North Korea & South Korea

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Week of June 1, 2010

In the News: South Korea has accused North Korea for the March 26 sinking of a naval warship near a disputed maritime border. Calling the accusations a “fabrication,” North Korea has indicated that a “full-scale war” on its neighbor to the South is not out of the question. This week, books and DVDs on the two Koreas.

Building Ships, Building a Nation: Korea’s Democratic Unionism Under Park Chung Hee
By Hwasook Nam. University of Washington Press, 2009
Call Number: HD8039 .S52 K663 2009

The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters
By B. R. Myers. Melville House, 2010
Call Number: HN730.6 .Z9 M66 2010

A Concise History of Modern Korea: From the Late Nineteenth Century to the Present
By Michael J. Seth. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010
Call Number: DS907.18 .S424 2010 (At Jupiter)

One Hundred and Counting

We’re a few weeks late in celebrating our 100th In the News post, but better late than never. So…

Here’s to 104. Since October 12, 2007, we’ve covered an array of topics from Blackwater USA (now known as Xe) and media reform, to SCOTUS and Uub. If you’ve missed any of them, stop here. And don’t forget to take a peek at this week’s topic: Punk Rock.

Oh, and by the way, In the News has received some coverage in the blogosphere – The University of Minnesota Press blogged about one of our more recent posts on Immigration Reform.

-Maris

Punk Rock

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Week of May 24, 2010

In the News: John Lydon and his band Public Image Ltd (PiL) recently performed at Terminal 5 in New York City. Many remember Lydon from his days as Johnny Rotten of The Sex Pistols, a band that was at the forefront of the British punk movement in the late 1970s. This week we offer some titles on the punk subculture.

A Cultural Dictionary of Punk: 1974-1982
By Nicholas Rombes. Continuum, 2009
Call Number: ML3918 .R63 R66 2009

Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation’s Capital
By Mark Andersen & Mark Jenkins. Akashic Books, 2009
Call Number: ML3534.3 .A53 2009

England’s Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond
By Jon Savage. St. Martin’s Griffin, 2002
Call Number: ML421 .S47 S3 2002

Oil Drilling

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Week of May 17, 2010 – The FAU Summer Sessions begin!

In the News: British Petroleum (BP) reports that they are in the early stages of containing the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, but this comes almost four weeks after the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig, which was leased by BP, exploded and killed eleven crew members. Government officials have said that over 200,000* gallons of oil were leaking into the Gulf each day, further destroying marine life, the shrimping industry, and tourism in that region.

*There have been other reports estimating the flow to be between 1 and 12 million gallons per day.

The Basics of Oil Spill Cleanup
By Merv Fingas. Lewis Publishers, 2001
Call Number: TD427 .P4 F55 2001

Blind Spot (DVD)
Directed by Adolfo Doring. Media Education Foundation, 2009
Call Number: HD9560.5 .B55 2009 (Boca Raton Media Center)
“This is a documentary that investigates the causes behind the current crisis we find ourselves in. It establishes the inextricable link between the energy we use, the way we run our economy, and the effect it has had on our environment.”

Blood and Oil (DVD)
Directed by Jeremy Earp. Media Education Foundation, 2008
Call Number: HD9566 .B55 2008 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Good-bye 360 Search, Hello SearchWiSE!

What Happened to 360 Search?

360 Search has been replaced by the new search engine, SearchWiSE. Both are designed to search multiple resources and return results in one interface. Because 360 Search works by searching outside databases and pulling the information in, it was sometimes slow and a little clunky. SearchWiSE is basically the next generation of searching – all of the information, from books to title level indexing of online journals, is housed and searched in one place. So now when you conduct a search, you will uncover much of what is unique to FAU Libraries, and your results will be returned quickly in one intuitive interface.

What is SearchWiSE?

SearchWise uses a single search box — that helps you discover information in all formats from the Florida Atlantic University Libraries’ collections — including print and electronic books, journals and newspapers, videos, CDs, and digitized collections. All of these formats are integrated into a single results list. You see what you want, click through to the full text if available or, in the case of physical materials, find its location in the library.

To put it simply, SearchWiSE does for libraries what Google does for the Web. SearchWise is powered by the Summon™ service which works by pre-indexing content, allowing instant and true relevancy-ranked results.

Let us know what you think of SearchWiSE by email, commenting below, or on the Libraries’ Facebook page.

