McQuade Library Updates

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International Education Week

November 18th, 2009 · No Comments

Check out the display of books in the Reference Room–and take the quiz for a chance at a prize!

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Homecoming Weekend

October 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Have a great time at Homecoming! Schedule of events

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Ongoing Crisis in Darfur

September 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Displaced Sudanese women seeking medical treatment line up outside the Egyptian military field hospital at Abu Shouk refugee camp, outside the Darfur town of al-Fasher, Sudan Thursday, March 26, 2009.
(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Darfur Awareness Events
9/29 – 10/1 – Exhibit Darfur (Sakowich Campus Center)
9/29 7-9 p.m. – The Devil Came on Horseback (Alumni Hall, McQuade Library)
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BANNED BOOKS WEEK September 26 through October 3, 2009

September 25th, 2009 · No Comments

Every year libraries and schools receive hundreds of challenges from people who object to various books.
Can you tell what challenged books these quotes are from? Answer in the comments!

“But right in the middle of the steaming and the making and the smelling and the baking Mickey poked through and said: ‘I’m not the milk [...]

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Constitution Day

September 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Campus Constitution Day Events at the Sak 1:00pm

Some selected materials on the U.S. Constitution

Lane, Eric – The genius of America : how the Constitution saved our country– and why it can again
Maddex, Robert L. – The U.S. Constitution A to Z
Meacham, Jon – American gospel : God, the founding fathers, and the making of a [...]

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Convocation

September 16th, 2009 · No Comments

The library will be closed today from 10:45-12 for Convocation.

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Library Survey Mar 23 — Apr 12 2009

March 16th, 2009 · No Comments

How are we doing? Let us know!

Watch your email for your invitation to participate.

The McQuade Library will conduct a major web-based survey
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Tolle Lege 2008

January 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Please join us today at 3:30pm in the Perkins Periodical Room on the 2nd floor of the library for the 6th annual Tolle Lege reception honoring our Merrimack authors.
Speakers will include Bridget Rawding, Interim Director of the McQuade Library and Michael Bell, Vice President for Academic Affairs/Provost as well as the following of this year’s [...]

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Inauguration Day

January 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Witness history in the making.
All are invited to view a televised broadcast of the events of Inauguration Day 2009 in the Library Lobby or in the Library Auditorium, located on the basement level of McQuade.
President-Elect Barack Obama will take the oath of office at 12:00 noon and then give his inaugural address as the [...]

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New Databases Demos June 12

June 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Thursday, June 12 is “Training Day” for some of our newest electronic resources.

Learn about our newest history collection, Early American Newspapers, at 9:30
Enter the Reference Universe at 12:30

System check
WebEx Meeting

Get a sneak preview of EBSCOHost 2.0at 2:00

All sessions will be held in the Alden Classroom on the 3rd floor of the library.

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