Tuesday, November 26, 2013

The UVU Library Prepares for a Long Holiday Weekend

As many of you may be heading home for the Thanksgiving holiday, we at the UVU Library would like to send you on your way with something fun to read. You've survived midterms. You're well on your way to finals. You deserve it!

This week's first floor book display is packed (at least for now) with some of our favorite graphic novels and comic books. They're perfect for reading in between turkey and football and visiting. Just like books from our Regular Collection, graphic novels and comic books can be checked out for three weeks.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Monday, November 18, 2013

The UVU Library May Cause a Chemical Reaction

Paracelsus
This month sees the 520th birthday of legendary doctor and early scientist, Paracelsus. Because Paracelsus was a Renaissance man in the more outre sciences, we wanted to highlight not just our history of science and chemistry collections but also our books about alchemy.

Applied Science and Technology Full Text

We've highlighted this database before, but this is such a useful source of practical information for technology and physical sciences. We also selected it because, like the alchemists, it supports experimentation and unconventional problem-solving.

Book Display

Every week, one of the librarians creates a display of books around a theme. This week, the display features books about the history of chemistry and alchemy. Some of the books on alchemy contain reproductions of the work of the medieval alchemists. Feel free to check out any of these books.

Chemistry Collection

Our collection of books doesn't just include the latest on molecular, organic and inorganic, quantum, and analytical chemistry. You can also find interesting (and highly entertaining) books about the history of chemistry from the ancient Greeks, through the alchemists, to the Scientific Revolution.

Monday, November 11, 2013

The UVU Library Puts the Word Out

Communication and rhetoric are popular subjects here at Utah Valley University. Every week we help students research interpersonal communication, technology and communication, gender differences in communication, and so many other related topics that we wanted to post something that will help give you a leg up the next time you need articles in this area.

Communication Collection

Many of our books about public speaking, communication, and rhetoric can be found on the fourth floor of the Library at section PE. Any books we don't have, we can request for you from another library through our Interlibrary Loan service. Our books can be checked out for three weeks at a time.

Communication and Mass Media Complete

This database is the best place to start for most communications and rhetoric topics. It contains a mix of popular and scholarly literature written by experts in the field and professional writers on a wide range of topics, including language and grammar, public relations, rhetoric in advertising and mass media, and many more.

Communication Research Guide

This research guide does double duty. It points to many resources for communication and rhetoric research as well as resources to help speech writers get started. The guide lists helpful reference books, article databases, and vetted websites.

If you have questions about researching communication, please talk to Kim Rollins, our communications subject librarian. You are also more than welcome to ask at the Reference Desk.

Monday, November 4, 2013

The UVU Library Helps Future Legal Eagles

This week, with the 125th anniversary of the last unsolved Jack the Ripper murder, the UVU Library is taking a look at our legal and forensics resources. Law and law enforcement have come a long way over the past century, and we hope our students will help pave the way over the next century.

Forensics Collection

We have been busily collecting books about forensic science for as long as UVU has had a program. The books are located throughout our Regular Collection as they deal with topics as diverse as chemistry, toxicology, physics, social sciences, and more.

NCJRS Abstracts

The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database contains summaries of 170,000 publications including federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research from the 1960s to the present. Subject areas include corrections, courts, drugs and crime, law enforcement, juvenile justice, crime statistics, and victimology. Some content may be peer-reviewed.

As always, you can ask us for help with your research at the Library's Reference Desk. If you need help with our legal databases, feel free to ask our legal subject librarian, Ben Wilson.