Coal Mines / Mankiller

Library titles related to the latest headlines…

Week of April 12, 2010

Coal Mines / Wilma Mankiller (1945-2010)

In the News: At least 25 people were killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Massey Energy owns the mine and, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, had been cited over 400 times for safety violations in 2009.

Also In the News: Also In the News: Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1985 to 1995, has died at the age of 64.

COAL MINES

African American Miners and Migrants: the Eastern Kentucky Social Club
By Thomas E. Wagner and Phillip J. Obermiller. University of Illinois Press, 2004
Call Number: E185.5 .W34 2004

Another Civil War: Labor, Capital, and the State in the Anthracite Regions of Pennsylvania, 1840-68
By Grace Palladino. University Illinois Press, 1990
Call Number: HD8039 .M62 U6493 1990 (Also available online via NetLibrary)

Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future
By Jeff Goodell. Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006
Call Number: TN805 .A5 G685 2006

EBSCO brings back the browsing experience

The enhanced features of the new EBSCOhost viewer bring a real browsing experience to the online journal. I was impressed by the clean navigation — seamlessly jumping from one issue to the next, and skimming a hyperlinked table of contents while the selected article remains in view. FAU’s subscription EBSCO databases include CINAHL, Academic Search Premier, and Business Source Premier (see EBSCOhost for a complete list of databases). View a short demonstration here.

Bullying / Militias

Library titles related to the latest headlines…

Week of April 5, 2010

Bullying / Militia Movements

In the News: Prosecutors in Massachusetts, as well as the high school classmates of Phoebe Prince, believe that the bullying actions of nine South Hadley students brought on the suicide of the fifteen-year-old Prince this past January. The nine students were charged last week.

Also In the News: Nine members of the Hutaree militia group were indicted on charges of seditious conspiracy and weapons possession. Authorities say the group was plotting to kill an unnamed law enforcement officer, then later attack that officer’s funeral procession with Improvised Explosive Devises as a way of inciting violence against the U.S. government.

BULLYING

Anti and Pro-Social Communication: Theories, Methods, and Applications
Edited by Terry A. Kinney & Maili Pörhölä. Peter Lang, 2009
Call Number: HM1206 .A58 2009

Behaving Badly: Aversive Behaviors in Interpersonal Relationships
Edited by Robin M. Kowalski. American Psychological Association, 2001
Call Number: HM1106 .B45 2001

The Breakfast Club (VHS)
Directed by John Hughes. MCA Home Video, 1990 (released 1985)
Call Number: VH 3721 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Building a Culture of Respect: Managing Bullying at Work
Edited by Noreen Tehrani. Taylor & Francis, 2003
Call Number: Available online via NetLibrary

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers – April Database of the Month

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 1801-1900 provides a complete historical record of nineteenth century Britain, its former colonies and the wider world. The primary source material is the most complete collection of its kind and provides insight into the background of current legislation, policy decision making and the political environment. Woven through the collection is the social philosophy and opinion of the time. The political thinking of Jenner, Arnold, Trollope, Mill, Faraday, Babbage, Telford and Brunel, among others, makes the collection exciting for serious researchers. Continue reading

The iPad & Digital Culture

Week of March 29, 2010

In the News: Apple, the company that, decades ago, brought you the Apple II C, recently unveiled its latest creation. Apple’s iPad, which starts at $499, will be available in early April. Weighing less than two pounds, this tablet computer is destined to become a competitor to Amazon’s Kindle, the Sony Reader, and Barnes and Noble’s Nook, not to mention the many netbooks that are on the market. As it becomes yet another high-tech gadget in our overly-saturated digital world, will the iPad be THE ONE that everyone has to have? What will be next?

Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Tablet PCs
By Craig F. Mathews. Que, 2004
Call Number: Available online via NetLibrary

Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob
By Lee Siegel. Spiegel & Grau, 2008
Call Number: HM851 .S5484 2008 (At Jupiter)

Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age
By Steve Knopper. Free Press, 2009
Call Number: ML3790 .K57 2009

Women’s History Month – Women’s Health

Week of March 22, 2010

In the News: Women’s History Month at FAU concludes with the Women’s Leadership Forum on Friday, March 26: “Issues in Women’s Health: Research, Public Health Policy and Advocacy” https://fauf.fau.edu/women.

Abortion in the United States: A Reference Handbook
By Dorothy E. McBride. ABC-CLIO, 2008
Call Number: HQ767.5.U5 M3727 2008

All My Babies: A Midwife’s Own Story
Directed by Othello C. Wilson. Image Entertainment, 2007
Call Number: RG950 .A45 2007

African American Women’s Health and Social Issues
Edited by Catherine Fisher Collins. Praeger Publishers, 2006
Call Number: RA448.5.N4 A445 2006

Women’s History Month – Women Film Directors

Week of March 1, 2010 (updated version)

In the News: To kick off Women’s History Month, we offer titles on women film directors. Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to receive the Director’s Guild of America Award for Best Feature Film, is one of the nominees for this year’s Oscar for Best Director (The Hurt Locker, 2009). She is only the fourth woman to be nominated in this category and, this Sunday, could become the first ever winner.

Black Women Film and Video Artists
Edited by Jacqueline Bobo. Routledge, 1998
Call Number: PN1998.2 .B57 1998

Calling the Shots
Produced and Directed by Janis Cole and Holly Dale. Direct Cinema, 1989
Call Number: VH 967

Calling the Shots: Profiles of Women Filmmakers
By Janis Cole and Holly Dale. Quarry Press, 1993
Call Number: PN1995.9.W6 C64 1993

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Women’s History Month – Videos on Women and Feminism

Week of March 15, 2010

In the News: Week 3 of Women’s History Month: Featuring powerful, controversial, timeless, and moving documentaries and narrative films on women and feminism. All are housed in the Boca Raton Media Center, first floor, west wing.

10 (Also known as Ten on Ten) (DVD)
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami. Zeitgeist Video, 2004
Call Number: PN1997.2 .A122 2004

Abused (DVD)
Braverman Productions, 2007
Call Number: KF224 .G74 A28 2007

Āfsāīd: Offside (DVD)
Directed by Jafar Panahi. Sony Pictures, 2006
Call Number: PN1977.2 .A3373 2007

Women’s History Month – Books

Week of March 8, 2010

In the News: It’s Women’s History Month! This week: Newly-acquired books related to women and feminist studies.

Also In the News: FAU has a new President (a woman!) Mary Jane Saunders, PhD, was recently named as the University’s sixth president.

Advice from the Top: What Minority Women Say about their Career Success
By Valencia Campbell. Praeger Publishers, 2009.
Call Number: HD6054.3 .C36 2009

African American Women Voters: Racializing Religiosity, Political Consciousness, and Progressive Political Action in U.S. Presidential Elections from 1964 through 2008.
By: Lisa Nikol Nealy. University Press of America, 2009.
Call Number: JK1924 .N43 2009

The Aftermath of Feminism: Gender, Culture and Social Change
By Angela McRobbie. Sage, 2009
Call Number: HQ1155 .M37 2009

Women and Social Movements – March Database of the Month

Women and Social Movements in the United States Scholar’s Edition is a resource for students and scholars of U.S. history and U.S. women’s history. Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000, this collection seeks to advance scholarly debates and understanding about U.S. history generally at the same time that it makes the insights of women’s history accessible to teachers and students at universities, colleges, and high schools.