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Winners!

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The following people were the winners of the drawing for participating in the LibQUAL+ Survey during November and December. And the winners are: Lisso Jones Lisso won the iPod Shuffle. Here he is being presented his prize by Mrs. Annie Henderson. Dr. David White Dr. White won a gift card to Applebee's Restaurant. He is being presented his prize by Mrs. Alma Ravenell Antonella Hebert Antonella won a gift card to Chili's. She is being presented her prize by Mrs. Annie Henderson. Thanks to all who participated in the survey - you're all winners because of the help you've given the Library as we plan for the future!

Student Workers of the Month: November/December 2008

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Jarrett Library is pleased to announce the November/December Student Workers of the Month. They are Danielle Closs, Sara Gray, and Porsha Harrison. Danielle Closs Danielle Closs was born in Dover, Delaware and lived in Felton, Delaware for about 23 years. She graduated from Delaware Technical and Community College in 2004, with an associates degree in Human Services and then started going to Washington Bible College in Lanham Maryland August of 2006. She attended WBC for two years where she met her wonderful husband and they were married August 2008 and immediately moved to Marshall, Texas. They are both attending East Texas Baptist University. Danielle is in the psychology program, hoping to work with youth in some way. Sara Gray Sara Gray is from Hallsville, Texas where she is involved with the First Baptist Church Hallsville. Sara's hobbies are reading and ultimate frisbee. Porsha Harrison Porsha Harrison is from Lufkin and her parents are Michael Harrison and Delisia Harrison-S

Extended Hours

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. Now of course, it's back to work! Since this is the last week of classes Jarrett Library begins its extended hours and next week starts "Open All Night" for those of you who need a place to study with other students, or by yourself, before the big tests. Sunday, November 30th: 4:00 PM - 12:00 Midnight Monday, December 1st: 7:30 AM - 12:00 Midnight Tuesday, December 2nd: 7:30 AM - 12:00 Midnight Wednesday, December 3rd: 7:30 AM - 12:00 Midnight Thursday, December 4th: 7:30 AM - 12:00 Midnight Friday, December 5th: 7:30 AM - 10:00 PM Saturday, December 6th: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Sunday, December 7th: 4:00 PM - 12:00 Midnight* Monday, December 8th: 12:00 Midnight - 12:00 Midnight* Tuesday, December 9th: 12:00 Midnight - 12:00 Midnight* Wednesday, December 10th: 12:00 Midnight - 12:00 Midnight* Thursday, December 11th: 12:00 Midnight - 4:30 PM* Friday, December 12th: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM *For safety and security purposes the libra

Election Night Watch Party - November 4, 2008

ELECTION NIGHT WATCH PARTY Tuesday, November 4, 2008 7:00 PM - ????? Jarrett Library Heritage Court All Students, Faculty and Staff Invited! Bring along friends and family if you wish! Refreshments will be provided by Sodehexo

Take the LibQual+ Survey - Help Jarrett Library SOAR!

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We are committed to improving your library services. Better understanding your expectations will help us tailor those services to your needs. We are conducting this survey to measure library service quality and identify best practices through the Association of Research Libraries' LibQUAL+® program. The survey will take about 10 minutes to complete. We want to thank you for your participation ahead of time. To access the survey go to: http://survey.libqual.org/index.cfm?ID=737258 HELP JARRETT LIBRARY SOAR!

Student Workers of the Month

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Each year the library selects twelve students for the honor of Student Workers of the Month. The students are nominated by the circulation staff and voted on by the entire library staff. For September/October 2008 the awards go to: Jingyi Chen (Annie) Annie is from China and her major is elementary education. According to Annie, "It's wonderful to work in the library. I enjoy this semester very much!" Jeremy Closs Jeremy Closs is a 22 year old Religion major/ Theatre minor at ETBU. He is a transfer student coming in from Washington Bible College, in Lanham, Maryland. His wife Danielle and he were married recently, on 8/8/08, and are settling in to their new Texas home. So far, the people are nice and the food is good. When he's not working at Jarrett Library or in class, Jeremy enjoys reading whatever catches his fancy, writing whatever pops into his head, or killing his brain cells with television (Heroes, LOST and The Colbert Report are current favorites). He also l

LibQual+ Survey To Start November 3rd

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For the first time Jarrett Library is participating in the LibQual+ survey. This survey was developed specifically for academic libraries and had been used throughout the United States to determine how well a library is doing. One of the things that makes this distinctive from other surveys is it asks the user what are your minimum requirements, what are you optimum requirements, and how is the library doing. This allows a library to concentrate on areas that are especially important to users and improve those areas. The more people we have completing the survey the better we will know how we are doing in the areas of service, collections, and facilities. To that end, we will be offering incentives to everyone who takes the survey. The incentives will include an iPod Shuffle as well as gift cards to area restaurants. If you are interested in qualifying for the incentive drawing simply input your email in the appropriate box at the end of the survey (it will not be tied to your survey a

Library Displays: September 2008

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Current library displays are: A table display "Remembering 9/11"; A "Constitutution Display" and a "Voting Display" which includes past presidents and elections. You are welcome to come and view the exhibits at your convenience!

