Hockey

Week of January 14, 2013

In the News: Hockey

Hockey returns…. The NHL and the players union have reached an agreement that would end the 113-day lockout. The 48-game season is slated to begin on January 19.

30 for 30 (Volume 01, DVD 01) (DVD)
ESPN. 2010
Call Number: GV576 .A1522 2010
Kings ransom: Explores the changes that occurred in 1988 in the National Hockey League after the game’s biggest star, Wayne Gretzky was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings. By playing in the United States, Gretzky caused something of a renaissance for the sport there, but in Canada, where hockey is the most popular sport, the trade was met with outrage. The documentary also features glimpses of some of Hollywood’s biggest stars of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including John Candy, Kevin Costner, Timothy Hutton and Tony Danza.

The Big M: The Frank Mahovlich Story
By Ted Mahovlich. Edited by Susan M. McKinney. Sports Pub., 1999
Call Number: Available online via EBSCOhost

Brian McFarlane’s History of Hockey
Sports Pub., 1997
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The Rolling Stones

Week of January 7, 2013

In the News: The Rolling Stones at 50

The Rolling Stones keep on rolling….The British band, featuring Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and Charlie Watts, celebrated their fiftieth anniversary in 2012.

 

According to the Rolling Stones
By Mick Jagger et al. Edited by Dora Loewenstein and Philip Dodd. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003
Call Number: ML421 .R64 A3 2003

Blown Away: The Rolling Stones and the Death of the Sixties
By A. E. Hotchner. Simon and Schuster, 1990
Call Number: ML421 .R64 H65 1990

Dance with the Devil: The Rolling Stones and Their Times
By Stanley Booth. Random House, 1984
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Campus Research on WestlawNext

 

 January 2013  Database of the Month

The new WestlawNext platform is not fully accessible off campus at this time. Use the previous platform to access off campus.

Campus Research, the legal research tool for students who need to research law-related issues, is now on the new platform, WestlawNext.  This platform allows users to search the world’s leading collection of legal content in just one simple language query. You no longer have to choose a database before you start to search, and you can apply intelligent tools to help you work smarter and faster with the total confidence that you have the information you need.

Content includes expert’s analysis from hundreds of law reviews and journals, encyclopedias, treatises and full-text legislation, regulations, and court decisions.

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Arab-Israeli Relations, 1917-1970 – December Database of the Month

Arab-Israeli Relations, 1917-1970 includes a wide range of original source materials — letters, minutes, reports, and maps — from the 1917 Balfour Declaration through to the Black September war of 1970-1. These documents, housed in the National Archive, London, are from the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, War Office and Cabinet Papers. Major policy statements and minor documents reveal the workings of colonial administration and, following the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, British diplomacy towards Israel and the Arab states. Continue reading

Cigarettes & Lincoln

Week of November 26, 2012

In the News: Cigarette Packaging / Lincoln

The cigarette plain-packaging law goes into effect on December 1st … in Australia. From that date, all cigarettes must be sold in dark brown packaging and be free of any logos.

Also In the News: Steven Spielberg’s latest movie, Lincoln, opened in theaters on November 9th. To supplement your viewing experience, pick up one of the many books (published between 2010 and 2012) that we have on the 16the U.S. president.

 

   

CIGARETTES AND SMOKING

Advertising Sin and Sickness: The Politics of Alcohol and Tobacco Marketing, 1950-1990

By Pamela E. Pennock. Northern Illinois University Press, 2007
Call Number: HF6161 .L46 P46 2007

Ashes to Ashes: America’s Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris
By Richard Kluger. Alfred A. Knopf, 1996
Call Number: HV5760 .K58 1996

The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product that Defined America
By Allan M. Brandt. Basic Books, 2007
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New York City / George McGovern

Week of November 5, 2012

In the News: Hurricane Sandy and New York City / George McGovern (1922-2012)

Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on the Mid-Atlantic, New England, Southeastern, and Midwestern states last week causing billions of dollars in damages and leaving millions in the dark without power. Although many cities were heavily hit by the storm (especially places like Atlantic City and Hoboken in New Jersey, which may have suffered the worst damage), our In the News main topic this week focuses on books about New York City, the most populous city in the country and one of the hardest hit by Sandy.

Also In the News: George McGovern, retired senator from South Dakota and former Democratic Presidential nominee in 1972, died on October 21.

