December eBook of the Month: Younger You: Unlock the Hidden Power of Your Brain to Look and Feel 15 Years Younger

NetLibrary eBook of the Month

Younger You: Unlock the Hidden Power of Your Brain to Look and Feel 15 Years Younger
by Eric R. Braverman, McGraw-Hill, 2007

Finally, a pivotal piece of the aging puzzle is solved. In the December eBook of the Month, Dr. Eric Braverman reveals how controlling brain hormones through diet, lifestyle changes, key vitamins, minerals, and nutritional supplements can halt the aging process.
In the constant battle to stay young and feel fit, we will try any of the quick fixes that come on the market. But you don't need surgery, pricey cosmetics, or starvation to look and feel 15 years younger. With Dr. Braverman as your guide, you will unlock the secrets to living a longer, more vibrant life.

Provided through the generous support of McGraw-Hill Professional, the December eBook of the Month will be available to the Mount Aloysius College Library community December 1-31. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Mount Aloysius College Library, visit www.netLibrary.org and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any computer. For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Mount Aloysius College Library, please contact your librarian or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu

September NetLibrary eBook of the Month: The Economist Pocket World in Figures 2008

September NetLibrary eBook of the Month:

The Economist Pocket World in Figures 2008

This new edition is completely updated, revised, refreshed and expanded for 2008

Where is economic growth fastest or inflation highest? Who consumes the most energy? What country has the most asylum seekers? Who are the heaviest drinkers and smokers? If you want to know the answers to these, and thousands of other questions, youÆll find them in the September eBook of the Month.

Completely updated, revised, refreshed and expanded for 2008, The Economist Pocket World in Figures contains rankings on more than 200 topics in subject areas as wide-ranging as geography, population, business, the economy, trade, transport, finance, industry, demographics, the environment, society, culture and crime.

Provided through the generous support of the publisher, the September eBook of the Month will be available to the Mount Aloysius College Library community September 1-30. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Mount Aloysius College Library, visit www.netLibrary.org and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any library computer. For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Mount Aloysius College Library, please contact your librarian.

askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu

Welcome Week - Win Big at the Library

Welcome Week - Win Big at the Library!

The Staff of the Library are proud to partner with the Office of Student Affairs and a host of other campus partners in the Mount Aloysius Welcome Week, August 25 - September 3.

Come to the Library on Thursday, August 30, from 8:00 a.m. - noon & 1:00 - 4:00 p.m., and on Friday, August 31, from 8:00 - noon, to sign up to have your name entered into a drawing for a $50 Sheetz Gift Card. Other prizes will be awarded. The drawing will take place in the Library on Friday, August 31, at noon.

Contest Rules:

1. Only currently registered Mount Aloysius College students are eligible to enter the contest.
2. Winners must present a valid, current Mount Aloysius College student ID in order to claim prizes.

New Databases and Electronic Resources; New Mountlink (Library Catalog)

August eBook of the Month: Beyond the Bubble: How to Keep the Real Estate Market in Perspective and Profit No Matter What Happens

August eBook of the Month:

Beyond the Bubble: How to Keep the Real Estate Market in Perspective and Profit No Matter What Happens
by Michael C. Thomsett and Joshua Kahr
AMACOM Books, 2007

We’ve all heard the reports—the great housing boom that has fueled premium prices and sellers’ dreams is slowing down. The real estate market may experience ups and downs like any other, but it’s not likely to implode spontaneously. With proper planning and a little help from the August eBook of the Month, homeowners, investors, and other stakeholders can avoid disaster and in fact profit on their properties regardless of what the market does.

Beyond the Bubble takes a balanced look at what drives changes in real estate markets and how these changes affect property owners and investors. You will learn:

• The history, nature, and dynamics of market bubbles
• How to anticipate a coming downturn and act accordingly
• The regional nature of real estate market conditions
• Differences and similarities in residential and commercial markets
• Other profit strategies when selling is difficult or impossible
• How to analyze the market using facts, not hype

Beyond the Bubble explains and examines the real estate bubble in a context of a larger investment market and the overall economy. This is important because it helps to understand how and why bubbles emerge and, historically, what has happened to earlier bubbles. Once you study the broader markets and bubbles in this context, you will be able to develop an awareness of key market drivers affecting real estate prices, both economic and noneconomic. As a result, you will be better able to evaluate markets and predict the rise and fall of prices. Thorough and well-reasoned, Beyond the Bubble will help you maintain a strong and level foundation for your financial futures.

Provided through the generous support of the AMACOM Books, Beyond the Bubble will be available to Mount Aloysius College Library patrons August 1-31. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Mount Aloysius College Library, visit www.netLibrary.org and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any library computer. For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Mount Aloysius College Library, please contact your librarian.

askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu

PsycARTICLES and PsycINFO on Ovid

PsycARTICLES and PsycINFO are now available on Ovid platform


http://gateway.ovid.com/autologin.html

New Databases

ProQuest Health Management
Full-text information from leading publications covering all aspects of health management and administration, including public health and safety, hospitals, finance, personnel management, insurance, population studies, labor relations, law, and more.