Credo Reference Featured Title of the Month

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Encyclopedia of 20th Century Technology from Routledge Comprised of essays arranged alphabetically from Absorbent Materials to X-Rays in Diagnostic Medicine , most on individual objects, artifacts, techniques, and products, this is an up-to-date reference work for all those involved in teaching or researching the history of twentieth-century technology, as well as the serious general reader. The core of each of the main entries is a technical description, within a historical narrative, of about 1,000 words plus illustrations and further reading. There are also about 30 longer survey entries that address broad questions of technological systems, such as the context in which the various technologies were developed, discussions of any controversies and schools of thought, comparisons between different political and economics systems, and the various ways in which different nations have attempted to make and apply science and technology policies. Read a few of the interesting entries: Bu

Welcome Back Students

It's been a hectic summer at the library - in spite of the fact we've had no students around! However, we think you'll see some of the reasons our summer flew by. There are major changes and these are only a small portion of what we hope you'll see when you come back in 2009! For returning students - you may remember the big plastic "bubble" that surrounded the old control room and office near the children's literature collection. These had long outlasted their usefulness and we had been planning for that area to come down for several years - and finally it happened. In spite of all the noise, dust, and general disruption the result was what we had hoped - we've gained a great deal more room. However, the plans we had for filling that space up aren't quite ready to be implemented, so rather than have a big empty area the university was kind enough to fill it up with some of the most comfortable furniture you'll come across - so the west side of

Credo Reference Book of the Month for July 2008

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Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English Post-Colonial Literatures in English, together with English Literature and American Literature, form one of the three major groupings of literature in English, and, as such, are widely s tudied around the world. Their significance derives from the richness and variety of experience which they reflect. This encyclopedia documents the history and development of this body of work from A (Gemino Henson Abad) to Z (Fay Zwicky) and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. It explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide. This second edition of the encyclopedia includes entries on genres, major subjects and critical biographies of writers; entries on countries or regions whose literatures are examined in the encyclopedia; and 'overview' entries that provide a synoptic view of a number of important subject and genre entries.

Summer at Jarrett Library

The staff at the library are busy finishing some chores from the previous year but mainly we're getting ready for the 2008-2009 academic year which begins in just over a month! Students will find a few changes in the library - remember the big "bubble" at the front of the library's main room? That "deconstruction" has been finished, and new blue carpeting laid over part of that area where the old control room and office used to be. Unfortunately we weren't able to get the entire library recarpeted, but that is definitely on the schedule for next year. Meanwhile, you can see how you like the new color and we can tell if the carpet is hardy enough for all the use it will get. Hopefully you'll also see some new furnishings and maybe an interesting surprise or two! We've already added several new databases to the collection, including another JSTOR collection. One of the most exciting additions is the ARTstor collection - and if the name reminds

More News About End of Semester Hours: FOOD!

During select hours of the 24 hour open period (4 PM on Sunday, 4/27 - 4:30 PM on Thursday, 5/1) the School of Business will be running a concession stand in the library. From late evening (approximately 9 or 10 PM through the midnight and early morning hours) ETBU users studying for exams will be able to purchase drinks and snacks to take you through the night. Food and drink will be allowed in all areas of the library - except at the computers. Due to the potential damage to the electronics we ask that you not eat or drink there. The only other rule is to please throw out any trash and clean any crumbs or spills off the tables. The one thing we DON'T want visiting the library are varmints! We hope that lots of students take advantage of the library during exams. If you'll be at 1st Baptist taking advantage of their study hall come on over when they close up shop - we'll have just started!

