic as well as general interest. More eBooks will be added to Mountlink in the near future. Contact the library staff with comments or questions about this exciting new service!
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Good Luck, Eileen
Eileen Bentsen has accepted a library positon at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She began her duties there on January 17th. You may contact her by sending e-mail to Eileen_Bentsen@baylor.edu . Above are some pictures from her farewell party . Clicking on a picture will bring you an enlarged version.
Friday, February 03, 2006
Trial Databases
Following Databases are Available on Trial Basis Feb. 1-March 31 through OCLC FirstSearch:
ATLA Religion (ATLAReligion): Religious and theological literature for students and faculty
- Supports religious and theological scholarship in and faculty research.
- Contains thousands of citations from international titles and multi-author works in the field of religion.
- Includes a full range of index citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews from three ATLA print indexes: Religion Index One (RIO), Religion Index Two (RIT), and Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBRR).
- Spans over 50 years with selected records going back to 1818.
ATLA Serials Database (ATLAS): Full-text articles on religion and theology
- Supports religious and theological scholarship in and faculty research.
- Contains the full text of thousands of journal articles and book reviews from international titles and multi-author works in the field of religion.
- Spans over 50 years.
General Science Abstracts (GenSciAbs): General science literature from the U.S. and Europe
- Covers everything from supernovas to marine pollution and is the ideal source for researchers seeking information on a variety of scientific topics.
- Abstracts leading journals and magazines from the United States and Great Britain.
Describes biographical sketches, symposia, conferences, review articles, selected letters to the editor, special issues of journals published as supplementary issues, review issues, laboratory guides, and book reviews.
MLA International Bibliography (MLA): Literature, language, linguistics, folklore
- Provides over one million citations for items from journals and series published worldwide.
- Indexes books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies.
- Contains in each record a bibliographic citation for a journal article, book, or other item including information about the libraries that own the library resources.
- Includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals, which provides full information on more than 4,000 journals and series in the MLA International Bibliography Master List of Periodicals. The Directory of Periodicals includes many of the periodicals that are indexed in the MLA International Bibliography database. The electronic Directory of Periodicals is updated every six months.
Email your comments to: askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu
Your feedback is vital to our on-going efforts to serve your research needs. We need to hear from you and will be looking forward to your comments.
February eBook of the Month:
The Little Book That Beats the Market
Two years in business school won't teach you how to beat the market. Two hours with the February eBook of the Month will. In The Little Book That Beats the Market, Columbia Business School Professor and hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt offers a "magic formula" that, over time, consistently outperforms the market.
Using basic math skills and simple concepts, Greenblatt shows how successful investing can be made easy for investors of any age. Through entertaining anecdotes and practical pearls of wisdom, The Little Book That Beats the Market explores the basic principles of successful stock market investing and reveals the secrets to buying good companies at bargain prices.
The February eBook of the Month is provided through the generous support of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and will be available to the Mount Aloysius College community with free, unlimited access February 1-28 through the Library webpage (on Library home page click On-Line Databases and scroll down to NetLibrary eBook Collection) or by following this link:
http://www.netlibrary.com/
Please take a look at this resource and share your comments and suggestions with the library staff.
Josip Mocnik
Library Director
jmocnik@mtaloy.edu
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Some Recently Added Reference Titles
Encyclopedia of disability / general editor, Gary Albrecht. Thousand Oaks, Sage Publications, c2006. Reference HV1568 .E528 2006
Editor Albrecht and over 500 authors from around the world contributed more than 800 entries. Almost 200 of the entries are biographical, treating individuals from Homer and Socrates to Helen Keller and Franklin Roosevelt. Others treat history, types of disability, medical and health concerns, legal and social matters, attitudes and conditions affecting daily life and more. A series of entries under the heading Experience of Disability discusses conditions in 13 countries, including Brazil, Ireland, and Japan. Entry length generally ranges from around 200 words to 10 pages. Most entries conclude with citations for further readings, and many also offer lists of Web sites. The text is supported by a number of black-and-white illustrations, many of which show depictions of disability in works of art and film. All of the illustrations are contained in volume 5, which is also home to documents representing the "first effort at compiling primary source materials on disability." The documents are organized by historical period and arranged chronologically, from ancient Sumerian proverbs to Andrea Dworkin's 2005 essay "Through the Pain Barrier." Each document has a brief introduction that supplies context. Following the documents are a chronology and a section on finding and evaluating Web sites. To aid the reader, each volume includes an alphabetical list of entries and a "Reader's Guide," which groups entries under broad subject categories. Documents are also listed under pertinent categories here, providing useful links between documents and related text. Volume 4 contains a 120-page bibliography and the set index.
Encyclopedia of international organized crime / Carlo DeVito. New York, Facts on File, c2005. Reference HV6441 .D48 2005
In the U.S., organized crime has largely been associated with the Mafia. What this encyclopedia attempts to do is provide a definitive reference source that reveals the depth and breadth of all organized criminal activity around the world. In 450 entries, it covers all of the major criminal groups, detailing their origins and operations and showing their interconnectedness. The encyclopedia includes entries on crime bosses as well as gangs, nationalities, drug cartels, activities, and crime-fighting laws and groups. Examples include Bonanno crime family, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Human trafficking, Jamaican Posse, Motorcycle gangs, Tongs, and Triads. One also reads about the POBOB, or Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington, a group of bikers who attended a rally held in Hollister, California, the weekend of July 4, 1946, which legend holds to be the genesis of outlaw gangs; POBOB later became known as the Hell's Angels. This is just one of the interesting bits of information that make the encyclopedia so readable.
