Monday, June 23, 2008

May Acquisitions List

ACQUISITIONS LIST

Chadwick Library

Iowa Wesleyan College

May 2008

*---Gifts

#---Free Gov’t Doc.

GENERAL INTEREST

*Obama, Barack. Dreams from my father: a story of race and inheritance. Three Rivers Press, 2004. (Ei85.97.O23 A3 2004)

*Bruni, Frank. Ambling into history: the unlikely odyssey of George W. Bush. HarperCollins, 2002. (E903.B78 2002b)


HIGHER EDUCATION

Tobolowsky, Barbara F. (ed.) Shedding light on sophomores: an exploration of the second college year. National Resource Center, 2007. (LA229.S49 2007)


EDUCATION

*Senge, Peter. Schools that learn: a fifth discipline fieldbook for educators, parents, and everyone who cares about education. Doubleday, 2000. (LB2822.82 .S38 2000)

*Cress, Christine M. Learning through serving: a student guidebook for service-learning across the disciplines. Stylus, 2005. (LC220.5 .C72 2005)


PSYCHOLOGY

*Cohen, Libby G. Assessment of children and youths with special needs. Allyn & Bacon, 2003. (BF722.C638 2003)

*Delisle, Jim. When gifted kids don’t have all the answers: how to meet their social and emotional needs. Free Spirit Publishing, 2002. (LC3993.2 .D36 2002)

*Weishaar, Mary Konya. Case studies in assessment of students with disabilities. Pearson, 2005. (LC4019 .W45 2005)


ENGLISH & LITERATURE

*Deans, Thomas. Writing and community action: a service-learning rhetoric and reader. Longman, 2003 (PE1127.S6 D43 2003)

*Ross, Carolyn. Writing for real: a handbook for writers in community service. Longman, 2003. (PE1479.S62 R67 2003)

*Gwamna, Olabisi. Dancing with shadows and other stories. Hamilton Books/Rowman & Littlefield, 2008. (PR9387.9.G83 D36 2008)


FICTION

*Erdrich, Louise. The Master Butchers Singing Club: a novel. Perennial/HarperCollins, 2004. (PS3555.R42 M37 2004)


HISTORY & POLITICAL SCIENCE

*Wolff, Leon. Little brown brother: how the United States purchased and pacified the Philippine Islands at the century’s turn. History Book Club, 2006. (DS682.A1 W6 2006)

*Calloway, Colin G. The scratch of a pen: 1763 and the transformation of North America. Oxford University Press, 2006. (E46 .C35 2006)

*Troiani, Don. Don Troiani’s American battles: the art of the nation at war, 1754-1865. Stackpole Books, 2006. (qE181 .T85 2006)

*Schama, Simon. Rough Crossings: Britain, the slaves and the American Revolution. (E269.N3 S33 2006)

*Wood, Gordon S. Revolutionary characters: what made the founders different. Penguin Press, 2006. (E302.5 .W82 2006)

*Bordewich, Fergus M. Bound for Canaan: the underground railroad and the war for the soul of America. Amistad/HarperCollins, 2005. (E450 .B735 2005)

*Swanson, James L. Manhunt: the twelve day chase for Lincoln’s killer. William Morrow/HarperCollins, 2006. (E457.5 .S993 2006)

*Witness to the Civil War: first-hand accounts from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. Collins/HarperCollins, 2006. (qE464 .W58 2006)

*Hanson, Kathleen S. (ed.) Turn backward, O time: the Civil War diary of Amanda Shelton. Edinborough Press, 2006. (E621 .S47 2006)

*Philbrick, Nathaniel. Mayflower: a story of courage, community, and war. Viking/Penguin, 2006. (F68 .P44 2006)

*Goetzmann, William H. Exploration and empire: the explorer and the scientist in the winning of the American West. History Book Club, 2006 (F591 .G62 2006)

*Faragher, John Mack. A great and noble scheme: the tragic story of the expulsion of the France Acadians from their American homeland. W.W. Norton, 2005. (F1038 .F37 2005)


RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY

*Sample, Tex. Powerful persuasion: multimedia witness in Christian Worship. Abingdon Press, 2005. (BV288 .S26 2005)


YOUTH LITERATURE

Seeger, Lara Vaccaro. First the egg. Roaring Brook Press, 2007. (Youth Lit CAL Se3fi)


AUDIO-VISUAL

*Kabul Transit. Bullfrog Films, 2006. (A-V DVD DS375.K2 K33 2006)

Best of 2007. Films Media Group, 2007. (A-V DVD HF6146.T42 F68 2007)

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

One for you sociologists, mathematician, philosophers and marketers

As I was working on collection development the other day, I came across this entry for a very unique and unusual book titled, "Indexed". Being a librarian and concerned with access, I must say that this piqued my interest. How could there be a book on indexing in the past tense? What kind of information would it hold? And, why would anyone buy it? Well, it turns out that
this isn't a book on indexing from a librarian's perspective, but one from a unique, creative and sometimes even thought provoking perspective.

