Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Colossians 3:15
The staff at Ramaker Library wishes you a happy Thanksgiving. We also want to remind you that our hours do change for the holiday:
Tuesday, Nov 24: 7:30am – 5pm
Wednesday, Nov 25: 8am – 4:30pm
Thursday, Nov 26: Closed
Friday, Nov 27: Closed
Saturday, Nov 28: Closed
Sunday, Nov 29: 6pm – 12am (reference librarian available from 6-9pm)
Enjoy your break!
Today the New Oxford American Dictionary, part of Oxford University Press USA, announced its choice for Word of the Year: unfriend. According to Oxford, unfriend is a verb that means, “To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook.”
While the word certainly has a new meaning, it’s not really a new word. In fact, when searching the Oxford English Dictionary Online, references will be found for the verb “unfriend” back in the 17th century — well before the Facebook era. Other words in the running for this year’s top word included birther, green state, deleb, hashtag, intexticated, funemployed and netbook. If you’re wondering what any of those means, check out this blog post by Oxford.
If you’re ever curious about the development of a word or phrase, give the Oxford English Dictionary Online a try; this authoritative source tracks the history and usage of the English language.
CQ Researcher is a VERY popular resource at Ramaker Library. It contains full-text reports on current issues and is a great place to start your research. Each report provides charts, graphs, stats, as well as background information.
The newest report is entitled:
Online Privacy: Do Americans Need Better Protection – As the author Patrick Marshall states, ”millions of americans store important personal data on the internet from credit-card numbers and bank account information to family photos”. How vulnerable is that information to being stolen by computer hackers? How do you feel about advertizers collecting information about your personal marketing behaviors(what you buy over the internet) and selling that information to others? Find some answers to these questions and more in this latest report.
Other interesting reports coming up include:
CQ Researcher is located on the library homepage in the Quick links box.
Finding journals can be a little tricky. Sometimes Ramaker has journals in print on our shelves, sometimes we subscribe to a single journal in its electronic version and sometimes we have access to a journal through a database subscription.
If you wonder whether we have access to a certain journal, your best first step is to visit our Journal Finder. (It’s the link at the very top of our Quick Links list on our home page.)
Here, type in the name of the journal you are looking for. NOTE: The search function here is for journal titles; entering an article title or article keywords will not return relevant results.
For example, let’s say you were looking for the Journal of American History. Type that title into the search box.
On the results screen, scroll to your title. The list below the title shows Ramaker’s holdings. Journal of American History is available in Academic Search Premier, E-Journals from EBSCO, History Cooperative, JSTOR and in the stacks at Ramaker. Be sure to pay attention to the dates; not all issues are available in all locations.
If you have any questions, please let a librarian know.
