Mardigian Library News

Prof. Mingyan Liu from the University of Michigan will be the guest speaker at the CIS Seminar on Thursday, December 1. Prof. Liu’s presentation will be “Online Learning in Dynamic Spectrum Access: Restless Bandits, Equilibrium, and Social Optimality”. And, Dr. Gregory Ducette from NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science will be the guest speaker at the Natural Sciences Colloquium on Friday, December 2. Dr. Ducette’s presentation will be “Sentinel & Sensors for Marine Algal Toxins-A Tale of Right Whales & Underwater Robots”. See more of Prof. Liu’s work or Dr. Ducette’s work in the Scopus database. To read papers, click on "View at publisher" or "Article Linker.” Note that full text of all papers may not be available.

The Mardigian Library will be open 24 hours a day for finals study beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, December 12 through 11:45 p.m. on Monday, December 19.


Between midnight and 8:00 a.m., only University of Michigan students can enter the library and will be required to show their MCards.



Extra security personnel will be on site to monitor activity throughout the building. While the building will remain open, library services will be limited during the extra hours. All four floors of the library and the computers by the Library Research Center will be available for use, and it will also be possible to check out materials. Financial transactions, guest printing, and research assistance will not be available during extended hours.

For the complete listing of library hours, including Winter Break hours, visit
http://library.umd.umich.edu/Us/hours.php.

Did you miss the Spanish Film Series last night? Maybe you attended, but didn’t get enough Spanish films to satisfy your craving. Maybe you just want to brush up on your Spanish. You might be interested in checking out Spanish language movies from the library.

Library hours during Thanksgiving will be:

Wednesday, November 23 – 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 24 – CLOSED
Friday, November 25 – 1:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Regular Fall hours resume on Saturday, November 26.

For Library, LRC, and Computer Lab hours, see library.umd.umich.edu/Us/hours.php

The Clothesline Project Is again on display in the stairwell of the library between the first and second floors. The UM-Dearborn portion of the project - on display from November 17th to 30th - includes T-shirts from Professor Lora Lempert’s Family Violence class and are created as a personal tribute to a woman who has been victimized by violence. More information about The Clothesline Project can be found at www.clotheslineproject.org/. As a Fullbright Scholar, Professor Lempert introduced The Clothesline Project to South Africa. See information about that at www.cies.org/stories/s_llempert.htm.

Dr. Melanie Sanford from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Michigan will be the guest speaker at the Department of Natural Sciences Colloquium on Friday, November 18. Her presentation will be “Mechanically Driven Development of New Transition Metal Catalyzed C-H Bond Functionalization Reactions”. See more of Dr. Sanford's work in the Scopus database. To read papers, click on "View at publisher" or "Article Linker.” Note that full text of all papers may not be available.

Are you going to The Fall Sky - Public Observing Session at the SLRC Observatory on Tuesday, November 15? How about checking out one of our astronomy handbooks to take along as a reference? We have many available to check out.

Join us as auto historian Joseph P. Cabadas delves into the archive of The Henry Ford in Dearborn. He will offer a look into the history of the design and production process that led to the 1940 Ford. Some of the rare photos and illustrations (from the archive and from photographers around the country) that marvelously illustrate the iconic automobile in his book will be on display.

Joseph P. Cabadas will be selling and signing his new book
‘40 Ford: Evolution * Design * Racing * Hot Rodding

Author of :
‘40 Ford: Evolution * Design * Racing * Hot Rodding
River Rouge: Ford’s Industrial Colossus
The American Auto Factory

Wednesday, November 16, 2011
2nd floor of the Mardigian Library
2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Light refreshments will be served

Dr. Lawrence Lemke from the Department of Geology at Wayne State University will be the guest speaker at the Department of Natural Sciences Colloquium on Friday, November 11. His presentation will be “Ambient Airborn Containment Variability Across the Detroit-Windsor International Border”. Read some of Dr. Lemke's work in the Scopus database. To read papers, click on "View at publisher" or "Article Linker." Note that full text of all papers may not be available.

The SOE Research Colloquium will be welcoming Mary Schleppegrell & Annemarie Palincsar on Wednesday, November 9. They will be presenting "Using functional grammar to assist teachers of English language learners." See more of Dr. Schleppegrell's and Dr. Palinscar's work in the Scopus database. To read papers, click on "View at publisher" or "Article Linker." Note that full text of all papers may not be available.

As part of A Conversation on Race, Dr. Dorothy Roberts will be speaking on "Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-first Century" on Thursday, November 10. The Mardigian Library has books by Dr. Roberts that you might be interested in checking out.

The Library Research Center will be holding several open research workshops for students during the fall term.

Topics will include:
*Discovering what is new in the library
*How to conduct more effective research

Students will also be able to ask topical questions related to their current research assignments.

Fall 2011 open research workshops will be held in 1212 Mardigian Library on:

Wednesday, November 9 from 11:00 a.m. - 12 noon and 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. and
Tuesday, December 6 from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Contact Teague Orblych at mtorblyc@umd.umich.edu or 313-593-5562 with questions or to RSVP.

Additions to our collection of online research databases in October is highlighted by the addition of "The Chronicle of Higher Education," but also expanded with several citation/abstract resources:
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The library now provides current access to "The Chronicle of Higher Education" website. By using the library’s link, you can now get access to the latest daily articles, articles from the print issue that are posted on Mondays, a searchable archive of back issues, "The Chronicle Review," complete data from the annual "Almanac of Higher Education," and multi-media extras.
ArticleFirst
Brief citations of articles from the tables of contents of over 16,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture.
Electronic Books
Catalog of online electronic books available through libraries worldwide.
GPO Monthly Catalog
Provides citations to U.S. federal government publications. Contains references to Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.).
Heritage of the Printed Book
Catalog of European printing in the early modern era (from the 15th century to the 1830s). Describes printed items held by major European national and university libraries, including works in over 80 languages including Latin, Middle French, and other archaic languages.
Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive Resource Guides
The Culinary Archive includes material on numerous aspects of food and drink, cooking and dining, and housekeeping and domestic life in America, from the 16th century to the present, with the greatest concentration in the 19th through mid-20th century. The resource guides suggest possible research topics and provide a path into the materials on subjects such as domestic service and the "servant problem", food and drink merchandizing, and American diet reform movements.
WorldCat Dissertations and Theses
Descriptions of dissertations, theses, and published material based on theses held by over 57,000 libraries worldwide (including most libraries in North America, and the national libraries of Australia and many Western European countries). Includes many titles from European countries not included in "ProQuest Dissertations & Theses."
For more information about new research databases, see the New databases page.

On November 8, Dr. Paul Spickard from the University of California Santa Barbara will be presenting "War on Terror, War on Immigrants: Race, Religion, and Membership in America since September 11, 2011" as part of CASL's Fall semester series of events commemorating the tenth anniversary of 9/11.

The Mardigian Library has several books in our collection by Dr. Spickard.