Featured Titles of the Month - Credo Reference

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Credo Reference, one of Jarrett Library's premier databases has announced the featured titles for the month of April. They are Notable American Women: 1607-1950 and Notable American Women: The Modern Period . Both vo lumes document women's contributions that were previously overlooked in the study of American history. Notable American Women: 1607-1950 covers the lives of exceptional women throughout three and a half centuries of American history. Here are artists, lawyers, reformer, educators, entrepreneurs, physicists, writers, pioneers, first ladies, film stars. Here are those known for their deeds and those famed for their looks -- the genteel and the disreputable, the highborn and the slave-born. Just a few of the names covered are Ruth Benedict (anthropologist), Jane Addams (settlement founder, social reformer and peace worker), Willa Cather (author), Isadora Duncan (dancer), Sojourner Truth (abolitionist and reformer), and Texas Guinan (actress and night club hostess).

Library Announces End of Semester Hours

Each regular semester Jarrett Library extends its normal hours during the final week of classes through final exams. In the Fall of 2007 the Friday hours of the last day of class were extended until 8 PM. This year, due to demand, we are extending both the Friday and Saturday hours, and we are implementing several days of 24 hour building use for study groups or individuals. The end of semester hours will be as follows: Sunday, April 20: 4 PM - 12 Midinight (Additional 2 hours) Monday-Thursday, April 21-24: 8 AM - 12 Midnight (Addition hour each night) Friday, April 25: 8 AM - 10 PM (Additional 5 1/2 hours) Saturday, April 26: 9 AM - 5 PM (Additional 3 hours) 24 Hour Service Begins Sunday, April 27 Sunday-Thursday, April 27 - May 1: Open 4 PM on Sunday, 4/27 - 4:30 PM on Thursday, 5/1* Friday, May 2: 8 AM - 4:30 PM *For safety and security reasons, the library will lock the front doors at 12 Midnight each night of 24 hour service. The front doors will be open briefly at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 a

Journal Holdings Update Report

Many of you know that we are trying to improve our journal holdings list by adding URLs that will take you directly to those journal titles. This is taking quite a while as you can imagine and halfway through the process we finally figured out how to embed the URL for the proxy server so that if you are off-campus it takes you directly to the remote access login first, so even the first set of lists we worked on will have to be retooled somewhat. The P section has just been completed, and the M section will be next. After that all that will remain are the I, S, and J sections. These larger sections take longer of course, so we appreciate your patience while we continue to work on this project. In the long run it will be well worth it!

Retire Happy: What You Can Do Now to Guarantee a Great Retirement is April eBook of the Month

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When planning for retirement, it’s easy to become preoccupied with stock portfolios, 401(k) balances and doomsday predictions about baby boomer’s lack of savings. But happiness in retirement isn’t about how much cash you can manage to sock away before the age of 65. Everyone wants a comfortable retirement—but most also plan to have some fun, maintain an active social life, and enjoy a healthy old age. In Retire Happy: What You Can Do Now to Guarantee a Great Retirement, author Rich Stim shows readers how to become rich in the ways that matter most. He encourages future retirees to balance financial concerns with an enriching lifestyle. “Don’t fall for the retirement industry scare stories or calculations about how much you’ll need to retire safely,” he advises. Instead, Stim instructs readers on how to estimate real retirement needs and create a workable savings and investment plan. Even more important, he advises readers to make personal preparations for life after work, including: cu

New Materials List for March 2008

New materials added during the month of March are now available to view on the Jarrett Library web pages. The March 2008 list includes new print, electronic, and audiovisual materials. Arrangement is by broad subject area, and then alphabetically by title. Previous lists dating back to June 2007 are also available for viewing.

Three More New Databases - Naxos Music Library, CQ Global Researcher and GreenFILE

The library is pleased to announce three new databases that were recently added. Naxos Music Library contains almost the entire catalog of recordings of the Naxos Recording Company. Listen to a variety of classical works through your computer. CQ Global Researcher is a companion to CQResearcher and takes a decidedly international flavor. Reports come out monthly (as opposed to the weekly reports of CQResearcher) and deal with a broad topic such as climate change, or deal with a specific country, such as Turkey or India. Links to related reports found in CQResearcher are also available (and vice versa). Almost all disciplines will find useful reports in this database. EBSCOhost now offers a free database called GreenFILE . GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and dis

New Databases

The Library is pleased to announce the addition of two new databases from Alexander Street Press - The Classical Music Library and Theatre in Video with BBC Content . The Classical Music Library is a fully searchable classical music resource—a comprehensive database of distinguished classical recordings. It includes tens of thousands of licensed recordings that users can listen to over the Internet. Users browse, search, click, and then listen to the music. Theatre in Video with BBC Content contains more than 250 of the world’s most important plays, together with more than 100 video documentaries, online in streaming video—more than 500 hours in all. These definitive performances, by leading actors and directors, have been painstakingly licensed from a wide range of copyright holders. They are now delivered to you over the Internet, in a revolutionary new format developed specifically for drama. For the first time, students, instructors, and researchers can bookmark specific scenes,

