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  • Thursday - Artists' Lecture and Reception
    March 18, 2010

    Photographs from "Photographing America, 2008-2009" will be on exhibit in UNCW's Cultural Art Building, with a companion exhibit, "Two Perspectives" by Carlton Wilkinson and Mark Taylor, March 3–April 2, 2010, at Randall Library's 1st Floor Sherman Hayes Gallery. An artists' lecture and reception will be held Thursday, March 18th, 5-7pm in Randall Library Auditorium.

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  • Friday - Author Greg Melville
    March 18, 2010

    The first of Randall Library’s One Book One Community events for 2010 will take place Friday, March 19, at 4:00 in front of the library. Greg Melville, the author of Greasy Rider, will be interviewed by Ben Steelman. Questions from the audience will also be accepted. Pomegranate Books will be on hand with copies of Greg’s books and similar themed books for purchase. The author will be available to sign books after the talk.

    This year’s OBOC selected title, Greasy Rider: Two Dudes, One Fry-Oil Powered Car and a Cross-Country Search for a Greener Future, is about the first cross-country road trip in a car powered with recycled french-fry oil. Greg, along with his college friend Iggy, made a series of interesting stops along the way including a trip to Al Gore’s home in Tennessee, Google’s solar powered headquarters and an eco-friendly Wal-Mart. It is these stops along the way that make this a thought-provoking read.

    You can see a complete list of events at http://library.uncw.edu/oboc. Events include a Transportation/Sustainability Show at CFCC North Campus, a talk by Dr. Pete Schuhmann of the UNCW Department of Economics, and a local foods and gardening show at NHC Public Library.

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  • New PBS Videos and Video Collection Interface
    March 18, 2010

    Friday, March 12th, NC LIVE released 24 new PBS titles, along with its new Video Collection interface (http://media.nclive.org). The new videos include Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, and Persuasion, Ken Burns’s The War, Dickens's Oliver Twist, Shakespeare's King Lear, and more! View the Complete List of new videos here:
    http://new.nclive.org/sites/default/files/newPBS_titles.xls

    NC LIVE released the new videos and video collection interface as part of the Teen Tech Week celebration, a national library initiative that runs during the 2nd week of March, designed to get teens to use libraries.

    The new videos are available from NC LIVE’s Video Collection website (http://media.nclive.org). This collection of more than 400 videos can be streamed online.

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  • New eResource: CQ Political Reference Suite
    March 16, 2010

    Titles in the Political Reference Suite

    Congress and the Nation Series The New York Times on the Supreme Court
    A to Z Series Political Handbook of the World
    The Contemporary Middle East Political History of America's Wars
    Encyclopedia of the First Amendment Supreme Court Yearbook Series
    Encyclopedia of Indian Policy and Law The Supreme Court Compendium
    Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion Vital Statistics on American Politics
    Guides Series Vital Statistics on the Presidency
    Historic Documents Washington Information Directory
    The New York Times on the Presidency

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  • New eResource: Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
    March 16, 2010

     

    Depth of coverage
    The new Humanities & Social Sciences  Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 allows instant searching of the equivalent of 46 printed volumes:
    • International Index: 18 volumes, 1907 - March 1965
    • Social Sciences & Humanities Index: 9 volumes April 1965 – March 1974
    • Humanities Index: 10 volumes: April 1974 – March 1984
    • Social Sciences Index: 9 volumes April 1974 – March 1983
    Broad subject coverage
     
    Social Sciences
    Addiction Studies • Anthropology • Area Studies • Communications & Mass Media • Community Health & Medical Care • Corrections • Criminal Justice • Criminology • Economics • Environmental Studies • Ethics • Family Studies • Gender Studies • Geography • Gerontology • International Relations • Law • Minority Studies • Planning & Public Administration • Policy Sciences • Political Science • Psychiatry • Psychology • Public Welfare • Social Work • Sociology • Urban Studies
     
    Humanities
    Archaeology • Area Studies • Art • Classical Studies • Communications • Dance • Film • Folklore • Gender Studies • History • Journalism • Linguistics • Literary & Social Criticism • Literature • Music • Performing Arts • Philosophy • Religion & Theology

     

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  • New eResource: Film Index International
    March 16, 2010

    With a scholarly, inclusive approach to all areas of film studies - from the very first silent movies, to art house classics or the latest blockbusters - Film Index International provides truly international coverage, indexing films from over 170 countries.

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  • New images added to Cinema Image Gallery
    March 16, 2010

    Cinema Image Gallery has images from every film that was nominated for 2010 Oscars in each category:

    Best Picture
    Best Director
    Best Actor
    Best Actress
    Best Supporting Actor
    Best Supporting Actress
    Best Screenplay (Original)
    Best Screenplay (Adapted)
    Best Costume Design
     
    The record counts are as follows:
    Total Images: 190,749
    Total Films/TV shows: 20,783
    New Images: 8,082
    Those 8082 images come from 1663 Films
    Those 8082 images come from 1663 Films/TV shows (not all of them new to the database)
    500+ of those Films/TV shows are new to the database
     
    Among the additions:
    100 images from Twilight: New Moon
    97 images from Inglourious Basterds
    59 from True Blood
    60 from Couples Retreat
    47 from Avatar
    47 from Where the Wild Things Are
    47 from Sherlock Holmes
    41 from Men Who Stare at Goats
    39 from Invictus
    39 from Nine
    39 from Zombieland
    36 from the Informant
    18 from Up In the Air
    14 from District 9

     

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  • Beta release for new Mergent Online
    March 16, 2010

    This beta release is the first step toward the migration of all clients on to the new Mergent Online platform. 

     

     

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  • Learn more about: CQ Weekly
    March 16, 2010

    Complete source for expert coverage of the U.S. Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and back room maneuvering. Produced by the largest news team on Capitol Hill.

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  • New eResource: Company Profiles
    March 16, 2010

    With 10,000 company profiles, Datamonitor assesses the most important global companies, ensuring a balance between the US, European and Asian companies as well as the key vertical markets.

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