Odum Library Blog » Neat Stuff http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:47:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Steve Jobs Bio and Recent Memoirs http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2011/11/09/steve-jobs-bio-and-recent-memoirs/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2011/11/09/steve-jobs-bio-and-recent-memoirs/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:51:14 +0000 Maureen http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/?p=2972 We have Walter Isaacson’s new biography of Steve Jobs (1955-2011), shelved in our POPULAR books section (on the 2nd floor next to Copier Room 2621) at POPULAR QA 76.2 .J63 I83 2011.

For your upcoming holiday reading pleasure, we also have the memoirs of comic actress and writer Tina Fey, actresses Barbara Eden and Betty White, actor Dick van Dyke, restaurateur Gabrielle Hamilton, football star Michael Oher, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, musician Sammy Hagar, and country singer Shania Twain.

As always, if you need help finding anything in the library, please ask! Chat Live during Reference hours, or text us at 229-234-1947

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Remember that faculty, staff, students, and community borrowers can check books out at Odum Library. If you don’t know what to read next, here are a few titles to get you started:

Fiction

  • The Help by Kathryn Stockett (3rd floor shelves, PS3619.T636 H45 2009)
  • The Confession by John Grisham (2nd floor Popular Books, PS3557.R5355 C66 2010)
  • Hell’s Corner by David Baldacci (2nd floor Popular Books, PS3552.A446 H46 2010)
  • A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin (3rd floor shelves, PS3563.A7239 C58 1999)
  • Whiplash by Catherine Coulter (2nd floor Popular Books, PS3553.O843 W47 2010)
  • Sizzling Sixteen by janet Evanovich (2nd floor Popular Books, PS3555.V2126 S59 2010)
  • Tough Customer by Sandra Brown (2nd floor Popular Books, PS3552.R718 T68 2010)
  • Family Ties by Danielle Steel (2nd floor Popular Books, PS3569.T33828 F36 2010)
  • A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin (3rd floor shelves, PS3563.A7239 F39 2005)
  • The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva (2nd floor Popular Books, PS3619.I5443 R46 2010)
  • Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs (2nd floor Popular Books, PS3568.E476345 S65 2010b)

Non-fiction

]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2011/08/05/bossypants/feed/ 2 New Library Videos on our New “Library Help!” http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2011/05/06/new-library-videos/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2011/05/06/new-library-videos/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 19:21:57 +0000 jwgallant http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/?p=2406 If you’ve been to our Library Help page lately, you have probably noticed quite a difference.  You may be wondering why the heck it looks so different.  I won’t get into too many details – this is a blog, after all – but here’s the lowdown:

We want any library patron who clicks on “Library Help” on the Main Menu in the Library Homepage to get a page that helps them out immediately after they clicked on the link.  In the past, most of the helpful pages were within another page with the lengthy title “How to Research, Evaluate Sources, and Cite,” which you would have to click on after you clicked on “Library Help.”  The new Library Help merges that page with the past Library Help page, and it organizes all of our content into categories that make sense in a college research setting.  First, there’s all the general library stuff – how to use the catalog, what’s up with Interlibrary Loan, etc.  It’s all research from there – planning your searches, searching for articles, evaluating the sources you find, and then citing those sources in whatever style you’re using.

You’ll also see that we have moved our content into the world of streaming video!   You’re going to see many more VSU Reference Librarian-made video tutorials, covering different aspects of the research process, how to use certain databases, and how to use aspects of the Library Homepage very soon.  Some of these are already up, including What is a Scholarly Database? and News Resources.

We hope you enjoy the new Library Help page – please let us know if you have anything you’d like to see in Library Help!

]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2011/05/06/new-library-videos/feed/ 0 Which Do You Fear the Most . . . http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2009/08/10/which-do-you-fear-the-most/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2009/08/10/which-do-you-fear-the-most/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:08:01 +0000 Maureen http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/?p=780 The failure of capitalism, or an attack by space aliens?

This week Slate.com offers “Choose Your Own Apocalypse,” a nifty little feature where you can speculate about how all America’s infrastructures might fail.

Learn about 144 possible worst-case scenarios!

Could the Southwestern U.S. run out of water?

Will we lose our competitive edge due to rampant obesity?

Get a quick take on your worldview based on your choices at Slate, and speculate along with the experts (and the not-so-expert) on Facebook and Twitter.

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TeenGrowth.com covers a wide range of health and safety issues, from Bodybuilding to STDs, Fireworks or Flu Season, or Piercing, or Lice.

We don’t want to sound like your Mom, but– sometimes you should be careful what you do!


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]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/11/21/312/feed/ 0 Calling all political junkies! http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/09/11/calling-all-political-junkies/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/09/11/calling-all-political-junkies/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:16:49 +0000 lbwright http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/?p=203 Visit “Election 2008: A Selective List of Resources” to see video clips of candidates, visit political party web sites, follow media coverage, and more:http://www.valdosta.edu/~kensmith/election2008.shtml.

Odum Library’s government documents librarian, Ken Smith, has created this page to help us follow the candidates as well as the media coverage of this year’s elections. From the Government Documents home page at http://www.valdosta.edu/library/find/gov/index.shtml, click on the new “Election 2008″ link.

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