tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90424700152526390842011-08-01T17:22:04.457-06:00 Dale Larsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139806547905973619noreply@blogger.comBlogger721100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042470015252639084.post-72168594714254905742009-03-11T17:12:00.002-06:002009-03-11T17:23:06.320-06:00

Is it poor etiquette for two different teachers to be sleeping with the same junior high school student at the same time? An article in the Salt Lake Tribune addresses just such an offense and while neither woman seemed to be using Emily Post’s book of etiquette, I doubt they were even using common sense. It’s quite likely that this is a specious connection at best and certainly in poor taste,

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There's a great deal of historic stuff out on the Flickr.com these days. Our very own Marriott Library is experimenting with posting a few of our special collections greats. While there are the big names like the Library of Congress posting away there, Flickr has created a catch-all site for you to peruse called The Commons for you to see many of the players. There's a bunch of great media to

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We all have aspirations and the like; mine is to learn another language. I just can't seem to muster the time and the desire except when it is 3am and I have just finished watching The 400 Blows.Instead of turning to Google or youtube for answers or even investing in those expensive courses by mail check out some of the library resources.I discovered the MANGO Languages database!Mango Languages

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I should be up front and say that my sensational title is a bit misleading :-). This is an example of what to do when you're only getting part of the information. KSL, one of our local television and internet news sources, is a great place to find out about local events as they occur. However, in the name of getting the news to you as fast as possible, they're less likely to cite their sources

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So I was talking with another librarian a while back about different and interesting animals in our world, and I couldn't remember what the "Hot Tub Monkey" actually was. You've heard of them, haven't you? A species of monkey on an island in Japan likes to hang out in hot springs -hot tub monkey. So let's take a look at several resources and see what my 'entry level' search turns up! (I call

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Ok, So I'm teaching a library session for a writing class, and a lot of the language that students use simply doesn't show up in an academic journal. When you're looking for Jessica Simpson and the media focus on her weight, you need more information on the issue before you dive into JSTOR (because she simply isn't there -yet). And how about finding words like "sexting"; (sending nude pics via

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Join the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, The Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation, and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in celebrating Will Eisner Week, Match 1-7th. This first annual celebration is themed "The Spirit of A Legend," examining Will Eisner's seminal Spirit comic, as well as the spirit inherent in his work that has inspired generations of comic readers and artists.

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Books aren’t the only way to get the information you are looking for from Library resources. This week I am taking a peek at the AP Images (Formerly known as AP Multimedia Archive) Database. With just one search I was able to find all the images the Associated Press was posting on August 10, 1978. Tom Baker is Doctor Who, Lee Iaococca is the Chairman at Chrysler, Jonestown is a tragedy,

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Here's a short tutorial on finding resources in the library catalog. If you know nothing about the topic you're interested in, or you want to find all the general categories your subject may have; I give you the subject search feature! Pictured here is the locale of the subject search (click on the pic to go there; try typing in a word and see what you get!). I typed in "wine" and got the ball

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As you may recall in my last installment I was going lo-tek in search of an answer to the burning question: “Why aren’t there any online copies of the New York Times between August 2nd and November 5th of 1978?” As I arrived on the first floor where the library houses government documents, curriculum, maps, and microfilm I was directed to the section containing the New York Times and pulled

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Search the database Academic Search Premiere and you may find surprising information....like using red wine as a mouthwash! Check it out:

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wine.’I can boast about my Hungarian heritage, I can even boast that Dracula himself (Bela Lugosi) ate at my great grandparent’s Hungarian restaurant, but what I can’t boast about are any articles published on my birthday in the New York Times. Seems like a tenuous link at best to the topic of wine and the New York Times Historical Newspaper Database; however for me it was the beginning of a

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Despite the vast open spaces of the internet, I still believe in the strength of a well edited book. Mind you, the book can be an e-book, if you have recently departed from the physical world of knowledge and information. A really hot hobby these days is digital photography with everything from phones to toasters taking pictures (I'm quite convinced, anyway). Everyone from BBC to CNN are

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Explore your linguistic background, practice your Detroit accent, or simply feel superior to others in your region because of your remarkable pronunciation abilities. Whatever your motivation, the Speech Accent Archive, created by the good folks at George Mason University, is hours--no, really it is--of academic fun."Each individual sample page contains a sound control bar, a set of the answers

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As I’m sure everyone who has visited the Library in the past few years has noticed there have been a lot of changes taking place; entrances opening, entrances closing, MMC closing, KC opening, and books, books, books moving. If you are frightened, fed up, or find yourself in your PJ’s at 3am in need of The reproductive rights reader : law, medicine, and the construction of motherhood (2008) here

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Are you getting enough information from the surface web? Popular search engines such as Google and Yahoo are great at showing you top level pages on the web, but there's more to be found. WorldWideScience.org searches scientific databases from around the world and brings back results that Google and Yahoo don't.

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The Library is a great place to find things. We have skilled researchers who can assist you in topics from Aerospace Studies to World History and over 2,884,692 books you can peruse. But sometimes the best finds aren’t the books, but what gets left in them. If you are like me and crave the mysterious page marker that reads … “plp & Denz @ 6:30” or the to-do list written on scratch paper and

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Working with animal-specific research? A great database to try is Zoological Record that will have animal related journals, books (even conference proceedings) talking about, biochemistry, behavior, ecology, evolution, genetics, and so on. In conservation circles, there's always a relation between people and animals. I did a search, "congo and war and gorilla*" (the star catches 'gorilla' and

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You may have been hiding under a rock lately, or you may have been kidnapped by aliens, or maybe you just don't have access to any kind of news or internet sources--wait, then you wouldn't be able to read this--but in case you've not heard the news, the U.S. will be swearing in its first African American president, Barack Obama, on January 20th.I decided to see what information I could find on

Crystal Goldmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071159723988293726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042470015252639084.post-40579812782502838232009-01-15T09:51:00.002-07:002009-01-15T09:56:05.052-07:00

The biggest part of our renovation is complete! Please drop by and see the new spaces. The furniture is comfy, the computers fast, the wireless available everywhere, and the views from virtually anywhere on the 3rd floor are breathtaking! The University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library's final phase of construction will be completed in June.See more pics at one of our librarian's sites at

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For grad students, finding an original research topic can be a great deal of work. One database that can make the literature review process a little easier is "Digital Dissertations" which allows you to search through full text of virtually all North American universities dissertations published from 1997 and onward. You can also access abstracts of dissertations before that time as well. Just

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This is the first day of the semester (in a lot of places) and you may be asked in the coming term to place global points-of-view into perspective. If you look at a lot of global sites, the language barrier can be a problem –thus there are ‘english versions’ and other translation tools. Unfortunately, not everyone translates pages into English, and I sometimes wonder if we get to look at the

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As we wind down to the end of fall semester, many of you are scrambling to get that bibliography, references list, or other citations in the bag. While there are citation generators on the web that perform tasks like this, many of them are flawed and do the job poorly (and I've even had an instructor vehemently proclaim her hatred of them in front of the class). However, they can get you in the

Dale Larsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139806547905973619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042470015252639084.post-31918417750397479992008-10-14T10:49:00.003-06:002008-10-14T11:00:43.669-06:00

A haiku for Open Access Day:Let's create a ruleInformation is a toolEveryone can use!

