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The following three people are the student workers of the month for September/October 2009. They are selected by the library staff based on criteria such as punctuality, attitude, and customer service to name just a few. Read more about them below. Tiffany Blalock Tiffany Blalock is the daughter of Tommy and Pat Blalock. Tiffany was born in Conroe, Texas but grew up in Livingston, Texas. Tiffany has six siblings and 15 nieces and nephews. Tiffany is an Elementary Education major with a minor in mathematics. Tiffany is apart of the Student Activities Board and participates in intermurals. Tiffany love ETBU and thanks God so much for bringing her here. In her free time she likes to watch movies, hang out with her friends and take naps. Thank you so much for this award!!! Love, Tiffany :) John Christopher Williams III My name is John Christopher Williams III; I was born in Plain Dealing, La. I am the son of John & Martha Williams. I come from a family of 6 children. At age 10, I reali

The library will close early on Friday, October 2, 2009 because of the Inauguration activities. Please note the library will open at its regular time of 7:30 AM but will close at 1:00 PM that afternoon. The library will reopen at it's usual time of 10:00 AM on Saturday, October 3, 2009. The staff of the library wants to congratulate Dr. Dub Oliver as he is invested as the newest President of East Texas Baptist University.

Burn this Book is October eBook of the Month Literary heavyweights Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie and Orhan Pamuk explore the power of literature in this provocative and timely collection of essays Marshall, Texas, September 28, 2009—In recognition of Banned Books Week, Jarrett Library is pleased to announce that Burn This Book will be available as the October eBook of the Month. Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book explores the meaning of censorship, and the power of literature to inform the way we see the world, and ourselves. Contributors including Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk, David Grossman, Nadine Gordimer and other literary heavyweights, discuss the importance of writing from various views, both political and social. They illustrate the need for freedom of speech and human rights, and they emphasize the target writers become in a tyranny. In Freedom to Write Orhan Pamuk elegantly describes escorting Arthur Miller and Harold Pinter

Encyclopedia of Intelligence & Counterintelligence from M.E. Sharpe From references to secret agents in The Art of War in 400 B.C.E. to the Bush administration's War on Terrorism, espionage has always been an essential part of state security policies. This illustrated encyclopedia traces the fascinating stories of spies, intelligence, and counterintelligence throughout history. The Encyclopedia of Intelligence and Counterintelligence provides a unique background perspective for viewing history and current events. In easy-to-understand, non-technical language, it explains how espionage works as a function of national policy; traces the roots of national security; profiles key intelligence leaders, agents, and double-agents; discusses intelligence concepts and techniques; and profiles the security organizations and intelligence history and policies of nations around the world. As a special feature, the set also includes forewords by current U.S. Secretary of Defense and former C

Flatlined, an Insider’s Guide to Resuscitating American Medicine, is September eBook of Month Flatlined lifts the veil of secrecy on twenty-first century health care and delves into the realities of good people caught in a bad medical system. Dr. Guy L. Clifton, a practitioner as well as a policy advocate, reveals first-hand accounts of needless tragedy, such as the young man who died after a car wreck for lack of a bed in a qualified hospital and the surgeon who was dejected by the scarcity of resources needed to enable him to perform heart surgery on an uninsured man. Arguing that a lack of coordinated care and quality medical practice benchmarks result in high levels of redundancy and ineffectiveness, Clifton proposes that the key to reducing health care costs, improving quality, and financially protecting the uninsured, is to reduce wastefulness, and offers a solution for achieving success. Flatlined sounds the warning call: By 2018 Medicare and Medicaid will consume about one-thir

Do you know where Armenia is on a map? How about Belize? Macao? If you're not sure or if it's been a while since you had to identify where a country was on a map or globe, you might want to get up to speed with GeoFindIt! GeoFindIt! is an interactive game on AtoZ Maps Online , one of the newest electronic resources available through the library. Choose "Map Games and Puzzles" from the menu on the left, then choose GeoFindIt! From there choose a region of the world. When the blank map of that region pops up you will be asked to identify a country. Click on the country - if you are correct the name will pop up and it will be confirmed as correct - if you click the wrong country it will let you know and give you two more chances to choose the right place on the map. You can replay the area as long as you need to - and you can restart the game anytime. With everything going on in the world today it's wise to know where the countries of the world are located and

The library staff wants to welcome Ms. Elizabeth Bradshaw as the Library Associate for Evening Services. She will be working the Sunday-Thursday evening shifts, so many of you are likely to seek her help as you begin your research. Ms. Bradshaw is a graduate of the University of North Texas where she majored in political science. She is also planning to pursue a Masters degree in Library & Information Science from UNT. It is with great sadness that we also say farewell to Mrs. Alma Ravenell, who has been the instruction librarian at Jarrett Library since 2002. She has accepted the position as Library Director at Wiley College and her last day will be Friday, September 4th. A reception will be held in her honor on Wednesday, September 2nd from 2-4 PM and you are cordially invited to come by and bid Mrs. Ravenell bon voyage.