The author, Jessica Hagy, thinks in a very visual manner. On her blog, indexed.blogspot.com (which BTW was named a 2007 Webby Awards nominee) she posts charts, graphs, and Venn diagrams drawn on index cards that provide observations on unusual connections in our culture.

Curious? Here's an example:

Those simple steps are never so simple:











Here's another....

Out with the old, in with the new












So, how does this tie in with student learning and information literacy?

During the first year English 101 program one of our information literacy sessions has a segment on the grammar and syntax of searching. This is more commonly known as Boolean logic which uses Venn diagrams and the connectors of and, or and not to represent search statements. This encourages the students to represent their searching in a graphic manner. So, when I explored this book and blogspot, my intention was to provide some interesting (and yes, entertaining) examples of Boolean logic that would help eliminate that glassy eyed look we get from students when we present this material.

I think it's especially interesting that this has applications to all sorts of discipline areas--philosophy, marketing, sociology, and math to name a few. Yes, I know, it's not a scholarly resource, but hey, it's summer!

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

April Acquisitions List

ACQUISITIONS LIST

Chadwick Library

Iowa Wesleyan College

April 2008

*---Gifts

#---Free Gov’t Documents

REFERENCE, INDEX, ETC.

Lecointre, Guillaume. The tree of life: a phylogentic classification. Belknap Press, 2006 (Ref QH83.L42513 2006)

*Vogt, Peter, Career wisdom for college students: insights you won’t get in class, on the Internet, or from your parents. Checkmark Books, 2007 (HF5381.V58 2007)

GENERAL INTEREST

* Lerner, Barron H. When illness goes public: celebrity patients and how we look at medicine. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 (R703.L47 2006)

Fitzgerald, Terence J. (ed.) Celebrity culture in the United States. H.W. Wilson, 2008 (E169.12.C39 2008)

NURSING

Chong, Nilda. The Latino patient: a cultural guide for health care providers. Intercultural Press, 2002 (RA448.5.H57 C56 2002)

Long, Stephen Weber. Caring for people with challenging behaviors: essential skills and successful strategies in long-term care. Health Professions Press, 2005 (RC451.4.N87 L66 2005)

Innes, Anthea (ed.) Dementia care mapping: applications across cultures. Health Professions Press, 2003 (RC521.D4537 2003)

Odom-Forren, Jan. Practical guide to moderate sedation/analgesia. C.V. Mosby, 2005 (RD85.C64 O36 2005)

Hardin, Sonya R. (ed.) Synergy for clinical excellence: the AACN synergy model for patient care. Jones and Bartlett, 2005 (RT120.I5 S97 2005)

HIGHER EDUCATION

Moss, Pamela A. (ed.) Evidence and decision making. 2007 (LB5.N25 106th pt. 1)

Smolin, Louanne, (ed.) Information and communication technologies: considerations of current practice for teachers and teacher educators. 2007 (LB5.N25 106th pt. 2)

Boss, Suzie. Reinventing project-based learning: your field guide to real-world projects in the digital age. ISTE, 2007 (LB1027.43.B67 2007)

Watts, Margit Misangyi. College: we make the road by walking. Prentice Hall, 2007 (LC1011.W29 2007)

Tabors, Patton O. One child, two languages: a guide for early childhood educators of children learning English as a second language. Paul H. Brooks Publishing, 2008 (P118.2.T325 2008)

SOCIOLOGY & ANTHROPOLOGY

Horst, Heather A. The cell phone: an anthropology of communication. Berg Publishers, 2006 (HE9715.J25 H67 2006)

Bianchi, Suzanne M. Changing rhythms of American family life. Russell Sage Foundations Publications, 2007 (HQ536.B59 2007)

Delgado, Melvin. Social work with Latinos: a cultural assets paradigm. Oxford University Press, 2007 (HV3187.A2 D444 2007)

ART

Foster, Hal. Art since 1900: modernism, antimodernism, post modernism. Thames & Hudson, 2004 (qN6490.A7186 2004)

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION/ACCOUNTING & ECONOMICS

*Fishback, Price V. Government & the American econmomy: a new history. University of Chicago Press, 2007 (HC103.G676 2007)

*Pomfret, Richard. The Central Asian economies since independence. Princeton University Press, 2006 (HC420.3.P654x 2006)

*Noland, Marcus. The Arab economies in a changing world. Institute of International Economics, 2007 (HC498.N56 2007)

*Moss, Todd J. African development: making sense of the issues and actors. Lynne Rienner, 2007 (HC800.M6775 2007)

*Sisodia, Rajendra S. Firms of endearment: how world-class companies profit from passion and purpose. Wharton School Publishing, 2007 (HD30.28.S478 2007)

NCEE. Tough choices or tough times: the report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce. Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2008 (HD5715.2.N32 2008)

*Lawler, Edward E. America at work: choices and challenges. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

(HD6957.U5 A485 2006)

Bragg, Steven M. Wiley GAAP policies and procedures. Wiley, 2007 (HF5616.U5 B7 2007)

