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

Congratulations Graduates!

Congratulations to all the graduates! You worked hard and made it to graduation day! That's a big achievement!

To all other students, faculty, and staff: have a great break and see you next quarter!

- The Librarians

MSNBC Library Report

Libraries offer free relief in tough economic times.


Your school library has a lot to offer for completing your homework, but did you know we also have some fiction available too? You can search for fiction and non-fiction here.

You can also use this Worldcat search to find books at your local public library or your local campus library.

- Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

Top 10s of 2008

It's that time of year again when everyone recaps the year in top 10 lists. Recently, Time Magazine has published the ultimate top 10 list - a Top 10 of Everything of 2008.

This list has everything from top sports moments to top awkward moments. They've hit some of my 2008 favorites (Girl Talk and Portishead) and listed some new things I'll need to check out from my public library (Lush Life by Richard Price and Anathem by Neal Stephenson).

What's your favorite top 10 list?

- Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

The Chronicle of Higher Education - full access!

We are excited to now have full access to the Chronicle Online without an individual password. To access the Chronicle, go here: http://students.msbcollege.edu/library/resources/databases/ and scroll to the bottom of the page for the link. You will need to log in with your normal username and password to get access from off-campus.

Among the Web-site highlights are:

*** the Web site (http://chronicle.com/) updated throughout the day with the latest news in academe;
*** the text from the current print edition, posted every Monday morning (http://chronicle.com/chronicle);
*** a searchable archive of every issue published since September 1989 (http://chronicle.com/search);
*** all the commentary and essays from our weekly magazine, The Chronicle Review (http://chronicle.com/review);
*** all the data from the annual Almanac and other special, single-topic reports are in easy-to-search databases (http://chronicle.com/special);
*** online "extras" such as slide shows, podcasts, and video (http://chronicle.com/extras).

In addition, there are free e-mail newsletters available, including Academe Today, The Chronicle’s
popular Daily Report. Or for those more interested in discussions and ideas rather than hard news, they now
publish the weekly Chronicle Review e-mail newsletter.

Go here: http://chronicle.com/help/emails to learn more about all the complimentary e-mail
newsletters that The Chronicle publishes.

For a quick summary of what you now have access to, please visit the site map at http://chronicle.com/search/guide/


Erica Nutzman
Network Librarian
Globe Education Network

Legal Research Tips

If you're trying to access combined journals and law reviews on Westlaw, try the "LAWREV-PRO" database instead of the "JLR" database. (Thanks to instructor Brian Craig for the tip!)

If you don't have a Westlaw password this quarter, you can also find journal and law review articles in LexisNexis Academic database and Gale LegalTrac database.

-Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

Moorhead Collection Book Spotlight

Hollywood has long had a fascination with war, from the black-and-white films of the 1920s to the 1960’s color films with well-known actors, such as John Wayne, to the contemporary films with big names, such as Ben Affleck, and special effects that dazzle moviegoers. In this book, you will read about the evolution of the war movie, the unique approaches to the major wars as depicted by Hollywood, and see how society reacted to these various approaches. Since the beginning of cinema, Hollywood has romanticized just about everything and the war movie is no exception. From John Wayne’s 1960’s The Conqueror to the blockbusters of the early 21st century, romanticizing the violence of war has played a major part in just about all movies.

You may have heard about censorship in the United States during times of war, but did you know only one movie studio actively condemned the Nazi actions during the 1930’s?

Expand your knowledge.

This book can be found in the Moorhead Circulating Collection 791.4365 WES -- Read and reviewed by Dan Hoare, Moorhead Campus Librarian

Award winning database: Gale Small Business Resource Center

Are you doing small business research? You're in luck!

The library subscribes to Gale Small Business Resource Center - a two-time, award-winning database. Gale Small Business Resource Center has made the "best of reference" list for two years in a row. You can read more about the award from Gale's Blog.

Gale Small Business Resource Center offers:

• example business plans
• "how to" documents
• videos related to small business development and management
• articles from trade publications and business journals

- Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

Searching: one step easier!

Searching EBSCO, Gale, or ProQuest databases is now one step easier. You can search multiple EBSCO, Gale, or ProQuest databases all at once and all from this library databases page!

Would you like to cross-search databases from EBSCO, Gale, or ProQuest? You can search many library databases, regardless of vendor, by searching 360 Search!


All library databases are available from any internet connection. All you need to do is log in with the same information you use for your school email. Contact the HelpDesk with log in errors.


If you have any quesitons about these library databases or any other research, please be sure to ask your librarian.
- Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

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