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The last time I talked about bathroom breaks, I ran into a woman with a serious case of OCD. There was also the time a woman was singing "Jesus Loves The Little Children" in the stall next to me, but we won't get into that.This time it was about child rearing techniques. Who knew such interesting research topics could be found in the ladies room?In any case, an older woman was talking to a

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I was wandering through the “stacks” today; that’s what we library nerds call the general collection here in the library. I usually browse the “stacks” for eye catching books, furry covers, heat reactive paper, or catchy titles. Untidy gender was my favorite until today when I came across…Bimbos and Zombies. No kidding you can really find bimbos and zombies in the library! I’m not much one for

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Back a few weeks ago I posted an interdisciplinary proposal for the union of chemistry and political science. On the BBC news site I found another great example of working outside your field of study to enhance understanding and the essential transfer of knowledge (something we're keen on in libraries as you can well imagine). Watch the video The Art of Mathematics at the BBC Link and turn on

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Open Access Day is an international event being held to broaden awareness and understanding of Open AccessHere's a listing of U of U events to be held on Tuesday, October 14th as well as the following week. For more information, contact Allyson Mower, allyson dot mower at utah dot edu; 585-5458.Date: Tuesday, October 14Event: Publishing SMARTDescription: Authors want their scholarly articles to

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The blogosphere is a buzz with talk of a budding new interest in librarianship…sexy librarianship. While I may not be a card carrying member of that elite force I am still a library specialist and just happen to wear my hair in a bun and sport stylish frames. VP candidate Sarah Palin has everyone talking or should I say typing about her, is she a “sexy librarian”, dose she promote

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Did you know you can use Google to find quality health information? Librarians have teamed up with staff at Google to create tools that lead searchers to reliable health information. Do any search for a health-related topic, such as asthma, and you will see options for refining your search: It's a great way to begin a search for basic health information. If you need more advanced health

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The next class is Monday, September 29 and there's only TWO seats left! Sign up to attend.

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Have you ever had someone state that you're more likely to be killed by lightning than in a plane crash? Well the National Safety Council wants to foster more conversations just like that (you must know that I'm kidding)! Here's the most and least likely ways to die from injury (not natural causes) in a handy chart!Heeding this chart for your coming academic year you'll want to avoid driving/

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Robin Lloyd, Senior Editor of LiveScience, recently wrote "secrecy and competition to achieve breakthroughs have been part of scientific culture for centuries, but the latest Internet advances are forcing a tortured openness throughout the halls of science and raising questions about how research will be done in the future."Gerry McKiernan goes on to say that the phrase, open science, is "

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In high school, I was a music geek.If it was playing on MTV (you know, back when the M stood for "music")--and even if it wasn't--I was listening to it: Rock, Pop, New Wave, R&B, Synthpop, Metal, Glam, Punk, Hiphop, Ambient, Raggae, Techno. I was in the stage band, marching band, concert choir, show choir, and high school musicals. I thought I'd be on top of what's new on the music scene for

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Remember when Kirk found his way out of certain doom by wooing the alien girl who, despite her utterly alien way of life, found him irresistible? And how about Carl Sagan helping us think that there were billions and billions of other places out there just like ours with so many alien boyfriends and girlfriends to meet. Alas, this may not be entirely as likely as we had hoped to experience once

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Ok well maybe not. The closest I have come to nautical adventures was watching the Love Boat and dancing to the Village People. So it is only natural that my co-workers selected me to explore the department of Naval Science here at the University. Yes at first I thought I might write about lint, but I figured nobody enjoys the corny jokes like I do, so I have to get serious. What

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I was watching Lord of the Rings the other day, (I've mentioned I'm a total geek for science fiction and fantasy, right? Okay, then) and I was wondering what was the first movie I ever saw Liv Tyler in. I think the movie came out in the mid-nineties. I know it was a bit dramatic, and I think she was a goth girl in a record store. Or there was a goth girl in a record store, but Liv was still in

Crystal Goldmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071159723988293726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042470015252639084.post-45115859320599903472008-08-19T15:40:00.002-06:002008-08-19T16:18:05.225-06:00

With many forms of media these days there seems to be a non-profit, open-source, stickin' it to the profit takin' man version on the free and open web (aka "no login required"). You can find music, photos, illustrations, tons of information, but what about the ever elusive scholarly stuff? In the past decade or so, academic journal pricing has gone all caviar and champagne, while libraries

