Blind Date with a Book – is back!

CALLOUT_BlindDateIn celebration of Fall Break, Collins has decided to bring back “Blind Date with a Book” to encourage you to spend your vacation with one of our wonderful Popular Collection titles. We’ve wrapped up a variety of titles, giving you just enough details to peak your interest. It’s a fun-and daring-way to catch up on that reading you always want to do but just don’t have time for.

If going on a blind date with one of these titles is too risky for your liking, stop by the Popular Collection anyway and keep your eyes open for new additions. We’re sure you will find it worthwhile!

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You can’t believe everything you find on the Internet!

BIGCALLOUT_EbolaRead this article from the Washington Post: Popular on Amazon: Wildly misleading self-published books about Ebola, by random people without medical degrees.

In the past 90 days, some 84 people have self-published Ebola e-books on Amazon. And many of the books — almost all of them, in fact — contain information that’s either wildly misleading or flat-out wrong.

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Who Leads Us? General election just a few weeks away, November 4th, 2014

PopulationWith the next general election just a few weeks away, November 4th, 2014, government representation should be on all our minds.  The Women Donors Network has just released a really interesting report titled “Who Leads Us.”

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“Our goal is to provide the American people with a way to measure our progress toward a democracy where our leaders reflect the people they serve. The data you see presented on this website comes from a first-of-its kind exploration of the race and gender composition of more than 42,000 American elected officials, conducted in the Summer of 2014. This data was analyzed in comparison to Census data, confirming that the face of America’s leadership bears little resemblance to our country’s population.”

71% of elected officials are men, 90% are white, and 65% are white men.

White men are 31% of the U.S. population but hold 65% of all elected office.

White men have 8 times as much political power as women of color.

Much more can be found at:  http://wholeads.us/

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Subject Encyclopedias By Liz Roepke ’15, Peer Research Advisor

ZombieSubject encyclopedias are a great place to begin research on any subject. They’re written by experts in any given field, are much more reliable than Wikipedia, and usually provide more scholarly sources as references and further reading. Lucky for you, Collins Library has access to a whole range of online and in-print encyclopedias. The Gale Virtual Reference Library and SAGE Reference Online gives you full access to hundreds of online encyclopedias. There are even more available at Collins Library and through Summit in print!

Remember, you can always make an appointment with me  or stop by during my office hours (Tuesday 4:30-6:30, Wednesday & Friday 1-5; room 116 in the Library) if you want to discuss research topics, looking for and evaluating sources, or citation styles!

Liz Roepke ’15, Peer Research Advisor

Some interesting titles include:

emotionomics Emotionomics

“Draws on insights gathered through facial coding, a means of measuring and managing the emotional response of customers and employees, to help leverage emotions for business success in terms of branding, product design, advertising, sales, customer satisfaction, leadership and employee management.”

 

 

 

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Encyclopedia of Identity

“The two volumes of this encyclopedia seek to explore myriad ways in which we define ourselves in our daily lives. Comprising 300 entries, the Encyclopedia of Identity offers readers an opportunity to understand identity as a socially constructed phenomenon – a dynamic process both public and private, shaped by past experiences and present circumstances, and evolving over time. Offering a broad, comprehensive overview of the definitions, politics, manifestations, concepts, and ideas related to identity, the entries include short biographies of major thinkers and leaders, as well as discussions of events, personalities, and concepts.  The Encyclopedia of Identity is designed for readers to grasp the nature and breadth of identity as a psychological, social, anthropological, and popular idea.”

food Encyclopedia of Food and Culture

 

“A three-volume survey of food and its place in human culture and society, presented through 600 alphabetically sorted entries. Features multidisciplinary coverage of such topics as comfort food, ethnicity and food, medieval banquets, and nutrient composition, among many others. Includes photographs, illustrations, sidebars, recipes, menus, and timelines. For students and general readers.”

 

 

Zombie The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2 : 2000-2010

“This is a comprehensive overview of zombie movies in the first 11 years of the new millennium, the most dynamic and vital period yet in the history of the zombie genre. The compendium serves not only as a follow-up to its predecessor volume (The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, McFarland 2001), which covered movies from 1932 up until the end of the 1990s, but also as a fresh exploration of what uniquely defines the genre in the 2000s. In-depth entries provide critical analysis of the zombie as creature in more than 280 feature-length movies, from 28 countries and filmed on six continents. An appendix offers shorter entries for more than 100 shorts and serials.”

