Archive for July, 2009

July 31, 2009

The Complete New Yorker (DVD Collection)

Covering the years 1925-2005, this collection makes available 4109 issues of The New Yorker.  Eight DVD-ROMs.  The collection is located in the Media and Digital Resource Lab on the First Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library under call number AP 2 .N6764 2005 and must be used in the MDRL.

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July 31, 2009

Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad and Tobago:  On Historical Principles

Edited by Lise Winer and published by McGill-Queen's University Press in 2009, this lengthy volume (1039 pages) is located on the Third Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library under call number PM 7874 .T7 D53 2009.

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July 8, 2009

For those library patrons who enjoy using social media, it is now possible to stay updated about library news and happenings via links to Twitter , Flickr , and Facebook .

Links to these media are available by clicking on the icons located immediately below the heading "Follow the Libraries" in the lower right hand side of the Auburn University Libraries homepage .

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July 8, 2009

The Special Collections and Archives Department has recently mounted an exhibit featuring Alabama Actors and Actresses.

The exhibit features photographs, biographical information, and miniature reproductions of movie posters on 35 Alabama actors and actresses such as Tallulah Bankhead and James "Jim" Nabors.

The exhibit is located in the three large glass display cases immediately upon one's left upon entering the Special Collections and Archives Department which itself is located on the Ground Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

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July 8, 2009

The Encyclopedia of Microbiology

Edited by Moselio Schaechter and published by Elsevier in 2009, this is the Third Edition.  This electronic encyclopedia uses the ScienceDirect platform .  Students and faculty/staff members in Biological Sciences, Forestry and Wildlife, Veterinary Medicine, and various Engineering departments will find high-quality basic information to support their research.

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July 8, 2009

The Encyclopedia of Ecology

Edited by Sven Erik Jorgensen and Brian Fath and published by Elsevier in 2008.  This electronic encyclopedia uses the ScienceDirect platform .  Students and faculty/staff members in Biological Sciences, Forestry and Wildlife, Veterinary Medicine, and various Engineering departments will find high-quality basic information to support their research.

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July 8, 2009

Prince's Dictionary of Legal Citations:  A Reference Guide for Attorneys, Legal Secretaries, Paralegals, and Law Students

By Mary M. Prince and published by William S. Hein in 2006, this is the Seventh Edition.  Formerly known as Bieber's Dictionary (1st. - 5th. editions) and then Prince's Bieber's Dictionary (6th. edition), this volume is located on the Second Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library in the Reference Collection under call number KF 246 .P73 2006.

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