Dale Larsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139806547905973619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042470015252639084.post-6260375902511661572008-08-15T07:04:00.002-06:002008-08-15T07:04:00.618-06:00

You might wonder what librarians do in their spare time. One example of this is the library bookcart decoration, races, and drill team.You know those metal or wooden wheeled things that library staff use when they're walking around putting books back on the library shelves? Well, that's what I'm talking about.There's even a contest for best decorated bookcarts every years called "Pimp My Bookcart

Crystal Goldmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071159723988293726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042470015252639084.post-7526355991432201512008-08-12T16:37:00.005-06:002008-08-12T17:05:11.602-06:00

Intended for the business and marketing set, Hoover's Online is actually pretty interesting to cruise through for the uninitiated too. This valuable database gives you access to information on over 25 million corporations and organizations,( according to Hoover's 'about us' site). You can see company information, but you can also search for people, or browse particular industries. Let's take a

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I just got back from a vacation and a week-long conference. Conferences seem to be part and parcel of the professional world. It's where you find out who's doing what research, what advances are being made in a field, and also where serious networking happens. But it got me thinking...I know which organizations represent my profession, my hobbies, my interests, but does everyone?Knowing your

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There are a zillion things to think about when getting an education, but foremost in many minds is -what the heck am I going to do with my degree in Applied Brewery Appreciation!? A great resource that covers a lot of the questions you may have about many careers is produced by the U.S. Department of Labor called the Occupational Outlook Handbook. Telling you details about specific careers like

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We live in an information rich society and we are under constant bombardment of information and data. As a student or professor, being able to manage your time and effectively use it is critical to your success. As a librarian, I quickly came to the realization that there is so much that I could learn on a daily basis that I felt overwhelmed. A great resource for dealing with this (currently

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A philosophy major? Now, what can you do with a philosophy major?You can think deep thoughts about being unemployed. from "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story"Not so, according to a recent article in the New York Times, which says that undergraduate enrollment in philosophy is on the rise due to its interdisciplinary applications. You can probably imagine what that means for you philosophy majors out

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A big word on campuses these days is interdisciplinary. In seeking grant support, academic blessings from on high, or even in developing new programs of study, there's a real push to create collaboration between schools. You'd be surprised at the creative duets that have popped up in recent years (to stoke your imagination just think of "Dance" and pick your favorite science; it's probably

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I was over on CNN.com this morning and read an article about frustrated parents teaching their kids math "old school" style. You know, things like long division written out by hand. Apparently, teachers are more about the theory behind math rather than the rote application of it.In the end...it's kind of all the same to me.I hate math. No, I mean I really hate math. A lot. And I don't think I'm

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Every night after work, I bike home past the Math Department's LeRoy Cowles Building, which is connected to the T. Benny Rushing Mathematics Center on the northwest side. From the outside, the Center is pleasant enough: a light-filled, red sandstone structure that complements the original building, with a contemporary University of Utah architectural style (an example, another, and another).I

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I was on Wikipedia the other day, reading about bonobos, when it occurred to me, holy cow, I look things up all day long on Wikipedia.(FYI, you should check out section 3.1 in the bonobo article. Prepared to be wowed.)Like a couple of weeks ago, I couldn't remember the name of this pictorialist photographer who I like, so I hit Wikipedia. Before that, I wanted to find some quick background

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Growing up in California meant I was destined to take Spanish in high school. Just about everyone did, and I took three years. I didn't learn much. I pretty much hated every moment of it. As an academic over-achiever, I found myself slumped in the back of that class with the other slackers passing notes. No, I'm not proud, but I decided when I got to college that I'd try something different. I

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Looking at the news today I read a brief article about Iran’s leader President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Iran Leader Plays Down War Talk) and I noticed he wasn’t wearing a tie. I had heard it mentioned in casual conversation that Iran wasn’t keen on ties as they were a symbol of Western decadence. Was this coffee conversation true? (-and what's up with the fella on the right; is he crazy or

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This week marks the 2008 Festival of San Fermín in Pamplona, Spain, made world-famous by Ernest Hemingway's description of the running of the bulls in his novel "The Sun Also Rises." Watching news coverage of crazy men getting trampled by stampeding other crazy men (oh, and bulls) always reminds me of my own time as a bullfighter![cue the Wayne's World flashback sound effect and wavy image] At

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A lot of what I'm about to tell you may seem like review, but I get more students who miss questions about plagiarism than most people would believe. It seems easy, doesn't it? If an idea isn't yours, you cite it. If you pull a sentence from another person's work, you cite it.The problem is that with the proliferation of information online, it becomes easier and easier to steal ideas and not get

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I am a NERD. I don’t deny this, in fact I occasionally boast about it much to the chagrin of my academic colleagues. There is nothing wrong with knowing who Jessica Drew is in the Marvel Universe, but it does help if occasionally I can back up my knowledge with a little research. So today I am introducing my Marvel Universe to my libraries Reference Universe. Reference Universe is a

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or How to determine the extent of information needed (for anything!).In Brenda Dervin's Sense Making the concept of information need is sometimes described as finding a bridge to get over a gap, gully, canyon, etc. (oversimplified, I'm sure). For example, when you need to find a bathroom, you don't need a dissertation length explanation of architecture, plumbing and historical perspectives on

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Anyone who knows me knows I’m a theatre geek. I’ll go see just about anything. It’s not that I’m not discriminating in my choice of what to see, just that I’m willing to give anyone who’s “puttin’ on a show” the benefit of the doubt that it could be good. And when everything connects, it can be a life-altering experience. But I do pay a price, having to sit through some awful productions when

Greg Hatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329183175391422550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042470015252639084.post-80441175205911487252008-06-27T14:35:00.000-06:002008-06-27T14:50:04.489-06:00

Here's an interesting article (from the popular magazine US News & World Report) about the FDA and alternative medicine web sites. Read the brief article, but then read the comments that follow.Who is right and what is the truth? Which side has a more validity and why? Is the information current? Who is the intended audience? What are the author(s) authority (Does the blog commenter "Ani of

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Check it out: it's the first male pregnancy. Oh, yes--men can now experience the miracle of childbirth. Thank you, modern medicine.I admit I don't get the . . . ummm . . . logistics of if it all, but, hey, I don't understand airplanes either. But whatever. If it's in print, then it must be true, right? A: Wrong. Today, I want to introduce you to an easy test you can use to evaluate

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SO I’m feeling just a touch empty headed at the moment, but wait I am in the library surrounded by books, connected to technology, how can it be?! It is true, everyone has their moments even those of us at the heart of information and technology can’t be experts on everything. I need a knowledge fill up, something to expand all of my current smarts or help me sharpen my Photoshop skills.One place

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You may have heard "primary sources" when you were on the receiving end of a term paper assignment, but other than interviewing your grandmother (again), what's available?Hey, good question! Many academic libraries have special collections that are unpublished things like manuscripts, diaries, photographs and letters that come from an authoritative source on the topic. Note that not every Bob

Dale Larsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139806547905973619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042470015252639084.post-76085749378466966182008-06-23T18:19:00.000-06:002008-07-07T10:25:38.217-06:00

Over the weekend, I had a patron come to the Fine Arts reference desk who was doing research on the Temple of Zeus in Olympia, Greece. She was looking for research articles about it and also wanted images to include in a class presentation. I knew just the resource she should use, JSTOR*, because she could do one search and get everything she needs.JSTOR (short for Journal Storage) is one of the

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If you haven't read a graphic novel before, I highly recommend them. They're an awesome combination of comic book and novel. They can deal with the serious content of a novel, yet still have the engaging artwork of a comic book.For example, one of my favorite graphic novels is Maus by Art Spielgelman. The story recounts the struggle of Art's father to survive the Holocaust as a Jew in Poland.

