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New titles in popular reading collections at Zumberge and Steelcase

2009-06-23T12:57:00.002-04:00

New titles in popular reading collections at Zumberge and Steelcase

Come browse the newest popular reading titles in Zumberge Library's Café Bibliothèque and the Steelcase Library Reading Room. You can also search the library's catalog for specific titles or authors. Did you know books from this collection can be delivered to any of the GVSU libraries, including the Frey. It's easy--just ask (331.3500)!

Following are the latest titles received. Stay tuned for further additions; new titles arrive every month.

Zumberge Library
Teatime for the traditionally built by Alexander McCall Smith
Killer cuts by Elaine Viets Wicked prey by John Sandford
The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly
Start where you are by Chris Gardner
Ted Kennedy by Edward Klein
The Garth factor by Patsi Bale Cox
Intent to kill by James Grippando
Sisters & husbands by Connie Briscoe
Matters of the heart by Danielle Steel
Heartless by Diana Palmer
Finger lickin’ fifteen by Janet Evanovich
Fixer upper by Mary Kay Andrews
Neighbor by Lisa Gardner
Relentless by Dean Koontz
Bourne deception by Eric VanLustbader
Crazy for the storm by Norman Ollestad
Dunn Road by Jane Green
Gone tomorrow by Lee Child
Haze by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
Look again by Lisa Scottoline

Steelcase Library
Set you compass true by Signe Bergstrom
Step by step by Lawrence Block
Worst nightmares by Shane Briant
Lovers by John Connolly
Wide smiles of girls by Jennifer Fenske
Prairie tale by Melissa Gilbert
5 principles for a successful life by Newt Gingrich
Story sisters by Alice Hoffman
Take two by Karen Kingsbury
Patrick Swayze by Wendy Leigh
Road dogs by Elmore Leonard
Cemetery dance by Douglas Preston
Capture by Robert Tanenbaum

New titles in popular reading collection

2009-05-12T15:31:00.002-04:00

Check out the most recent titles in our Popular Reading collection in the Zumberge Library in the Café Bibliothèque area on the first floor! These are the latest titles received. Stay tuned for further additions - we add new titles every month!

Long lost by Harlan Coben
Always looking up by Michael J. Fox
Pursuit by Karen Robards
The Geometry of sisters by Luanne Rice
A different life; growing up learning disabled & other adventures by Quinn Bradlee
Fatally flakey by Diane Mott Davidson
A madness of angels by Kate Griffin
The horse boy by Rupert Isaacson
Loitering with intent by Stuart Woods
Cursed by Carol Higgins Clark
Just take my heart by Mary Higgins Clark
Shadows still remain by Peter De Jonge
8th Confession by James Patterson
I'll scream later by Marlee Matlin
Look again by Lisa Scottoline
Mommywood by Tori Spelling
Deadlock by Iris Johansen
Rogue forces by Dale Brown
Mr. & Miss Anonymous by Fern Michaels
Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
True detectives by Johnathan Kellerman
Still life by Joy Fielding
The secret by Beverly Lewis

Exam Cram: Late Nights at the Libraries

2009-04-10T09:25:00.002-04:00

The University Libraries are keeping the doors open extended hours April 13 to April 24. Check out the hours page for details...

New titles in popular reading collection

2009-02-20T16:15:00.000-05:00

Mounting fears by Stuart Woods

Moments of clarity by Christopher Kennedy Lawford

Water dogs by Lewis Robinson

Through it all by Christine King Farris

Breakneck by Erica Spindler

The Associate by John Grisham

True colors by Kristin Hannah

Church of lies by Flora Jessop

High voltage tattoo by Kat Von D

Dark of night by Suzanne Brockmann

A darker place by Jack Higgins

The plunder room by John Jeter

Honeymoon in Tehran by Azadeh Moaveni

What was I thinking? 58 bad boyfriend stories by Barbara Davilman

Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly

Lethal legacy by Linda Fairstein

The second opinion by Michael Palmer

While my sister sleeps by Barbara Delinsky

A wall of white by Jennifer Woodlief

Terminal freeze by Lincoln Child

Fool by Christopher Moore

Need a break from your studies?