ProQuest Health & Medical Complete
ProQuest Health & Medical Complete is designed to serve a wide range of people who need health information--from hospital administrators to medical professionals to consumers. The database covers more than 380 leading health journals and includes thousands of complete articles.

Send you comments and questions to askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu

July eBook of the Month: The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State

July eBook of the Month:

The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State
by Doug Suisman, Steven Simon, Glenn Robinson, C. Ross Anthony, Michael Schoenbaum
RAND Corporation
Winner of the 2006 Institute Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design, American Institute of Architects

Creating a successful Palestinian state poses a wide range of political, economic, social, and environmental challenges. In the July eBook of the Month, researchers from the RAND Corporation provide an in-depth and comprehensive nation-building plan to overcome these obstacles, as well as a design to meet the population's infrastructure needs.

The proposals outlined in The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State include a landmark infrastructure corridor that runs up the spine of the West Bank and also links the West Bank and Gaza. The proposal would promote dramatic new development in Palestine and would give Palestinians new access to jobs, food, water, education, health care, housing and public services and would help improve the lives of Palestinians and begin laying the groundwork to sustain long-term development in a future state.

The July eBook of the Month is provided through the generous support of RAND Corporation and is available to the Mount Aloysius College community with free, unlimited access July 1-31 through the Library webpage (on Library home page click Library Databases and scroll down to OCLC NetLibrary and eBook of the Month) 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 or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu.

Good Luck, Connie

College President Dr. Mary Ann Dillon, R.S.M.

and Connie

Senior VP for Administrative Services Sr. Virginia Bertschi
and Connie

Connie and gift

Connie

Connie Farabaugh has decided to retire from Mount Aloysius College Library after serving the institution as Information Technology Technician for over thirty two years. The above pictures were taken during the reception on Friday, June 8, 2007. Best of luck Connie in your future endeavors. And, THANK YOU!

June eBook of the Month:Tracking Down Your Ancestors

June eBook of the Month:

Tracking Down Your Ancestors
Discover the Story Behind Your Ancestors and Bring Your Family History to Life
by Dr. Harry Alder
How To Books

Researching genealogical history can be an absorbing hobby, or a fun project that the whole family can enjoy. Jun's eBook of the Month is packed with ideas about the different aspects of genealogy and the many free or low cost resources available to help aspiring family historians in their quest.

Written by Dr. Harry Alder, a prolific writer and long-time researcher, Tracking Down Your Ancestors offers clear, accessible and inspiring text, plus practical tips and key websites to support research. It will help readers learn how to get started without getting stuck, how to track down vital information from record offices and parish churches, how to harness the power of email lists and newsgroups, and how to unlock the unique pleasures and challenges of documenting their family histories.

The June eBook of the Month is provided through the generous support of How To Books and will be available to the Mount Aloysius College community with free, unlimited access June 1-30 through the Library webpage (on Library home page click Library Databases and scroll down to OCLC NetLibrary and eBook of the Month) 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 or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu

On-site Faculty Borrowing at E-ZBorrow Libraries

A number of PALCI (E-ZBorrow) libraries have agreed to extend free reciprocal borrowing privileges (onsite) to each other's faculty so they may have direct, personal access to materials that are not available at the home institution.As a full-time faculty member at Mount Aloysius College, a PALCI member, you are eligible to borrow materials on-site from the participating libraries. To borrow materials from these libraries you must:

• Get an authorization form signed by the circulation department at your home institution's library. This form can be mailed to you if you prefer. Call 886-6445 or email either Shamim Rajpar (srajpar@mtaloy.edu) or Sharon Markovich (smarkovich@mtaloy.edu).
• Take the completed and signed authorization form to the participating library.
  The library will establish a record for you in their system that will allow you to check items out from their library. Additional information may be requested to complete the registration process.
• You will be responsible for returning the material either to the library from which it was borrowed or bringing it to the circulation desk of Mount Aloysius College where the staff will return it through E-ZBorrow on your behalf.
• Each participating library sets their own policies. Upon request, the lending libraries should supply you with the full details of their policies when you borrow materials from them. For a list of participating libraries and their general policies, please click on the following link: http://raman.library.pitt.edu/Palci/allInstitutes.do
• You will be financially responsible for the items you borrow as well as for any overdue fines that are charged by the lending library.

Free Trail: RefWorks

RefWorks is an online research management, writing and collaboration tool designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.

A free institution-wide trial of RefWorks is available until June 07, 2007 and can be accessed through the Library webpage by clicking Trial Databases or following this link:
http://www.mtaloy.edu/academics/library/trial_databases.dot

The Quick Start Guide is avialble online by following the below link and it outlines what a new user needs to know to start using RefWorks: http://www.refworks.com/Refworks/help/Refworks.htm

Please share your comments questions with us by emailing askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu

May eBook of the Month: The Little Book of Common Sense Investing

May eBook of the Month:

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing:
By John C. Bogle
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2007

To learn how to make index investing work, there is no better mentor than legendary mutual
fund industry veteran John C. Bogle. Over the course of his long career, Bogle is founder of the Vanguard Group and creator of the world's first index mutual fund has relied primarily on index investing to help Vanguard's clients build substantial wealth.

Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing will demonstrate how to capitalize on this proven investment strategy. As revealed by Bogle, the real formula for investment success is to own the entire market, while significantly minimizing the costs of financial intermediation. That's what index investing is all about. And that's what this book is all about.

The May eBook of the Month is provided through the generous support of John Wiley & Sons and will be available to the Mount Aloysius College community with free, unlimited access May 1-31 through the Library webpage (on Library home page click Library Databases and scroll down to OCLC NetLibrary and eBook of the Month) 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 or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu

Egypt: Intersection of East & West - A Curriculum Workshop

On Saturday, April 21, Dr. Barbara Cook, Asst. Prof. of English, and Shamim Rajpar, Reference Librarian, attended a day-long workshop at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. The workshop sessions highlighted the historical and contemporary significance of Egypt as a crossroads for the convergence of East and West and the impact on Egyptian society, throughout the ages, of this array of influences. Topics covered included an overview of Egyptian history from the Greco-Roman period to the present, the Egyptian Economy, Islam's Changing Identity, the Regime of Mubarak, and Egyptian music and humor. Presenters were all subject specialists; several of them were native Egyptians.

The backdrop to lunch, a delicious offering of Egyptian cuisine, was the movie Driving an Arab Street, a film that follows Egyptian taxi drivers as they navigate the streets of Cairo and share their diverse perspectives on American and Egyptian society, culture, politics, and the relationship between these two civilizations. The film was followed by comments from Moustafa Ayad, a staff writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette who was born in Egypt and educated in the United States.

Aside from gaining many new ideas for the development of curriculum materials, extensive bibliographies were provided to the participants.

The workshop was organized and presented by the Global Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh and CERIS, The Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, a collaboration of academic, non-profit, and religious organizations in the tri-state area (Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.) CERIS facilitates program development and disseminates information on Islamic Studies to students, faculty, and the larger communities served. Islamic Studies encompasses many languages, literatures, and disciplines, and extends from the seventh century to the present and across broad geographical areas of the world. Through collaboration and the sharing resources among the 28 members, CERIS is able to bring more resources to member institutions in these fields of study, and to provide useful information including funding opportunities for scholarly research, guest speakers, film screenings, conferences, and course listings.

Mount Aloysius College is a member of CERIS. Please contact Shamim Rajpar, srajpar@mtaloy.edu, or visit the CERIS website, http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/ceris/about.html, for additional information.

Trial Database: Encyclopedia Britannica Online Academic Edition

Encyclopedia Britannica Online Academic Edition (Encyclopedia Britannica)

Britannica Online has been thoroughly updated with new content and a more user-friendly interface that specifically addresses the needs of college and university libraries. Now called Britannica Online – Academic Edition, the site includes new content such as World Data Analyst, Gateway to the Classics, and Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Quotations as well as new functionality including advanced search capabilities and Britannica Workspace, a research organizer.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online Academic Edition is available to the Mount Aloysius College community on a trial basis until July 31, 2007, and can be accessed through the Library webpage by clicking Trial Databases or following this link:
http://www.mtaloy.edu/academics/library/trial_databases.dot

Comments/Questions: askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu

JSTOR Collection Announcement

One title with a moving wall of zero has had the most recent digitized issues added:

Environmental Health Perspectives (Health & General Sciences Collection)
Release Content: Vol. 114 (Issue 10), 2006
Publisher: The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
ISSN: 0091-6765

The following title has had previously missing issues added:

Environmental Health Perspectives (Health & General Sciences Collection)
New content: Vol. 102 (Supplement 8), 1994;
Vol. 102 (Supplement 9), 1994;
Vol. 112 (Issue 4), 2004;
Vol. 112 (Issue 5), 2004;
Vol. 112 (Issue 9), 2004;
Vol. 112 (Issue 10), 2004;
Vol. 112 (Issue 12), 2004;
Vol. 112 (Issue 14), 2004;
Vol. 112 (Issue 16), 2004
Publisher: The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
ISSN: 0091-6765

Comments/Questions: askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu

JSTOR | New Journals Added to Health & General Sciences

THE BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL AND SCIENCE NEWS TO JOIN JSTOR’s HEALTH & GENERAL SCIENCES COLLECTION

The British Medical Journal, one of the oldest and most widely read peer-reviewed medical titles, has begun collaborating with JSTOR to make their complete back files available through JSTOR, the not-for-profit online scholarly journal archive. The BMJ, founded in 1840, features past issues and articles totaling more than 350,000 pages. BMJ will be offered through JSTOR’s Health & General Sciences Collection and is expected to be available to JSTOR participants in late 2007.

A total of five of the BMJ Group’s public health and ethics journals will be offered through JSTOR’s Health & General Sciences Collection, including the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Tobacco Control, the Journal of Medical Ethics, and Occupational and Environmental Medicine, in addition to the BMJ.

JSTOR has also begun to collaborate with Science News to make their back files available to JSTOR participants. Science News is an award-winning weekly periodical covering important research in all science fields. Science News began in 1922 as the Science News-Letter, whose articles focused on “the early days of atomic energy, the beginning of modern genetics, and many other developments.” Their publisher, Science Service, has a mission to “advance public understanding and appreciation of science among people of all ages through publications and educational programs.” Science News will also be available through the Health & General Sciences Collection with an anticipated availability of late 2007.

