New & Noteworthy
Win Cash In The Student Book Collection Contest
If you have a particular passion and collect books about it, you should enter Zahnow Library’s Student Book Collection Contest. A top prize of $500 will be awarded, along with 2nd and 3rd place prizes of $300 and $200 respectively. Entry is open to any SVSU undergraduate or graduate student.
Collections should consist of at least five books and must be based on some unifying principle or theme. For example, the collection may focus on a particular author or person, on a subject of great interest (cars, baseball, quilting, railroading, etc.) or on books in a unique format (pop-up books, miniature books, graphic novels, etc.).
Contest rules and entry form are online.
The deadline for entering the contest is Friday, March 26, at 5:00 pm.
Read "Precious" And See Sapphire In Person - 3.3.10
Sapphire, the author of the book that inspired the critically acclaimed film “Precious,” will speak Wednesday, March 3, at 6 p.m. in the Malcolm Field Theatre. Her novel won the Book of the Month Club Stephen Crane award for First Fiction, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association’s First Novelist Award, and was named by “The Village Voice” as one of the top ten books of 1996. It is based on the story of an illiterate 16-year old girl from Harlem, pregnant with her father’s child, who meets a determined and radical teacher, leading her on a journey of education and enlightenment.
You can find Precious in our Popular Reading Collection, as well as two other books written by Sapphire in the General Collection, American Dreams and Black Wings & Blind Angels: Poems.
Discover The Stories Of African Americans In Michigan
Discover the many engaging and little-known stories of African Americans in Michigan, from Idlewild to Saginaw, Flint to Detroit, and Grand Rapids to the small town of Covert in southwestern Michigan. Simply type African Americans – Michigan in the Encore search box on our home page and you’ll find:
Black Eden: The Idlewild Community by Lewis Walker and Ben C. Wilson
F574.I35 W35 2002
African Americans in Michigan by Lewis Walker, Ben C. Wilson, and Linwood H. Cousins
E185.93.M5 W35 2001
Twentieth Century Black Migration to Saginaw and the Impact of Black Churches on the Community [Videorecording] Roosevelt Austin, Sr. F574.S15 A97 2000
Saginaw Mosaic: The African Americans [Videorecording] F574.S15 S35 1994
Enterprising Images: The Goodridge Brothers, African American Photographers by John Jezierski TR139.J48 2000
Bronze Pillars: An Oral History of African-Americans in Flint by Rhonda Sanders
F574.F62 S26 1995
African Americans in the Furniture City: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Grand Rapids by Randal Maurice Jelks F574.G7 J45 2006
A Stronger Kinship: One Town’s Extraordinary Story of Hope and Faith by Anna-Lisa Cox F574.C73 C69 2006
Untold Tales, Unsung Heroes: An Oral History of Detroit’s African American Community by Elaine Latzman Moon F574.D49 N476 1994
Pieces from Life’s Crazy Quilt by Marvin V. Arnett F574.D49 N424 2003
Race and Remembrance: A Memoir by Arthur L. Johnson F574.D453 J64 2008
Spotlight On Online Resources For Black History Month
Oxford African American Studies Center combines the authority of carefully edited reference works with sophisticated technology to create the most comprehensive collection of scholarship available online to focus on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. It provides students and researchers with more than 10,000 articles by top scholars in the field. Over 1,750 images, more than 300 primary sources with specially written commentaries and nearly 150 maps have been collected to enhance this reference content. 150 charts and tables offer information on everything from demographics to government and politics to business and labor to education and the arts.
African American Experience is a full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of African Americans, as well as the greater Black Diaspora. Wide-ranging and easy-to-use, AAE is the definitive electronic research tool for African American history and culture from one of the most respected publishers in the field. Its two primary goals: to provide rock-solid information from authorities in the field, and to allow African Americans to speak for themselves through a wealth of primary sources. Drawing on over 400 volumes, and designed under the guidance of leading librarians of color, this database gives voice to the black experience from its African origins to the present day.
Black Abolitionist Papers is an extraordinary primary source collection, the first to comprehensively detail the extensive work of African Americans to abolish slavery in the United States prior to the Civil War. Covering the period 1830-1865, the collection presents the massive, international impact of African American activism against slavery, in the writings and publications of the activists themselves. The approximately 15,000 articles, documents, correspondence, proceedings, manuscripts, and literary works of almost 300 Black abolitionists show the full range of their activities in the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, France and Germany.
Listen Up: Streaming Audio From Naxos Music Library
Naxos Music Libray is the world's largest online classical music library, offering streaming access to more than 39,000 CD's with over 565,000 tracks. On average, 500 new CD's are added every month.
NML offers the catalogs of more than 50 classical, jazz and world music labels with more labels joining every month. Through a sophisiticated online search engine, you can select works by keyword, composer, artist, period, year of composition, instrument or genre. Playlists can also easily be created for educational use, or for hours of continuous enjoyment.
The resource section includes synopses of over 700 operas, composer and artist biographies, a pronounciation guide for composer and artist names and a glossary of musical terms.
Naxos Music Library is available to all SVSU students, faculty, and staff - anywher, anytime. Listen and enjoy!
Library Workshops On Discovery Tools And Google Scholar - Friday, January 29th
Discovery Tools: 11-11:30AM
Discover how to search the library's electronic and print collections with two new approaches to research: Encore, the new interface to the library catalog, and ResearchPro, which allows you to search multiple databases simultaneously.
Google Scholar: 11:30AM - Noon
Search library databases and academic websites with Zahnow Library's Google Scholar.
Both workshops will be held in Z-235, the mini-lab near the Student Technology Center. You can register online at www.svsu.edu/workshops or by contacting Kathleen Kroll, kmkroll(at)svsu.edu, extension - 7054.
New Online Resource: The Black Abolitionist Papers
This extraordinary primary source collection is the first to comprehensively detail the extensive work of African-Americans to abolish slavery in the United States prior to the Civil War. Covering the period 1830-1865, the collection presents the massive, international impact of African-American activism against slavery in the writings and publications of the activists themselves.
The approximately 15,000 articles, documents, correspondence, proceedings, manuscripts, and literary works of almost 300 Black abolitionists show the full range of their activities in the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, France and Germany.
This collection, when first published in microfilm, literally transformed scholarly understanding of Black activism during this period. Now it is available in a searchable, easily accessible format for research, teaching and study
You can access the Black Abolitionist Papers here or from our Databses by Name web page.
Read & Relax with a Good Book over the Holidays!
Time to relax next to a cozy fire and start enjoying those books you've put off reading all semester. Here are some to check out from our Popular Reading Collection.
- The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
- Under the Dome by Stephen King
- Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
- True Compass by Edward M. Kennedy
- Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
- Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
- Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed
- The Language of Song: Journeys in the Musical World of the African Diaspora by Samuel Barclay Charters
- The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship by Jeffrey Zaslow
- Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals by Temple Grandin
- Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
Discover many more great titles in the Popular Reading Collection!
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Extended Hours for Final Exams Continue!
Wednesday-Thursday, December 9-10: 8:00 am – 11:00 pm
Friday, December 11: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Saturday, December 12: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday, December 13: 1:00 pm – OPEN ALL NIGHT!
- Free coffee and cookies available (while they last) during the
all-night exam cram on Sunday, December 13!
Monday, December 14: STILL OPEN – 1:00 am
Tuesday, December 15: 8:00 am – 1:00 am
Wednesday-Thursday, December 16-17: 8:00 am – 11:00 pm
Friday, December 18: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Saturday-Sunday, December 19-20: CLOSED
The Library Computer Lab (Z111) will also be open during extended hours.
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Take The Michigan eLibrary Survey!
Experience library searching like never before powerful and information-rich, yet highly intuitive, simple to use and loaded with useful new features: Zahnow Library is one of 380 libraries that participate in MeL, the Michigan eLibrary. Because of our participation in MeL, you have free access to 47 online databases that support your research from any computer at any time. These databases, many of which provide access to the full text of journal articles, include Academic OneFile, Business and Company Resource Center, CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online), Gale Virtual Reference Library, Health Reference Center Academic, LegalTrac, NewsBank Michigan Newspapers, and WorldCat.