Crystal Goldmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071159723988293726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042470015252639084.post-91758331953849795832008-06-19T10:11:00.000-06:002008-06-19T10:36:49.964-06:00

My partner and I are considering buying a car. We've found a few that *seem* to meet our criteria, but we didn't really know much about them beyond the advertisements. So, how do people typically do car research? They go to Consumer Reports, right? And just like most people, we don't have a subscription to Consumer Reports.So, as we were lamenting the cost of a subscription and how we really

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So, I left my office this morning to take a trip to the restroom. When I got there, I noticed a young woman washing her hands. This might seem rather innocuous, but what intrigued me about this woman was that she stared at her hands in the mirror while washing them. She also lathered them in a very precise, almost ritualistic manner. It was a little disturbing, I have to admit.When I returned to

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. . . She entered the Black Cross. She entered the pub and its murk. She felt the place skip a beat as the door closed behind her, but she had been expecting that. Indeed, it would be a bad day (and that day would never come) when she entered a men's room, a teeming toilet such as this and turned no head, caused no groans or whispers. She walked straight to the bar, lifted her veil with both

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A new publication for one of our own faculty, Lisa M. Diamond Ph. D. has hit the shelves here at the Marriott Library. Sexual fluidity: understanding women’s love and desirepublished by Harvard University Press, 2008 can be picked up in the, HQ’s on Level 2.With chapters titled Will the real lesbians please stand up? -- Gender differences in same-sex sexuality -- Sexual fluidity in action --

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Ok, academically speaking, this test has limited application, but you can learn about databases along the way to "hot sex" and that's Information Literacy right there, son!Ok, which database will have more incidences for the phrase search "hot sex" (note: putting words in quotes is called a phrase search and will look for that specific group of words) Academic Search Premiere

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In our ongoing new books series (oh, by the way, these can be seen refreshed monthly on our New Books site) here's a happy number looking back at 'criminal lunacy' and how it was dealt with in the 19th century. Madness and murder : gender, crime and mental disorder in nineteenth-century Ireland by Pauline Prior who typically writes on gender and mental health policy & law. "On our visiting (

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Today I want to talk about several resources available for finding definitions to words. One is available to University of Utah faculty, staff, and students through our subscription databases, and the other is open to anyone with internet access.However, it wouldn't be fun if I didn't bring up some weird and wild words they've used for their Word of the Day.The Oxford English Dictionary, or OED,

Crystal Goldmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071159723988293726noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042470015252639084.post-17214191833916750292008-06-05T14:40:00.002-06:002009-02-13T16:41:21.015-07:00

I spend enough time in my cubicle that it would be safe for me to have concerns about my sanity; so I struck up a conversation with my cube mate about the history of psychiatry in the United States. We both buzzed through a list of books on the subject, the biggies:-The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath-One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey-Girl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThese titles got me

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Ever find yourself looking for a synonym for "the f word," but you just don't know where to go?a: Go to the library! Well, more specifically, go to the library's online databases.The Marriott Library subscribes to 300 or so databases. And while I have many favorites, the Visual Thesaurus makes my oh-so-exclusive top ten. Like a regular print thesaurus, the Visual Thesaurus gives you a "

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Now don't get me wrong about finding junk on the web. It can be a quick way to prove your point or even win a bet (like: When was "Frankenstein" written -(psst! 1818 by Mary Shelley -Wikipedia)). But when you need to have something other than semi-reliable and semi-anonymous stuff about an author, our database "Literature Resource Center" (note: you'll have to scroll down to find it) is muy

Dale Larsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139806547905973619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042470015252639084.post-53311745858270005242008-05-29T14:05:00.000-06:002008-06-04T16:05:32.838-06:00

Here at the Marriott Library we’re helping folks learn how to use the library -to smite their moronic competition who have no such skill or inclination! Using the library properly (not just to find books about sex -not that there’s anything wrong with that) can cut your research time, quicken your class prep time, and improve your employment outlook considerably. Our students have even gone on to

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