 

animal The Continuum Encyclopedia of Animal Symbolism in Art

Available at Collins Memorial Library: 1st floor Reference section (GR705 .W47 2004 )

“The focus of the encyclopedia is on animals and their symbolism in diverse world cultures and in different eras of human history. Most entries on particular animals begin with brief zoological information, which includes the animalʼs scientific name and classification as well as its range, habitat, and behavior. Main, general entries on cultural, chronological and geographical areas include cross-references to specific cultures discussed in greater detail. Other broader entries address the significance of animals in their own environments (e.g., architecture of animals, tools used by animals), and still others deal with animals in the human sphere (e.g., pet animals, zoo). The ways that people think about animals and what people do to and with animals as a result are discussed in more theoretical entries, such as anomalous animal and complimentary duality.”

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Love books? Don’t miss this event!

CALLOUT_SeattleAntiquarianEnjoy the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair 2014, at the Seattle Center, Exhibition Hall. So far, 90 Book Dealers from 13 States, Canada, England and Italy have registered. The site includes a floor plan of the booths and information on what you will see.

Saturday, October 11th – 10 am to 6 pm
Sunday, October 12th – 11 am to 4 pm

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From the Archives: Guess What? It’s National Archives Month Again!

Contents of the 1889 college cornerstone, photographed in 1924

Contents of the 1889 college cornerstone, photographed in 1924

October is here again, and with it comes Halloween, pumpkins, ghosts, and frankenbooks! Oh, and National Archives Month.

The Behind the Archives Door lecture series continues today at 4:00p.m. (second floor of the Collins Library) with a “At-Home” Preservation by Gudrun Aurand, a local conservation professional. Gudrun will share the basics of caring for your personal collections, including books, photographs, and papers. So if you’re an old book aficionado like we are, or maybe you have some old documents, or maybe you’d just like to learn how to keep your books happy and healthy, feel free to stop in!

Our exhibits this month are the Book Power Redux, open until October 15th. If you haven’t seen it, don’t miss it! The next exhibit coming through is the Brandywine Workshop: Prints from Six Contemporary Artists, which will stick around until November 28th.

So give your Archives some love and learn a little about Professor Boring or Professor Grumbling (yes, those are real professors). We can help direct you towards the senior thesis titled “Chem Analysis of Tacoma’s Ice Cream,” or maybe towards the story of old President Todd getting caught falling on his face while walking around campus.

Open Hours every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in the Archives & Special Collections!

By Morgan Ford

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“Where’s Ben?”

You may have seen this guy around the library, even all over campus. Ben Franklin AKA “Where’s Ben” visits different places (the photos below are just a fraction of where he’s been!) trying to get the word out and invites you to our upcoming Sparking Imaginations exhibit, on display October 27, 2014, through January 15, 2015. Join Ben and the crowd to learn all about electrical science through library book collection resources, artifacts, interactive demonstrations, and discussion.

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NEW in the Popular Collection! “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage” by Haruki Murakami

ColorlessFrom the author who brought you IQ84, comes his latest novel about growing up and a quest for human connection.

Tsukuru Tazaki is the only member of his group of 5 friends whose name lacks a color. When colorless Tsukuru is abruptly and arbitrarily exiled by the other colorful 4, he is sent into a sort of limbo, unable to form meaningful relationships with anyone; that is, until he meets Sara.

The anticipation for Murakami’s latest masterpiece is over! Check out this title and many more in Collins’ Popular Collection.

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How Reading Keeps you Healthy!

CALLOUT_readingScientists say deep reading helps neurons and cells connect and remain functional while also reducing stress. Watch the Local10.com video, Why ‘deep reading’ is good for your health.

 

 

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Ancient Document Verifies Bribery!

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Constructed between 510 and 500 B.C., the base of a funerary kouros in Athens is decorated with the image of wrestlers fighting. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Fingalo)

This papyrus, found in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, and dating to A.D. 267, is apparently the first known bribery contract in ancient sports. In the text, recently deciphered, translated and interpreted by Dominic Rathbone of King’s College London, Demetrius agrees to throw the match for 3,800 drachmas, about enough to buy one donkey. Read more in the Smithsonian article, “Wrestling was fixed even in ancient Rome“.

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