Epstein, Barry J. Wiley GAAP 2008: interpretation and application of generally accepted accounting principles. Wiley, 2007 (HF5616.U5 W55)

*Stallings, Barbara. Finance for development: Latin America in comparative perspective. Brookings Institution Press, 2006 (HG185.L3 S83 2006)

HISTORY & POLITICAL SCIENCE

*Wood, Edward W. Jr. Worshipping the myths of World War II: reflections on America’s dedication to war. Potomac Books, 2006 (D769.1.W66 2006)

*Vinen, Richard. The unfree French: life under the occupation. Yale University Press, 2006 (DC397.V56 2006)

*Moyar, Mark. Triumph forsaken: the Vietnam war, 1954-1965. Cambridge University Press, 2006 (DS557.7.M77 2006)

*Johnson, Robert David. Congress and the Cold War. Cambridge University Press, 2006 (E840.J635 2006)

MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

Bentley, Jon. Programming Pearls. Addison-Wesley Professional, 2000 (QA76.6.B454 2000)

Meyers, Scott. Effective C++: 55 specific ways to improve your programs and designs. Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005 (QA76.73.C153 M48 2005)

Eckel, Bruce. Thinking in Java. Prentice Hall, 2006 (QA76.73.J38 E25 2006)

RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY

Brogan, Walter (ed.) American continental philosophy: a reader. Indiana University Press, 2000 (B935.A44 2000)

Flahault, Francois. Malice. Verso, 2003 (BJ1406.F5313 2003)

Townsend, Kathleen Kennedy. Failing America’s faithful: how today’s churches are mixing God with politics and losing their way. Warner BKS, 2007 (BR526.T72 2007)

Bremmer, Jan (ed.) The Apochrypal acts of Paul and Thecla. Kok Pharos Publishing House, 1996 (BS2880.P4 A66 1996)

SCIENCE – BIOLOGY

Miller, Suzanne M. (ed.) Individuals, families, and the new era of genetics: biopsychosocial perspectives. W.W. Norton, 2006 (RB155.I525 2006)

GLOBAL ISSUES

Ward, Peter D. Under a green sky: global warming, the mass extinctions of the past, and what they can tell us about our future. Collins, 2008 (QE721.2.E97 W384 2008)

YOUTH LITERATURE

Levine, Ellen. Henry’s freedom box. Scholastic Press, 2007 (Youth Lit CAL L57he)

Selznick, Brian. The invention of Hugo Cabret: a novel in words and pictures. Scholastic Press, 2007 (Youth Lit CAL Se4in)

Sis, Peter. The wall: growing up behind the Iron Curtain. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007 (Youth Lit CAL Si8wa)

Willems, Mo. Knuffle Bunny too: a case of mistaken identity. Hyperion, 2007 (Youth Lit CAL W66Ku)

Curtis, Christopher Paul. Elijah of Buxton. Scholastic Press, 2007 (Youth Lit NEW C94el

Schlitz, Laura Amy. Good masters! sweet ladies!: voices from a medieval village. Candlewick Press, 2007 (Youth Lit NEW Sch3go)

Schmidt, Gary D. The Wednesday wars. Clarion Books, 2007 (Youth Lit NEW Sch5we)

Woodson, Jacqueline. Feathers. Putnam Juvenile, 2007 (Youth Lit NEW W86fe)

Simon, Seymour. Bones: our skeletal system. HarperTrophy/Morrow, 1998 (Youth Lit SCI(B) Si5bo)

Simon, Seymour. The brain: our nervous system. HarperCollins, 2006 (Youth Lit SCI(B) Si5br)

Simon, Seymour. Eyes and ears. HarperTrophy, 2003 (Youth Lit SCI(B) Si5ey)

Simon, Seymour. Guts: our digestive system. HarperCollins, 2005 (Youth Lit SCI(B) Si5gu)

Simon, Seymour. The heart: our circulatory system. HarperCollins, 2006 (Youth Lit SCI(B) Si5he)

Simon, Seymour. Lungs: your respiratory system. HarperCollins, 2007 (Youth Lit SCI(B) Si5lu)

Simon, Seymour. Muscles: our muscular system. HarperTrophy 1998 (Youth Lit SCI(B) Si5mu)

Simon, Seymour. Earthquakes. HarperCollins, 2006 (Youth Lit SCI(P) Si5ea)

Simon, Seymour. Hurricanes. HarperCollins, 2007 (Youth Lit SCI(P) Si5hu)

Simon, Seymour. Icebergs and glaciers. HarperTrophy, 1999 (Youth Lit SCI(P) Si5ic)

Simon, Seymour. Lightning. HarperCollins, 1997 (Youth Lit SCI(P) Si5li)

Simon, Seymour. Mountains. HarperTrophy, 1997 (Youth Lit SCI(P) Si5mo)

Simon, Seymour. Oceans. HarperCollins, 2006 (Youth Lit SCI(P) Si5oc)

Simon, Seymour. Storms. HarperTrophy, 1992 (Youth Lit SCI(P) Si5st)

Simon, Seymour. Tornadoes. HarperTrophy, 1999 (Youth Lit SCI(P) Si5to)

Simon, Seymour. Weather. HarperCollins 2006, (Youth Lit SCI(P) Si5we)

Simon, Seymour. Wildfires. HarperTrophy 1996, (Youth Lit SCI(P) Si5wi)

AUDIO-VISUAL

Tabors, Patton O. One child, two languages: a guide for early childhood educators of children learning English as a second language. Paul H. Brooks Publishing, 2008 (A-V CD P118.2.T325 2008)

How They Sell. Films Media Group, 2004 (A-V DVD HF5415.2 .H695 2004)

Friday, April 18, 2008

What is Information Literacy Anyway?