JSTOR’s Health & General Sciences Collection, formerly the General Science Collection, originally featured several of the most important historical scientific journals published: Science, PNAS, and the publications of the Royal Society of London. The back issues included in this archive extend back to the seventeenth century and in total covers more than eight hundred years of journal publication. In September 2006, the collection was renamed Health & General Sciences to reflect the inclusion of journals in the health sciences, including important journals in nursing, epidemiology, and other health sciences topics.

Participation fees for the Health & General Sciences Collection will remain unchanged, and existing participants will have access to these new titles as soon as they are publicly available. There will be no overlap of content between the Health & General Sciences Collection and any of the multi-discipline Arts & Sciences Collections or the Biological Sciences Collections in JSTOR. Two titles from the Health & General Sciences Collection will continue to be offered through the Mathematics & Statistics Collection: Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences and Proceedings: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences.

One Book, One Community

Mount Aloysius College* is participating for the first time this year in the One Book, One Community program for Cambria County. The "One Book" concept of community-wide reading programs was initiated in 1998 by the Washington Center for the Book.

The book selection for 2007 is The Dark Side of Heaven by Tamar Myers, the poignant, yet uplifting tale of a native Amish woman's banishment from her community and her passage into the real world. It is the story of her struggle to come to terms with life-altering decisions. It is a novel about religious conflict and hard choices.

A series of community events around the themes of the book are planned and will be held at various venues throughout the county.

Calendar of Events

Tuesday, April 10, 4:30-5:30 pm Amish in the Media. Discussion on how the Amish are depicted in the news and movies. Room 201, Pasquerilla Library, St. Francis University, Loretto.
Saturday, April 21, 10:00 am-3:00 pm Introduction to Oil Painting. All materials provided. Seating limited. Please register with the Pennsylvania Highlands Community College Library at 814-262-6425. Pennsylvania Highlands-Richland Site, Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center.
Monday, April 23, 4:00-6:00 pm and 6:00-8:00 pm. Coffee Talk. Come to Starbucks in Richland for a sampling of their delicious new coffees and discussion of "Dark Side of Heaven." Seating is limited; please register for one of the sessions with the Pennsylvania Highlands Community College Library at 814-262-6425.
Monday, April 30, 6:00-8:00 pm. Not One and the Same. Rose Bender, First Mennonite Church, will discuss the cultural and theological differences between Mennonites and Amish. Community Room, Cambria County Library, Johnstown.
Tuesday, May 1, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Medical Outreach and the Amish. A presentation by Angi Peacetree, Case Manager for the Aids Intervention Project, Home Nursing Agency (Blair County) on her experiences providing medical outreach to two Old Order Amish communities in upper New York State. Second Floor Reading Room, Mount Aloysius College Library, Cresson.
Monday, May 7, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Meet the Author-Tamar Myers, Gallitzin Public Library, Gallitzin.
Tuesday, May 8, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meet the Author-Tamar Myers. Living/Learning Center, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown.

* Other sponsors are the Pennsylvania Highlands Community College, Saint Francis University, the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, the Cambria County Library System, the Tribune Democrat, the National Park Service, the Rotary Club of Cambria County, and the Pennsylvania Humanities Council.

Additional information is available at http://www.pennhighlands.edu/library/onebook07/home.htm

NetLibrary's April eBook of the Month

Caesar in Gaul and Rome: War in Words
By Andrew M. Riggsby
University of Texas Press, 2006

Anyone who has even a passing acquaintance with Latin knows "Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres" ("All Gaul is divided into three parts"), theopening line of De Bello Gallico, Julius Caesar's famous commentary on his campaigns against the Gauls. But what did Caesar intend to accomplish bywriting and publishing his commentaries, how did he go about it, and what potentially unforeseen consequences did his writing have?

These are the questions that author Andrew Riggsby pursues in the award-winning Caesar in Gaul and Rome. Named by the Association of AmericanPublishers as the 2006 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division (PSP) award winner for Excellence in Classics and Ancient History, Caesar in Gauland Rome uses contemporary literary methods to examine the historical impact De Bello Gallico had on the Roman reading public and offers a freshinterpretation of Julius Caesar's Gallic War that focuses on Caesar's construction of national identity and self-presentation.

The April eBook of the Month is provided through the generous support of University of Texas Press and will be available to the Mount Aloysius College community with free, unlimited access April 1-30 through the Library webpage (on Library home page click Library Databases and scroll down to OCLC NetLibrary and eBook of the Month) 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 or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu

OED Updates

Below is the latest quarterly update to the OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY which is also available at www.oed.com

Psst! Have you read on the WIKI the latest entry about a certain HIGH PROFILE BLONDIE who recently decided to IXNAY her wealthy beau for never washing his TIGHTY-WHITIES?! I bet she?s regretting that PRENUP now.

