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McKee Library Faculty & Staff Newsletter November 2015
Fall Semester Campus research day
Students and faculty invited to present their research
McKee Library is proud to host
a fall semester Campus Research
Day on December 4, 2015.
This event allows fall semester
students to present their research
experiences during the semester
the course is completed. For the
first time, Campus Research Day
is also open to faculty who want
to present their research.
Information regarding Campus
Research Day, requirements,
and coaching sessions can be
found online at http://southern.
libguides.com/ResearchDay.
Project Requirements
Students may participate
by giving a 15-minute oral
presentation or by participating
in a poster presentation.
Specific guidelines and
recommendations for the
presentations can be found
online.
Library News
Instruction, closures, and library upgrades
Therapy Dog Visits
A therapy dog will be visiting
the library once a month for
the rest of the semester. The
next upcoming visit will be on
Thursday, November 12, 2015
from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Come play,
cuddle, and take pictures with
the dog.
Pamela Jansen Joins Library
Pamela Jansen has joined the
library staff as our new evening
supervisor. We welcome Pamela
to campus and hope that you will
get acquainted with her in the
near future.
Library Hours for Thanksgiving
Sunday, November 22
Library closed
Monday, November 23 &
Tuesday, November 24
Library open 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, November 25 through
Saturday, November 28
Library closed
Sunday, November 29
Library open 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Library’s Main floor
Fall Semester, 2015
Life Magazine Throughout the Decades
Library’s Main Floor
September - December, 2015
Oral Presentation Coaching
Tuesday, December 1, 12-1 pm
Wednesday, December, 2, 5-6 pm
Poster Presentation Coaching
Thursday, December 3, 5-6 pm
Get to Know the
McKee Library Collection
Institutional Repository
By the Numbers
Let’s Get Cooking
Main Floor, near elevator
November 3 - December 1, 2015
Full-Text Downloads By Month
September 2015 - 4,465
August 2015 - 3,184
Christmas Books
Main Floor, near stairs
November 3 - December 1, 2015
Downloads in the Past Year
58,052 as of October 20, 2015
With Thanks & Giving
Main Floor, near circulation
October 29 - November 30, 2015
No-Shave November
Second Floor
October 23 - November 30, 2015
Fall Hours of Operation
Paintings
Works by Heidi Eisele Olson
Library’s Second floor
August 31 - December 1, 2015
Paintings
Works by Cristina Pechero
Library’s Main floor
August 31 - December 1, 2015
as they learn how to best prepare
their poster or oral presentation.
Reservations are required and
can be made on the website.
Participation
The deadline to participate
in Campus Research Day is
November 12, 2015.
Please contact Katie McGrath
at [email protected] with
questions.
Attendees may enjoy free pizza
Native American Heritage
Knowledge Commons
November 5 - December 15, 2015
Art & Displays in the Library
From the Vault: J. Harvey Kellogg
Presenter Coaching
Three coaching sessions will be
offered in order to help students
prepare for Campus Research
Day:
Library Hours
Sunday: 12 p.m. - 11 p.m.
Monday - Thursday: 7:45 a.m. - 11 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Saturday: Closed
Research & Writing Center Hours
Sunday: 2 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Monday - Thursday: 8 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Saturday: Closed
Full-Text Downloads To-Date
112,240 as of October 20, 2015
In this Edition
History & Mystery of Time 2
Author & Humorist
2
Adventist Titles
3
Benefits of Sleep
3
New & Noteworthy
History & Government 4
Health Sciences
4
Business & Economics
4
Technology 4
Religion & Philosophy5
Social Sciences
5
Science & Mathematics5
Arts & Humanities
5
Chemistry
6
Focus on Writing 6
November 2015
1
8
Must
read
books
The History &
Mystery of Time
Recommended by
Katie McGrath
Associate Library Director
QB209 .M3513 2002
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Media PS 1305.A1 A384 2002
2
November 2015
A Tenth of a Second: A History
Jimena Canales
QB213 .C36 2009
Also a McKee Library eBook
QB223 .O43 1991
In Search of Time: The Science
of a Curious Dimension
Dan Falk
Splitting the Second
Tony Jones
QB107 .J66 2000
Also a McKee Library eBook
QB209 .F35 2008
A Brief, but True, History of
Time
Feature Dr. Mark Harwood
Greenwich Time and the
Longitude
Derek Howse
CE11 .H37 2009
QB223 .H76 1997
Mark Twain films available electronically or in the media department
Media PS 1325 .H35 1999
QB107 .D6413 1996
Keeping Watch: A History of
American Time
Michael O’Malley
Author & Humorist
Mark Twain Tonight!