It has been said that information literacy forms the basis for lifelong learning. It is common to all disciplines, to all learning environments, and to all levels of education. It enables learners to master content and extend their investigations. As defined by the American Libraries Association (ALA), information literacy is defines as the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand. The ALA has identified five standards for determining an "information literate" person. Each standard builds on and expands the previous one. The text below is from the ALAStandards: Step-by-Step document. It does a wonderful job of clearly articulating the intent of each standard.

Standard One seeks to focus on an information need, explore various options for meeting this need and requires a basic understanding of how information is generated, organized and disseminated. The student must be able to identify these questions:
What is it you want to know?
What kind of information do you need?
How much information do you need?

Standard Two builds on Standard One. It focuses on student's ability to access information in an effective and efficient manner, once they have clarified their need for information. It's probably the easiest to understand since it's all about getting at the information. The student must be able to answer these questions:
What is the best way to gather this information?
Am I using the best terms for this search?
Which search system or other resource will get me this information?


Standard Three is perhaps the most important as it stresses the need for all of us to evaluate information critically as we select and use it. This is especially important because of the amount and nature and formats of the information available. Students must develop abilities that critically analyze information. The student must be able to answer these questions:
Is this s credible source of information?
Is there another interpretation or point of view?
How does this new information change what I know?


Standard Four focuses on the various uses of information as we communicate with others. The student must be able to answer these questions:
What is the best method for presenting this information?
Will this image convey the message I want?
Are these quotes supportive of my ideas?


Finally, Standard Five outlines important aspects of legal and ethical issues surrounding the use of information. Besides focusing on the plagiarism issue, freedom of speech, privacy, intellectual property, fair use and other aspects fall into this category. The student must be able to answer these questions:
Can I make a copy of this material?
What are the issues surrounding censorship?
Are there college policies about information gathering, use or reproduction and dissemination
?

So, that's information literacy in a nutshell. As librarians, we integrate these standards into our class instruction. But, I think that you will agree that they are relevant far beyond the walls of academia.




April Acquisitions List

Acquisitions List
Chadwick Library
Iowa Wesleyan College
April 2008

*---Gifts
#---Free Gov’t Doc.

REFERENCE, INDEX, ETC.

Education index. H.W. Wilson, 2007. (Index Z5813 .E23 v.57)

The world almanac and book of facts 2008. World Almanac Books, 2008. (Ref AY67.N5 W7 2008)

Current biography yearbook 2007. H.W. Wilson, 2007. (Ref CT100 .C8 2007)

Statistical abstract of the United States 2008. U.S. Census Bureau, 2007. (Ref HA202 .U5 2008)

The United States government manual 2007-2008. Office of the Federal Register, 2007. (Ref JK421 .A3 2007-2008)

Physicians’ desk reference 2008. Thomson Healthcare, 2007. (Ref RS75 .P5 2008)

Powers, Bethel Ann. Dictionary of nursing theory and research. Springer, 2006. (Ref RT81.5 .P69 2006)

*Consumer Reports buying guide 2008. Consumers Union, 2007. (Ref TX335.A1 B7 2008)


GENERAL INTEREST

*Statistical match of the March 1996 Current Population Survey and the 1995 National Health Interview Survey. U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, 2008. (RA407.3 .A302 no.144)

*Linkage of the National Health Interview Survey to air quality data. U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, 2008. (RA407.3 .A302 no.145)

*Summary health statistics for U.S. children : National Health Interview Survey, 2006. U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, 2007. (RA407.3 .A310 no.234)

*Summary health statistics for U.S. adults : National Health Interview Survey, 2006. U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, 2007. (RA407.3 .A310 no.235)

*Summary health statistics for the U.S. population : National Health Interview Survey, 2006. U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, 2008. (RA407.3 .A310 no.236)

*Electronic medical record use by office-based physicians and their practices : United States, 2006. U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, 2007. (RA407.3 .U57c no.393)

*Health characteristics of the Asian adult population : United States, 2004-2006. U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, 2008. (RA407.3 .U57c no.394)

NURSING

Glannon, Walter. Bioethics and the brain. Oxford University Press, 2007. (RC343 .G53 2007)

Pediatric clinics of North America. Saunders, 2007. (RJ23 .P4 v.54 no.4)

