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Credo Reference - Featured Title of the Month for January 2010

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!

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