WCSU Libraries Blog

The faculty and staff of the Haas and Young Libraries wish everyone happy, healthy, and restful holidays. See you in spring 2009!

The Haas Library (only) will be open until midnight as you prepare your final papers and study for exams.

• December 8 - 10 (Monday - Wednesday)
• December 14 (Sunday)
• December 15 - 17 (Monday - Wednesday)

Both libraries will be CLOSED for winter break December 20 - 28.

Good luck on your finals and Happy Holidays!

The Libraries now have an online subscription to the Chronicle of Higher Education. 

“The [online] Chronicle is published every weekday and is the top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academe. The Chronicle’s Web site features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; articles published since September 1989; vibrant discussion forums; and career-building tools such as online CV management, salary databases, and more.”

This resource is now available to you both on and off campus.  Links to the Chronicle can be found on the WCSU Libraries database page and in the CONSULS catalog.

After many months of processing by the WCSU Archives' assistant archivist Mary Rieke and student archives assistant Jamie Cantoni '09, the WCSU Photographs and Ephemera collection's finding aid has been published. [Click here to look at the finding aid]

This is a collection of photographs and realia spanning the history of Western Connecticut State University. Many of the items in the inventory link out to digital images stored in WestCollections. The collection includes images and objects that document the growth, evolution and public profile of this 105-year-old institution.

Education Research Complete is now the definitive online resource for education research. This massive file offers the world’s largest and most complete collection of full text education journals. It is a bibliographic and full text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,870 journals, as well as full text for more than 1,060 journals. This database also includes full text for 133 books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference papers. Try it now!

Ever wonder how our Halloween tradition developed?  Check out some of these sites to learn more about the history of this holiday:

• History.com’s Halloween page
• Halloween.com
• Wikipedia entry

These items were recently added to the collection.

Carvey, Harlan A (2007),
Windows forensic analysis : DVD toolkit
Burlington, MA : Syngress Pub. (*With CD)

Wang, Wally (2006),
Steal this computer book 4.0 : what they won’t tell you about the Internet
San Francisco : No Starch Press (*With CD)

Broughton, Philip Delves (2008),
Ahead of the curve : two years at Harvard Business School
New York : Penguin Press

Lehu, Jean-Marc (2007),
Branded entertainment : product placement & brand strategy in the entertainment business
London ; Philadelphia : Kogan Page

Sinchak, Steve (2007),
Hacking Windows Vista
Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Pub.

Street, Nancy Lynch (2008),
American businesses in China : balancing culture and communication
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co.

The WCSU Special Collections Library and Archives recently had the pleasure of adding to our holdings: The Julius A. Elias Music Collection. The collection, which is principally made up of around 5000 titles on 33.3 rpm LPs, is the byproduct of Elias’ lifelong love for classical music and particularly opera. In addition to the LPs, the gift also included his collections of opera and classical music performances on video, an assortment of musical reference materials, and sheet music.

This is a collection that is remarkable in scope, and also, in some cases – rarity, because some of the recordings in the collection have never been, and may never be released again in digital form (an inventory is a available on-line).

It’s our hope at WCSU’s Special Collections Library and Archives that through our preservation of this material, we will be able to perpetuate and widen the enthusiasm Elias possessed for this music by opening his collection up to students and researchers. Contact the Haas Library Special Collections to make an appointment to listen to materials.

Finding Aid

Book discussion on Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Namesake began on Monday, October 6 at Barnes & Noble bookstore and continue throughout the semester. For a complete schedule, visit the One Book, One Community web site.

Our 10 winners of the Banned Books Week quiz contest have been selected and will be contacted to pick up their prizes. Congratulations to the following winners:

Alison Michalek
Becky Richards
Amy Krauth
Jamie Cantoni
Amy Schock
Capree Irvin
Jospeh Cappella
Yilenny Nunez
Una Thomson
Laurel Harmon

And thanks to all of you who entered. Keep reading!