News from the Auburn Libraries

Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature

Edited by Tarshia L. Stanley and published by Greenwood Press in 2009, this work is located on the Third Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library under call number PS 153 .N5 E53 2009.

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Eshbach’s Handbook

Eshbach’s Handbook of Engineering Fundamentals

Edited by Myer Kutz and published by Wiley in 2009, this is the Fifth Edition.  This large volume (1302 pages) is located in the Reference Collection on the Second Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library under call number TA 151 .E8 2009.

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Voting Behavior 2008 Dataset

Voting Behavior:  The 2008 Election is an instructional module designed to offer students the opportunity to analyze a dataset drawn from the 2008 American National Election Study (ANES).  The instructional module is part of the Setups (Supplementary Empirical Teaching Units in Political Science) series and differs from previous modules in that it is completely online.

Available here via the ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) database.  This database provides search and browsing access to abstracts and datasets in the world’s largest archive of computerized social science data.  Search or browse title of study, principal investigator, words in abstract, or study number.  Browse major research categories.

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Black’s Law Dictionary

Edited by Bryan A. Garner and published by West in 2009, this is the 9th. edition.  It is located in the Reference Collection on the Second Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library under call number KF 156 .B53 2009.

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Book Shifting

In preparation for the construction of the Learning Commons area on the Second Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library, a major book shifting project is underway.

All of the volumes starting with Library of Congress call number letters A and B have been shifted from the Second Floor to the First Floor.  The volumes starting with Library of Congress call number letters C through GV will be shifted to a new location on the Second Floor.

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Exhibit on Auburn Theatre Productions

Located in the three large glass exhibit cases immediately upon one’s left when entering the Special Collections and Archives Department is an exhibit on the history of Auburn University Theatre productions.  The theatre was established in 1919 and the exhibit features numerous photographs, playbills, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, miniature set designs, and informative captions concerning the plays produced over the past 90 years.

Click here to see plays being featured during the 2009-2010 theatre season.

The Special Collections and Archives Department is located on the Ground Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

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Handbook of Adolescent Psychology

Edited by Richard M. Lerner and Laurence Steinberg, and published by John Wiley & Sons in 2009, this is the Third Edition.  This two-volume work is located on the Second Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library under call number BF 724 .H33 2009.

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IBISWorld

IBISWorld provides access to research reports on over 700 American industries.  The reports cover key industry statistics , market segmentation, current industry conditions, and future outlook.  It also provides access to China industry reports.

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Civil Rights History Lecture Sept. 24

On Thursday, September 24, at 3 PM, Dr. David Carter of Auburn University’s Department of History will discuss his new book, The Music Has Gone Out of the Movement: Civil Rights and the Johnson Administration, 1965-1968, in Special Collections & Archives, located on the ground floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library. Copies of Dr. Carter’s book will be available for purchase and signature by the author.

This event is sponsored by the Auburn University Libraries, the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts, and the Auburn University Bookstore. All are welcome. A reception will follow Dr. Carter’s presentation.

 

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Sept. 17 Theatre Design Lecture

De-sign’-er

(Auburn University Theatre Department)

A. Lynn Lockrow

Location:  Special Collections and Archives Department, Ground Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Thursday, September 17

3 p.m.

Sponsored by:  Auburn University Libraries, Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, Caroline Marshall Draughon Center of the Arts and Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts

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