Immigration Reform & Racial Profiling

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Week of May 3, 2010

Immigration Reform & Racial Profiling

In the News: Arizona has passed a controversial immigration law that gives police the power to stop individuals they suspect* of being in the U.S. illegally and demand that they provide legal documentation. Opponents of the measure argue that this will result in the racial profiling of all Chicanos, Latinos, Hispanics, and other people of color regardless of citizenship. Supporters believe state lawmakers needed to act on their own because the federal government had been slow in its response to immigration reform.

*According to Arizona Senate Bill 1070: “…where reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States,…”

IMMIGRATION REFORM

Almost All Aliens: Immigration, Race, and Colonialism in American History and Identity
By Paul Spickard. Routledge, 2007
Call Number: JV6450 .S75 2007

Another man’s Sombrero: A Conservative Broadcaster’s Undercover Journey Across the Mexican Border
By Darrell Ankarlo. Thomas Nelson, 2008
Call Number: E184 .M5 A69 2008

Border Crosser: One Gringo’s Illicit Passage from Mexico into America
By Johnny Rico. Ballantine Books, 2009
Call Number: JV6465 .R54 2009

Classical Music Library – May Database of the Month

Classical Music Library is a fully searchable classical music resource — a comprehensive collection of distinguished classical recordings from renowned classical music labels such as EMI, Decca and Deutsche Grammophon. You can also search Classical Music Library along with other music reference databases at Music Online.

Especially useful features are the Playlists and clip-making tools which allow you to organize content and integrate a group of selected works or movements into course assignments. For information on other features see Classical Music Library has a new look.

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Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia

Library titles related to the latest headlines…Week of April 26, 2010

Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia

In the News: Al Pacino plays the title character in the new HBO film You Don’t Know Jack: The Life and Deaths of Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Although he had been tried numerous times for his roles in other suicides, Kevorkian was eventually convicted in 1999 and served eight years in prison on a second-degree murder conviction. Upon his release, he agreed not to assist in future suicides.

Aiming to Kill: The Ethics of Suicide and Euthanasia
By Nigel Biggar. Pilgrim Press, 2004
Call Number: R726 .B54 2004

Assisted Suicide and the Right to Die: The Interface of Social Science, Public Policy, and Medical Ethics
By Barry Rosenfeld. American Psychological Association, 2004
Call Number: R726 .R64 2004

Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s Life and the Battle to Legalize Euthanasia
By Neal Nicol and Harry Wylie. University of Wisconsin Press/Terrace Books, 2006
Call Number: R726 .N53 2006 (At Treasure Coast)

Women and the Catholic Church/Oklahoma City Bombing, 1995

Library titles related to the latest headlines…Week of April 19, 2010

Women and the Catholic Church / Oklahoma City Bombing, 1995

In the News: A recent Newsweek cover story focuses on “how women can save the Catholic Church from its sins.” This week, we offer titles about the sex abuse scandals that have plagued the Church and the role women play in Catholicism overall.

Also In the News: April 19 marks the 15^th anniversary of the Oklahoma City, bombing.

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Agony in the Garden: Sex, Lies, and Redemption from the Troubled Heart of the American Catholic Church
By John van der Zee. Thunder’s Mouth Press/Nation Books, 2002
Call Number: BX1912.9 .V36 2002

Catholic and Feminist: The Surprising History of the American Catholic Feminist Movement
By Mary J. Henold. University of North Carolina Press, 2008
Call Number: BX1406.3 .H46 2008

The Catholic Church and the Sex Problem: the Stupidity, Futility, and Insolence of its Ethic
By Joseph McCabe. See Sharp Press, 1986
Call Number: BX1765 .M25 1986

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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Titles & New Fiction

The FAU Libraries has the following 2010 Pulitzer Prize-winning titles in the collection. Find reviews of these books and others at Book Review Digest Plus.

FICTION – Tinkers, by Paul Harding – (Currently shelved on the New Fiction shelf) PS3608 .A72535 T56 2009 (At Boca)

HISTORY – Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, by Liaquat Ahamed – HG172 .A2 A43 2009 (At Jupiter)

BIOGRAPHY – The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt, by T. J. Stiles – PN1993.5 .U6 M188 1987 (At Boca)

POETRY – Versed, by Rae Armantrout – PS3551 .R455 V47 2009 (At Boca)

Also find a select number of fiction titles published in 2009 and 2010 (reviewed in the NY Times Book Review, Library Journal, NY Review of Books, mentioned on NPR or in the blogosphere, etc.) on the New Books Shelf in the lobby of the S. E. Wimberly Library. Enjoy!