Trial Databases - Points of View Reference Center & Nursing Reference Center

For the next thirty days you may take advantage of the Points of View Reference Center and/or the Nursing Reference Center . Points of View Reference Center is similar to both Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center and TOPICSearch in that it is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 200 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument),counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. Topics covered include: affirmative action, cloning, DNA profiling, HIV/AIDS status disclosure, immigration, Iraq, Israel & the Palestinians, Katrina and FEMA response, nuclear proliferation, separation of church and state, standardized testing, stem cell research, tax cuts, voting machines, and many more.. As with the other two, scholarly and academic journals are used, as well as electronic versions of important circulating and reference books. Fres

Spring Break Hours

The library will be open for limited hours during Spring break. The schedule is as follows: Saturday-Sunday, March 15-16: Library Closed Monday-Tuesday, March 17-18: Open 8 AM - 4:30 PM Wednesday, March 19: Closed to the public. Faculty & staff can gain admittance by calling ahead. Thursday-Sunday, March 20-23: Closed March 23rd is Easter Sunday, so the library will not open again for regular service until Monday, March 24th. Have a safe and happy Spring break. We'll be praying for those of you on mission trips, and for the safety of each of you as you travel back and forth. Have a blessed Easter as we celebrate the resurrection of our blessed savior, Jesus Christ!

Are You A Crossword Puzzle Solver?

You know who you are. You're reading a newspaper, or a magazine, and there it is. A grid with some of the squares blackened out, some of the others with tiny numbers. Then there are the definitions. 1 Across. 37 Down. You grab for the nearest pencil (or maybe you're adventurous and it's a pen) and a compulsion guides you to begin filling in those squares with letters that become words. Yes. You. Are. A. Crossword. Addict. Go ahead. Say it. Remember, the first step is admitting you have the problem. If you are like millions of other people around the world you take great pleasure in filling in those grids with the right letters. Word overlaps word and you sometimes wonder how in the world do these people come up with these puzzles? Along with the pleasure comes not some measure of frustration when you are missing just one or two letters and neither the definition for 46 down or 52 across helps you. Of course, there are all sorts of crossword dictionaries out t

More Information on Illegal Immigration

This week we've had two University chapels devoted to the subject of illegal immigration. On Monday we heard from our U.S. Representative regarding the government position and on Wednesday we heard from a Baptist General Convention of Texas representative and how to minister to illegal immigrants within the law. The library has many resources on this and related topics and for good basic pro-con information we suggest you look at CQResearcher , Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center , and TOPICsearch . Additional information will be found in almost all of the other electronic resources listed on the library's web site. From CQResearcher you'll find several reports, including the recent "Immigration Debate" (2/1/2008). You can also track this and related topics back to 1992 including "Real ID" (5/4/2007); "Illegal Immigration" (5/6/2005); "Debate Over Immigration" (7/14/2000); "The New Immigrants" (1/24/1997); "Cracking

Spotlight on: FAITS (Faulkner Advisory for Information Technology Studies)

FAITS is an electronic resource that offers reports, vendor directories and a glossary related to the study of Information Technology (IT). Although students majoring in Management of Information Systems (MIS) might have the more obvious need for FAITS it's actually a useful tool for a variety of disciplines. All business students will find the product and company profiles of use in many of their classes. Education students will find interesting reports related to technology and the classroom. Perhaps you are researching technology in area of healthcare - FAITS is one place to get information on this very topic as it relates to healthcare facilities security, patient monitoring, and the pharmacy industry, and more. Other students might be researching privacy versus governmental identification via iris scan, RFID technology and smart ID cards - FAITS can help you! If you would like some comparison information on products you can also find that information in FAITS, as well a profile

Meet the Library Student Assistants for Spring 2008

Each semester Jarrett Library employs many student workers and Spring 2008 is no different. Twenty students currently work in the library in the Access Services Department (checking in and out materials, shelving, etc.), in the Reference Services Department (directing students to correct materials, answering reference questions, etc.), the Technical Services Department (adding spine labels to books, checking in periodicals, etc.) or Library Administration (assisting the Director in the archives, collection development, and other projects). Of course, all student workers are expected to be serious, quiet and always professional. Okay, maybe not but the student assistants do work hard and they are invaluable in keeping the library going. "Could we run the library without our student workers? Absolutely not," stated Cynthia Peterson, Director of Library Services. "Student workers do many things that are essential to the smooth running of the library and as a result they fre

New Duplex Printer

Many of you have noticed that IT has installed a new printer in the library. Not only is this printer faster, but it prints pages on both sides, thus saving paper. The duplex printing is the default setting, but if you are turning in a paper that needs the content printed on one side only there is a way to set it up before hitting that print key. Computer monitors are available in the library to assist you with this - or if you can't find one inquire at the circulation desk and we'll find someone to help you.

