Month: August 2011

Ethnographic Video Online – September Database of the Month

Ethnographic Video Online

Ethnographic Video Online provides a comprehensive resource for the study of human culture and behavior, and will contain 1,000 streaming videos at completion (this release includes 687 videos).  The collection includes footage from every continent and hundreds of unique cultures, and is particularly rich in its coverage of the developing world.  The work of many of the most influential documentary filmmakers of the 20th century is featured, as are hundreds of the most frequently assigned films in anthropology and other social science courses (browse titles). Continue reading

Dick Cheney / Steve Jobs

August 29, 2011 – Our 200th post!

Dick Cheney / Steve Jobs

In the News: Dick Cheney’s long-awaited memoir hits bookstores this Tuesday, August 30. Before the FAU Libraries obtains a copy of it, take a look at some of the titles we have on the former vice-president, congressman, White House Chief of Staff, and Secretary of Defense. (“In the News” highlighted a few titles about Cheney in November 2010.)

Also In the News: Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, Inc. and Pixar, resigned from his position as Apple’s CEO due to health reasons. (“In the News” profiled the launch of the iPad in late March 2010.)

DICK CHENEY

The Bush-Cheney Administration’s Assault on Open Government
By Bruce P. Montgomery. Praeger, 2008
Call Number: Available online via NetLibrary

Cheney’s Law (DVD)
PBS Home Video, 2007
Call Number: E902 .C3644 2007 (At Jupiter)

The Dark Side (DVD)
Directed by Michael Kirk. PBS Home Video, 2006
Call Number: HV6432 .D37 2006 (Boca Raton Media Center)

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Back to School

August 22, 2011

Back to School!

In the News: It’s Back-to-School time at Florida Atlantic University. We welcome new freshmen and transfer students as well as those returning for their second, third, and even last (!) year. Of course, we can’t forget to welcome new faculty, too. Take a look at some of the books the library has on college life. Some of them are electronic, but many more are in the “old school” paper format. Settle down with one when time permits and enjoy the rest of the year.

Aspiring Academics: A Resource Book for Graduate Students and Early Career Faculty
Edited by Michael Solem, Kenneth Foote, and Janice Monk. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009
Call Number: LB2332.72 .A87 2008

Between Speaking and Silence: A Study of Quiet Students
By Mary M. Reda. State University of New York Press, 2009
Call Number: LB1033.5 .R43 2009

Black Greek-Letter Organizations 2.0: New Directions in the Study of African American Fraternities and Sororities
Edited by Matthew W. Hughey and Gregory S. Parks. University Press of Mississippi, 2011
Call Number: Available online via NetLibrary

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NetLibrary is now eBooks on EBSCOhost

All  NetLibrary ebooks are now on the ESBCOhost platform, allowing for a comprehensive search experience for ebooks and EBSCO databases.

Key New Features:

  • Browsing by subject, genre, language, & more.
  • Enhanced viewer for examining documents.
  • Table of Contents viewing from the Result List and Detail Record.
  • “Search-within” functionality to find specific terms within a book.
  • Searching across eBooks and other EBSCOhost content for integrated results.

Please note that your old NetLibrary folder will not be available on the new platform, you will need to create a new folder. For a tutorial on searching for ebooks, click here.