2009-02-10T14:42:00.002-05:00

Relax with magazines from the Steelcase Library’s new leisure reading magazine collection. We now are, or soon will be, receiving the following:

Entertainment Weekly
Glamour
Men's Health
National Geographic
New Yorker
Newsweek
People
Rolling Stone
Sports Illustrated
Time
U.S. News & World Report
US Weekly

You’ll find these on top of the book shelves just inside the reading room.

Be sure to check out the new books section, too. They’re in the display case right across from the entrance doors.

New Resource: The American Indian Experience

2009-02-10T11:47:00.003-05:00

The University Libraries are happy to announce the addition of a new reference database.

"The American Indian Experience offers access to an online library, featuring more than 150 volumes of scholarship and reference content, hundreds of primary documents, and thousands of images. From Pre-contact to the present day, from the Inuit of the north to the Seminoles of Florida, AIE is meant for anyone wishing to learn more about America's Native Peoples."

RefWorks classes at Steelcase Library

2009-01-26T08:12:00.002-05:00

RefWorks, the reference manager program, can save you lots of time and angst. This week the Steelcase Library is providing RefWorks instruction to help you get started with this powerful program. These half-hour sessions are designed to help you get started with RefWorks and provide individual assistance.

All sessions are from 5:15 to 5:45 p.m. January 26, 27, 28, and 29 in the Steelcase Library instruction room. Attend one, or attend them all. Refreshments will be provided; no reservations required. For more information, call 331-7338.

Library Guides Survey Drawing Winner

2009-01-15T12:14:00.002-05:00

Congratulations to Jacie Fountain, who won a $50 gift card to the University Book Store for her participation in the Library Guides survey!

StoryCorps audio interviews added to Digital Collections

2009-01-13T09:54:00.002-05:00

The Michigan Philanthropy Oral History Project, a partnership between the Council of Michigan Foundations, StoryCorps, Michigan Radio and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at Grand Valley State University, has added a growing collection of audio interviews to the Digital Collections database.

Latest Popular Reading Collection Titles

2009-01-12T15:22:00.002-05:00

Check out the most recent titles in our Popular Reading collection in the Zumberge Library in the Café Bibliothèque area on the first floor! These are the latest titles received. Stay tuned for further additions - we add new titles every month!

Divine Justice by David Baldacci
Too close to the sun by Curtis Roosevelt
Just after sunset by Stephen King
Call me Ted by Ted Turner
The leader in me by Stephen R. Covey
The lord-protector's daughter by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
God in the fox hole by Charles W. Sasser
The private patient by P.D. James
The bodies left behind by Jeffery Deaver
Dying for revenge by Eric Jerome Dickey
Crossroads by Belva Plain
The devil's eye by Jack McDevitt
Salvation in death by J.D. Robb
A deadly silver sea by Bob Morris
Your heart belongs to me by Dean Koontz
Show no fear by Perri O'Shaughnessy
Cruel intent by J.A. Jance
Born to run by James Grippando
Billion dollar green:Profit from the ECO revolution by Tobin Smith
Fire and ice by Julie Garwood
Runner by Thomas Perry
The great eight by Scott Hamilton
Eclipse by Richard North Patterson
The independence of Miss Mary Bennet by Colleen McCullough
Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich

Library 101: Learn how to use library resources

2009-01-09T11:09:00.002-05:00

Stymied by the plethora of library resources available to you? Don't know where to start?

Attending one or more of the half-hour workshops at the Steelcase Library can help you figure it all out. The first series, Library 101, will show you how to:
- navigate the library's home page
- find books and other items in the library's catalog
- effectively locate articles in databases
- obtain books or articles from other libraries

All sessions are from 5:15 to 5:45 p.m. January 12, 13, 14, and 15. Attend one, or attend them all. Librarians will be available to answer any questions and provide individual assistance. Refreshments will be provided; no reservations required. For more information, call 331-7338.

Time crunch!

2008-11-19T13:41:00.003-05:00

Due to the increased number of GVSU students needing library computer resources at this time, usage of GVSU library computers at all campuses is now limited to current GVSU students, staff, and faculty until December 15. Thank you for your understanding.