History of the Hour: Clocks
and Modern Temporal Orders
Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum
The Little Book of Time
Klaus Mainzer
Recommended by
Stan Cottrell
Media & Technical Services Librarian
Mark Twain: A Ken Burns
Film
Media PS 1331 .M375 2001
Also available in Films on
Demand
The Life and Work of Mark
Twain
Media PS 1338 .R35 2002
Other recommendations:
The Prince & the Pauper
Media PN 1997 .P7562
2009
Autobiography of Mark
Twain (audiobook)
Media PS 1331 .A2 2010ab
Mark Twain: A Concise
Biography
Films on Demand
Mark Twain: His Amazing
Adventures
Films on Demand
Adventist Titles
Recommended by
Deyse Bravo-Rivera
Periodicals & Special Collections Librarian
Seventh-day Adventist titles available in the periodicals department
Adventist Review
October 2015
The Adventist Chaplain
Issue 3, 2015
Recommended articles:
Recommended articles:
“The Night the Stars Fell” by Baker
“The Sign of Jonah” by Nalin
“History of ACM” by Councell and Bartel-Wagner
From Prison Guards to Chaplains
Adventist Heritage Ministry Bulletin
Fall 2015
The Journal: A Resource for Ministry Spouses
Second Quarter 2015
Recommended articles:
Recommended articles:
“A Dream Come True” by Traxler
“Let the Children Come” by Scherencel
Adventist Frontiers
October 2015
Recommended articles:
“The Secret Christian” by Cornell
“When Helping Hurts” by Holbrook
Benefits of Sleep
“Encountering God in Prayer” by Kretschmar
“The Only Way” by Lichtenwalter
Journal of Adventist Education
Summer 2015
Recommended articles:
“Christian Education in the Urban Setting” by Simmons
“Called to Lead, Nurture, Engage, and Serve in the Cities” by
Lea
Recommended by
Donald Martin
Electronic Services Librarian
Resources available in library databases
Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry
Available in CINAHL Complete
Journal of Sleep Research
Available MEDLINE
Recommended article: February 2015
Recommended article: April 2014
“Cognitive Benefits of Last Night’s Sleep: Daily Variations in
Children’s Sleep Behavior are Related to Working Memory
Fluctuations” by Konen, et al.
“Sleep Patterns are Associated with Common Illness in Adolescents” by Orzech, et al.
Occupational Health
Available in Business Source Complete
Sleep Medicine
Available in Web of Science
Recommended article: July 2015
Recommended articles: August 2015
“Top Tips for Better Sleep” by Scullin
“Sleep Deprivation Leads to Mood Deficits in Healthy Adolescents” by Short
“Effects of Sleep Timing, Sleep Quality and Sleep Duration on
School Achievement in Adolescents” by Tonetti, et al.
November 2015
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new & noteworthy
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History, Government, Law, & Politics
Frank Lloyd Wright
Anne Whiston Spirn
NA737 .W7A4 1996
Ladies of Liberty: The Women
Who Shaped Our Nation
Cokie Roberts
E176.R634 2008
The Malaria Project
Karen Masterson
RC159 .A5 M37 2014
Power and Plenty
Ronald Findlay
HF1379 .F559 2007
Health Sciences
My Grandfather Would Have
Shot Me: A Black Woman
Discovers Her Family’s Nazi
Past
Jennifer Teege
When Jennifer Teege, a
German-Nigerian woman,
happened to pluck a library
book from the shelf, she
had no idea that her life would be irrevocably
altered. Recognizing photos of her mother
and grandmother in the book, she discovers
a horrifying fact: her grandfather was Amon
Goeth, the vicious Nazi commandant chillingly
depicted by Ralph Fiennes in Schindler’s List
--a man known and reviled the world over.
