Friday, February 23, 2018

New Items at Hewes Library

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


  • More Beautiful Question by  Warren Berger
  • Fast Food Kids by Amy L. Best
  • Drug Resistance by Sarah E. Boslaugh
  • Estratos by Juan Cardenas
  • Global Cities by Greg Clark
  • History of Illinois by Tom Emery
  • Cosmopolitan Peace by Cecile Fabre
  • Confucianism and American Philosophy by Mathew A. Foust
  • Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
  • Accidental Universe by Alan Lightman

Sayre Retirement Announced

Rick Sayre, our long time and beloved Director of the Hewes Library, has announced his retirement at the end of this academic year in June. 

We look forward to celebrating his leadership and accomplishments over the last 20 years at the end of this term. Thank you, Rick! 







Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Flipster: Digital Magazine Platform

Hewes Library has current subscriptions to eight magazine titles in EBSCO’s Flipster database, which provides full-image access to current periodicals (mostly popular and trade periodicals). Access to Flipster is provided on the Databases A-Z link, as well as the rotating graphic on the library's homepage (see below).

Flipster is accessible on your personal computer and on mobile devices via the website...and is accessible via a Flipster app for Android or iOS device. (see "Flipster Digital Magazines" in the app store)

The titles to which Monmouth College currently subscribes on this platform are:
American Scientist
Bloomberg Business
Discover
France-Amerique
New Yorker
Rolling Stone
Sports Illustrated
Time

Learn more about Flipster and how to use it: library.monmouthcollege.edu/flipsterhelp