Nicholas Sparks is a very special author. His books are never the same old plot. It seems that many authors fall into a rut – their books all start sounding the same after you have read a few and you can predict the end even before you are a third of the way through the book. But each book written by Nicholas Sparks is refreshing and new.
His newest release, “The Lucky One,” has all the special elements needed to appeal to many different types of readers. His characters include the soldier who served in Iraq for the guys, there is the charming dog that is almost a main character for the animal lovers, and don’t forget the divorced mother with the creepy ex-husband who falls in love with the soldier for the romantic. Once I started this book, I couldn’t put it down. “The Lucky One” is so real and yet so magical. This book has the potential to make you believe in lucky charms, second chances, and love at first sight.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Finding Newspaper Articles with NewsBank
Have you ever tried to find a newspaper article that you remembered reading a few days ago? You can’t remember the exact date but you are sure you read it sometime in the last week? Rather than going to the library and paging through all the print newspapers for the last month, (I know, you thought it was last week but time flies and it was really 3 weeks ago), did you know that you can search for an article online? The CSI Library has access to several local, state, and national newspapers through their subscription to NewsBank.
To access NewsBank go to the CSI Library homepage at www.csi.edu/library and click on NewsBank in the first column. If you are off-campus you will need to login with your CSI network login. All users must be a CSI student, staff, or faculty member. Now you can just click on the newspaper you want to search, or if you aren’t sure which newspaper just choose Idaho newspapers and it will search all five Idaho newspapers that we have access to. You can even browse a newspaper by date. The Times-News goes all the way back to June 1999.
Next time you are frantically searching for that article, remember to take a look at NewsBank.
To access NewsBank go to the CSI Library homepage at www.csi.edu/library and click on NewsBank in the first column. If you are off-campus you will need to login with your CSI network login. All users must be a CSI student, staff, or faculty member. Now you can just click on the newspaper you want to search, or if you aren’t sure which newspaper just choose Idaho newspapers and it will search all five Idaho newspapers that we have access to. You can even browse a newspaper by date. The Times-News goes all the way back to June 1999.
Next time you are frantically searching for that article, remember to take a look at NewsBank.
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