Reference E-Books at Nathaniel P. Hill Library

Did you know the library has reference books full text and searchable online? E-book reference materials are on the rise in libraries and are slowly replacing the traditional print reference sources. E-Books are available 24/7, have keyword search capability, browsing options, and contain links at multiple levels within the source. Vendors like Gale Publishing offer several E-Book titles that can be search simultaneously or indepedently.

At the Nathaniel P. Hill Library, we have several E-Book reference titles from Gale Virtual Reference Library. All of the titles below are available at http://dragon/library/

Alternative Energy

Chemistry: Foundations and Applications

Dictionary of American History

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia of Modern Asia

Encyclopedia of Religion

Macmillian Encyclopeida of Energy

New Dictionary of the History of Ideas

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations

New Non-Fiction of the Week

I To Myself

Edited by: Jeffrey S. Cramer, Yale University Press, 2007.

From the book jacket:

Making selections from the entirety of the journal Henry David Thoreau, Cramer presents all aspects of Thoreau: writer, thinker, naturalist, social reformer, neighbor, friend. No other single-volume edition offers such a full picture of Thoreau’s life and work. Cramer’s annotations add to the reader’s enjoyment and understanding. He provides notes on the biographical, historical, and geographical contexts of Thoreau’s life. The relation between Journal passages and the texts of works published in the author’s lifetime receive special emphasis. Cramer is also the editor of Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition, published by Yale University Press.

Jennifer Lawless Speaking at SG Friday 2/22

Jennifer Lawless, author of It Takes A Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office, will be addressing the SG community Friday, February 22, 2008. Lawless is a professor of political science and public policy at Brown University.

Her book It Takes A Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office "constitutes a systematic, nationwide empirical account of the effects of gender on political ambition. Based on data from the Citizen Political Ambition Study, a national survey of 3,800 "potential candidates" conducted by the authors, it relates these findings: --Women, even at the highest levels of professional accomplishment, are significantly less likely than men to demonstrate ambition to run for elective office. --Women are less likely than men to be recruited to run for office. --Women are less likely than men to consider themselves "qualified" to run for office. --Women are less likely than men to express a willingness to run for a future office. According to the authors, this gender gap in political ambition persists across generations, despite contemporary society's changing attitudes towards female candidates. While other treatments of gender in the electoral process focus on candidates and office holders, It Takes a Candidate makes a unique contribution to political studies by focusing on the earlier stages of the candidate emergence process and on how gender affects the decision to seek elective office." (synopsis from Amazon.com).

Come to the library and check out our copy of It Takes A Candidate today!

How To Hand-Outs

It's Research Paper Time!!!!


If you are attempting to select a research topic, struggling to narrow your topic or create a thesis statement and are in need of help formating citations, then you should check out our NEW How To Hand-Outs.

How To Hand-Outs:

Selecting a Research Topic and Developing a Thesis Statement/Question

Evaluating Web Sites

Citations: Bibliography and Footnotes (Chicago)

RISD Grad Wins Caldecott Medal

From the Providence Journal- Sunday, February 17, 2008

Brian Selznic wins Caldecott Medal for The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Synopsis: ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, Hugo’s undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message all come together...in The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

This 526-page book is told in both words and pictures. The Invention of Hugo Cabret is not exactly a novel, and it’s not quite a picture book, and it’s not really a graphic novel, or a flip book, or a movie, but a combination of all these things. Each picture (there are nearly three hundred pages of pictures!) takes up an entire double page spread, and the story moves forward because you turn the pages to see the next moment unfold in front of you. From theinventionofhugocabret.com

Come by the library and check it out!

New Fiction Book of the Week

The New Fiction Book of the Week is:


The Clique #9: Bratfest At Tiffany's
by Lisi Harrison


From the Publisher:
The Clique tells the story of an elite group of thirteen-year-old girls from the wealthy suburbs north of New York City, the likes of whom the world has never before seen. Through the coolly observant eyes of their leader, Massie Block, we enter a sophisticated suburban world of ferocious put- downs, fabulous gossip, and fantastic Frederic Fekkai haircuts. The Clique. . . . The only thing harder than getting in is staying in.

New Research Tools Available

The NEW Evaluating Web Sites Resource Guide is now available in the library and is also posted on the library web site http://dragon/library/ (located under the General Reference button). The guide provides information about deciphering web addresses and lists criteria for examining authorship, content and quality of a site. HAPPY SEARCHING!

Chicago Style Bibliography and Footnote Ciation Sheets have been updated! For the latest version of the citation sheet, you can pick up a copy in the library or you can find it posted on the library web site http://dragon/library/ under the General Reference button.