Month: May 2009

When One Database Isn’t Enough

Libraries access electronic journals and databases from many different publishers and vendors, so finding information can come down to knowing where to look.  With FAU’s 360 Search you can search across multiple FAU subscription databases at one time, view your results in a single interface, and discover new resources.

Although the library made 360 Search (formerly Central Search) available more than a year ago, we have recently revised the subject categories in order to make this tool perform more efficiently and return more targeted results. To learn more about 360 Search see 360 Search Help and 360 Search Basics and Tips .

New 360 Search Features and Quick Tips:

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In the News: Asian Pacific Americans

Week of May 18, 2009

News Item: Since 1992, May has been designated as Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. Initially, President Jimmy Carter had signed a Joint-Resolution in 1978 proclaiming the first ten days of May as Asian Pacific Heritage Week. It eventually became a month-long celebration under George H. W. Bush. This year’s theme is” Lighting the Past, Present and Future,” and honors the “contributions and accomplishments of our nation’s Asian and Pacific Islander citizens, past, present and future.” Visit http://asianpacificheritage.gov for online audio, video, and image collections, and other resources from the Library of Congress, the National Archives, and the National Gallery of Art.

Florida Atlantic University celebrates Asian Pacific American Culture Day on Wednesday, May 20, 2009.

American Karma: Race, Culture, and Identity in the Indian Diaspora
By Sunil Bhatia. New York University Press, 2007
Call Number: E184. E2 B497 2007 (At Jupiter) – Also available online via NetLibrary

American Tropics: Articulating Filipino America
By Allan Punzalan Isaac. University of Minnesota Press, 2006
Call Number: E184 .F4 I73 2006

Asian American Art: A History, 1850-1970
Edited by Gordon H. Chang. Stanford University Press, 2008
Call Number: N6538 .A83 A835 2008

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In the News: US–Cuba Relations in 2009

Week of May 11, 2009

News Item: The Obama administration recently announced that it is revising its policies on family travel to Cuba, remittances to family members, and regulations on gift parcels. According to a White House fact sheet, these changes are being made in order to “help bridge the gap among divided Cuban families and promote the freer flow of information and humanitarian items to the Cuban people.”

Adrift: The Cuban Raft People
By Alfredo Fernández. Arte Publico Press, 2000
Call Number: E184 .C97 F46 2000

Castro: Man and Myth (DVD)
Directed by Stephan Lamby and Volker Skierka. Distributed by The Cinema Guild, 2005
Call Number: F1788.22 .C3 C35 2005 (Media Center)

Cuba After Communism
By Eliana Cardoso and Ann Helwege. MIT Press, 1992
Call Number: F1788 .C2575 1992

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Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts – May Database of the Month

Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works is a searchable collection containing real transcripts of therapy and counseling sessions and first-person narratives illuminating the experience of mental illness and its treatment, as well as reference works to contextualize the primary material. New material is added on a biweekly basis and, when complete, the database will contain more than 2,000 session transcripts, 40,000 pages of client narratives, and 25,000 pages of secondary reference material. The database currently includes approximately 53,200 pages of material, including more than 13,000 pages of session transcripts, more than 21,000 pages of client narratives, and more than 18,000 pages of secondary reference material.  Learn more >

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Remembering Poetry the Rest of the Year

At the close of National Poetry Month, April 2009, we would like to leave you with some audio thoughts that may encourage further exploration. Some may feel that poetry is inaccessible, but finding the right poem, or the right way a poet describes a poem, can open you up to reinterpreting the mundane. Below are some DVD’s about poetry, and the tortured and not so tortured poetic soul.

Arrows of desire: Poets on poems
A four-part series exploring English poetry providing insight into the poetic craft by looking at classic examples in a number of forms, such as love poems, elegies, nature poems, and comic verse.
Call Number:  PS323.A7723 2003 (Boca Media Center) -DVD

Before night falls
The story of Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas.
Call Number: PN1997 .B44126 2001 (Boca Raton Media Center) – VHS

The collected poetry of Nikki Giovanni
Poet Nikki Giovanni talks about her book, The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, 1968-1998.
Call Number: PS3557.I55Z474 2003 (Boca Media Center) – DVD

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