JF1525 .C6A94 2015
Business & Economics
This book shows how we can all act on our
passions and make a difference at any age.
Stacey Ferreira and Jared Kleinert have
brought together seventy-five stories from
ambitious young people to show the world
how Millennials are taking care of business.
HF5386 .A13 2015
Other recommendations:
4
November 2015
Chocolate: Sweet Science and Dark Secrets of the
World’s Favorite Treat
Kay Frydenborg
Chocolate hits all the right sweet and bitter
notes: cutting-edge genetic science whisked in
with a strong social conscience, history, and
culture.
TX767 .C5F79 2015
}
Mayo Clinic Guide to Self Care
Martha Millman
RA776.95 .M286 2010
Mobbing
Maureen P. Duffy
BF637 .B85D85 2012
The Myths of Safe Pesticides
André Leu
TD887 .P45 L48 2014
What Is This Thing Called
Knowledge?
Duncan Pritchard
BD161 .P749 2010
Technology
2 Billion Under 20: How Millennials Are Breaking
Down Age Barriers and Changing the World
Stacey Ferreira & Jared Kleinert
The White Man’s Indian
Robert Berkhofer
E98 .P99 B47 1979
Joining the Clubs
J. Andrew Ross
The Business of the National Hockey League to
1945 tells the fascinating story of the game off
the ice, offering a play-by-play of cooperation
and competition among owners, and players.
GV847.8 .N3 R67 2015
The Volleyball Coaching Bible
Cecile Reynaud
GV1015.5 .C63 V65 2015
Hedy’s Folly
Richard Rhodes
In its juxtaposition of Hollywood glamour
with the reality of a brutal war, Hedy’s Folly
is a riveting book about unlikely amateur
inventors collaborating to change the world.
PN2287 .L24 R54 2011
The Most Powerful Idea in the World
William Rosen
William Rosen tells the story of the men
responsible for the Industrial Revolution
and the machine that drove it--the steam
engine.
TJ461 .R67 2010
Religion & Philosophy
Social Sciences
Coming Out Christian in the Roman World: How
the Followers of Jesus Made a Place in Caesar’s
Empire
Douglas Boin
Leadership and Self-Deception
Arbinger Institute Staff
The authors expose the fascinating ways that we
can blind ourselves to our true motivations and
unwittingly sabotage the effectiveness of our own
efforts to achieve success and happiness.
HD57.7 .L4315 2010
In this new interpretation of early Christian history
in the Roman Empire, a dynamic young scholar
overturns centuries of myth and misunderstanding.
BR115 .C8B545 2015
}
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Administration of
Intercollegiate Athletics
Erianne Weight, Robert Zullo
GV351.A36 2015
Juan de Segovia and the Fight
for Peace
Anne Marie Wolf
BR1725 .S4265 W65 2014
A New Heaven and a New Earth
J. Richard Middleton
BT821.3.M53 2014
Enhancing Children’s Cognition
With Physical Activity Games
Phillip D. Tomporowski
GV443.T64 2015
Science & Mathematics
Signs Grow: Semiosis and Life Processes
Floyd Merrell
Waging Nonviolent Struggle
Gene Sharp
In this book the author argues that there are
passageways linking the social sciences with the
physical sciences, and signs with life processes.
This book instructs how to strategically plan nonviolent action, a general technique of protest, resistance, and intervention without physical violence.
Q143 .L5C368 2013
HM1281 .S53 2005
Just Water: Theology, Ethics, and the Global Water
Crisis
Christiana Peppard
Caves of Grassy Cove
Larry Matthews
Grassy Cove is the largest sinkhole in the United
States. It is 3 miles wide and 6 miles long. Explore
this book with photographs, maps, and more.