Library Guides Survey

2008-11-06T16:18:00.002-05:00

The University Libraries would like your feedback on our Library Guides! These guides are meant to assist students in starting their research, and to help faculty and staff keep aware of new resources in their disciplines. Let us know what you think - your feedback will help us improve these guides.

You can take the survey here; it should take about 10-15 minutes.

You can also submit your e-mail address at the end of the survey for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to the University Book Store.

Thanks for your help!

CHS Library hours survey

2008-11-03T15:35:00.004-05:00

Are the current Saturday hours at the Frey Foundation Learning Center (the health sciences library at the Center for Health Sciences building) sufficient for your study needs? Take a brief five-question survey and let us know what you think about the Saturday hours. Findings of this survey will help determine Saturday hours in the future. Click here to take the survey. The survey will run through the end of November.

Latest Popular Reading Collection Titles

2008-11-03T15:06:00.004-05:00

The legs are the last to go by Diahann Carroll
Grace by Richard Paul Evans
Move on, move up by Paula White
To Siberia by Per Petterson
Ted, white, and blue by Ted Nugent
The knight of the red beard by Andre Norton
Michelle by Liza Mundy
Green collar economy by Van Jones
If not now, when? by Colonel Jack Jacobs and Douglas Century
Hardly knew her by Laura Lippman
Dark summer by Iris Johansen
Bones by Jonathan Kellerman
The gate house by Nelson DeMille
The longest trip home by John Grogan
Rough weather by Robert B. Parker
A good woman by Danielle Steel
The book of Mychal by Michael Daly
They must be stopped by Brigitte Gabriel
The book of lies by Brad Meltzer
We bought a zoo by Benamin Mee
The Hurricanes by Jere' Longman
Izzy & Lenore by Jon Katz
Hit Mahogany by Stuart Woods
Resilience by Alonzo Mourning
The lucky one by Nicholas Sparks
Liberty by Garrison Keillor
Night of thunder by Stephen Hunter
One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell
Late Show fun facts by David Letterman
Letter to my daughter by Maya Angelou
Deconstructing Sammy by Matt Birkbeck

2008 Presidential Election Resources

2008-10-12T21:57:00.010-04:00

Get Informed

Project Vote Smart
Gather information on major and minor candidates for president. Includes biographical information, positions on issues, voting histories, interest group evaluations, endorsements and more.

CQ Politics
Provides news, data and analysis on the presidential race, as well as Congressional races.

FactCheck.org
Monitors the "the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases."

Follow the Money

Center for Responsive Politics
Provides extensive and thorough information on campaign contributions and spending by organizations during elections, including those by independent interest groups.

CQ MoneyLine
Provides easy access to data on campaign contributions and spending by PACs and independent interest groups.

Get Out and Vote

Michigan Secretary of State
Confirm your voter registration, view a sample ballot and find out where your voting precinct is located.

Publius
This site from the League of Women Voters allows you to "view your ballot, polling location, find out about candidates and proposals and how to use your voting equipment."

Need more information?

University of Michigan Documents Center
Comprehensive listing of resources related to this year's elections.

New Popular Reading Collection Titles

2008-09-15T16:24:00.002-04:00

Check out the latest titles in our Popular Reading collection in the Zumberge Library in the Café Bibliothèque area on the first floor! These are the latest titles received. Stay tuned for further additions - we add new titles every month!

Legally dead by Edna Buchanan
The way of the world by Ron Suskind
Not just the levees broke by Phyllis Montana-Leblanc
Off season by Anne Rivers Siddons
Mercedes coffin by Faye Kellerman
First daughter by Eric VanLustbader
Foreign body by Robin Cook
The last undercover by Bob Hamer
Rough Justice by Jack Higgins

New Popular Reading Collection Titles

2008-08-19T12:39:00.003-04:00

Check out the latest titles in our Popular Reading collection in the Zumberge Library in the Café Bibliothèque area on the first floor! These titles were received in July. Stay tuned for further additions - we add new titles every month!