Pediatric clinics of North America. Saunders, 2007. (RJ23 .P4 v.54 no.5)

Pediatric clinics of North America. Saunders, 2007. (RJ23 .P4 v.54 no.6)

Pediatric clinics of North America. Saunders, 2008. (RJ23 .P4 v.55 no.1)

Nursing clinics of North America. Saunders, 2007. (RT1 .N77 v.42 no.3)

Nursing clinics of North America. Saunders, 2007. (RT1 .N77 v.42 no.4)

Nursing clinics of North America. Saunders, 2008. (RT1 .N77 v.43 no.1)

O’Lynn, Chad E. (ed.). Men in nursing : history, challenges, and opportunities. Springer, 2007. (RT41 .M46 2007)

Nelson, Sioban (ed.). The complexities of care : nursing reconsidered. ILR Press, 2006. (RT82 .C655 2006)

EDUCATION

Noddings, Nel. Critical lessons : what our schools should teach. Cambridge University Press, 2007. (BF441 .N63 2007)

Urban, Wayne J. American education : a history. McGraw-Hill, 2004. (LA205 .U73 2004)

Hansen, David T. (ed). John Dewey and our educational prospect : a critical engagement with Dewey’s Democracy and Education. State University of New York Press, 2006. (LB875.D5 J627 2006)

Tomlinson, Carol Ann. Integrating differentiated instruction & understanding by design : connecting content and kids. ASCD, 2006. (LB1027.3 .T66 2006)

Hirsch, E.D. The knowledge deficit : closing the shocking education gap for American children. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. (LB1050 .H567 2006)

O’Connor, Rollanda E. Teaching word recognition : effective strategies for students with learning difficulties. Guilford Press, 2007. (LB1050.45 .O26 2007)

Stahl, Steven A. Teaching word meanings. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006. (LB1574.5 .S72 2006)

Graham, Steve (ed). Best practices in writing instruction. Guilford Press, 2007. (LB1576 .B487 2007)

Douglas, Rowena (ed). Linking science & literacy in the K-8 classroom. NSTA, 2006. (LB1585.3 .L556 2006)

Marzano, Robert J. Classroom assessment & grading that work. ASCD, 2006. (LB3051 .M4573 2006)

Shapiro, H.Svi. Losing heart : the moral and spiritual miseducation of America’s children. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006. (LC191.4 .S53 2006)

Nagin, Carl. Because writing matters : improving student writing in our schools. Jossey-Bass, 2006. (PE1405.U6 N38 2006)

Mickenberg, Julia L. Learning from the left : children’s literature, the Cold War, and radical politics in the United States. Oxford University Press, 2006. (PS228.P6 M53 2006)

Walter, Virginia A. War & peace : a guide to literature and new media : grades 4-8. Libraries Unlimited, 2007. (U21.2 .W3446 2007)

Gee, James Paul. What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. (GV1469.3 .G44 2007)

PSYCHOLOGY

Annual review of psychology. Annual Reviews, 2008. (BF30 .A56 v.59)

Fawley-O’Dea, Mary Gail. Perversion of power : sexual abuse in the Catholic church. Vanderbilt University Press, 2007. (BX1912.9 .F74 2007)

Laungani, Pittu D. Understanding cross-cultural psychology : Eastern and Western perspectives. Sage Publications, 2007. (GN502 .L38 2007)

Hall, Stephen S. Size matters : how height affects the health, happiness, and success of boys—and the men they become. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. (QP84 .H35 2006)


SOCIOLOGY & ANTHROPOLOGY

Hanson, F. Allan. The trouble with culture : how computers are calming the culture wars. State University of New York Press, 2007. (HM851 .H35 2007)

Hertz, Rosanna. Single by chance : mothers by choice : how women are choosing parenthood without marriage and creating the new American family. Oxford University Press, 2006. (HQ536 .H48 2006)

West, Elliott (ed). Small worlds : children & adolescents in America, 1850-1950. University Press of Kansas, 1992. (HQ792.U5 S575 1992)

Goodwin, Marjorie Harness. The hidden life of girls : games of stance, status, and exclusion. Wiley-Blackwell, 2006. (HQ1229 .G67 2006)

ART

Kemp, Martin. Seen/unseen : art, science, and intuition from Leonardo to the Hubble telescope. Oxford University Press, 2006. (N72.S3 K39 2006)

Jones, Carline A. (ed). Picturing science, producing art. Routledge, 1998. (N72.S3 P53 1998)

Smith, Pamela H. The body of the artisan : art and experience in the scientific revolution. University of Chicago Press, 2004. (N72.S3 S65 2004)

Rabkin, Nick (ed). Putting the arts in the picture : reframing education in the 21st century. Columbia College Chicago, 2004. (N87 .P88 2004)

Grau, Oliver. Virtual art : from illusion to immersion. MIT Press, 2003. (N7436.5 .G7313 2003)

Kemp, Martin. The science of art : optical themes in Western art from Brunelleschi to Seurat. Yale University Press, 1990. (qND1475 .K46 1990)

