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American Environmental Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present , Grey House Publishing A comprehensive and diverse, award-winning collection of biographies of the most important figures in American environmentalism. As our environment changes, and environmental concerns become more and more prevalent, this encyclopedia provides much-needed information on the key players in the environmental movement. The biographies are arranged alphabetically, from Edward Abbey to David Zwick. These are just a few of the entries - check them out! John James Audubon César Chávez Rachel Carson Edmund Muskie

An African Biographical Dictionary , Grey House Publishing An African Biographical Dictionary provides a wealth of vital information for students of African culture and is an indispensible reference guide for anyone interested in African affairs. The Dictionary is organized alphabetically, from ABACHA, Sani to SWELITHINI, Goodwill kaBhekuzulu. This edition presents 713 biographical sketches of historical and contemporary Africans from a wide range of fields and achievement. Of these sketches, 170 are new entries, and 349 have been rewritten from the first edition. You can browse the biographies by nation or see a list of leaders for independent nations. A few of the entries include: MANDELA, Nelson Rolihlahla BLIXEN, Karen MUGABE, Rober Gabriel TWINS, Seven-Seven HURLEY, Denis, OMI OCLOO, Ester Afra

Welcome to all our new students and welcome back to all our returning students. We hope you had a healthy and productive summer! Big news for the coming year. Beginning on Sunday, August 29th, the hours of Jarrett Library will be extended to midnight, Sunday-Thursday nights! We hope you'll take advantage of this time! Other news - recent graduate Jeremy Closs will be joining the regular staff as our weekend circulation supervisor, working the front desks Saturdays and Sundays. We're grateful to have Jeremy helping us out this year! No other major changes in the library though several of our electronic resources have undergone extensive "remodeling" of their interfaces. You'll see the biggest changes in the EBSCOhost databases - if you have any questions please ask for help at the reference desk, by phone, by email, via online chat (see the library home page) or through LibAnswers.

As you might imagine, things are pretty quiet in Jarrett Library during the summer. Now that the academic year is over with and May term has ended we have approximately 10 weeks when we lock the front doors and catch up on all the paperwork and activities we didn't get to do from August through May! Occasionally we even get to get ahead and begin preparing for the return of everyone in August. One of the major things we do is try to finish up our usage statistics so we can run the final reports and find out how many of our resources (books and e-books, journals and e-journsl, DVDs and streaming videos, etc.) were used during the previous year. Books that are checked out or renewed are done - the system takes care of that as you check things in and out. However, we have to input statistical information from our vendors so we know how many times an article was accessed from say, Victorian Literature and Culture or Journal for the Study of the New Testament . It usually takes us thro

Pi Sig fraternity will begin a new service during "Open All Night" (April 25th, 4:00 PM - April 29th, 4:30 PM) called "Don't Walk Alone" for female students. Member of Pi Sig, with the assistance of members of .COM and other organizations, will walk girls between their dorms and Jarrett Library from 8:00 PM - 8:00 AM each evening of "Open All Night". For more information, including the leave times from the dorms and the library, click here . The staff of Jarrett Library thanks Pi Sig for their care and concern and their willingness to do this as a service to their fellow students.

A Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures: Continental Europe and its Empires , Edinburgh University Press A Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures provides an integrated and authoritative body of information about the political, cultural and economic contexts of postcolonial literatures that have their provenance in the major European Empires of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain as well as places like Latin America and the Philippines. The Companion is comprehensive in its geographical scope, extending from South America and the Caribbean to Africa, the Middle East and Asia. It also accommodates the literatures and histories of regions where Europe merges into Asia, as in the cases of Turkey and Russia, and includes essays on the Jewish Diaspora and the 'clash of civilizations'. Written by recognized scholars in the fields of postcolonial studies, the entries cover major events, ideas, movements, and figures

The Procrastinator's Guide to Getting Things Done is February eBook of the Month [Marshall, TX, 1 FEB 2010]—Everyone waits till the last minute sometimes. But many procrastinators pay a significant price, from poor job performance to stress, financial problems, and relationship conflicts. Expressly designed for people who want to make changes but would be easily daunted by an elaborate self-help program, this concise, motivating guide is packed with highly practical tips and suggestions. Author and cognitive-behavioral therapy expert Monica Ramirez Basco peppers the book with easy-to-relate-to examples from "recovering procrastinators"—including herself. Inviting quizzes, exercises, and practical suggestions help you: Understand why you procrastinate. Start with small changes that lead to big improvements. Outsmart your own delaying tactics. Counteract self-doubt and perfectionism. Build crucial skills for getting things done today. Provided through the generous support o

Encyclopedia of Women's Autobiography from ABC-CLIO Women have been writing about their lives for hundreds of years, and their autobiographical works are a record of the eras and cultures in which they lived. Through alphabetically arranged entries (from Jane Addams through Zami: A New Spelling of My Name), written by more than 130 expert contributors, this encyclopedia overviews women autobiographers and autobiography from the Middle Ages to the present. Entries discuss individual writers, major works, national and ethnic autobiographical traditions, particular autobiographical genres, and special terms, issues, and themes related to women's autobiography from around the world. Multicultural in scope and the first work of its kind, this encyclopedia overviews more than 400 years of autobiographical writing by women. Read a few of the interesting entries: British Women's Autobiography to 1900 Australian Women's Autobiography Dorothy Allison (1949-): Readers have come

Welcome back to another semester at ETBU and another semester of information seeking in Jarrett Library. There are a few new things to be watching for in the Library. Last semester we introduced LibGuides, and many of the old static web pages have been converted over to LibGuides because they're easier to use and have a lot of bells and whistles we can add to your research experience. Some LibGuides are being developed for specific classes and we're also adding pathfinders and guides to assist you with basic research skills such as searching databases effectively or evaluating the sources that you use for your papers or presentations. We're even developing a few video tutorials that will help you learn how to use specific sources in a more efficient way - TigerCat will be one of the first ones completed. This semester we'll be introducing LibAnswers which will allow you to type in a question you have about the library - anything about the library is fair game - polic