Black wave by John Silverwood
Hit and run by Lawrence Block
Death angel by Linda Howard
Silent thunder by Iris Johansen
End of days by Sylvia Browne
The forger's spell by Edward Dolnick
Fire-breathing liberal by Rep. Robert Wexler
Tailspin by Catherine Coulter
Dali & I by Stan Lauryssens
Gaspipe by Philip Carlo
Somewhere in heaven by Christopher Andersen
Killer view by Ridley Pearson
The man with the iron heart by Harry Turtledove
Love as a way of life by Gary Chapman
Tribute by Nora Roberts
Case of a lifetime by Abbe Smith
Bourne sanction by Eric VanLustbader
Damage control by J. A. Jance
It only takes a moment by Mary Jane Clark
Know your power by Nancy Pelosi
The Assassin by Stephen Coonts

University Libraries Add More Than Two Dozen New Resources

2008-08-15T13:32:00.010-04:00

This summer the University Libraries have been hard at work adding or expanding twenty-five resources. Below you will find a list of the new and expanded resources with content descriptions.

If you would like more information on new or existing resources in your subject area, please feel free to contact your subject librarian. For a complete listing of all the library's databases, please see our database listing or a specific subject resource page.

African American Experience: “The African American Experience is the definitive electronic research tool for African American history and culture from one of the most respected publishers in the field. The two primary goals: to provide rock-solid information from authorities in the field, and to allow African Americans to speak for themselves through a wealth of primary sources. Drawing on over 450 titles, and designed under the guidance of leading librarians, this database gives voice to the black experience from its African origins to the present day.”

America's Historic Newspapers Series VI and VII: “Early American Newspapers, Series 6 & 7 include more than 320 significant 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century newspapers, including titles of unique historical significance, regional weeklies and big-city dailies. Drawing from the acclaimed newspaper collections of the American Antiquarian Society, Kansas Historical Society, the Library of Congress, Wisconsin Historical Society and other institutions, Series 6 & 7 further supplements the preceding series, resulting in enhanced research opportunities and more complete coverage of American history, culture and daily life.

Significant newspapers in these series include Courier de la Louisiane, a bilingual Creole title; Frederick Douglass’ Paper; the California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences, a pioneer of early natural history writing; the Charleston Mercury, a strong supporter of slavery; the Savannah Republican, one of the few Southern newspapers that published throughout the Civil War; the popular and entertaining Southern Illustrated News; the Detroit Plaindealer, Detroit’s first successful black newspaper; The Colored American, which provided detailed coverage of the Amistad revolt; Argus of Western America, an early Kentucky paper and a strong supporter of Andrew Jackson; and the Arkansas Gazette, one of the first papers west of the Mississippi. Other significant titles include the Kalamazoo Gazette, Kansas City Times, Northern Standard, Oregon State Journal and many more.”

Black Studies Center: "Black Studies Center brings together essential historical and current material for researching the past, present and future of African-Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa itself. It is comprised of several cross-searchable databases": the International Index for Black Periodicals, the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience and the Black Literature Index. Also included in Black Studies Center is the Chicago Defender, which provides complete full text coverage of this leading African American newspaper from 1905-1975.

Brill's New Jacoby: “Brill’s New Jacoby will completely supersede the traditional 18-volume set known to classical scholars. It will contain many updated Greek texts, English translations of all of the Greek testimonia and fragments, a new critical commentary on the texts (and for the first time commentary on those texts that Jacoby did not complete before his death), as well as the inclusion of new authors and fragments not in FGrHist.”

Cambridge Histories Online: “Cambridge Histories Online includes the contents of over 250 Cambridge history volumes published since 1960, making this unrivaled scholarship available in one convenient database.”

Classical Music Library: “Classical Music Library is a fully searchable classical music resource—a comprehensive database of distinguished classical recordings. It includes tens of thousands of licensed recordings… from major labels with performances by Maria Callas, Sir Simon Rattle, Herbert von Karajan, Andre Previn, Itzhak Perlman, Placido Domingo, Martha Argerich, Arthur Rubinstein, Jacqueline du Pré, Riccardo Muti, among many other major figures. Independent European and North American record labels including Sanctuary Classics, Hyperion, CBC, and others feature additional renowned artists such as Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Neville Marriner, Felicity Lott, Glenn Gould, Angela Hewitt, Trevor Pinnock, The Sixteen, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.”