Stafford, Barbara Maria. Artful science : enlightenment, entertainment, and the eclipse of visual education. MIT Press, 1994. (QP495 .S73 1994)

Bunnell, Peter C. Inside the photograph : writings on twentieth-century photography. Aperture, 2006. (TR185 .B86 2006)

Leibovitz, Annie. A photographer’s life : 1990-2005. Random House, 2006. (qTR680 .L377 2006)

Hill, John T. Walker Evans : lyric documentary. Steidl, 2006. (TR820.5 .E895 2006)


BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
ACCOUNTING & ECONOMICS

*Buxton, Julia. The political economy of narcotics : production, consumption and global markets. Zed Books/Fernwood, 2006. (HV5801 .B85 2006)


COMMUNICATION

Free speech yearbook 2005. National Communication Association. (K6 .R44 2005)


ENGLISH & LITERATURE

Shakespeare survey. Cambridge University Press, 2007. (PR2888 .C33 v.60)

Lyrical Iowa 2007. Iowa Poetry Association, 2007. (PS571.I8 I58 2007)


HISTORY & POLITICAL SCIENCE

*van Genugten, Willem. The United Nations of the future : globalization with a human face. KIT Publishers, 2006. (JZ4995 .U55 2006)

*Rotberg, Robert I. (ed). Building a new Afghanistan. Brookings Institution Press, 2007. (DS371.4 .B83 2007)


MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCE

Byers, William. How mathematicians think : using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics. Princeton University Press, 2007. (BF456.N7 B94 2007)

Ekeland, Ivar. The best of all possible worlds : mathematics and destiny. University of Chicago Press, 2007. (Q172 .E36 2007)

Smed, Jouni. Algorithms and networking for computer games. Wiley, 2006. (QA76.76.C672 S62 2006)

Henshaw, John M. Does measurement measure up? : how numbers reveal and conceal the truth. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. (QA465 .H46 2006)

Langville, Amy N. Googles Page Rank and beyond : the science of search engine rankings. Princeton University Press, 2006. (TK5105.885.G66 L36 2006)


RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY

*Nasr, Vali. The Shia revival : how conflicts within Islam will shape the future. W.W. Norton, 2007. (BP194.185 .N37 2007)

deSilva, David A. Introducing the Apocrypha : message, context, and significance. Baker Academic, 2004. (BS1700 .D44 2004)

Harrington, Daniel J. Invitation to the Apocrypha. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1999. (BS1700 .H37 1999)

Metzger, Bruce M. An introduction to the Apocrypha. Oxford University Press, 1977. (BS1700 .M4 1977)

Wake, William. Acts of Paul and Thecla. Kessinger Publishing, 2005. (BS2880.P4 B66 2005)


SCIENCE—GENERAL

Russey, William E. How to write a successful science thesis : the concise guide for students. Wiley-VCH, 2006. (LB2369 .R86 2006)

Maugeri, Leonardo. The age of oil : the mythology, history, and future of the world’s most controversial resource. Praeger Publishers, 2006. (TN870 .M339 2006)

Kruger, Paul. Alternative energy resources : the quest for sustainable energy. Wiley, 2006. (TJ808 .K78 2006)

SCIENCE—BIOLOGY

Weisman, Alan. The world without us. Thomas Dunne Books, 2007. (GF75 .W455 2007)

Koslow, Tony. The silent deep : the discovery, ecology and conservation of the deep sea. University of Chicago Press, 2007. (QH541.5.D35 K67 2007)

Linden, David J. The accidental mind. Belknap Press, 2007. (QP376 .L577 2007)

SCIENCE—CHEMISTRY

Greenberg, Arthur. The art of chemistry : myths, medicines, and materials. Wiley-Interscience, 2003. (qQD11 .G735 2003)

Greenberg, Arthur. A chemical history tour : picturing chemistry from alchemy to modern molecular science. Wiley-Interscience, 2000. (qQD11 .G74 2000)

Scerri, Eric R. The periodic table : its story and its significance. Oxford University Press, 2007. (QD467 .S345 2007)


YOUTH LITERATURE

Cobblestone : The many faces of George Washington : farmer, commander, parent, president. Carus Publishing Co., 2007. (Youth Lit MAG C63 v.28:8)

Cobblestone : Our Constitution : the road to a more perfect union. Carus Publishing Co., 2007. (Youth Lit MAG C63 v.28:9)

Cobblestone : Into the West. Carus Publishing Co., 2008. (Youth Lit MAG C63 v.29:1)

Cobblestone : Art and the Civil War. Carus Publishing Co., 2008. (Youth Lit MAG C63 v.29:2)

Cobblestone : Tough times : surviving the Great Depression. Carus Publishing Co., 2008. (Youth Lit MAG C63 v.29:3)

AUDIO-VISUAL

Gore, Al. An inconvenient truth : the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it. Paramount, 2006. (A-V DVD QC981.8.G56 I53 2006)

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

February Aquisitions List

Acquisitions List

Chadwick Library

Iowa Wesleyan College

March 2008

*---Gifts

#---Free Gov’t Doc.

