Month: June 2013

Same-Sex Marriage / Edward Snowden

Week of July 1, 2013

In the News: Same-Sex Marriage (part 2) / Edward Snowden

From the Associated Press: The Supreme Court struck down a provision of a federal law denying federal benefits to married gay couples and cleared the way for the resumption of same-sex marriage in California.
See In the News posts on same-sex marriage from 2008 and 2012.

Also In the News: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden recently leaked secret documents on surveillance programs to the press. Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, is believed to know the whereabouts of the missing Snowden. See an In the News post on WikiLeaks & the Pentagon Papers from 2010.

   

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE (published 2010-present)

From Disgust to Humanity: Sexual Orientation and Constitutional Law
By Martha C. Nussbaum. Oxford University Press, 2010
Call Number: KF4754.5 .N87 2010

Gay Rights at the Ballot Box
By Amy L. Stone. University of Minnesota Press, 2012
Call Number: HQ76.8 .U5 S76 2012\

Not the Marrying Kind: A Feminist Critique of Same-Sex Marriage
By Nicola Barker. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
Call Number: HQ1033 .B37 2012

The Nuptial Deal: Same-Sex Marriage and Neo-Liberal Governance
By Jaye Cee Whihehead. University of Chicago Press, 2012
Call Number: HQ1034 .U5 W46 2011 Continue reading

New in Streaming Video

The FAU Libraries have purchased additional content for existing streaming video collections, as well as added new collections.  Two new volumes have been added to the series, Counseling and Therapy in Video, enhancing the collection with emerging topics and featuring distinguished therapists. High-value archival material has been added to Ethnographic Video Online, and influential issue-based documentaries of 2009 through 2013 are included in the second volume of Filmakers Library. The Libraries now own the complete BBC Shakespeare plays in streaming video, and  a collection of award-winning documentaries, interviews, archival footage, and select feature films exploring LGBT culture, history and life. Click below for more information on the these new collections, or see a complete list of the  Libraries’ Streaming Video Collections.

Counseling and Therapy in Video, Volume II
Counseling and Therapy in Video, Volume III
Ethnographic Video Online, Volume II
Filmakers Library, Volume II
LGBT Studies in Video
Shakespeare Plays Continue reading

Fatherhood

Week of June 10, 2013

In the News: Father’s Day is June 16.

 

 

Between Fathers and Sons: Critical Incident Narratives in the Development of Men’s Lives
Edited by Robert J. Pellegrini and Theodore R. Sarbin. Haworth Clinical Practice Press, 2002
Call Number: HQ756 .B48 2002 (Jupiter)

Daddy’s Little Girl: The Unspoken Bargain Between Fathers and Their Daughters
By William Woolfolk and Donna Woolfolk Cross. Prentice-Hall, 1982
Call Number: HQ755.85 .W66

Dad’s Coping Tips Basic Training for New Dads (Streaming Video)
By Dr. Winnie King. Aquarius Health Care Media, 2003
Call Number: Available online via Counseling and Therapy in Video Continue reading

New: IBISWorld

IBISWorld is a comprehensive collection of Industry Market Research. The in-depth research reports include key statistics, industry conditions, market characteristics, industry performance, external market drivers, key success factors, and 5-year revenue forecasts for each US industry. Detailed written analysis provides explanations and insights. Continue reading