Daily Life through History Premium: Starting with a base of the landmark Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life and Greenwood’s Daily Life through History, Cultures and Customs and History of Modern Nations book series, Daily Life through History includes more than 180 reference works, hundreds of primary sources and thousands of images covering the social history and daily life of people from ancient times through today.

Discovery Education Streaming Plus: Formally known as United Streaming, Discovery Education Streaming Plus provides access to more than 7000 online videos, including PBS programs like Frontline and the American Experience, as well as documentaries from filmmakers like Ken Burns.

Gale Directory Library: The Gale Directory Library provides online access to a number of standard reference sources, including the Encyclopedia of Associations: International, Market Share Reporter, National Faculty Directory, Research Centers Directory and Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies.

ICPSR (Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research): The ICPSR provides access to hundreds of thousands of data files from more than 6,800 studies in a wide variety fields, including anthropology, criminal justice, economics, education, foreign policy, gerontology, health and medical policy, law, political science, psychology, public policy and sociology.

Intelex Past Masters: Intelex Past Masters provides electronic access to a number of key works, including G.W.F. Hegel: The Oxford University Press Translations, Søren Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers, The Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels and the Oxford Classical Dictionary. All these titles can be found via the Library’s online catalog.

Index Islamicus: Index Islamicus is an international bibliography of publications in European languages on all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world. It covers their history, beliefs, societies, cultures, languages and literatures. It includes material published by Western Orientalists, social scientists and Muslims writing in European languages.

International Index to Music Periodicals: The International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 430 international music periodicals from over 20 countries. IIMP includes a comprehensive range of subject areas in both scholarly and popular music journals ranging from International Journal of Music Education, Ethnomusicology, Jazz Education Journal and Musical Times to Rock and Rap Confidential and Rolling Stone. Indexed articles cover the full spectrum of subjects and all aspects of music, including music education, performance, ethnomusicology, musical theatre, theory, popular music forms and composition. You can find articles on a diverse array of musical genres, from the liturgical chants of medieval monks to the eclectic sounds of contemporary alternative rock musicians.

IPA Source: IPA Source contains phonetic transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias, German Lieder, French mélodies, and Italian art songs, featuring the texts to the works of all the great song and opera composers as found in the most common anthologies.

Iter Bibliography: The Iter Bibliography is a comprehensive online bibliography of literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Includes journal articles, books, dissertations, etc.

Knovel Ebooks (Engineering and Engineering Management and Safety & Industrial Hygiene): Two new collections of ebooks from Knovel include a full-text collection of leading reference handbooks and manuals in general engineering and engineering management, including interactive graphs and tables and the Knovel Safety & Industrial Hygiene collection that provides full text access to over 200 core titles in the areas of fire safety, industrial safety, industrial hygiene, radiation, and toxic substances.

Latino American Experience: The Latino American Experience (LAE) is the first-ever full-text database focusing on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States. LAE’s content spans from the pre-Columbian Indigenous civilizations of the Americas, through the Spanish and Mexican settlement of much of what is now the United States, to the triumphs and challenges facing present-day U.S. Latinos.

Featuring more than 150 titles (including award-winning titles from Greenwood, Praeger, Arte Publico, Columbia University Press, and other imprints), 1500 images, hundreds of primary documents, Spanish-language content, a Timeline, and 225 vetted web sites, LAE is the most comprehensive digital resource to date to focus exclusively on Latinos, the largest and fastest-growing minority group in America. In addition, LAE’s Origins section features both ready-reference and in-depth information about the history, culture, and customs of the people of Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Iberian Peninsula.

Literature Criticism Online: Literature Criticism Online contains full-text entries for a wide-ranging selection of 10 Thomson Gale literary criticism series. This database is an excellent starting point for students and researchers needing to find biographical information about authors as well as commentary on short stories, books and plays. "Beginning-level users may simply enter an author or title and find a wealth of content, while experienced researchers may broaden or narrow their results via cross-searches on names of critics, journal titles, topics and more."

MINTEL Academic: MINTEL Academic is a U.K. database of European and U.S. specific business to consumer market reports with an emphasis on consumer behavior. Reports give strategies for reaching target audiences for food and drink, consumer goods, retail, finance, leisure and travel industry sectors.

