Book reviews in Tripod! What do you think?

Posted by Arleen Zimmerle on May 8, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Posted in Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Swarthmore, Tripod Announcements


Tell us what you think! We are conducting a trial for a service to provide book reviews from Booklist, Choice, Publisher’s Weekly, and Library Journal. These reviews are available in the Tripod Catalog for titles reviewed by those sources. Most of the reviews are for titles published within the last 10 years, though a few go back as far as the mid 1980’s.

Some examples include:

The Paradox of Choice : Why More is Less / Barry Schwartz

http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/record=b2654429

 

In Defense of Food : an Eater's Manifesto / Michael Pollan
http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/record=b3298770

 

Handbook of Gender and Women's Studies / edited by Kathy Davis, Mary Evans, and Judith Lorber

http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/record=b2974723


Are reviews helpful to you as a student, faculty member, or researcher?

Let us know. We’d love to hear from you!


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Summer Jobs in Canaday!

Posted by Melissa Kramer on May 7, 2008 at 9:59 AM
Posted in Bryn Mawr
Canaday Library needs to hire two responsible and reliable students to work on nights and weekends at the Circulation Desk!  Please see Melissa Kramer or Sarah Yerger if you're interested.

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Canaday Library open until 2:00 a.m. during exams!

Posted by Melissa Kramer on May 5, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Posted in Bryn Mawr

Canaday Library will stay open until 2:00 A.M. from Monday, May 5th through Thursday, May 8th and Monday, May 12th through Thursday May 15th.

Please see http://www.brynmawr.edu/library/Summer2008.shtml for our Summer hours. 

Thanks so much to our faithful Circulation Desk students who are putting in extra hours to keep the library open for students!

Congratulations seniors, and good luck with exams!

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Cite your sources!

Posted by Susan Turkel on May 5, 2008 at 10:41 AM
Posted in Bryn Mawr, Tips

Working on your final papers?  Need help with finding the proper citation format for a source?  The library can help!

  • Check out our guide page for citations and style guides -- we provide links for APA, MLA, Chicago, and more!

  • Try the Citation Builder -- a great quick tool from the NCSU libraries

  • We have print copies of all of the major citation guides behind the Reference Desk in Canaday -- just ask! 

  • If you need help creating or interpreting a citation, ask the Reference Librarian for a second opinion!  We're here to help.

Good luck!


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The Oxford Companion to Wine

Posted by Daisy Larios on May 5, 2008 at 10:05 AM
Posted in Swarthmore, What We're Reading

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Curious, Useful, Edifying, Inspiring:

The Reference Books of McCabe Library

 

Staff Pick for the Week of May 5, 2008

 

The Oxford Companion to Wine

Call Number: REF TP548 .O76 1999

 

Recommended by: Ed Fuller, Reference Librarian

 

If your idea of wine tasting is passing around a bottle in a paper bag with friends, perhaps The Oxford Companion to Wine will raise your oenological consciousness.  In an alphabetical arrangement, this large, well-illustrated  volume defines and explains almost everything about wine and wine making (how about a brief history of the corkscrew).  The editor, Jancis Robinson, has been on television with her own wine course, and this is an award-winning writer about the grape.  After reading this book, you won't whine about the food in the dining hall, but about the vulgar vintages served with dinner.

 


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