ETBU Library Blog

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