Natural Standard: Natural Standard was founded by clinicians and researchers to provide evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. Included are: Foods, herbs & supplements, Health & wellness, Comparative effectiveness, Medical conditions, Brand names, and other Interactive tools. This international multidisciplinary collaboration now includes contributors from more than 100 academic institutions. For each therapy covered, a research team systematically gathers scientific data and expert opinions. Validated rating scales are used to evaluate the quality of available evidence. Information is incorporated into comprehensive monographs which are designed to facilitate clinical decision making. All monographs undergo blinded editorial and peer review prior to inclusion into the databases.

Oxford Islamic Studies Online: Encompassing over 3,000 A-Z reference entries, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur'anic materials, primary sources, images, and timelines, Oxford Islamic Studies Online offers a multi-layered reference experience designed to provide a first stop for anyone needing information on Islam. It features several major works, including the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, the Islamic World: Past and Present, the Oxford Dictionary of Islam, the Oxford History of Islam, and What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam. This database also provides links directly from Qur'anic verse citations to corresponding sections in the text of the Qur'an, and includes two Oxford World's Classics versions of the Qur'an."

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online: The innovative Oxford Language Dictionaries Online site offers essential language resources never before available online: fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using an expanding range of languages. Languages include Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish.

Oxford Reference Online: Oxford Reference Online offers over 175 fully-indexed, cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press, including detailed information across a broad subject range from titles in the world-renowned Oxford Companions Series.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune and Washington Post: The Chicago Tribune (1849-1986) and the Washington Post (1877-1991) expand the Library’s collection of historical newspapers. Both of these newspapers are on the same platform as the historical New York Times (1851-2003) and Chicago Defender (1905-1975), providing the same features and usability, including the complete, full images of the newspapers from cover to cover. You can search each newspaper separately, or you can search all four ProQuest Historical Newspapers simultaneously.

PsycBOOKS: PsycBOOKS, produced by the American Psychological Association, is a full-text database of over 1700 scholarly titles in psychology and related fields. Both books and chapters within books are indexed.

Pop Culture Universe: Pop Culture Universe, PCU is an authoritative, yet irresistible, digital library of information on American and world popular culture, past and present—in a package as dynamic as the topic it covers. Built on hundreds of award-winning titles for all levels of researchers, PCU provides a safe haven for investigating topics that appeal to students—without the bias, advertising, suggestive content, or questionable authorship of commercial or fan sites.

Shakespeare Survey Online: Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948 Survey has published the best international scholarship in English and many of its essays have become classics of Shakespeare criticism.

Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also contains a section of reviews of that year's textual and critical studies, and of the year's major British performances. The virtues of accessible scholarship and a keen interest in performance, from Shakespeare's time to our own, have characterized the journal from the start.

The books are illustrated with a variety of Shakespearean images and production photographs. Shakespeare Survey Online makes all issues of the Survey, including over 90% of the original images, available online for the first time.

Smithsonian Global Sound: “Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries, produced in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, is a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions. The collection provides educators, students, and interested listeners with an unprecedented variety of online resources that support the creation, continuity, and preservation of diverse musical forms.

It includes the published recordings owned by the non-profit Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label and the archival audio collections of the legendary Folkways Records, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, Paredon and other labels. It also includes music recorded around the African continent by Dr. Hugh Tracey for the International Library of African Music (ILAM) at Rhodes University as well as material collected by recordists on the South Asian subcontinent from the Archive Research Centre for Ethnomusicology (ARCE), sponsored by the American Institute for Indian Studies.”

SRDS Media Solutions: The SRDS database of media rates and information is the largest and most comprehensive in the world—cataloging more than 100,000 U.S. and international media properties. SRDS delivers the accurate, up-to-date media information you need to get the job done quickly—including detailed ad rates, dates and contact data. With the majority of SRDS Media Solutions available online, you can search conveniently, create contact reports and obtain additional information with direct links to media kits and audit statements.

World Folklore and Folklife: “World Folklore and Folklife provides an exciting new gateway to social history and social studies. Tracing the origins and development of all aspects of traditional cultures around the world, World Folklore and Folklife bridges the gap between past and present and offers a fresh slant on such core curriculum topics as literature, social and religious practices, history, art, music and languages.”