Encyclopedia of life sciences / Gina Fullerlove. New York, Nature Publishing, c2002. Reference QH302.5 .E54 2002
This thorough and comprehensive encyclopedia covers all areas of biology. Molecular topics are treated in great detail, and physiology, evolution, ecology, and similar classical topics are also covered thoroughly. The 3,000 articles, written in clear, straightforward, academic prose by scholarly authorities, are masterful and thorough. Topical articles are typically 4,000 to 9,000 words long, with five to ten major subdivisions; biographical articles are briefer. Articles from the Nature Yearbook of Science and Technology describe each country's major biological institutions. Cross-references point to related articles, and each article usually cites five to ten general items (typically, recent standard books or review articles) labeled "Further Reading," and often ten to 50 references, mostly journal articles, some as recent as 2000. The articles themselves are divided into those considered elementary, secondary (more specialized and advanced), and supplementary (peripheral special topics), reflecting more the specificity than the difficulty of each article. Primary articles are pitched at the Scientific American level, while the secondary range up to that of the "Nature Reviews" series. Necessary mathematics and chemistry are used, but none of the content should be beyond the comprehension of an advanced undergraduate specializing in biology.
Encyclopedia of disability / general editor, Gary Albrecht. Thousand Oaks, Sage Publications, c2006. Reference HV1568 .E528 2006
Editor Albrecht and over 500 authors from around the world contributed more than 800 entries. Almost 200 of the entries are biographical, treating individuals from Homer and Socrates to Helen Keller and Franklin Roosevelt. Others treat history, types of disability, medical and health concerns, legal and social matters, attitudes and conditions affecting daily life and more. A series of entries under the heading Experience of Disability discusses conditions in 13 countries, including Brazil, Ireland, and Japan. Entry length generally ranges from around 200 words to 10 pages. Most entries conclude with citations for further readings, and many also offer lists of Web sites. The text is supported by a number of black-and-white illustrations, many of which show depictions of disability in works of art and film. All of the illustrations are contained in volume 5, which is also home to documents representing the "first effort at compiling primary source materials on disability." The documents are organized by historical period and arranged chronologically, from ancient Sumerian proverbs to Andrea Dworkin's 2005 essay "Through the Pain Barrier." Each document has a brief introduction that supplies context. Following the documents are a chronology and a section on finding and evaluating Web sites. To aid the reader, each volume includes an alphabetical list of entries and a "Reader's Guide," which groups entries under broad subject categories. Documents are also listed under pertinent categories here, providing useful links between documents and related text. Volume 4 contains a 120-page bibliography and the set index.
Encyclopedia of international organized crime / Carlo DeVito. New York, Facts on File, c2005. Reference HV6441 .D48 2005
In the U.S., organized crime has largely been associated with the Mafia. What this encyclopedia attempts to do is provide a definitive reference source that reveals the depth and breadth of all organized criminal activity around the world. In 450 entries, it covers all of the major criminal groups, detailing their origins and operations and showing their interconnectedness. The encyclopedia includes entries on crime bosses as well as gangs, nationalities, drug cartels, activities, and crime-fighting laws and groups. Examples include Bonanno crime family, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Human trafficking, Jamaican Posse, Motorcycle gangs, Tongs, and Triads. One also reads about the POBOB, or Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington, a group of bikers who attended a rally held in Hollister, California, the weekend of July 4, 1946, which legend holds to be the genesis of outlaw gangs; POBOB later became known as the Hell's Angels. This is just one of the interesting bits of information that make the encyclopedia so readable.
Encyclopedia of life sciences / Gina Fullerlove. New York, Nature Publishing, c2002. Reference QH302.5 .E54 2002
This thorough and comprehensive encyclopedia covers all areas of biology. Molecular topics are treated in great detail, and physiology, evolution, ecology, and similar classical topics are also covered thoroughly. The 3,000 articles, written in clear, straightforward, academic prose by scholarly authorities, are masterful and thorough. Topical articles are typically 4,000 to 9,000 words long, with five to ten major subdivisions; biographical articles are briefer. Articles from the Nature Yearbook of Science and Technology describe each country's major biological institutions. Cross-references point to related articles, and each article usually cites five to ten general items (typically, recent standard books or review articles) labeled "Further Reading," and often ten to 50 references, mostly journal articles, some as recent as 2000. The articles themselves are divided into those considered elementary, secondary (more specialized and advanced), and supplementary (peripheral special topics), reflecting more the specificity than the difficulty of each article. Primary articles are pitched at the Scientific American level, while the secondary range up to that of the "Nature Reviews" series. Necessary mathematics and chemistry are used, but none of the content should be beyond the comprehension of an advanced undergraduate specializing in biology.
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