ETBU Library Blog

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...