Our membership in MeL also enables you to borrow books, movies and other media we do not own for free from participating Michigan libraries. In an effort to continue improving MeL so that libraries and Michigan residents get the most benefit from the program, the Library of Michigan has contracted with the marketing firm EPIC MRA to do a study of the Michigan eLibrary.
Please take a few minutes to respond to the MeL survey along with students and faculty from other colleges and universities across the state. The survey will be open through December 6. Thank you for your feedback on the Michigan eLibrary!
The Michigan eLibrary is funded by the Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) via the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the Library of Michigan. The cost of MeL is approximately $5 million per year with a savings to the state's libraries, schools, colleges and universities of over $72 million per year.
Career Author To Speak On Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Lindsey Pollak, author of Getting from College to Career: 90 Things
To Do Before You Join the Real World, will be on campus to speak to students this Thursday, Sept. 24, at 4:00 pm in the Malcolm Field Theatre for the Performing Arts.
In Getting from College to Career, Lindsey Pollak offers the first definitive guide to building the experience, skills, and confidence you need before starting your first major job search. This book is packed with career advice for students and focuses on how to get a job after college. Her 90 action-oriented tips include strategies ranging from the simple to the expert, including:
- Avoid the biggest mistake in career prep and job hunting
- Subscribe to a daily newspaper
- E-mail like a professional
- Make every event a networking success
- Practice the eight essentials of internship achievement
- Perform five minutes of stand-up
For more information about Lindsey Pollak, visit her website or her blog.
September 16th - September 17th
September 17th Is Constitution Day!
Most Americans know that July 4th is our nation's birthday. Far fewer Americans know that September 17th is the birthday of our government, the date in 1787 on which delegates to the Philadelphia Convention completed and signed the U.S. Constitution.
The ideas on which America was founded--commitments to the rule of law, limited government and the ideals of liberty, equality and justice--are embodied in the Constitution, the oldest written constitution of any nation on Earth. Constitution Day is intended to celebrate not only the birthday of our government, but the ideas that make us Americans.
Learn 10 Fast Facts on the Constitution
Read the text of the Constitution in its original form
View a display of materials about the Constitution from our collection at the 2nd floor entrance to the library.
Summer 2009
Follow Us On Facebook
Sign up for Facebook and keep up to date with whats happening in Zahnow Library. You’ll find brief notices of special events, changes in hours, new best sellers, featured databases, helpful hints on using the library and more.
You’ll also find links to unusual news stories that grabbed our attention, like Michael Jackson, the bookworm? from the Los Angeles Times. As reported in the story, Jackson was known to visit several LA bookstores, often wearing very large sunglasses and a surgical mask while browsing for books under a black umbrella held by an assistant. He apparently had a collection of 10,000 books housed in a wood-paneled library at Neverland. Jacksons favorite author? Go to our Facebook page to read the full story!
Week of June 22nd - July 5th
Summer Reading
Time to sit back under a shady tree and start enjoying those books youve put off reading all academic year. Here are some to check out from our Popular Reading Collection:
Divine Justice — David Baldacci
Geography of Bliss: One Grumps Search for the Happiest Places in the World — Eric Weiner
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society — Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of Love and Danger in Iran — Azadeh Moaveni
Letter to My Daughter — Maya Angelou
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance — Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! — Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith
The Sea is so Wide and My Boat is so Small: Charting a Course for the Next Generation — Marian Wright Edelman
20 West: The Great Road across America — Mac Nelson
Two Billion Cars: Driving toward Sustainability — Daniel Sperling & Deborah Gordon
Unlikely Disciple: A Sinners Semester at Americas Holiest University — Kevin Roose
Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa — R.A. Scotti
The Women: A Novel — T. Coraghessan Boyle
Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities — Elizabeth Edwards
Discover many more great titles in the Popular Reading Collection.
Week of March 2nd - 4th
Zahnow Library Presents Howard Kohn
Howard Kohn is a native of Bay City and a graduate of Central High School and the University of Michigan. A runner-up for a Pulitzer Prize, The Last Farmer is a memoir of his fathers last seasons working the Bay County farm where they both were raised.
Kohn is also the author of the books Who Killed Karen Silkwood? (which led to the Meryl Streep movie, Silkwood) and We Had a Dream, a non-fiction examination of the aftermath of the civil rights movement in Prince Georges County, Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC.