Spotlight on: Portal to Texas History

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This web site, hosted by the University of North Texas Libraries, offers users a digital gateway to the vast collections held in Texas libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, and private collections. The digital reproductions include photographs, maps, letters, documents, books, artifacts, and more. It also includes curriculum that applies to the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) standards for use by classroom teachers. Search on "Marshall, Texas" and you find hundreds of pages of photographs of Marshall buildings and people. You'll also find copies of land grants made in Harrison County as well as other documents related to Marshall or the surrounding areas. This graphic sho ws a map drawn by Stephen F. Austin, showing the various land grants and colonies of the early settlement of Texas. Zavala's Grant, DeWitt Colony, and some of the surrounding states and territories can be seen. (Click on the map to see the full-sized image). In addition to s

Honors Projects and Library Assistance

If you are a student working on an Honors Project don't forget to come by the library and get set up for research assistance with one of the three librarians. We can assign one of the librarians (or you can choose either Ms. Peterson, Mrs. Ravenell, or Mr. Horton yourself) to assist you throughout the work on your Project - they'll help you get started on your research, assist you in finding materials that aren't available in Jarrett Library, and be a listening post if you need it! We'll be there from the beginning until the day you turn in the Project - as long as you need assistance. Honors students can also request a change in their patron status and we also suggest a TexShare card, which will allow you to check out materials from other Texas libraries (academic and public) that also participate in the TexShare card program. For more information contact Ms. Cynthia Peterson at 2257 or at cpeterson@etbu.edu .

Getting to Electronic Resources from Off-Network

The library's electronic resources are valuable and necessary for your academic career, but there is a restriction on usage based on the campus network IP addresses. So what do you do when you use Go Zoe, or if you are off-campus and trying to access a database from the ISP you have at home? The answer is remote access through the library's proxy server. The proxy server was set up several years ago to assist students, faculty and staff who wished to use databases even when off-campus. And now Go Zoe users have the same access. Previously you had to go to the remote access link and login. You were then given a list of databases or database vendors (such as EBSCOhost) but you had to know which database was where. Fortunately, this past Fall you no longer have to go to that menu - simply find the electronic resource you wish to use from either the title or subject lists, then click on the resource that you wish to use and a login screen will pop up. Login the same way you

Black History Month Display: The Buffalo Soldiers

February is Black History Month and Jarrett Library has put up its annual display. This year the theme deals with the "Buffalo Soldiers." The "Buffalo Soldiers" were one of the first six all African American Army regiments created by Congress in 1866. Four of the regiments were infantry and two were cavalry. Cheyenne warriors, out of respect for the fighting abilities, gave the 10th Cavalry the nickname "Buffalo Soldiers" in 1867. Eventually all African American soldiers were referred to as "Buffalo Soldiers." The "Buffalo Soldiers" were sent to the outposts that were the furthest from civilization in areas where the weather and terrain were quite harsh. Mexican revolutionaries, outlaws, comancheros, cattle rustlers, and hostile Native Americans were just a few of the groups they were sent to subdue and/or fight. They also carried out many activities that allowed the west to be settled - mapping of the west, stringing telegraph wi

Union University

Our prayers go out to the students of Union University, another Baptist school located in Jackson, Tennessee. Union University was hit by a tornado on February 5th, and approximately 80% of their dorms were rendered destroyed or unihabitable. In addition several classroom buildings and the administration building were damaged. We praise God that no deaths were reported among the students and none of the injuries were life-threatening. We prayer for the swift recovery of those who were hurt, and that Union recovers from the damage quickly.

Great Information Hunt

The second annual "Great Information Hunt" recently ended, with the drawing for prizes being held on Friday, February 2nd. The "Great Information Hunt" is a fun event hosted annually by Jarrett Library. It allows students to become more familiar with their library and library staff. After students complete a short information hunt form, their names were entered into the drawing for prizes. Those prizes went to the following students: 1st prize: Adrian LeDay 2nd prize: Courtney Charles 3rd prize: Katy Chalker If you are a student we hope that you'll consider participating next year. Watch for publicity about it beginning in early January 2009!