An interdisciplinary analysis of the value of fresh
water that generates timely and principled conclusions at the intersections of hydrology, ecology,
ethics, theology, and Catholic social thought.
GB605 .T2 M385 2014
BT738.15 .P47 2014
Arts & Humanities
Lord Fear: A Memoir
Lucas Mann
Lucas Mann was only thirteen-years-old when his
brother Josh--charismatic and ambitious, funny
and sadistic, violent and vulnerable--died of a
heroin overdose.
HV5822 .H4 M324 2015
Driving Hungry: A Memoir
Layne Mosler
Mosler impulsively asks her taxista to take her to
his favorite restaurant. So begins the gustatory
adventure that became the basis for her cult blog,
Taxi Gourmet.
TX649 .M68 A3 2015
History of Italian Art
Frederick Hartt
N6915 .H37 2011
On Writing Well
William Zinsser
PE1429 .Z5 2006
Island
Aldous Huxley
PR6015 .U9 I8 2009
Roman Art
Nancy H. Ramage
N5760.R36 2015
November 2015
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Chemistry
The Disappearing Spoon
Sam Kean
QD466 .K37 2011
College Chemistry
Jerome Rosenberg,
Lawrence Epstein, &
Peter Krieger
QD41 .R67 2013
}
Spotlight:
Recommended by
Jessica Spears
Research Services Librarian
Chemistry Resources
Items in collection: 2,550
Research guides: 2
Periodicals: 27
e-books: 1,889
Media: 124
Reference works: 14
QD253.2 .L48 2008
Physical Inorganic
Chemistry: Reactions,
Processes, and
Applications
Andreja Bakac, editor
Chemistry in the
Laboratory
Julian L. Roberts, Leland
J. Hollenberg, & James
M. Postma
A McKee Library e-book
QD31.2 .P67 2000
Bioinspiration and
Biomimicry in
Chemistry: ReverseEngineering Nature
Gerhard Swiegers, editor
Elementary Physical
Chemistry
Bruno Linder
Practice Makes Perfect
Chemistry
Marian DeWane &
Heather Hattori
QH 75 .B69 2006
QD42 .H38 2011
Suggested Databases
ACS Publications
Full-text access to over 50
American Chemical Society, peerreviewed research journals in the
chemical and related sciences.
Journal of
Organic
Chemistry
Journal of
Biological
Chemistry
Focus on Writing
Ideas for journaling for class assignments
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November 2015
A McKee Library e-book
Hunting the Elements
[DVD]
Produced by Dan
McCabe
Periodicals Recommendations
Journaling can be used as a
tool to help students understand
content and form connections.
Writing prompts can be used to
guide students in journal writing.
Here are some examples of
writing prompts:
1.What is the most compelling
part or aspect of this reading
selection and why?
2.What is implied in the text?
How do you know? What is
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QP517 .B56 B478 2012
Arrow-Pushing in Organic
Chemistry: An Easy
Approach to Understanding
Reaction Mechanisms
Daniel E. Levy
Journal of College
Science Teaching
Call Numbers
Chemistry: QD 1-999
General: QD 1-65
Analytical: QD 71-142
Inorganic: QD 146-197
Organic: QD 241-441
Physical: QD 450-801
explicit in the text?
3.Create a short list of
“understandings” that emerge
as you read. Consider ideas or
concepts this text has taught you.
How could these understandings
shape our society?
4.What values, customs, ethics,
beliefs, or ideologies are included
in the work? Identify specific
examples in the text that support
your opinion.
Written by
Sonja Fordham
Research & Writing
Center Director
5.What message does this text
aim to communicate about its
world? By implication, your
world? What does it suggest
about how people relate or
should relate to one another?
Does the text challenge your
beliefs or support them? Why?
6.Find a passage that creates
cognitive dissonance for you.
Why do you think the text has
that effect on you?
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