New books related to communication

Most of September’s book orders are now available on library shelves.  Check out the complete list of new books in communication, or look over the highlights below.

44 letters from the liquid modern world
Zygmunt Bauman
Polity Press, 2010
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Going local: presidential leadership in the post-broadcast age
Jeffrey E. Cohen
Cambridge University Press, 2010
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Goodbye cinema, hello cinephilia: film culture in transition
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago University Press, 2010
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Relocating television: television in the digital context
edited by Jostein Gripsrud
Routledge, 2010
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Morning miracle inside the Washington Post: the fight to keep a newspaper alive
Dave Kindred
Doubleday, 2010

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Telling stories: language, narrative, and social life
Georgetown University Round Table on Language and Linguistics
Georgetown University Press, 2010

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The guerilla film makers pocketbook
Chris Jones
Continuum, 2010

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Thanks to the Communication faculty for all of their great recommendations!

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Kristyna will return to the library on Monday, October 25th.  For communication questions, please contact Linda Hauck:

linda.hauck@villanova.edu
610-519-8744/4374

What do VSB  job seekers, entrepreneurial engineers, and institutional advancement researchers have in common?   It’s no joke; they will all benefit handsomely by having access to Greyhouse’s Venture Capital & Private Equity.

This online directory of venture capital firms from around the world can be queried by fund size, average or minimum investment size, industry preferences, business stage, and  geographic reach.  The database includes links to venture- capital- firm websites, contact information, biographies of executives and past investment picks.

Venture Capital & Private Equity is available on the Databases A-Z list, and Company and Industry tabs in the Finance, Management and Marketing Subject Guides.

Course instructors, are you satisfied with the quality of the sources your students use for term papers and other research assignments? Tired of seeing references to Wikipedia?

Falvey librarians can show your students how to access and navigate the authoritative, information-rich resources available through the library website. Full text-journal articles, national and international newspapers (current and historical), statistical reports, handbooks and raw data sets: all these resources are literally at students’ fingertips. Unfortunately, many of our computer-savvy students, unaware that the library homepage is their gateway to these high quality sources, never find these valuable tools.

Reveal a whole new universe beyond Wikipedia by scheduling a library instruction session for your students with a subject specialist librarian. If you do not know the name of your liaison librarian, check the list of librarian liaison teams, or contact Barbara Quintiliano, instructional design librarian. Sessions can be scheduled during a regular class period or at another convenient time.

You and your students are welcome to come to the Griffin Room on the first floor of the library for hands-on instruction, or librarians can do a demo in your classroom. Librarians are also available to prepare online course and topic guides as well as handouts to assist your students.

Give your students the edge they need. Contact your liaison librarian today!

Primo Levi

Each year, the Alfred F. Mannella and Rose T. Lauria-Mannella Distinguished Speakers Series presents a lecture on Italian history and culture. This year’s lecture, on Jewish-Italian author and Auschwitz survivor Primo Levi, will be given by Nicholas Patruno, Ph.D., at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, in Falvey Memorial Library’s first floor lounge.

Dr. Patruno, professor emeritus in the department of Italian at Bryn Mawr College, was initially “surprised,” he says, when asked to write a book on Primo Levi. He took up the challenge, though, because he ranks Levi as “among the most important writers of post-World War II Italy and, internationally, among the most important writers of the 20th century.” (more…)

The Joanna Briggs Institute specializes in promoting and supporting evidence-based healthcare by providing access to resources for professionals in nursing, midwifery, medicine, and allied health. With over 64 collaborating centres and groups, servicing over 90 countries, the Institute is a recognized global leader in evidence-based healthcare. Try the Joanna Briggs collection until November 24!

Here’s how to access the collection during the special trial period:

• Go to http://connect.jbiconnectplus.org/
• Click “Login” in upper left-hand corner of page
• At next screen enter (all lower case) user name: villanova   / password: villanova

Also available for trial until October 31: the Cochrane Library.  Compare the two.  Which would be more useful for your research?  For your course preparation?
Let Barbara know what you think.

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Psychiatry Online – with online access to the DSM-IV– now a Falvey Library subscription resource!

Access the DSM-IV online, as well as psychiatric textbooks, APA practice guidelines, a selection of psychiatry journals, and more. To access:

• Start at the library: http://library.villanova.edu
• Click “subject guides” and choose Nursing.
• Choose “Psychiatry Online” from the list of resources

Happy 2nd half of the semester!

by Merrill Stein

So many questions. Did I register? If I live in one state but go to school in another, where can I vote? Can I vote absentee? Who’s running for office in my state? What are the issues this year?

Begin at the beginning. Can you vote? Check Registering to Vote and Voting from USA.gov. This year’s slogan is “Get it Done Online, Not in Line.” Canivote.org is a nonpartisan web site created by state election officials to help eligible voters figure out how and where to vote. Careful, there are still one or two states that don’t allow registration by mail. Check with your state’s Secretary of State’s office or website for the voting requirements or your Student Government Association , campus Republicans or campus Democrats may have additional information. If you need an absentee ballot, check with the Federal Voting Assistance Program or check the Program’s state voting information.

Rock the Vote wants to help register you to vote and also build your political power. At declareyourself.com you can register to vote and volunteer in your community. (more…)

Kristyna will be out of the office from October 5th through 24th.  For assistance with communication research, please contact Linda Hauck at linda.hauck@villanova. edu or 610-519-8744.

Enjoy the break!

“eMarketer is the best single source for research and statistics on all manner of online marketing. eMarketer employs a team of analysts that synthesize data and primary research from over 4000 sources including consulting firms, government agencies and academics.”

Linda Hauck’s Business Reference blog on eMarketer provides updated information on this new online product. Read Linda’s blog on a regular basis for the latest business information. Linda and other business liaison librarians serve the Villanova School of Business faculty and students.

Lord of the Flies by William Golding.

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.

Carrie by Stephen King.

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.

Watchmen by Alan Moore.

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

Do you know what all of these books have in common? (more…)