Greenwood Library http://blogs.longwood.edu/library Just another Longwood Blogs site Wed, 02 May 2012 13:59:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Listen to Faculty, students, and staff make Longwood History come alive: A Special Collections event http://blogs.longwood.edu/library/2012/03/21/listen-to-faculty-students-and-staff-make-longwood-history-come-alive-a-special-collections-event/ http://blogs.longwood.edu/library/2012/03/21/listen-to-faculty-students-and-staff-make-longwood-history-come-alive-a-special-collections-event/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:53:21 +0000 Elizabeth Kocevar-Weidinger http://blogs.longwood.edu/library/?p=1360
LONGWOOD HISTORY COMES ALIVE @ GREENWOOD LIBRARY:  A SPECIAL COLLECTIONS EVENT
Library Atrium
Tuesday, March 27, at 3:30 p.m.

Greenwood Library’s Special Collections holds unique treasures that make the history of Longwood University come alive.  On Tuesday, March 27, at 3:30 p.m., the Greenwood Library will host an event that will feature faculty, staff, and students reading excerpts from a variety of materials that were written in days gone by.  A slideshow of historical photos will be included as a part of this event.  Attendees will have an opportunity to win one of three Barnes and Noble gift cards being given away as door prizes.  Refreshments will be available following the program.  Make plans to attend this event on March 27 at 3:30 p.m. in the Atrium of the Greenwood Library.  We hope to see you there!

 

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How We Define Women Writers and How They Define Us”

Greenwood Library Atrium
Longwood University
Monday, April 19th through Friday, the 23rd

How have women writers’ differing experiences and cultures influenced their understanding of what it means to be a woman?  What are the benefits of considering women writers as a group, and what are the costs?  These questions and others animate the work of students from ENGL 362: Genders and Bodies, who have created poster presentations on the impact of influential woman authors like Margaret Atwood, Sylvia Plath, Sharon Creech, and Flannery O’Conner.   Find out how this important writing reflects gendered identities across cultures and times, from the 19th century to today.  The posters will remain in the Atrium until Friday, March 23.

 

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H.W. Wilson was purchased by EBSCO; therefore, the ten Wilson databases listed below are now available through the EBSCOhost/EDS platform.  You may access these databases through the Library’s A-Z Database List or directly on the Library’s home page using  the Library’s “one-stop” search interface. Either way you search, you will have access to all of the content formerly accessed through Wilson and the citation management features of the EBSCO platform.

The following databases affected by this transition are:

Wilson Biography Plus Illustrated has transformed into a new Biography Reference Center.  This new resource offers full-text biographies of more than 30 genre categories, including actors, authors, composers, explorers, figures relevant to U.S. & world history,  current world leaders and many others.

 

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Faculty: Looking for online/streaming video that can be watched by your students at their convenience but ties the course content and the classroom discussion together? Working on online course design and need streaming videos?

Students: Looking for an online video to include in your class presentation or a lesson plan?

If your answer is yes, then try Films on Demand, the Library’s new educational multi-disciplinary digital library!

Please go to the Library’s home page >Find Articles>Databases A-Z>Films on Demand to find what you need.

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Would you like to develop interactive thematic maps and reports using thousands of demographic, business, and marketing data variables? Test SimplyMap 2.0.

How about 3D Anatomy for speech language pathology, sports injuries. surgeries, and other medical topics?

 

For more information about these databases, please go to Database Trials guide.

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The Library has a 30 day trial to two new Psychology databases. PsycTESTS provides access to psychological tests, measures, scales, and other assessments as well as descriptive and administrative information. The database offers links to a variety of materials describing tests in peer-reviewed literature, technical reports, and dissertations as well as links to related peer-reviewed literature describing test development, review, and use. PsycTherapy includes more than 300 videos featuring therapy demonstrations showing clinicians working with individuals, couples, and families. Please try out both and let us know what you think about PsycTESTS and PsycTHERAPY.

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VIVA institutions are offering a 30-day free trial of Films on Demand streaming video. Films on Demand is a web-based digital video library delivery service that allows you to view streaming videos from Films for the Humanities & Sciences, PBS, BBC, and many other channels. This service makes it easier to incorporate various educational programs into Blackboard and other distance learning courseware. Please go to the Films on Demand guide page for instructions to search and view films and  provide us with your feedback.

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Some of the video games we’ll have include:

  • Call of Duty
  • Donkey Kong Country Returns
  • Guitar Hero
  • Just Dance
  • Mario Kart Wii
  • NCAA Football 11
  • Rockband
  • Super Mario Bros for Wii
  • Wii Sports
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Click here to view the embedded video.

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