Volume 9, Issue 3            February 2006           Northern State University           http://www.northern.edu/library

Leisure Collection Fills Void
Williams Library may by an academic library, but you don’t have to fill your free time with Social Indicators of Development. Our Leisure Reading Collection provides popular fiction and nonfiction books that can give your brain a rest after concentrating on chemical formulas and the composition of legislative bodies all day.
  Some of our titles include The Romanov Prophesy by Steve Berry, which Caron Cooper describes as “a great mix of historical fact and legend as well as modern adventure.” Jamie Johnson loved all the medical details and characters in Blowfly by Patricia Cornwell. Widows Walk by Robert B. Parker is a mystery that “takes different twists that make you want to keep reading,” according to Emily Drayer.
  The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown is perhaps Stephanie Schuelke’s favorite book. “It is filled with conspiracy and action, and I truly hated to put it down.” Tina Konechne has had a problem starting another book after reading Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow. “This book is amazing! … Nothing has come close to this.”
  The Leisure Reading Collection is opposite the Periodicals Collection on the first floor, and is available to all patrons.

New Exhibits Featured at Williams Library
“Hey, Nancy? What’s that big red question mark doing in the Round Room?” It is the perfect piece of art for a library. Q? is by Peri Haberling and is composed of wood, acrylic and metal. Now, if only we could get it over the Reference Desk.
   The current exhibit in the library showcases artifacts and rare books from the Williams Library Archives Collection. Included are panoramic photographs of the campus dating from the early 20th century, government publications of Harold W. Foght, the 4th President of Northern, and the pen that signed Northern into existence in 1901. Charles “Sam” Gemar, a South Dakota native, took the pen into space on a space shuttle mission in September 1991.
   The Word Book Wall Roll, also on display and dating from 1887 to 1889, was used to teach English to the Santee Dakota. Published by the American Tract Society, only three are known to exist: at the Minnesota Historical Society, Yale University and Northern State University.

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EBSCOhost Adds New Features
EBSCOhost has added new enhancements and features to improve your searches. Among the new features are Clustering of Results sort option, a graphically-rich Visual Search mode, Alerts in RSS Feeds, and Database Groupings by Subjects.
  EBSCOhost Clustering eliminates the need to browse through Result Lists or check individual records.  A convenient list of links (or clusters) allows users to sort results by Subjects, Authors, or Journals, along the left side of the Results List.
  Visual Search offers, at a glance, a glimpse at what is beyond the first page of traditional search results. Users will be able to find the best articles with patterns of color, shapes and sizes that are easy to understand.
  With the RSS feed, patrons will know when a new issue of a particular journal is available in an EBSCO database.
  With Grouping of Databases by Subject, users can search within multiple databases easily, without returning to the Choose Databases screen, by selecting one of the groupings in the drop-down list.
  EBSCOhost databases include Academic Search Premier, SocINDEX with Full Text, MLA Directory of Periodicals, Business Source Premier and SPORTDiscus, among many others.
 
 

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