REFERENCE, INDEX, ETC.

Bloor, Michael. Keywords in qualitative methods : a vocabulary of research concepts. Sage Publicatoins, 2006. (Ref H62 .B5856 2006)

World Report 2007. Steven Stories Press, 2007. (Ref JC571 .H856 2007)

Kemp, Donna R. Mental health in America : a reference handbook. ABC-CLIO, 2007. (Ref RA790.6 .K4644 2007)

Peres, Michael R. (ed.). Focal encyclopedia of photography : digital imaging, theory and applications, history, and science. Focal Press/Elsevier, 2007. (Ref TR9 .F6 2007)

GENERAL INTEREST

Birkerts, Sven. The Gutenberg elegies : the fate of reading in an electronic age. Faber & Faber, 2006. (Z1003 .B57 2006)

PSYCHOLOGY

Harford, Tim. The logic of life : the rational economics of an irrational world. Random House, 2008. (HB74.P8 H375 2008)

SOCIOLOGY & ANTHROPOLOGY

Bauerlein, Mark. Negrophobia : a race riot in Atlanta, 1906. Encounter Books, 2001. (F294.A89 N423 2001)

Penn, Mark J. Microtrends : the small forces behind tomorrow’s big changes. Twelve, 2007. (HB3505 .P44 2007)

Jones, Adam. Genocide : a comprehensive introduction. Routledge, 2006. (HV6322.7 .J64 2006)

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

ACCOUNTING & ECONOMICS

Meredith, Robyn. The elephant and the dragon : the rise of India and China and what it means for all of us. W.W. Norton, 2007. (HC435.3 .M47 2007)

Michalko, Michael. Thinkertoys : a handbook of creative-thinking techniques. Ten Speed Press, 2006. (HD53 .M53 2006)

Behar, Howard. It’s not about the coffee : leadership principles from a life at Starbucks. Portfolio Hardcover/Penguin, 2007. (HD57.7 .B444 2007)

Lesonsky, Rieva. Start your own business : the only startup book you’ll ever need. Entrepreneur Press, 2007. (HD62.5 .E559 2007)

Thomas, Dana. Deluxe : how luxury lost its luster. Penguin Press, 2007. (HD9999.L852 T46 2007)

Gillin, Paul. The new influencers : a marketer’s guide to the new social media. Quill Driver Books, 2007. (HF5415 .G5424 2007)

Scott, David Meerman. The new rules of marketing and PR : how to use news releases, blogs, podcasting, viral marketing, & online media to reach buyers directly. Wiley, 2007. (HF5415.1265 .S393 2007)

Godin, Seth. Meatball sundae : is your marketing out of sync? Portfolio Hardcover/Penguin, 2007. (HF5415.13.G564 2007)

Lencioni, Patrick M. The three signs of a miserable job : a fable for managers (and their employees). Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2007. (HF5549.5.J63 L46 2007)

COMMUNICATION

Klinenberg, Eric. Fighting for air : the battle to control America’s media. Holt Paperbacks, 2008. (HE8689.8 .K625 2008)

Sanders, Barry. A is for ox : the collapse of literacy and the rise of violence in an electronic age. Vintage/Random, 1995. (P95 .S26 1995)

ENGLISH & LITERATURE

Hayes, Judi Slayden. In search of The Kite Runner. Chalice Press, 2007. (PS3608.0832 K583 2007)

HISTORY & POLITICAL SCIENCE

Zukin, Cliff. A new engagement? : political participation, civic life, and the changing American citizen. Oxford University Press, 2006. (JK1764 .N488 2006)

Smith, Courtney B. Politics and process at the United Nations : the global dance. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006. (JZ4984.5 .S65 2006)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Lapchick, Richard E. (ed.). New game plan for college sports. Praeger, 2006. (GV351 .N48 2006)

RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY

Johnson, Mark. The meaning of the body : aesthetics of human understanding. University of Chicago Press, 2007. (B105.M4 J65 2007)

Zack, Naomi (ed.). Women of color and philosophy : a critical reader. Wiley-Blackwell, 2000. (B105.W6 W64 2000)

Silverman, Hugh J, (ed.). Cultural semiosis : tracing the signifier. Routledge, 1998. (B840 .C85 1998)

Sheppard, Darren (ed.). On Jean-Luc Nancy : the sense of philosophy. Routledge, 1997. (B2430.N363 J43 1997)

Jacquette, Dale. Pathways in philosophy : an introductory guide with readings. Oxford University Press, 2004. (BD21 .J327 2004)

Schmidt, Lawrence K. (ed.). The specter of relativism : truth, dialogue, and phronesis in philosophical hermeneutics. Northwestern University Press, 1995. (BD24 .S69 1995)

Vardy, Peter. The thinker’s guide to evil. O Books, 2003. (BJ1401 .V372 2003)

Prothero, Stephen. Religious literacy : what every American needs to know—and doesn’t. Harper, 2007. (BL42.5.U5 P76 2007)

