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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.

Looking for DVDs?

A tip for quickly limiting a search to DVDs in the Library catalog.

If the film you are looking for has a common title, like "Fame" or "Cars," you can get too many results when you search the catalog. Add the word "dvd" to limit the results to a manageable number.

Films On Demand is an online collection of more than 6,000 complete educational videos and 66,000 segments. You can access it here:

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

Online Library Catalog Kiosks

For your convenience, we reconfigured three computers, one on each floor, to login automatically and to provide access to the online library catalog. This will allow you to quickly look up a call number without having to login yourself.

Recent Faculty Publication

Just arrived is The Responsibilities of Rhetoric. Dr. Joseph Little, Assistant Professor of English, and NU student, Lisa Jane Kabasin, wrote the chapter titled "Coming to Terms with Analogy: Generativity and Constraint in the Work of Nagaoka, Gamow, and Freud." The book is located at call number
P 301 .R4714

Recent Faculty Publications

Just arrived is Women and the Democratic Party: The Evolution of Emily's List by Jamie Pimlott, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Niagara University. It is located at call number HQ1236.5.U5 P56 2010.

And note some recent journal articles by NU faculty:

Butera, Peter C. 2010. "Estradiol and the control of food intake." Physiology & Behavior 99, no. 2: 175-180.

Kang, Kyung Ho, Seoki Lee, and Chang Huh. 2010. "Impacts of positive and negative corporate social responsibility activities on company performance in the hospitality industry." International Journal of Hospitality Management 29, no. 1: 72-82.

Priefer, Ronny, Paolo N. Grenga, Kathryn E. Leach, Todd D. Krauss, Ashley N. Mandrino, and Danielle M. Raymond. 2010. "Multilayering of a pseudo polyelectrolyte (PVPh) with a strong polyelectrolyte (PDMAC) from aqueous media." Surface Science 604, no. 1: 59-62.

Recent Faculty Publication

Just arrived is College Science Teacher's Guide to Assessment. Dr. Mark Gallo, Associate Professor of Biology, wrote the chapter titled "Wetscience: A Means of Assessing Math, Science, and Technology Incorporation into a Service Learning Outreach Program."