Save yourself time and angst!

2008-08-13T08:37:00.006-04:00

Are you new to GVSU? Do you want to make the best use of your time when doing research?

If so, plan to attend one of the Steelcase Library's half-hour information sessions where our knowledgeable and friendly librarians will show you how to navigate the library's web pages, learn how to use the catalog, become aware of our hundreds of databases, and find out about interlibrary loan and document delivery.

While the sessions are designed for students new to GVSU, returning students are welcome to attend as well. They are scheduled from 5:15 to 5:45 p.m. on the following dates:

Tuesday, September 9
Wednesday, September 10
Tuesday, September 23
Wednesday, September 24

All sessions be held in the Steelcase Library’s instruction room and refreshments will be served!

For more information, call 331-7338.

4th Annual Palooza, September 9

2008-08-12T08:58:00.006-04:00

The University Libraries are hosting the 4th Annual Palooza on September 9, 2008. Come see the fun side of the libraries! Play a game, win a prize, impress your parents that you spent time in the library at the beginning of the term.

Stop by the Zumberge Library in Allendale (between 10am and 4pm), the Steelcase Library in DeVos (between 10am and 6pm), or the Frey Foundation Learning Center (also between 10pm and 6pm) in the CHS Building. We are looking forward to meeting you!

A short list of prizes that you can sign up to win:

20" LCD TV
Digital Cameras
Dorm Refrigerator
Photo printer
Ipod Shuffles
Ipod Nano
Itunes gift cards ($25 each)
$10, $25 & $50 Meijer Gift Cards
$50 UBS gift card
GVSU Camp chairs
GVSU Stadium Seats
GVSU flash drives 1GB

Amnesty for book fines

2008-07-03T10:55:00.007-04:00

Bring your over due books in by July 13 and the fines will be waived.*

Take advantage of this opportunity and enjoy the rest of your summer!

(*This offer does not include Interlibrary Loan fines, which involve payment to other libraries)

New Popular Reading Collection Titles

2008-07-01T11:46:00.003-04:00

Check out the latest titles in our Popular Reading collection in the Zumberge Library in the Café Bibliothèque area on the first floor! These titles were received in June and new titles will be arriving every month!

Blue smoke and murder by Elizabeth Lowell

Churchill, Hilter, and the unnecessary war by Patrick J. Buchanan

When you are engulfed in flames by David Sedaris

A rare breed of love by Jana Kohl

The monster of Florence by Douglas Preston

Yankee for life by Bobby Murcer

Undiscovered by Debra Winger

Fearless fourteen by Janet Evonovich

One in a million by Kimberla Lawson

Tigerheart by Peter David

Letters to a young sister by Hill Harper

Sex, science and stem cell by Diana Degette

Steelcase Retrieval System Limited Access until July 14

2008-06-26T14:50:00.007-04:00

Due to a software upgrade, the Steelcase Library Retrieval System will not be available for public initiated requests from June 30 to July 14, 2008. Requests for an item in the Retrieval System can be made at the Steelcase Library Circulation Desk, by email through steelref@gvsu.edu or by calling (616)-331-7330 during posted library hours.

University Libraries

New titles in popular reading collections at Zumberge and Steelcase

Popular reading collection at Steelcase

New titles in popular reading collection

Exam Cram: Late Nights at the Libraries

New titles in popular reading collection

Need a break from your studies?

New Resource: The American Indian Experience

RefWorks classes at Steelcase Library

Library Guides Survey Drawing Winner

StoryCorps audio interviews added to Digital Collections

Latest Popular Reading Collection Titles

Library 101: Learn how to use library resources

Time crunch!

Library Guides Survey

CHS Library hours survey

Latest Popular Reading Collection Titles

2008 Presidential Election Resources

New Popular Reading Collection Titles

New Popular Reading Collection Titles

University Libraries Add More Than Two Dozen New Resources

Save yourself time and angst!

4th Annual Palooza, September 9

Amnesty for book fines

New Popular Reading Collection Titles

Steelcase Retrieval System Limited Access until July 14