McQuade Library Updates http://server1.noblenet.org/merrimack/blog1 News, Views, and Happenings at McQuade Library, Merrimack College Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:11:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 International Education Week http://server1.noblenet.org/merrimack/blog1/events/international-education-week/ http://server1.noblenet.org/merrimack/blog1/events/international-education-week/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:11:08 +0000 Kathryn http://server1.noblenet.org/merrimack/blog1/?p=640 iew2009
Check out the display of books in the Reference Room–and take the quiz for a chance at a prize!

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Remember to take a look at the Monthly New Materials lists on the Booklists page to keep up with new arrivals!

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Claude Levi-Strauss seen in this Jan. 13, 1967 file photo. The Academie Francaise said Tuesday Nov 3 2009 that Levi-Strauss, an influential French intellectual who was widely considered the father of modern anthropology, had died. He was 100. Levi-Strauss was widely regarded as having reshaped the field of anthropology, introducing new concepts concerning common patterns of behavior and thought, especially myths, in primitive and modern societies.(AP Photo, HO)

Levi-Strauss library materials

Levi-Stauss biographical data

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From the Director’s Desk
What’s Happening
What’s New
Circulation Department Welcomes New Hires
ERC’s New and Improved Website

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  • Lehrer, Jonah – How we decide
  • Davidson, Christopher M. (Christopher Michael) – Dubai : the vulnerability of success
  • Axtell, Roger E – Essential do’s and taboos : the complete guide to international business and leisure travel
  • McDonald, Lawrence G – A colossal failure of common sense : the inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers
  • Cambron-McCabe, Nelda H – Legal rights of teachers and students
  • Sax, Linda J. – The gender gap in college : maximizing the developmental potential of women and men
  • Berona, David A – Wordless books : the original graphic novels
  • Battistella, Edwin L – Bad language : are some words better than others?
  • Seethaler, Sherry – Lies, damned lies, and science : how to sort through the noise around global warming, the latest health claims, and other
    scientific controversies
  • Rumney, Avis – Dying to please : anorexia, treatment and recovery
    • ]]>     http://server1.noblenet.org/merrimack/blog1/resources/new-in-september/feed/ 0     Homecoming Weekend http://server1.noblenet.org/merrimack/blog1/events/homecoming-weekend/ http://server1.noblenet.org/merrimack/blog1/events/homecoming-weekend/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:01:18 +0000 Kathryn http://server1.noblenet.org/merrimack/blog1/?p=592 Mack
    Have a great time at Homecoming!
    Schedule of events

    ]]>     http://server1.noblenet.org/merrimack/blog1/events/homecoming-weekend/feed/ 0     Halloween is coming http://server1.noblenet.org/merrimack/blog1/resources/halloween-is-coming/ http://server1.noblenet.org/merrimack/blog1/resources/halloween-is-coming/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:41:22 +0000 Kathryn http://server1.noblenet.org/merrimack/blog1/?p=577 Bride of FrankensteinHere are some films to put you in the mood!

    30 days of night
    1408
    Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho
    Batman begins
    The birds
    Bram Stoker’s Dracula
    The bride of Frankenstein
    Cloverfield
    Dracula
    The haunting in Connecticut
    Mirrors
    Quarantine
    The ruins
    Splinter
    The Stepford wives
    What ever happened to baby Jane?

    ]]>     http://server1.noblenet.org/merrimack/blog1/resources/halloween-is-coming/feed/ 0     Columbus Day Weekend Hours http://server1.noblenet.org/merrimack/blog1/news/columbus-day-weekend-hours/ http://server1.noblenet.org/merrimack/blog1/news/columbus-day-weekend-hours/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:00:31 +0000 Kathryn http://server1.noblenet.org/merrimack/blog1/?p=442
    Colmubus Day Weekend
    Friday, October 9

    Christopher Columbus

    7:30 A.M.- 5:00 P.M.

    Saturday, October 10
    10:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M.
    Sunday, October 11
    1:00 P.M.- 9:00 P. M.
    Monday, October 12
    Columbus Day, no classes 10:00 A.M.. – midnight
    Tuesday, October 13
    No classes, offices open 8:30 A.M. – midnight ]]>     http://server1.noblenet.org/merrimack/blog1/news/columbus-day-weekend-hours/feed/ 0     LibGuides http://server1.noblenet.org/merrimack/blog1/resources/libguides-2/ http://server1.noblenet.org/merrimack/blog1/resources/libguides-2/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:19:45 +0000 Kathryn http://server1.noblenet.org/merrimack/blog1/?p=568 libguides Trying to find that webpage with all the info you need for your class research project? It’s on McQuade LibGuides.

    Some recent guides:
    FAA3960 Historiography and Methodologies of Art History
    WRT1050 Intro to College Writing — Buxton

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    Lost Symbol, Dan Brown Official Book Club Selection, Kathy Griffin Strength in what remains, Tracy Kidder Dexter by Design, Jeffry P Lindsay

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