A former senior editor of Rolling Stone, Kohn is still an occasional contributor. His work has also been published in the New York Times Sunday Magazine, Esquire, Mother Jones and other periodicals. He currently hosts the program Second Look on public television in Prince Georges County, MD
Week of February 17th - 22nd
Check Out The New Online CQ Weekly
No matter what legislative issue you follow or research, CQ Weekly is the one source that can be relied on to cover it, to make it simple to understand, and to do so in a manner that is even-handed and accurate.
CQ Weeklyis known as the pre-eminent resource for Congress-watchers who need non-partisan information on Capitol Hill. The award-winning magazines legislative news and analysis is consistently hailed for its accuracy and comprehensiveness. CQ Weekly on the web includes access to the full text of all articles published since 1983. Users may browse through articles in the current issue or search for past articles by words, dates, subjects or other criteria. The online version also provides users with access to some CQ Weekly articles prior to when they are available in print.
Week of February 10th - 16th
Happy 200th Birthday, Lincoln and Darwin
February 12, 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of the birthdays of two historic figures whose ideas and actions shaped the modern world, Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin. For historians and political scientists, the bicentennial of Abraham Lincolns birthday has taken on new meaning with the election of our nations first African American president. For scientists, Darwins 200th birthday anniversary is an opportunity to reflect on how far knowledge about our natural world has come since the publication of On the Origin of Species? and to examine the future direction of biology and other disciplines.
Discover the many books written about Lincoln and Darwin by searching CardCat by Subject.
And be sure to stop by the Darwin Day celebration organized by the Biology Department and taking place in the Allen Reading Room of the library from 10am – 1pm on Thursday, February 12. There will be refreshments, displays, presentations, posters and more!
Week of February 2nd - 9th
New Online Database: The African American Experience
The African American Experience is a full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of African Americans. It features access to full-text content from more than 400 titles, 3,000 slave narratives, over 2000 images, 5,000 primary sources, 250 vetted web sites, and 67 classics in black scholarship published by the Negro University Press from the late 1700s to the early 1970s. Wide-ranging and easy to use, African American Experiencehas been called the definitive electronic research tool for African American history and culture from one of the most respected publishers in the field, Greenwood Press.
Week of January 26th - February 1st
New Online Database: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
One of our newest online databases, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, contains biographies written by SVSU faculty members Jane Girdham, Music Dept., and Robert Braddock, History Dept.
The online edition provides fast desktop access to the complete text of the award-winning Oxford DNB: 56,000 lives, 64 million words, 10,400 portrait illustrations. Included are men and women who have shaped all aspects of English history, literature, language and culture, from the ancient (explorer Pytheas of the 4th Century BC) to the modern (Princess Diana). Every article has detailed citation information (including MLA and Chicago formats), which shows when it was first published and when it was last changed. And, there are options for print-friendly versions and e-mailing articles.
Log-in to the online Oxford DNB from the librarys Databases by Name page, and then search for Jane Girdham and Robert Braddock as Contributors to view their articles.
See What's Happening In The Library
With The 2008 Fall Newsletter - 09.15.08
Week of January 19th - 25th
The New 'Ask Us' Instant Messaging Service
When you need information, help with your library research or have library-related questions, Click on the "Ask Us" button. You can instant message, email or call a librarian during Reference Desk hours. Of course, you’re always welcome to visit the Reference Desk in person and speak to a librarian, too!
Reference Desk Hours:
Sunday 1:00 – 9:00 pm
Monday–Thursday 8:00 am – 10:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Saturday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
January 19th, 2009
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday, January 19th is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Check out the Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic Speeches and Interviews website. Created by the Detroit Area Library Network, the site includes links to YouTube videos with speeches by and about Dr. King, a biography, timeline and links to related websites.
Related web sites include African-American Odyssey from the Library of Congress American Memory Project; the King Center, established in 1968 by Mrs. Coretta Scott King; Martin Luther King Day: The Official U.S. Government web site; Montgomery Bus Boycott: The Story of Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement; and With Liberty and Justice for all, a permanent exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI.