   

NEW YORK CITY

722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York
By Clifton Hood. Johns Hopkins UP, 1995
Call Number: TF847 .N5 H66 1995

740 Park: The Story of the World’s Richest Apartment Building
By Michael Gross. Broadway Books, 2005
Call Number: F128.67 .P3 G76 2005

Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century
By John F. Kasson. Hill & Wang, 1978
Call Number: F129 .C75 K37 1978 Continue reading

Database outages due to storm

11/5/2012 Update: We have had no further reports of database outages, all databases are now in service.

A few of our databases with operational centers in the storm-impacted regions may not have service. We will update this list as more information becomes available. If you are experiencing access problems to any of our electronic resources, please contact Jane Strudwick, jstrudw1@fau.edu.

  • Books in Print (Now has service, 10/31)
  • Sports Business Research Network (SBRNET) (Now has service, 11/4)
  • IEEE: IEEE/IEL Electronic Library  (Now has service, but single article purchases and IEEE account management are unavailable at this moment.  11/1)

ProQuest Congressional – November Database of the Month

ProQuest Congressional ( formerly LexisNexis Congressional) has an all new look!

ProQuest Congressional is a  comprehensive collection of historic and current congressional information. Use this database to discover the original documentation that built America’s laws –  from reading expert congressional testimony, to tracing a law’s history.  Find selected full text of Congressional publications, regulations,  laws, legislative histories,  background information on members of Congress, and a bill tracking service. Also included is the Congressional Hearings Digital Collection (CHDC), a collection of published and unpublished hearings held by Congress.

Make sure to update your bookmarks with the new URL: http://ezproxy.fau.edu/login?url=http://congressional.proquest.com/congressional/search/advanced/advanced?accountid=10902

Collection overview:

  • New exclusive full-text digital collection of all U.S. bills and resolutions
  • Read congressional testimony by experts, administration witnesses, and affected parties
  • Discover a law’s intent by tracing its legislative history
  • Learn more about a wide variety of topics and issues from House and Senate Reports
  • Retrieve authoritative statistics on a wide range of topics
  • Search the Congressional Record, the U.S. Code, Statutes at Large, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, Rules of Congress, and political news sources
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James Bond / Russell Means

Week of October 29, 2012

In the News: 50th Anniversary of James Bond Film Series / Russell Means (1939-2012)

The James Bond films series celebrates its 50th anniversary. From Dr. No (1962) to Skyfall (2012), viewers have enjoyed watching 007 (played throughout the years by Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig) on the big screen as he sipped martinis that were shaken, not stirred.

Also In the News: Russell Means, Native American Lakota activist and prominent member and leader of the American Indian Movement (AIM), died of cancer on October 22.

 

     

JAMES BOND

Bond Films
By Jim Smith and Stephen Lavington. Virgin, 2002
Call Number: PN1995.9 .J3 S65 2002

Casino Royale (DVD)
Directed by Martin Campbell. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2007
Call Number: PN1997.2 .C3756 2007

The Complete James Bond Movie Encyclopedia
By Steven Jay Rubin. Contemporary Books, 1990
Call Number: PN1995.9 .J3 R78 1990

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2012 Presidential Election

Week of October 15, 2012

In the News: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

This week’s theme of presidential elections includes titles on the following related topics: voter fraud, the electoral college, liberals, conservatives, Democrats, Republicans, third party candidates, the 2008 presidential election, Kennedy vs. Nixon, [Ted] Kennedy vs. Carter, the Tea Party movement, Herman Cain, Geraldine Ferraro, John Edwards, Ralph Nader, Sarah Palin, Shirley Chisholm, Ross Perot, and more. There are also book by and/or about the two leading candidates and their running mates (yes, we have Young Guns co-written by Paul Ryan as well as the 2010 Joe Biden biography). These and other books are on display  through November 6 in the Wimberly Library lobby on the Boca Raton Campus.

The 2008 Elections in Florida: Change! But Only at the Top of the Ticket
By Robert E. Crew, Jr. and Slater Bayliss. University Press of America, 2011
Call Number: JK4416 .C74 2011

The 2008 Presidential Elections: A Story in Four Acts
Edited by Erik Jones and Salvatore Vassallo. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Call Number: JK526 2008 .A18 2009

All the Way with LBJ: The 1964 Presidential Election
By Robert David Johnson. Cambridge University Press, 2009
Call Number: E850 .J64 2009

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