Websites for Blogs on Books and Reading

The current issue of Public Libraries provides a tantalizing offering of web blogs which list, review, and discuss books, new and old, and sometimes other things also. These are great resources as they cover a wide range of potential reading treasures, expanding the "joy of reading" arena which many newspapers and magazines enter timidly. Here's a few to bookmark and explore at your leisure.

Papercuts (http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/) Wide range of genre coverage in the New York Times book editors' blog.
ShelfLife (http://shelf-life.ew.com/) Entertainment Weekly's chatty storefront for book news.
Critical Mass (http://bookcritics.org/blog) 900 book critics cover book criticism, publishing, and writing plus serving up a weekly featured review.
Omnivoracious (http://www.omnivoracious.com/) Amazon.com book editors cover the publishing scene.
Unabashedly Bookish (http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Unabashedly-Bookish/bg-p/UnabashedlyBookish) Barnes and Nobles blog which generates also interesting user comments.
Powell's Books (http://www.powells.com/blog/) The world famous bookstore's blog covers a lot of ground including titles from the small publishers.
EarlyWord (http://www.earlyword.com/) A great blog for those wanting to know what is soon to be published.
Citizen Reader (http://www.citizenreader.com/) The blog's focus here is on non-fiction titles.
Reading the Past (http://readingthepast.blogspot.com/) Hosted by a librarian reviewer with all attention on historical fiction.
Bookslut (www.bookslut.com/blog) This resource takes one into the world of non-mainstream titles and authors.



Finally, setting up a Google Books account allows activation of My Library. Using this tool, one can keep track of books read or books to be read and then share that information with other readers. Go to Google, select Google Books under "more" options or tools and set up an account.

New Titles for Spring Semester 2010

Chambering a championship match barrel- RES DVD 683.422 CHA
AARP retirement survival guide- 332.024 JAS
Aged care: Communicating with aged care residents RES DVD 362.61 AGE
America's lost landscape: The tallgrass prairie RES DVD 577.4 AME
Bad Voodoo's war RES DVD 956.70 SCR
Big burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America 973.911 EGA
Botany of desire Book and DVD 306.45 POL
Bowes and Church's Food values of portions commonly used REF 613.2 PEN
Columbia: Space Shuttle Disaster RES DVD 629.44 SPA
Core chemistry RES DVD 540.9 AMB
Depression: Out of the shadows RES DVD 616.85 MCP
Desperate passage 979.4 RAR
Edible history of humanity 394.1 STA
Enough: Why the world's poorest starve in an age of plenty 363.8 THU
First aid one: Basic life support RES DVD 616.0252 FIR
Global climate change impacts in the United States 530 GLO
Ground truth: The untold story of America under attack on 9/11 973.931 FAR
Gun digest 2010 683.44 GUN
Handbook of first aid and emergency care 616.02 AME
Healing suicidal veterans 362.2 MON
Heat: A global investigation RES DVD 333.79 SMI
Is America safe? 363.325 JOR
Jacques Cousteau: The sea king 551.46 MAT
Obesity 616.3 STE
Plagiarism: What do you value? RES DVD 808 PLA
Precision shooting at 1,000 yards 799.31 PRE
Sick around the world RES DVD 326.10 PAL
Standard code of parliamentary procedure REF 060.4 STU
Super study skills 371.3 ROZ
Understanding prejudice RES DVD 303.38 SHE
Waste: uncovering the global food scandal 363.8 STU

Additional Titles Now Available

153.9 NIS Intelligence and how to get it by Richard E. Nisbitt

REF 016.98 Prairies and Plains, Robert Balay, Editor

313.1262 VAN Kaplan GED Complete self-study guide for the GED tests 2009-2010 ed.

333.79 HOP The transition handbook: from oil dependency to local resilience by Rob Hopkins

363.72 GEO The big necessity by Rose George

REF 370.970 USD Guide to U.S. Department of Education Programs

591.56 HOA Animal migration: remarkable journeys in the wild Ben Hoare

REF 613 AMM Encyclopedia of women's health by Christine Ammer

671.52 BRI Motorbooks Workshop: How to weld by Todd Bridigum (2 copies)

428.1 GLA The least you should know about vocabulary building word roots by Teresa Ferster Glazier

808.04 WIE A reader's guide by Harvey S. Wiener

843.914 Night by Elie Wiesel

New Fall Arrivals are Ready!

We have several new titles available for check out. Here is a listing:
005.4 MCF-Teach yourself visually Windows 7
005.446 LEO-Windows 7 all-in-one for dummies
302.23 MUR-The rise of true crime: 20th-century murder and American popular culture
302.5 OLD-The lonely American: Drifting apart in the twenty-first century
306.43 -The death of "why"?
306.7 ATT-Mainstreaming sex: The sexualization of western culture
323.4 LAP-Shooting straight: Telling the truth about guns in America
331.7 DER-Anti-bias education for young children and ourselves
333.75-How trees die
362.160-An insider's guide to better nursing home care: 75 tips you should know
362.29-Methland
363.34 COL-Perilous place, powerful storm: Hurricane protection in coastal Louisiana
373.126 MAR-Cracking the GED 2010 edition
623.44 NOB-Dead on: The long-range marksman's guide to extreme accuracy
647.95 TAY-Counter culture: The American coffee shop waitress
658.3 JOH-The elements of mentoring
940.53 MCD- The holocaust
950.54 HIL-Defining moments: The attack on Pearl Harbor
956.7044 FIL- The forever war

"Hot" Government Websites

Persons and libraries everywhere are using several federal government websites to get information on current issues and national programs. For an introduction and for any personal needs, take a quick browse through these resources.

For Census 2010 information and processes - http://2010.census.gov/2010census/

For economic recovery and
stimulus funding information - http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/home.aspx

For health coverage changes, options and progress -https://www.healthcare.gov/

For information on flu issues and concerns - http://www.flu.gov/

New Website Launched Late August 2009

The University of Minnesota, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, and Minnesota Department of Education have joined forces and created a new website for Minnesota students, parents, and educators. State and higher education officials view it as the "crossroads of online education services in Minnesota." A one-stop site for sometimes hard-to-find education resources, it is the most comprehensive site of its kind found in the country. Check it out at www.mnlearningcommons.org

New Research Databases Added

EBSCO Host has added 30 new research databases! Science Reference Center. It has over 600 science videos, 2,500 biographies of scientists, 116 Full-Text Journals not available in other EBSCO products. If you are familiar with Academic Search Premier and need information on science-related topics, be sure to check the select box for this database.
They've also added some medical references. Check out Health Source Nursing /Academic Edition. This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names. The Consumer Edition is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Alt Health Watch: This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine. This database features indexing and abstracts going back as far as 1984, and full text going back as far as 1990