Welcome back to our returning students and a special welcome to all new students to ETBU! This year in the library you'll find a few changes and we hope that you will like them. First of all - one extra hour added to Sundays! Yes, the library will now stay open on Sunday nights until 11 PM instead of closing at 10 PM. The library will still continue to open at 4 PM on those days. Second - for the first month of school the Heritage Room will be closed as we clear out all the shelves and bells! This room is being prepared for use during President Oliver's inaugural festivities and after that this area will be converted into a group study area. It will also double as library instruction classroom when necessary, and also as a meeting place for library meetings such as the Mary K. Armstrong Society or meetings of librarians. For instance - in November of 2010 we will host the other Baptist Academic Librarians for a day of meetings. For the time being all computers have been m

A Financial History of the United States from M.E. Sharpe The first comprehensive financial history of the United States in more than thirty years. Accessible to undergraduate level readers, it focuses on the growth and expansion of banking, securities, and insurance from the colonial period right up to the incredible growth of the stock market during the 1990s and the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001. The author traces the origins of American finance to the older societies of Europe and Northern Africa, and shows how English merchants transferred their financial systems to America. He explains how financial matters dominated the founding and development of the colonies, and how financial concerns incited the Revolution. And he shows how the Civil War began the transformation of America from a small economy largely dependent on foreign capital into a complex capitalist society. From the Civil War, the nation's financial history breaks down into periods of frenzied specula

Expert advice from best-selling author and syndicated columnist Harlen Cohen Marshall, Texas, August 3, 2009— According to the latest research, over one-third of first year college students report getting homesick; more than 40 percent report being too afraid to approach their professors; and just over 60 percent report experiencing some sort of depression (the percentage increases by junior year). Combine these with the reality that about 1 in 4 students do not return to the same campus their sophomore year and it's clear -- the first year isn't easy. In The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College , best-selling author, syndicated columnist and professional speaker Harlan Cohen provides a behind-the-scenes look at everything students need to know about college (but never knew they needed to know). Completely revised and updated, this essential guide used by hundreds of thousands of students is packed with expert advice on everything from managing mon

E-BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE 2009 - THE CAREER CLINIC: SIMPLE RULES FOR FINDING WORK YOU LOVE Since the Baby Boom generation, we have been raised with a sense that self-fulfillment is one of our inalienable rights—yet most of us probably do not love our work. As the longtime host of a radio show devoted to helping people find careers they love, Maureen Anderson has often invited listeners in to hear firsthand accounts of people who not only relish their work, but live without regret. The Career Clinic: Eight Simple Rules for Finding Work You Love by Maureen Anderson (AMACOM 2008) collects intimate and revealing first-hand accounts of people who have made the leap from the 9-to-5 doldrums into jobs that leave them feeling happy, satisfied, and filled with the sense of contentment that comes from knowing they’re doing what they were put on this earth to do.

The Human Body Book: An Illustrated Guide to Its Structure, Function and Disorders from Dorling Kindersley Publishing Revealing and detailing all aspects of the body, from the secrets of DNA to the functions of every major body system , this all-in-one encyclopedic guide is packed with accessible health and medical information that is ideal for students, health professionals, or anyone who wants to learn more about the human body.Read a few of the interesting entries and see the amazing images: Skeletal System: Bone Structure Nervous system: Touch, Taste, and Smell Nervous system: Brain Cardiovascular System Anatomy The Cell Respiratory System: Gas Exchange Digestive System: Digestion Muscular System: Muscles of the Body

The library is pleased to announce the addition of the following electronic resources: Cambridge Histories Online - "This unique historical reference compendium allows instant access to the renowned texts of the Cambridge Histories series. With access to the most up to date and authoritative scholarly content, Cambridge Histories Online is an invaluable resource, for undergraduates, graduates, lecturers and researchers alike. All the available volumes are grouped into topics, making it quick and easy to search and browse through an array of historical subject areas. The extensive bibliographic referencing and other leading functionality, enhances usability and makes this resource ideal for any type of historical research." Environment Complete - "Offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental

The library hours for May Term as as follows: Monday-Wednesday: 7 AM-7 PM Thursday: 7 AM-5 PM Friday: 8 AM - 12 Noon Saturday-Sunday: Closed These hours begin May 4 and end Friday, May 29.

We are pleased to announce the addition of MEDLINE with Full Text and CountryWatch to our list of databases. MEDLINE with Full Text adds nearly 500 unique full text journal titles to our burgeoning list. CountryWatch gives good information about the countries of the world and although some of the information is duplicated in Global Road Warrior for the most part the information is complementary to that database, and not competitive. You may access these databases through the electronic resources title lists or in the appropriate subject lists. Links to these lists are found on the Jarrett Library home page at http://www.etbu.edu/library/