What's New - October 2005

The Resource (Fall Library newsletter - pdf)

Fall Library Events & Displays

New Staff

ChoiceReviews Online Trial

Fall Library Events & Displays

October Displays

Battle of Trafalgar: Observing the 200th Anniversary (lobby, 2nd floor)

This battle, fought on October 21, 1805, established British naval supremacy for more than a century. A fleet of 33 ships (18 French and 15 Spanish) under Admiral Pierre de Villeneuve fought a British fleet of 27 ships under Admiral Horatio Nelson.

(Coming to the lobby case later in October:) Wisconsin Women, this year's theme for Archives Week, October 16-22, 2005
Children's literature displays (first floor, in front of the Media Center) are provided by students in the College of Education's Children's Literature course taught by Professor O'Brien.

SuperSearch: Open, Drop-In Sessions on How to Use It
Location: University Library Bibliographic Instruction Laboratory (Andersen Library building L2211)
Sessions:

Tuesday, October 11, 2-2:30 p.m. (instructor: Jennie Vano)
Thursday, October 13, 4-4:30 p.m. (instructor: Carol Elsen)
Wednesday, October 19, 9-9:30 a.m. (instructor: Martha Stephenson)

This powerful new tool allows you to search up to eight databases at once, including databases from different vendors. In the past, if you wanted to search Ebscohost's Business Source Elite and ProQuest's ABI/Inform databases you would have to search them one at a time. SuperSearch will allow both to be searched at once! Can't make these sessions? Call the Reference staff to arrange for a session for your department, office, or for an individual appointment: 262-472-5521.

sponsored by the Friends of the Library

Sixth Annual Dinner & Program
October 19, 2005 (Wednesday)
For Friends only: Business Meeting and Dinner 6-7:15 p.m.
Location: Hamilton Center, James R. Connor University Center
Open to all: Program by Jerry Apps 7:15-9 p.m.
Location: Hamilton Center, James R. Connor University Center

Jerry Apps, Wisconsin author, will present a talk based on his book Ringlingville USA, which recounts the story of seven brothers who started with next to nothing and became the most famous circus family ever known. Mr. Apps traces the story of the Ringlings from their first struggling years to their years of dominance.

Eighteenth Annual Scholarship & Creative Achievements Recognition Reception
November 22, 2005 (Tuesday), 3-4:30 p.m.
Location: Crossman Gallery, Greenhill Center for the Arts

The University Library, Office of Research & Sponsored Programs, Photo/Graphics, and the Crossman Gallery sponsor this annual reception/exhibit of works of scholarship and creative achievements by UW-Whitewater faculty and staff. Achievements to be honored this fall were accomplished during the period July 2004-June 2005. Submissions should be received via department chairs by October 5th; see the criteria and procedures online. Bibliographies of achievements honored in previous years are available online also. Questions? Contact Sharon Knight (phone 262-472-5515 or e-mail knights@uww.edu) or Barbara Bren (phone 262-472-5521 or e-mail brenb@uww.edu).

sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Buying and Selling on eBay
December 2, 2005 (Friday), 1:30-3 p.m.
Location: University Library Bibliographic Instruction Laboratory (Andersen Library building L2211)

Martha Stephenson, Reference & Instruction Librarian, will talk about eBay, the major Internet marketplace, where individuals and companies buy and sell all manners of merchandise from hot sauces to hydrangeas, and Russ trolls to Rolls Royces. If you are interested in garage saling, antiquing or bargain hunting without leaving the comfort of your home (or library), this workshop is for you! Issues such as registering, comparison pricing, bidding, making and receiving payment, shipping, feedback, security, and fraud will be covered. RSVP optional, but will guarantee your seat. (262-472-1032 or refdesk@uww.edu)

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New Staff

Branden Mc Cready, formerly a student worker for the Library Automation Manager, has joined the Library staff as an LTE in Circulation/Reserves. In addition to working at the Circulation Desk, he'll be working with Universal Borrowing and ILLiad interlibrary loan requests.

ChoiceReviews Online Trial

A trial of Choice online is available until the end of October 2005. Choice is currently a monthly print subscription (a periodical issue and a set of cards) providing reviews of "significant current books and electronic resources of interest to those in higher education. Each year it publishes more than 6,500 reviews by subject experts." The cards are circulated to UW-W faculty library representatives in each academic department as one resource to use when selecting titles to be added to the Library's collection.

The online version, which like the print is updated monthly, allows searching for reviews of particular book titles and authors, or searching for books on a topic by either browsing subject areas or searching for keywords. Reviews published since September 1988 are included. There is a link to the trial on the Library's homepage at library.uww.edu, near the bottom of the purple sidebar. Off-Campus access requires a UW-W login.

Faculty: Please let us know if this resource is helpful in making selections for the Library's collections (rather than continuing to circulate the cards from Choice). E-mail library@uww.edu. Thank you!

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