Mardigian Library News

The speaker at the October 18 Text in Community Series lecture will be Ian Buruma. The Mardigian Library has several books written by the Bard College Henry R. Luce Professor of Democracy, Human Rights, and Journalism. Check them out!

Dr. Buruma has been a prolific author. In addition to the books in the library’s collection, check out more of Dr. Buruma’s newspaper and journal articles, book chapters, and more through our Summon discovery tool.

On Friday, October 12, Dr. Simona Marincean, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science at UM-Dearborn, will be the guest speaker at the Natural Sciences Colloquium. Dr. Marincean’s presentation will be “Forays into Hydride Transfer Reactions”.

Read some of Dr. Marincean's work through the Scopus database. To read articles, click on "View at publisher" or "Article Linker.” Note that full text of all papers may not be available.

There are many ways to contact a reference librarian or one of our knowledgeable student assistants:

• In-person – stop by the Library Research Center on the first floor of the library next to the public computers.
• Make an appointment with a subject specialist librarian
• Telephone – call 313-593-5563
• Text messaging – text your question to 66746, and start your question with “AskLRC”
• E-mail – ask-a-question@umd.umich.edu
• Instant messaging/chat – see our Ask a Question page
• Open Research Workshops for students (see blog post)

The SLRC Observatory will be hosting several public viewing sessions in October and November -- including this Friday, October 5. Are you going? How about checking out one of the library's astronomy handbooks to take along as a reference? We have many available. Many are available online, too, if you take your laptop or iPad with you.

The Natural Sciences Colloquium will be hosting two speakers this Friday, October 5. In the morning, Dr. Diane Ebert-May, from Michigan State University, will be speaking about “Learner-centered teaching: What are you doing that your students could be doing instead?” Then, in the afternoon, Dr. Mona Jarrahi, from the University of Michigan, will be presenting “Plamonic photoconductors for high-performance terahertz optoelectronics.”

Are you interested in reading more work by either professor? Articles by both Dr. Ebert-May and Dr. Jarrahi can be accessed through 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.