Mardigian Library News

The Mardigian Library can be found on some popular social media sites. See the icons at the top of our web pages and “Like us” on Facebook, “Follow Us” on twitter, and join our group on LinkedIn.

Do you need help with your research? There are many ways to contact a reference librarian or one of our knowledgeable student assistants:
• In-person – just stop by the Library Research Center on the first floor next to the public computers.
• Telephone – call 313-593-5563
• E-mail – ask-a-question@umd.umich.edu
• Instant Messaging – see our Ask a Question page
• Text messaging – text your question to 66746 and start your question with AskLRC

The list of new books and other materials added to the library's collection in January has been posted. Click on "...more New Arrivals" on the library's home page. Or, go directly to http://library.umd.umich.edu/newbooks/.

Library hours will be shorter during Spring Recess:

• Saturday, February 25 - CLOSED
• Sunday, February 26 - CLOSED
• Monday, February 27 - 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, February 28 - 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, February 29 - 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
• Thursday, March 1 - 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
• Friday, March 2 - 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Our regular Winter Semester hours resume on Saturday, March 3rd.

For library hours and Library Research Center hours, please check the library’s website. Hours for the ITS Computer Lab in the library can be found on the ITS website.

Are you looking for someone to help you write a better paper? You can now talk to a student Writing Center Consultant in the Writing Center’s newest location--the Mardigian Library. Look for the table past the Library Research Center and the shelves with College/Career Information.

When:
Monday – Thursday
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

College of Business and School of Education students, faculty, and staff can find a librarian in or near the cafeteria:

Tuesdays: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Wednesdays: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Need help with library resources? Have a question about library services? Look for us!

Additions to our collection of online research databases in January include:

AES E-Library
Searchable database of articles and papers from the Audio Engineering Society from 1953 to present. Includes full-text articles from the peer reviewed Journal of the Audio Engineering Society as well as the society's convention and conference papers.

Africa-Wide Information
Includes nearly two million records from Africa, Europe, and the U.S. indexing articles, books, newspapers, government documents, radio and TV broadcasts, pamphlets, maps, theses, and music recordings. Topics covered include politics, history, economics, business, mining, natural sciences, environment, development, social issues, anthropology, literature, language, law, music, tourism, and much more.

AgeLine
AgeLine, produced by AARP, focuses on the population aged 50 and over as well as issues of aging. As the premier source for the literature of social gerontology, AgeLine includes aging-related content from the health sciences, psychology, sociology, social work, economics, and public policy. Over 600 journals, books, book chapters, reports, dissertations, consumer guides, and educational videos are indexed.

Confidential Print: Middle East
This collection of materials from the National Archives, Kew, covers a broad sweep of history from about 1839 to 1969. Coverage includes the countries of the Arabian peninsula, the Levant, Iraq, Turkey, and many of the former Ottoman lands in Europe, Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt, and Sudan. It includes reports, dispatches, correspondence, descriptions of leading personalities, political summaries, and economic analyses issued by the British Foreign and Colonial Offices.

Factiva
Company and industry financial data and news stories, as well as full text articles from 6,000 trade publications, newspapers, newswires, and magazines.

Family & Society Studies Worldwide
A comprehensive resource of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of family science, human ecology and development, and social welfare. Provides abstracts and bibliographic records from over 2,000 journals, books, reports, and other sources.

Family Studies Abstracts
Journal and magazine index of areas related to family studies, including marriage, divorce, and family therapy. This index contains more than 50,000 records from key journals within the discipline.

IET e-Books
Access to about 300 electronic titles across 12 specialist disciplines, covering all key areas of engineering and technology.

Jewish Life in America c1654-1954
Contains a rich variety of original manuscript collections from the holdings of the American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) in New York. Personal collections include a treasure trove of letters, scrapbooks, autobiographies, notebooks, and other materials relating to the late 17th through to the mid-20th century. Organizational content includes papers and documents from a variety of Jewish organizations. Also included are rare printed books and pamphlets from the Soble and Rosenbach collections at the AJHS.

For more information about new research databases, see the New databases page.

February 2012 R.E.A.D. (Read, Eat, and Discuss) Meeting

Book: "At the Dark End of the Street" by Danielle L. McGuire

Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Time: 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.

Location: Room 1210 Mardigian Library

“At the Dark End of the Street” is available for checkout in both print and on Kindle. You can ask for print and Kindle copies at the Circulation Desk.

Upcoming book: "The King’s Speech" by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi (Wednesday, April 11, 2012)

Dr. Kevin Boyle, noted historian and native Detroiter, will be a guest speaker at the Conversation on Race events on Thursday and Friday, February 16 and 17. Professor Boyle’s Thursday presentation will be based on his award winning book “Arc of Justice.” Friday, Professor Boyle will lead a panel discussion about Detroit history after 1925 and the origins of Detroit’s racial and economic divide.

Read books in the library’s collection by Dr. Kevin Boyle:
• Arc of Justice: a Saga of Race, Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
• Muddy Boots and Ragged Aprons: Images of Working-Class Detroit, 1900-1930
• Organized Labor and American Politics, 1894-1994 the Labor-Liberal Alliance
• The UAW and the Heyday of American Liberalism, 1945-1968

Read articles by Dr. Boyle through the Scopus database. To read articles, click on “View at publisher” or “Article Linker.” Full text of all papers may not be available.

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

Winter 2012 open research workshops will be held in 1212 Mardigian Library on:

Monday, February 13 from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 14 from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 5 from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

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

Learn how to uncover your family's history and search for missing branches in your family tree by attending the Genealogy 101 Workshop. Joseph Marks, a founding member of the Polish Genealogical Society, will provide an overview of genealogical research. Topics will include some of the genealogical databases available and how to work with census, birth, death, and military resourds. There will also be a question and answer period after the presentation.

When: Wednesday, February 15
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Where: Mardigian Library, Room 1212

R.S.V.P. online at http://library.umd.umich.edu/workshops/

Through February, the library’s display case features books written by UM-Dearborn graduates. The display case is near the first-floor elevators.

All current UM-Dearborn faculty, students, and staff now have access to the full content of the Chronicle website when using the library’s link at http://library.umd.umich.edu/research/redirect.php?ID=545. The website is updated throughout the day and includes the latest news in academe. Also included are articles from back issues (September 1989 – present); the data from the annual Almanac of Higher Education; and other special, single-topic reports in easy-to-search databases such as the Salary Explorer.

In addition, current faculty, students, and staff may create a personal Chronicle.com account that will also give full access to the Chronicle website from anywhere provided that you enter your U-M e-mail address (@umich.edu, not @umd.umich.edu) as the e-mail address for the account. To create a personal Chronicle account, click on the “Create a Free Account” link that appears at the top right of the Chronicle website, or visit http://chronicle.com/myaccount/createfreeaccount.

After creating a personal Chronicle account, you can sign up for the Chronicle’s newsletters that provide daily or weekly e-mail updates of academic news of particular interest to you.