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    News from the Central Reference Desk

    by Mary Beth Parkinson, Information Literacy Librarian

    Refrence Desk


    NEW REFERENCE BOOKS

    The following are just a few of our recent acquisitions:

    Encyclopedia of American Business. Facts on File. 2004

    Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Bernard Grzimek, editor-in-chief. 2003. [The recently revised 2nd edition of this classic work features volumes devoted to the lower animals, insects, mollusks of echinoderms, fishes/amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals].

    The Former Soviet Union's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook. 2004. James Minahan.

    Willy Loman. Edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom . 2005. [The latest volume of the series titled Bloom's Major Literary Characters].

    State Constitutions of the U.S. Robert L. Maddex, 2006. [Provides summaries of key provisions as well as essential portions of the text from the constitutions of the 50 states as well as the three territories that have constitutional status in this country. Each state entry also includes information on the history and formation of the state as well as constitutional history].

    Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America. Marc Stein, editor-in-chief. 2004. [This unique 3-volume work reflects the scholarship that has been conducted by activists in the development and growth of LGBT studies over the last 50 years].

    FACULTY, PLEASE NOTE!!!!

    The librarians at the Brendlinger Library and West Campus Library are pleased to offer assignment-related classes focusing on library research strategies and information literacy. Class sessions cover pertinent reference services, electronic search techniques, and a demonstration of online databases. To schedule daytime classes at the Brendlinger Library and discuss instruction, please email or call Mary Beth Parkinson at 215-619-7480. For evening instruction, please call Robert Erb at 215-641-6622. To schedule daytime instruction at West campus, please call Marie Devine at 619-718-1867 or Kevin Strunk at 610-718-1912. For evening instruction at West, please call Terri Sharif at 610-718-1820. For more information regarding information literacy instruction, click ‘Guide to the Library' from the Library Web Page. Then click ‘Faculty', ‘Information Literacy', and ‘Library Instruction.'