NEW ENTRIES TO OED ONLINE...
The latest alphabetical range to be revised is PRAKIT through PRIM (an excessively formal or precise person), including 2693 new and revised entries. The dominant feature of this release is the sequence of words beginning with pre-, with the main entry containing 701 words to which pre- is prefixed, and is immediately followed by 2,263 main entries, most of which involve the use of pre- as a prefix. Words include PRESOAK, PREMADE, and PREBIOTIC (think PRIMORDIAL) as well as FLIP-FLOP to SHELL-SUIT, DOG AND BONE to SHAGGY DOG STORY, BLOODY MARY to GLASGOW KISS.
For a full list of new and revised words in this range, click here

THE OED MAKES HEADLINES FOR THE ADDITION OF WIKI!
New entries have been added across the alphabet ? from DJEMBE (a goblet shaped-drum of a type originating in West Africa) to TA-DA (Used to accompany or draw attention to a dramatic entrance, announcement, etc.), but it?s the addition of WIKI (A type of web page designed so that its content can be edited by anyone who accesses it, using a simplified markup language) that has the press buzzing. And, see a full list of new entries from across the alphabet here:
http://dictionary.oed.com/help/updates/Prakrit-prim.html#oos

As a new feature of the OED quarterly updates there is analysis of the latest batch of revised entries to the site. So, for a full report on significant words, and statistics about pronunciations, quotations, and etymology read John Simpson's fascinating article, which can be found here:http://dictionary.oed.com/news/revisions.html

Trial Databases

The below two databases are available to the Mount Aloysius College community on a trial basis until May 10, 2007, and can be accessed through the Library webpage by clicking Trial Databases or following this link:
http://www.mtaloy.edu/academics/library/trial_databases.dot


ProQuest Health Management
Full-text information from leading publications covering all aspects of health management and administration, including public health and safety, hospitals, finance, personnel management, insurance, population studies, labor relations, law, and more.

ProQuest Health & Medical Complete
ProQuest Health & Medical Complete is designed to serve a wide range of people who need health information--from hospital administrators to medical professionals to consumers. The database covers more than 380 leading health journals and includes thousands of complete articles.

Send you comments and questions to askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu

JSTOR Updates

The following new journal has been added to the JSTOR Health & General Sciences Collection:

Epidemiology (Health & General Sciences Collection)
Release Content: Vols. 3 – 12, 1992-2001
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISSN: 1044-3983

Improved Article PDF Files
A new PDF format for downloading and printing articles has replaced the previous High Quality PDF format. This new format enables JSTOR users to "search" or "find" words and phrases within the PDF version of JSTOR articles, as well as copy and paste portions of text from them. In addition to these benefits, the new format facilitates the use of screen-reading software, such as JAWS for Windows. Moreover, PDF files in this new format are, on average, smaller in size than our current High Quality PDF files, which means that they can be downloaded more quickly and easily. We encourage you to try the new High Quality PDF files, especially if you have had printing or downloading difficulties in the past.

Search Term Highlighting
Search term highlighting is now available in JSTOR page images. When a user searches for a term and follows a link to an article from the results, the search terms will be highlighted in the article's page images. Along with the existing "Page of First Match" feature, this new highlighting allows users to see their search terms more easily within the context of the article text as they browse through the pages. If an individual prefers, search term highlighting may be “turned off” on the user preferences page.

JSTOR/ARTstor Searching
ARTstor, a non-profit initiative founded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, provides a repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data. Similar to JSTOR, ARTstor's mission is to serve the scholarly community through its collections. To enhance the benefits of these two resources and to enable researchers to discover useful content across all formats, JSTOR has developed a way to search both JSTOR and ARTstor content simultaneously.

Specifically, users have the opportunity to search JSTOR article content, JSTOR image captions, and metadata for ARTstor images. Search results pages are separated into three tabs — Articles, Images from Articles, and ARTstor Images — so that users can easily view and choose among their results. Article image thumbnails accompany the caption results, and ARTstor results contain title, creator, and date information. If your institution participates in ARTstor as well as JSTOR, you will also be able see ARTstor image thumbnails in your results and click to view the full-sized image and complete metadata through the ARTstor website. Users at non-participating institutions will be able to search and see the metadata, but not images, for ARTstor results

Please send your comments and questions to askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu

MLA available on LION platform

The MLA International Bibliography (MLA) is now available as a premium add-on module for Literature Online. With this integrated module, Literature Online will be the only resource that lets users search across the two leading literary indexes - MLA and the Annual Bibliography of Language and Literature (ABELL) - and link directly to literary criticism and reference from our extensive collection of full-text literature journals.

MLA is a valuable addition to the wealth of materials already available in Literature Online - a unique database that provides librarians, scholars, and students with texts, criticism, and search tools that open up new possibilities for research, teaching, and learning. With this new integrated offering of Literature Online and MLA, you will find:

• Table of contents access and seamless searching of more than 150 full-text literary journals
• Access to additional full text via OpenURL and JSTOR links
  · 350,000 literary works spanning 1,400 years, including rare literary works unavailable outside specialist libraries, as well as contemporary and multicultural authors and works
  · More than 750 Poets on Screen video clips
  · Email content alerts on authors

A free trial version of MLA on the Literature Online (LION) platform is now available.

To log in to your trial, go to:

http://trials.proquest.com/ptc?userid=2151477

Your password is welcome.

