New Research Database - AP Images

AP Images is a database of millions of current and historical photographs as well as audio, graphics and text from the Associated Press.

This is a trial subscription through October 2011. Give it a try!

New Research Databases

Thanks to NOVEL (New York Online Virtual Electronic Library), we now have access to three new research databases:

• Academic OneFile (peer-reviewed journal articles)
  
  
• General OneFile (news and magazine articles)
  
  
• Health Reference Center Academic (nursing, allied health, and personal health articles)

Faculty Publication

Just published by Robert Kane, Associate Professor of History, is "Teaching as Counterinsurgency: Enhancing Pedagogical Effectiveness and Student Learning in a Culture of Distraction." It can be found in the May 2010 issue of the History Teacher and can be read via this link:

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=50987226&site=ehost-live

Using Google Books for Lifelong Learning and Research

Makeuseof.com has an interesting article on 10 Ways to Use Google Books for Lifelong Learning and Research.

New Titles Added to Gale Virtual Reference Library

The Gale Virtual Reference Library contains a number of reference works that support religious studies. Two new titles have been added:

Encyclopaedia Judaica
Provides an exhaustive and organized overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel, from Rabbinic to modern Yiddish literature, from Kabbalah to "Americana" and from Zionism to the contribution of Jews to world cultures.

Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions
Covers more than 2,300 North American religious groups in the U.S. and Canada -- from Adventists to Zen Buddhists.

Library Hours Extended

Starting on Monday, April 12 the Library will stay open an hour later, Sunday through Thursday, closing at 1am instead of midnight. This is a permanent extension of operating hours based upon what students told us they needed in focus groups and surveys.

The complete operating hours can be found here:

http://library.niagara.edu/hrs.html

Used Book Sale Prices Lowered

All used books are now 25 cents each.