Week of November 13th - November 20th
Check Out Our New Arrivals
Check out our latest arrivals on the New Books shelves just behind the Reference Desk on the first floor. Dont have time to stop by the library? You can browse our New Books List online! Remember, if you would like to recommend a book for purchase by the library, you can do so here.
Week of November 5th - November 12th
Celebrate The Centenial Of Roethke
As part of the Theodore Roethke Centennial Celebration, actor and playwright Richard Fitzpatrick will portray the Saginaw native and Pulitzer Prize–winning poet in his play Roethke & Me: Conjuring the Garden Master on Wednesday, November 12, at 7:00 p.m. in the Malcolm Field Theatre for the Performing Arts.
Fitzpatrick has worked on Broadway, in regional theatres across the country, and at The Stratford Festival of Canada. His performance is made possible by grants from Citizens Bank and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.
A number of events celebrating the Centennial, including the Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize award ceremony, a poetry slam, a tour of Roethkes favorite haunts, and more begin on November 8. A complete listing of all events can be found here.
Week of October 20th - November 4th
Are You Ready To Choose The Next President?
Prepare yourself with books about Barack Obama and John McCain from our Popular Reading Collection and the General Collection. You can find more information on the upcoming election, including the Michigan ballot proposals, on the Michigan eLibrary Election 2008 web pages.
Resources on the MeL Election 2008 web pages include sites for all represented political parties on the ballot and the candidates representing those parties with biographical data, speeches, and information on where the candidates stand on various issues. Sites from non-partisan organizations such as FactCheck.org and Project Vote Smart attempt to provide clear, unbiased political information and debunk false claims with reputable resources. Wording from statewide ballot proposals is also included.
Week of October 13th - October 19th
Stop The Hate All Media Art Show
"Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander."
This quote, from the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, is one of several that exemplify the message of the exhibition. Through the use of art of all kinds, the Stop the Hate All Media Art show portrays all aspects of hate and hate crimes in an effort to bring them forward into the public consciousness.
Sponsored by SVSUs Gay Straight Alliance, the art show is on display in the Roberta Allen Reading Room of Zahnow Library from Monday, October 13, through Friday, October 17. Support for the exhibit has been provided by the SVSU Student Life Center, Zahnow Library, the Office of Diversity Programs, and the College of Arts and Behavioral Sciences.
Week of October 6th - October 12th
Library Information Sessions
Want to find out whats new in the library? Want to know how to find the full text of articles in the over 17,000 electronic journals we offer? Just have a question or suggestion for us?
Stop by Z111 this Friday, October 10, for the following information sessions:
- Whats New in the Library (11:00-11:30 a.m.)
Learn about recent database acquisitions, library services, and other news.
- Find Text (11:30-12 noon)
Locate full text articles using Zahnows link resolver software, SFX.
- Contact Kathleen Kroll (kmkroll(at)svsu.edu, ext. 7054) to register or just stop by!
Week of September 30th – October 5th
Celebrate Your Freedom to Read during Banned Books Week, Sept. 27 – October 4!
Observed since 1982, this annual event reminds us that while not every book is intended for every reader, each of us has the right to decide for ourselves what to read.
The Great Gatsby, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Beloved, Catch–22, Native Son and many other books considered to be among the best novels of the 20th century have all been challenged throughout the years.
Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to choose and the freedom to express ones opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular, and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them.
Check out Google’s salute to Banned Books Week!
Banned Books Week is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, American Library Association, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Association of American Publishers, National Association of College Stores, and is endorsed by the Center for the Book of the Library of Congress.
Week of September 22nd - 29th
Check Out The Lates Books By Best-Selling Authors
The Popular Reading Collection features fiction and non-fiction books found on the New York Times best sellers list, the Amazon.com top sellers list, and many award-winning titles. Authors include Mitch Albom, Madeleine Albright, Nora Ephron, John Grisham, Khaled Hosseini, Walter Isaacson, Jhumpa Lahiri, Toni Morrison, David Sedaris, Alexander McCall Smith, and Tim Weiner. The loan period for Popular Reading Collection books is 3 weeks. You can find a list of titles here. Have a suggestion for the Popular Reading Collection? Tell us!