With this version of MLA, ProQuest claims to be providing services that are beyond the reach of Ebsco, such as:
-Cross-database search with Literature Online's primary and secondary materials, including ABELL
-Every search field has direct links to scope notes, tips, and browseable index
-Subscription-sensitive links to JSTOR
-Browseable thesaurus
-OpenURL bookmarking
-Compliant with inbound and outbound OpenURL linking and Z39.50
- Search History allows re-running searches during session; My Archive allows saving search expressions using login and password.

Please feel free to let us know if you have any questions, comments, suggestions.

askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu

Trial Database

A trial of the Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice from Sage EReference is availble for one year begining today, March 15, 2007.

Entries address a broad range of issues and topics, such as alcohol and drug abuse, arson, the death penalty for juveniles, computer and Internet crime, gun violence, gangs, missing children, school violence, teen pregnancy, and delinquency theories. In addition, topics cover society’s response to the problems of juvenile justice, punishments meted out to America’s juvenile offenders, juvenile rehabilitation programs, and well-known researchers and professionals in the field.

This trial is not available from off campus

More Movies in the Library

You are invited to come to the movies in the Library for the third in our series of four fine films!

The film, OSAMA, will be shown on TUESDAY, March 27, at 6:00 p.m., in the Library classroom, 2nd floor. Shamim Rajpar, Reference Librarian, will introduce the film and moderate a question and answer session afterwards.

Osama (2003) is not a movie about the notorious Bin Laden. Neither is it a documentary film. Rather, Osama is an Afghan feature film made in Afghanistan and starring only Afghans. The first movie produced by Afghanistan filmmakers after the fall of the Taliban, Osama is a searing portrait of life under the oppressive fundamentalist regime. Because women are not allowed to work, a widow disguises her young daughter (Marina Golbahari) as a boy so they won't starve to death. Simply walking the streets is frightening enough, but when the disguised girl is rounded up with all the boys in the town for religious training, her peril becomes absolutely harrowing. Golbahari's face--beautiful but taut with terror--is riveting. The movie captures both her plight and the miseries of daily life in spare, vivid images. At one point, her mother is nearly killed for exposing her feet while riding on the back of a bicycle; for the entire scene, the camera shows only her feet, with the spokes of the wheel radiating out behind as she lowers her burka over them. (Amazon.com -- Bret Fetzer )

The last film in this series, MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, will be shown on April 24.

Library Survey Results

Our survey is now closed. You may view the results by going to
http://www.surveymonkey.com/Report.asp?U=170315049416 or by
using the See Survey Results link on the library's home page.

New Trial Database

New Trial Database Available for the Month of March

One of the fastest-growing topics researched in libraries and online is entrepreneurship. Small Business Resource Center offers users complete small business management resources via a combination of unparalleled periodicals and reference content. From conducting industry research to financial planning, to marketing a product and franchising a business, the Small Business Resource Center provides users with all the information they need to succeed.

The Librarians would appreciate your feedback on this resource.

March eBook of the Month: IRELAND ADVENTURE GUIDE

March eBook of the Month

IRELAND ADVENTURE GUIDE
Ireland is steeped in history, tradition and culture, making it one of the most popular vacation destinations worldwide. Its story is told in centuries-old castles, stone circles strategically placed to shine in the winter solstice moon, and, of course, in its pubs, where local residents gladly share a pint and a tale.

Written by Ireland native Tina Neylon, Ireland Adventure Guide will open your eyes to the astonishing treasures of this ancient island, showing you how to experience Ireland directly and intenselyas a participant not just a spectator. Youll join in the pub life of Dublin, meet the people through theater and music groups, visit the lake where St. Patrick first landed in 442 AD and find some of the finest golf courses in the world.

With all the practical information you need, this guide is a comprehensive introduction the people, the places, and the culture of Ireland. The best local outfitters are listed, along with contact numbers, addresses and recommendations. Youll also find background information on history, geography, climate, culture and recommendations for when to go, and how to get there. This very readable guide takes a region-by-region approach, plunging into the very heart of each area and the adventures offered, giving a full range of accommodations, shopping, restaurants and entertainment for every budget.

Tina Neylon lives in County Cork and Ireland is her passion. As a freelance journalist, much of her work has been published in The Irish Examiner, where she has also served as the Books Editor. Her knowledge of the country is extensive and she's thrilled to write Hunter's Adventure Guide to Ireland.

The March eBook of the Month is provided through the generous support of Hunter Publishing and will be available to the Mount Aloysius College community with free, unlimited access March 1-31 through the Library webpage (on Library home page click Library Databases and scroll down to OCLC NetLibrary and eBook of the Month) 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 or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu

Come to the Movies

You are invited to come to the movies in the Library for the second in our series of four fine films!

The film, RABBIT-PROOF FENCE, will be shown on Tuesday, February 27, at 6:00 p.m., in the Library classroom, 2nd floor. Dr. Barbara Cook, Assistant Professor of English, will introduce the film and moderate a question and answer session afterwards.

