Another Fact of the Day

In psychology what is the Mozart effect?

Visit http://www.oxfordreference.com/pub/views/fact-of-the-day.html?date=2011-11-01 to find the answer to today's question!

Another Fact of the Day

In ancient Greek religion who were the nine muses?

Visit http://www.oxfordreference.com/pub/views/fact-of-the-day.html?date=2011-11-03 to find the answer to today's question!

Another Fact of the Day

Which of Dickens's novels was the first to use a first-person narrator?

Visit http://www.oxfordreference.com/pub/views/fact-of-the-day.html?date=2011-10-04 to find the answer to today's question!

WESTLAW Campus Research Workshop

Need research help? Come join us for a short workshop on WESTLAW CAMPUS RESEARCH!

WHEN: Tuesday, October 4th
TIME: 10:00 am
WHERE: Library 115

WESTLAW Campus Research is an easy-to-use online research service that provides college and university students with access to a comprehensive collection of news and business information and law-related resources.

Another Fact of the Day

Whose adventures were the subject of the novel 'Shogun' (1976) by James Clavell?

Visit http://www.oxfordreference.com/pub/views/fact-of-the-day.html?date=2011-10-02 to find the answer to today's question!

Anthems of Ghoulish Delight

Come join us at the Faulkner Planetarium for the“Anthems of Ghoulish Delight!”

Tuesdays 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Fridays & Saturdays 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

through the month of October!

$4.50 ($3.50 with $1 Corn Maze coupon)

Another Fact of the Day

In psychology how is the nine-dot problem solved?

Visit http://www.oxfordreference.com/pub/views/fact-of-the-day.html?date=2011-09-29 to find the answer to today's question!

Another Fact of the Day

What is the allegory of the cave and how is it relevant in the world of media?

Visit http://www.oxfordreference.com/pub/views/fact-of-the-day.html?date=2011-09-26 to find the answer to today's question!

NewsBank

Have you ever searched for a newspaper article that you knew you read last week?

Have you ever heard part of a news story and want to read the rest of the story?

Did you know that the CSI Library has a database where you can search local, regional, and national newspapers and read the full article?

Come to a Library Workshop showing you how to use NewsBank* at 2:00 on Tuesday, September 20th in Library 115.

WHAT: NewsBank Workshop
WHEN: 2:00 Tuesday, September 20th
WHERE: Library 115

*NewsBank provides colleges and universities with unlimited Web-based access to the largest newspaper database in existence. Through partnerships with leading publishers worldwide, NewsBank offers a variety of resources that provide not only newspaper information but also essential domestic and international newswires, news video clips, transcripts, business journals, popular periodicals, government documents and other publications from around the globe.


Teri

Teri Fattig
Director of Library & Herrett Center
LIIS Department Chair

Another Fact of the Day

From which source was the word gargantuan derived?

Visit http://www.oxfordreference.com/pub/views/fact-of-the-day.html?date=2011-09-20 to find the answer to today's question!

Another Fact of the Day

In psychology what is the muddy children problem?

Visit http://www.oxfordreference.com/pub/views/fact-of-the-day.html?date=2011-09-16 to find the answer to today's question!

Another Fact of the Day

Which type of fish are also known as ratfish or rabbitfish?

Visit http://www.oxfordreference.com/pub/views/fact-of-the-day.html?date=2011-09-12 to find the answer to today's question!

Idaho Booker's Dozen

The CSI Library has been selected to host the Booker’s Dozen 2011 for the month of September. The biennial exhibition, which travels throughout the state, features 14 handmade and self-published books.

Booker’s Dozen 2011 is the ninth edition of the show, which was founded in 1994 by late Boise State English professor Tom Trusky to “reward and encourage bookmaking, to promote Idaho bookmakers and to inspire Idahoans to make their own books.” The 2011 pool included 109 entries, representing national and international artists.

Jurors for the exhibition were Melody Sky Eisler, artist and librarian; (our own!)Jim Irons, poet and English professor at the College of Southern Idaho; Jon Sadler, photographer, book artist and photography professor at Boise State; Amanda Hamilton, professor of drawing and painting and director of the Friesen Galleries at Northwest Nazarene University; and Leila Ramella, art director for Boise Weekly.

Their selections include:

Aaron Nelson, “The Short Life”

Sarah Lenz, “Brown Bag Week”

Brooke Burton, “Hacked Vol. 3”

Mike Scheef, “EMZ Book One”

Yael David-Cohen, “Ageing I”

Page Moran, “Dead Man’s Recipes”

Will Spearman, “The Document: A Brief History”

Jill Fitterer, “Orso Corpo, Terra/This is Exactly What Happened … (etc.)”

Mariana Gutierrez, “Book”

Marilyn Cosho, “The Big Book of Asperger Syndrome”

William D. Lewis, “Look Out!”

Matt Bodett & Terra Feast, “Between the Edges of the Space”

Ajk Piercc + Tee Kho!, “THROUGH Non-Human”

Margarita Benitez, “Untitled”

Please stop by the Library and take a look at these beautiful handmade books.

Another Fact of the Day

Why did William Tell shoot an arrow at an apple placed on his son's head?

Visit http://www.oxfordreference.com/pub/views/fact-of-the-day.html?date=2011-08-30 to find the answer to today's question!

Second Week of the Semester

WOW! Last week was a busy week. We are seeing alot of new faces in the library. So exciting to meet so many new students.

This week we are offering a tour of the library and a short presentation of all the new resources available from the library. The tour and the presentation will be on Tuesday, August 30th at 10:00am in room Library 115.

Please come and join us!

Another Fact of the Day

In psychology what is the Baskerville effect?

Visit http://www.oxfordreference.com/pub/views/fact-of-the-day.html?date=2011-08-28 to find the answer to today's question!

Another Fact of the Day

How much was paid for the Gospels of Henry the Lion, an illuminated manuscript, at auction in 1983?

Visit http://www.oxfordreference.com/pub/views/fact-of-the-day.html?date=2011-08-23 to find the answer to today's question!

Another Fact of the Day

In the world of food and drink, what is a filbert?

Visit http://www.oxfordreference.com/pub/views/fact-of-the-day.html?date=2011-08-22 to find the answer to today's question!

Another Fact of the Day

How many children did the novelist Charles Dickens have?

Visit http://www.oxfordreference.com/pub/views/fact-of-the-day.html?date=2011-08-18 to find the answer to today's question!

Another Fact of the Day

In the field of geology what is obduction?

Visit http://www.oxfordreference.com/pub/views/fact-of-the-day.html?date=2011-08-16 to find the answer to today's question!

Summer is coming to a screeching halt as I become accustomed to. Even though the weather is still in the upper 80s and 90s, we are gearing up for the start of the SEMESTER! And that means summer is over. Next Monday at this time the campus will be filled with students and parking will be an adventure. It has been a very productive summer, but I want to welcome back all of our students!

Be sure to come into the Library and see our new "Quiet Room." The carpenters are almost finished and it looks wonderful! Thank you to the CSI carpenters who worked so hard on this addition to the library. I'm positive that students will enjoy our new area for quiet studying away from the computers and open areas.

Welcome back! I hope you have a great semester!

Fact of the Day from Oxford

I thought that this might be a fun addition to my blog thanks to Oxford Reference Online!


In which novel would you meet the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos?


Visit http://www.oxfordreference.com/pub/views/fact-of-the-day.html?date=2011-08-11 to find the answer to today's question!