Sharot, Stephen. A comparative sociology of world religions : virtuosos, priests, and popular religion. NYU Press, 2001. (BL60 .S529 2001)

Dashke, Dereck (ed.). New religious movements : a documentary reader. NYU Press, 2005. (BL2525 .N4865 2005)

Barrett, Paul M. American Islam : the struggle for the soul of religion. Picador/Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2008. (BP67.U6 B37 2008)

Fricker, Miranda (ed.). The Cambridge companion to feminism in philosophy. Cambridge University Press, 2000. (HQ1154 .C25 2000)

SCIENCE—BIOLOGY

Wexler, Bruce E. Brain and culture : neurobiology, ideology, and social change. MIT Press, 2006. (HM831 .W48 2006)

Agutter, Paul S. About life : concepts in modern biology. Springer, 2007. (QH331 .A344 2007)

Laubichler, Manfred D. (ed.). From embryology to evo-devo : a history of developmental evolution. MIT Press, 2007. (QH491 .F76 2007)

Caroll, Sean B. The making of the fittest : DNA and the ultimate forensic record of evolution. W.W. Norton, 2007. (QP624 .C37 2007)

Thomson, Jennifer A. Seeds for the future : the impact of genetically modified crops on the environment. Cornell University Press, 2007. (SB123.57 .T494 2007)

LIBRARY SCIENCE

Presnell, Jenny L. The information-literate historian : a guide to research for history students. Oxford University Press, 2007. (D16.2 .P715 2007)

Cook, Douglas (ed.). Teaching information literacy skills to social sciences students and practitioners : a casebook of applications. ACRL, 2006. (ZA3075 .T43 2006)

AUDIO-VISUAL

Peres, Michael R. (ed.). Focal encyclopedia of photography : digital imaging, theory and applications, history, and science. Focal Press/Elsevier, 2007. (A-V CD Ref TR9 .F6 2007)

Emotion. Films Media Group, 2006. (A-V DVD BF692.2 .E4 2006)

Power and leadership. Films Media Group, 2006. (A-V DVD BF692.2 .P69 2006x)

Language. Films Media Group, 2006. (A-V VTC BF692.2 .W372 2006)

Game over : gender, race & violence in video games. Media Education Foundation, 2000. (A-V VTC GV1469.3 .G364 2000)

Toxic sludge is good for you : the public relations industry unspun. Media Education Foundation, 2002. (A-V VTC HD59.6.U6 T69 2002)

Richter, Robert. Hungry for profit. New Day, 2006. (A-V DVD HD9018.D44 H86 2006)

The overspent American : why we want what we don’t need. Media Education Foundation, 2003. (A-V VTC HF5415.33.U6 O92 2003)

Beyond good & evil : children, media & violent times. Media Education Foundation, 2003. (A-V VTC HQ784.M3 B49 2003x)

Reviving Ophelia : saving the selves of adolescent girls. Media Education Foundation Store, 2000. (A-V VTC HQ798 .R48 2000)

Spin the bottle : sex, lies, and alcohol. Media Education Foundation, 2004. (A-V VTC HV5135 .S64 2004)

Campbell, Michael. Rock and roll, an introduction. Sony Music Special Products, 1999. (A-V CD ML3534 .C26 1999)

Campbell, Michael. Rock and roll ; an introduction. Sony Music Special Products, 1999. A-V CD ML3534 .C26 1999.

Class dismissed : how tv frames the working class. Media Education Foundation, 2005. (A-V VTC P94.5.W68 C53 2005)

John Safran vs. God. Madman Television, 2004. (A-V DVD PN1992.77.S73 S24 2004)

Crude : the incredible journey of oil. ABC, 2007. (A-V DVD TN870 .C783 2007)

Thursday, February 21, 2008

New Library Exhibit! Chapel Renovation Project


Chadwick Library announces a new exhibit focused on the current chapel renovation project. Entitled, "Renovation is Revealing History", the exhibit will provide insight into the history of the building which is the heart of Iowa Wesleyan College’s liberal arts education. The exhibit, made possible with the invaluable assistance of Mike Morrissey, Physical Plant Director; his staff and the project contractor, will evolve and fluctuate as artifacts are retrieved from the building.

Built in 1893, at a cost of $45,000, and known originally as "University Chapel", the College Chapel and auditorium has served as a center for cultural events for many years. When it was originally erected, it was intended to provide space for the flourishment of the arts and sciences. Over the years, many different domains of the campus community were located in this space. These included the Art Department, Library, Business Office, President's Office, men's gymnasium, mail and printing offices, and most recently a student recreational facility and storage for the Mt. Pleasant Community Theatre.


Items currently on display include original bricks, flooring, other architectural elements, and scientific items unearthed during the demolition process. Photographs displayed will show how the building evolved from it's original construction through two remodeling efforts. Glimpses of current construction progress will also be included.

Our gratitude is expressed to Mike Morrissey, Physical Plant Director; his staff; and the contractors working on this project for their diligence and vision in preserving the past while building for the future.