RABBIT-PROOF FENCE is based on a true story that took place in 1931, at a time when it was Australian government policy to remove aboriginal children from their homes and place them in camps. There they would be trained as domestic workers for later employment in white Australian society. This is the story of young Molly Craig who decides to lead her little sister and cousin in a daring escape from their internment camp. Molly and the girls, part of what would become known as Australia's "Stolen Generations," must then elude the authorities on a dangerous 1,500-mile adventure across the Australian outback and along the rabbit-proof fence that bisects the continent and will lead them home.
(Film description adapted from the producer, Miramax Home Entertainment)

A reviewer on Amazon.com says that, "the film is a lesson in inspiration and courage as well as a geography and history lesson about Australia."

Additional films in the series are:

OSAMA, Tuesday, March 27

MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, Tuesday, April 24.

E-mail reminders will be sent before each of these events. We are looking forward to these opportunities to provide you with quality educational entertainment.

LIBRARY WEB SURVEY

To Better Serve You Tell Us What You Think!

Your input is essential in helping us determine your perceptions and expectations of the Library services. Please take the time to complete the web survey from February 21 to March 2, either by following the link below or by going to the Library webpage and clicking Take Survey Now.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=496041703150

Thank you for your participation and honest feedback.

Library Staff
askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu

OED Online February 07 Update

The latest quarterly update to the OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY is now available at www.oed.com

HAVE YOU HEARD THE LATEST GOSSIP ABOUT MR. POTATO HEAD EATING PORK SCRATCHINGS AT HIS POWER LUNCH WITH THE INVENTORS OF POWER BAR?!
NEW ENTRIES TO OED ONLINE...

The latest alphabetical range to be revised is POMANDER through PRAJNAPARAMITA (the latter a group of ancient Mahayana Buddhist texts on the perfection of wisdom), including 2658 new and revised entries. Within this range you will find definitions for POTATO HEAD, POUTINE and POP TART, and while on the subject of food, you will also find POWER LUNCH and POWER BREAKFAST, or if you?re in a hurry, POWER BAR.

For a full list of new and revised words in this range visit the following:
http://www.oed.com/help/updates/latest-additions.html

EEYORISH AND DARTITIS ENTER OED ONLINE...
New entries have also been added across the alphabet ? from EEOYORISH (deeply pessimistic, gloomy) to DARTITIS (a state of nervousness which prevents a player from releasing a dart at the right moment when throwing), as well as words that have been engrained in our vernacular such as BOOGER (which means?well... you know).

See a full list of new entries from across the alphabet here:
http://www.oed.com/help/updates/latest-additions.html#oos

February eBook of the Month: A Companion to African-American Studies

February eBook of the Month:

A Companion to African-American Studies
Edited by Lewis R. Gordon (Temple University) and Jane Anna Gordon (Temple University) Blackwell Publishing, 2006

In celebration of African-American History Month, NetLibrary has partnered with Blackwell Publishing to offer A Companion to African-American Studies as the February eBook of the Month. A groundbreaking re-appraisal of the history and future of African-American studies, the Companion includes original essays by expert scholars in the field and covers each topic with authority and clarity.

Edited by Lewis R. Gordon and Jane Anna Gordon, A Companion to African-American Studies is a definitive intervention at a critical time in the history of race relations and in the academic field of race and ethnic studies. Bringing together a dazzling array of established and emergent voices, the Companion opens with a series of reflections from those who waged pitched battles to establish African-American Studies as a bona fide academic discipline and captures the dynamic interaction of African-American Studies with other fields of inquiry.

The February eBook of the Month is provided through the generous support of Blackwell Publishing 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 Library Databases and scroll down to OCLC NetLibrary and eBook of the Month) 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 or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu

Marketline Business Information Center Trial

Marketline Business Information Center

Marketline Business Information Center will be available on a free trial basis to Mount Aloysius College community until March 1, 2007, and can be accessed through the Library webpage by clicking Trial Databases or following this link:
http://www.mtaloy.edu/academics/library/trial_databases.dot

"Marketline Business Information Center is a strong international business resource with particular strength in providing statistical information, analysis, news and commentary on emerging and evolving markets like China and India. It's about to be upgraded to include a translation feature that will enable its content to be delivered in nine different languages -amongst other useful new functionality that we are adding."

Send you comments and questions to askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu

ProQuest Trials

The below two databases are available to the Mount Aloysius College community on a trial basis until March 16, 2007, and can be accessed through the Library webpage by clicking Trial Databases or following this link:
http://www.mtaloy.edu/academics/library/trial_databases.dot

ProQuest Education Journals
ProQuest® Education Journals gives users access to over 745 top educational publications, including nearly 600 of the titles in full text. Offering complete information on hundreds of educational topics, this database offers complete text and images from journals such as:
Childhood Education
College Teaching
Harvard Educational Review
Journal of Athletic Training
Educational Theory

Image articles include all the charts, tables, diagrams, and other graphical elements often used to enhance the editorial value of articles that focus on education topics. ProQuest Education Journals covers not only the literature on primary, secondary, and higher education but also special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics.

