Friday Art Gallery Opening Reception for Julie Mahoney

Please join the Art Department for an artist’s opening reception this Friday, August 31, 2012. 

Julie Mahoney, Professor of Art at Western Illinois University, will speak in the Len G. Everett Gallery 204.  The reception will run from 3:00-4:30pm and Prof. Mahoney's gallery talk will begin at 3:15pm.

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Welcome Back to Campus! Getting Started & Fall Hours

Welcome back to campus for our returning students and welcome to our first year students! 

If you ever need research assistance, please stop by and talk to a library staff member or read through some of our Research Guides to learn more about a research in a specific discipline or take a look at our guide on The Research Process for an overview.

Our library hours will be the same this fall.  You can view the full list on the library's hours page. 

From all of us, welcome back!

New ScotsRead Titles

The following ScotsRead titles just arrived and were added to the shelves.  Check out:

• By Starlight by Dorothy Garlock
• The St. Zita Society: A Novel by Ruth Rendell

Faculty: Don't forget your Course Reserves

Now is the time to get your Course Reserves ready!

If you are a MC faculty member and plan to place items on course reserve, remember that all of our course reserve information is available on our website along with the necessary forms.

Please allow 48 hours for processing. At times of high volume, especially at semester's beginning, processing may take longer. For this reason, we recommend that reserve forms be submitted well in advance of their anticipated date of first use.

New Items at Hewes Library

New items are added to the Hewes Library collection on a continual basis. Recent titles have included:

• Art of Biblical Narrative by Robert Alter
• Prairie Fire: A Great Plains History by Julie Courtwright
• Luck, Fate and Fortune by Esther Eidinow
• Victory: The Triumphant Gay Revolution by Linda Hirschman
• Practical Ethics in Sports Management by Angela Lumpkin
• Vital Voices by Alyse Nelson
• Smugglers, Secessionists and Loyal Citizens on the Ghana-Togo Frontier by Paul Nugent
• Founding Spirits by Dennis Pogue
• Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash by Elizabeth Royte
• Transformation of the American Pension System by Edward N. Wolff

Faculty: Get your Course Reserves Ready!

Starting August 6, we will be accepting Course Reserves for the fall semester.  All course reserve information is available on our website along with the necessary forms.

The Process

Faculty, to place an item (library book, article, media, or personal item) on course reserve, complete a Hewes Library Reserve Form, available:

• download an electronic version
• through the Start Menu on any computer connected to the Monmouth College computer network: Start -- Programs -- Library -- Hewes Library Forms -- Library Reserve Form
• at the Circulation Desk

Hewes Library materials and your personal items can be placed on reserve. The library can not place I-Share items or items owned by other libraries or community businesses (for example, Family Video) on reserve due to copyright restrictions.

Please allow 48 hours for processing. At times of high volume, especially at semester's beginning, processing may take longer. For this reason, we recommend that reserve forms be submitted well in advance of their anticipated date of first use.

Recently arrived popular titles

The following titles have just arrived and been added to the ScotsRead Collection on the main floor.  Stop by and pick up a title to enjoy the last bit of 'summer reading' before the school year starts.

• Friends Forever: A Novel by Danielle Steel
• Have Mother, Will Travel: A mother and daughter discover themselves, each others, and the world journey around the world by Claire and Mia Fontaine
• The Light Between Oceans: A Novel by M. L. Stedman
• Buried on Avenue B: A Novel by Peter De Jonge

New Databases: Salem Collections - Reference

Newly organized from Salem Press, we now have 4 different collections of reference books and materials available online.  Researchers can access Salem History, Salem Literature, Salem Science, and Salem Health from the Databases: Find Articles page of the library's website.  A wide variety of reference titles are included, such as:

• Psychology and Mental Health
• Encyclopedia of American Business
• Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society
• The Decades Series - highlighting life, cultural, and historical events
• The Milestones Documents Series - providing access to original documents from key events and moments in history
• The Great Lives and The Great Events Series
• Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues
• Magill's Literary Annuals
• Critical Insights: Authors
• Critical Insights: Works

All titles listed in Salem History, Health, Literature, and Science have print equivalents available in the Reference Collection on the main floor if you would prefer to use or cite the print editions.

Access to library databases is limited to the current students, staff, and faculty of Monmouth College.