The main library will be extending its closing time from the period December 5 – December 12. On all days during this period, with the exception of Friday and Saturday, the library will remain open until 1 A.M.
This is he fourth year that the library has extended its hours around exam time, and it has proven to be very popular with students. In addition, Room 106 of the library will be open and available for additional study space during this time.
Good luck to all on your finals.
It is that time of the semester when students hammer the reference desk with questions about how to properly cite sources in their research papers. 95% of the time, the answers are easy; and seeing examples of references in either the MLA or APA format provides all the direction needed. Other times, finding appropriate direction from one of the style guides can be more challenging.
There are a number of resources available online that will help you follow all style guide requirements. If you can’t find your answer in one of these help sheets, contact us at the reference desk — you won’t be the only one asking!
Style Guide Resources
Essentials of APA Style: This one-page handout, provides sample citations of all common types of resources set up in proper APA style. (Provided by The Neil Hellman Library)
Citing Electronic Media in APA Style: Another one-page handout, this one concentrates on setting up citations for online journal articles, web pages, abstracts, and other materials found on the web. (Provided by The Neil Hellman Library)
Essentials of MLA Style: A one-page handout that provides sample citation of all common types of resources set up in proper MLA style. (Provided by The Neil Hellman Library)
A Guide to MLA Format: A 16-page guide that discusses all aspects of writing a paper using MLA style. This includes how to set up pages, how to cite sources, and how to create a works cited page. (Provided by The Writing Center)
A Guide to APA Format: A 16-page guides that discusses all aspects of writing a paper using APA style. This includes how to set up pages, how to cite sources, and how to create a reference page. (Provided by The Writing Center)
Additional guides are available at the web sites of both the library and writing center.
Best wishes for a safe and happy Thanksgiving break. Remember that even though the library has reduced hours over the break, you can access many of our resources from wherever you might be.
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The main library’s hours over the Thanksgiving break are:
Wednesday: 8:15 – 12 noon
Thursday and Friday: closed
Saturday: 1 PM – 6 PM
Sunday: 6 PM – 11 PM
(The curriculum library in Lally will be closed Thursday through Sunday.)
Sorry about the headline; I’ve been watching too much Countdown with Keith Olbermann.
However, a review of the current bestselling novel Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson, makes it sound like this might be, uh, the worst book ever written. Interestingly I am in the midst of reading/listening to this novel. While I did not have the same visceral reaction to the book that B.R. Myers did (read his article in the December issue of The Atlantic), I’ve had a hard time garnering interest in the story or its characters.
What makes this all the more interesting is that, as Myers says, Johnson’s early collection of stories, Jesus’ Son, is widely regarded as “the best American book of the past 25 years.” Given this sort of track record, I will stick out Tree and hope to find some reward by the end.
Anyone out there had their own experience reading Johnson? And please, let us know what you think is the worst book every written…
UPDATE: Tree of Smoke has won the National Book Award for Fiction (11-14-07). Not bad for the worst book ever written!
UPDATE: Tree of Smoke is listed on the New York Times Best Books of 2007 list.
EBSCOhost is the host interface for many of the library’s database subscriptions, including Academic Search Premier, ERIC, PsycINFO, PsycArticles, and the MLA Bibliography. If you’d like to be notified when new issues of journals of interest are added to EBSCOhost, you can easily set up journal alerts. Once set, you will be alerted by email (or an RSS feed) when new issues are available.
For step-by-step instructions on setting up journal alerts in EBSCOhost, please look at the Powerpoint presentation (created by Michael Daly, fall 2007 Neil Hellman Library intern).
I confess to the following:
AND YET, there I was at the Neil Hellman Library on Tuesday night to watch Nosferatu, the granddaddy of vampire films. The audience of 30 students and staff — many in costumes — were treated to an introduction to the film by Professor Kelly Meyer. He set the movie in its historical context and set out a list of things for us to watch for, including the framing of scenes and the use of color. While the rats in the film obviously used method acting to depict a high degree of scurviness, the film really wasn’t that scary. (Or perhaps I am not such a wimp after all.) Most of this, I’m sure, can be credited to its age. In the 85 years since its release, filmmakers have discovered many new and gruesome ways to scare their audiences. Most are not using hokey-looking monsters, whose most appalling monster features are bad teeth and big ears.
However, the film was a joy to watch. The way it set scenes (on site in Germany, in Orava Castle in Slovakia) was quite interesting. As Professor Meyer stated, this film is an example of expressionism and as such, the director was not interested in depicting reality but in creating moods. With the exception of the rats, the actors over-emoted their feelings and it would have been hard to misinterpret joy and fear.
Thanks to Kelly Meyer for his introduction and to Kate Moss and Gretchen Ingersoll for coordinating this book and a movie night.
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