ProQuest Professional Education
ProQuest® Professional Education delivers more than 300 full-text K-12 professional magazines and journals that address all aspects of K-12 education, including all core and supplemental curricula subjects, information technology, library science, business and administration, guidance and careers, and much more.
Titles include: American Journal of Education, American Libraries, Computers in Libraries, Harvard Educational Review, Journal of Developmental Education, The Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Research on Technology in Education, Library Administrator’s Digest, Multicultural Education, and Technology and Learning.

Teachers and administrators alike will keep their edge with:

• Articles that model excellence in learning and teaching
• Support for professional in-service use, subject mastery, research on classroom application and efficacy, curriculum support, lesson planning, and study for advanced degrees
• Enhanced technological literacy

Researchers at any level of expertise can search by keyword, Boolean logic, topic, or publication. Power searchers can use the renowned ProQuest® indexing to construct targeted queries. Marked lists make it easy to save articles. And users can view, print, or email any article in one easy step. My Research Summary lets users build a marked list containing a record of articles, previous searches, and publications visited in one easy-to-find location. Edit it, add headings and notes, print it, or download it in a self-contained HTML file for later viewing from any Web browser or insertion into a document. It’s the perfect tool for sharing information among staff, saving research ideas, developing lesson plans, and more.

Send you comments and questions to askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu

Film Series

You are invited to come to the movies in the Library!

The Library staff and Dr. Julie Smith have put together a film series this spring with the goals of showcasing recent Library DVD purchases and of providing educational experiences outside of the classroom. Each film will be introduced by a faculty member or a librarian who will also stay for a question and answer session after the film. These film events will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Library classroom, 2nd floor.

The first film, MARIA FULL OF GRACE, with be shown on Tuesday, January 30. Mr. Lou Garzarelli, Assistant Professor of Criminology, will introduce the film and moderate the question and answer session. This film was the winner of the Dramatic Audience Award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and two major awards at the 2004 Berlin film Festival. Joshua Marston's MARIA FULL OF GRACE introduces us to a determined young woman whose desire for a brighter future leads her into a world of unimaginable danger.

Maria Alvares (Catalina Sandino Moreno), a bright, spirited 17-year-old, lives with three generations of her family in a cramped house in rural Colombia. Desperate to leave her job stripping thorns from flowers in a rose plantation, Maria accepts a lucrative offer to transport packets of heroin -- which she must swallow -- to the United States. the ruthless world of international drug trafficking proves to be more than Maria bargained for as she becomes ultimately entangled with both drug cartels and immigration officials. The dramatic thriller builds toward a conclusion so powerful and revealing it could only be based on a thousand true stories. (Film description from film producer, HBO.)

Additional films in the series are:
RABBIT-PROOF FENCE, Tuesday, February 27
OSAMA, Tuesday, March 27
MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, Tuesday, April 24.

E-mail reminders will be sent before each of these events. We are looking forward to these opportunities to provide you with four evenings of quality educational entertainment.

New Service: E-ZBorrow

We are pleased to announce that Mount Aloysius College has joined the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc. (PALCI), an organization of over 60 academic libraries in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and West Virginia. Member libraries include major research institutions (Penn State U, U of Pitt, U. of Penn, U. of West Virginia U, Rutgers U) and a variety of smaller liberal arts institutions that include Duquesne U, Carnegie Mellon U, Mercyhurst C, Dickinson C, and Messiah College. A complete list of member institutions can be viewed at the PALCI website.

Membership in PALCI provides access to E-ZBorrow, a statewide borrowing program for requesting books from other libraries. This program was demonstrated during Faculty Development Day on January 12. For more information click here

The link for E-ZBorrow can be found on the upper right corner of the main Library web page or you can acces by following the link below:



E-ZBorrow does not replace traditional Interlibrary Loan but it complements it so we ask you to fill your book requests through E-ZBorrow before using Interlibrary Loan. (Please note: E-ZBorrow is for books only. Requests for periodical articles must still be submitted through Interlibrary Loan.)

We are excited to be able to offer you this additional level of service. Please contact the Reference Librarians, Shamim Rajpar or Rob Stere, if you would like a demonstration or if you have any questions or emil askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu .

January eBook of the Month: Lower Taxes in 7 Easy Steps

January eBook of the Month:

Lower Taxes in 7 Easy Steps
by Attorney Stephen Fishman
Nolo, 2006

Many personal finance books are full of hype, promising a radical reduction in taxes (or no taxes at all). Unfortunately, they often tout obscure tax strategies that apply to only a handful of people -- or doubtful schemes that could bring on the IRS. Lower Taxes in 7 Easy Steps is a different kind of book, providing insights and tactics that can reduce taxes.

Clearly and concisely, it explains the seven most valuable rules of tax planning:
1. Boost tax-free income
2. Get a lower tax rate
3. Defer paying taxes
4. Make the most of deductions
5. Take advantage of exemptions
6. Identify and use tax credits
7. Shift income to other taxpayers
Each rule is outlined with plenty of ideas, strategies and real-life examples that can help minimize the pain of April 15.

The January eBook of the Month is provided through the generous support of Nolo and will be available to the Mount Aloysius College community with free, unlimited access January 1-31 through the Library webpage (on Library home page click Library Databases and scroll down to OCLC NetLibrary and eBook of the Month) 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 or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu