Book Spotlight: Richfield Collection

Review of Five Quarts: A Personal and Natural History of Blood by Bill Hayes.

Are you fascinated by blood? Or do you faint at the sight? This book tells the story of how humans have come to learn about our blood and how it affects our society. The author moves between ancient views and beliefs about blood to his own experience dealing with the AIDS virus. Everything from Odysseus to Dracula, and ancient medical treatments to cutting-edge blood tests are discussed. The author is able to mix his own personal encounters with blood and the historic and folkloric ways it has been viewed in the past. This book is a fascinating look into medical and social history, as well as a great insight into the way we view blood today.

This book can be found in the Richfield Circulating Collection 612.11 HAY.--Read and reviewed by Erica Nutzman

28 Gale Databases Added!!!

WOW! What a great new addition to our library collections!

Here are the 28 new databases added. Please ask your librarian if you’d like more information about these or other article databases.
· Criminal Justice
· General Science (different than Gale’s Science Resource Center)
· Religion & Philosophy
· Military & Intelligence
· Pop Culture
· War & Terrorism
· Small Business Collection (different than Gale’s Small Business Resource Center)
· World History
· U.S. History
· Vocations, Careers, & Technical Education
· Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Issues
· Information Science & Library Issues
· Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine
· Diversity Studies
· Insurance & Liability
· Educator’s Reference Complete
· Student Resource Center – Gold
· Agriculture
· Business Economics & Theory
· Culinary Arts
· Communications & Mass Media
· Environmental Studies & Policy
· Fine Arts & Music
· Gardening, Landscape, & Horticulture
· Home Improvement
· Nursing & Allied Health (different than ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health database)
· Psychology
· Hospitality, tourism, & Leisure

Search them now!

- Happy researching!
Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

Websites Added!

We've added websites to our collection of Recommended Websites! You can search or browse by topic!


Here are the new additions:

• CineFiles
  http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/cinefiles/
  "CineFiles is a database of reviews, press kits, festival and showcase program notes, newspaper articles, and other documents from the Pacific Film Archive Library's collection. The collection contains documents from a broad range of sources covering world cinema, past and present."


• EPA's Climate Change Site
  http://epa.gov/climatechange/index.html
  "EPA's Climate Change Site offers comprehensive information on the issue of climate change in a way that is accessible and meaningful to all parts of society – communities, individuals, business, states and localities, and governments."


• Climate Change: Discovery of Global Warming
  http://www.aip.org/history/climate/
  This site explores the history of climate change science. Find links to summaries, essays, and other climate change resources.


• Chem 1 Virtual Textbook
  http://www.chem1.com/acad/webtext/virtualtextbook.html
  A reference text for general chemistry.


• PsychScholar
  http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/
  "A Collection of Web Resources for Psychological Scholars and Budding Psychological Scholars."


• MetaVid
  http://metavid.ucsc.edu/
  MetaVid offers video clips from congressional sessions and legislative proceedings.


• Economic Indicators
  http://www.economicindicators.gov/
  This website is a service of the U.S. federal government. "Economic Indicators.gov is brought to you by the Economics and Statistics Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Our mission is to provide timely access to the daily releases of key economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau."


• Chronicling America
  http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/
  Historic American newspapers sponsored by the Library of Congress. "This site allows you to search and read newspaper pages from 1900-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present."

Happy researching!

-Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian