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Database of the Month: Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text

November's Databases of the Month is Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text.

It is a comprehensive bibliographic and full-text database covering the entire spectrum of television and film.

Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews. The database provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for 350 publications (and selected coverage of nearly 300), as well as full text for more than 100 journals and nearly 100 books.

If Film & Television Literature Index™ with Full Text is of interest, the following items may be of interest as well:

• International Bibliography of Theatre Dance™ with Full Text
• Oxford Music Online
• RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

LibX Workshops

Still haven't jumped on the LibX bandwagon?  Not quite sure what it has to offer?  Come to one of the  drop-in LibX workshops next week to get some informal instruction on how and why to use LibX!

Tuesday, November 17 (12:30 - 1)
or
Wednesday, November 18 (12 - 12:30)
in the
Library Classroom (WYLL 150J)

Want to try LibX on your own?  Download it here:

http://www.uwp.edu/departments/library/tools/libx/

And once you've tried LibX, be sure to take the user survey!  You could win a $25 gift card to the bookstore!

Take the LibX Survey...and Win!

  LibX UW-Parkside Edition is a web browser add-on that allows you to search books, journal articles, etc. that are available in UW-Parkside library from anywhere on the Web.

Please visit http://www.uwp.edu/departments/library/tools/libx/  to download  LibX if you haven’t done so.

 UW-Parkside library invites you to take a short LibX survey. The survey will be available between now and December 7th, 2009. 

You will have a chance to win a $25 bookstore gift certificate if you wish to be entered into the drawing!

1. Complete the survey and include your name and email address.

     Emails and names will not be linked to responses.

2. The prize drawing will take place on December 10th, 2009.

3. Two lucky winners will be selected at random from all completed survey entries received.

4. Prize winners will be notified by email and must have a valid ID to claim their prize.

If you have trouble taking the survey, please contact us at refdesk@uwp.edu or call 262-595-2360

Click here to take the survey

Lawrence and Arabia

The Friends of the UW-Parkside Library organization examines one of the 20th Century’s most colorful figures: T. E. Lawrence. Titled “Lawrence and Arabia” and presented by UW-Parkside’s Dr. Greg Mayer, the program takes place October 22 at 7 p.m. in the Overlook Lounge (second floor of the library at 900 Wood Rd., Kenosha).

An observer and participant in the creation of the modern Middle East whose life was chronicled in David Lean’s epic film “Lawrence of Arabia,” T. E. Lawrence was a British officer serving with Prince Faisal’s Arab army in the Hejaz, Palestine, and Syria during the First World War. He was on the staff of the Arab delegation at the Paris Peace Conference and served as an adviser to Colonial Secretary Winston Churchill at the Cairo Conference of 1921.

“This program concentrates on Lawrence’s activities from 1916 to 1922 when he was most actively involved in Middle Eastern affairs, putting these activities in the context of Middle Eastern history to 1915,” said Dr. Mayer who is an associate professor of Biological Sciences at UW-Parkside. “We’ll also put these activities in the context of Lawrence’s career as an archeologist, author, publisher, linguist, soldier, and diplomat.”

GLBT History Month...and a New Resource Guide!

Celebrate the many achievements of the GLBTQ community throughout history by observing GLBT History Month during October!

Discover 31 notable people at GLBT History Month 2009

• Find new and exciting LGBT books and other resources at the new LGBT Subject Portal
• Visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's traveling exhibition, "Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals" at UW-Madison Memorial Library
  
• Keep up with the UW-P LGBTQ Resource Center for more information about upcoming LGBT events and area resources

PubMed Redesign

N LM® has announced a redesign of the PubMed interface. While retaining the robust functionality, the interface was simplified to make it easier to use while promoting scientific discovery.

The changes include PubMed Homepage, Summary Results, My NCBI Filters, Limits, Related Data, Display Formats and etc. For more information, please visit PubMed Redesign.

New PubMed Homepage

(The new homepage includes an NCBI Header, Search Bar, and Footer that are common to all PubMed pages. accessed Oct.6, 2009 from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so09/so09_pm_redesign.html)

Database of the Month: LexisNexis Statistical DataSets

October's Databases of the Month is LexisNexis Statistical DataSets .

LexisNexis™ Statistical DataSets is a new online service that enables researchers to build statistical tables and charts from multiple sources in a single interface. This online interactive statistical solution aggregates over 590 licensed and public domain datasets provided by over 50 sources. The DataSets product makes 14.0 billion data points accessible within a single interface.

The product is completely interactive and results are instantaneous. Each time a user clicks on a new element, the elements that are shown in the display area are updated, and a new table, chart, and/or map appear.

To access LexisNexis™ Statistical DataSets, visit HERE and click "Customize Data".

To learn about this product such as what's new, video demo and etc., please click here.

(Image from http://wiki.lexisnexis.com/academic/index.php?title=Statistical_DataSets)

And the Banned (Books) Played On

It's that time again...Banned Books Week (September 26 - October 3)!! 

Celebrate freedom of speech and free access to information by reading a challenged book!

• Find out more about Banned Books Week and the Office of Intellectual Freedom at the American Library Association website.
• Read about last year's most challenged books and get lots more information about Banned Books Week from the UW-Milwaukee Library.

Thank You!

The UW-P Library extends a big THANK YOU! to everyone who attended "Beyond Maus II" yesterday in the Library's Overlook Lounge.  It was a great presentation and a great turnout.  Stay tuned for more awesome programs taking place in the library throughout the semester!

For more information:

UW-P Philosophy Department

What the Duck

Beyond MAUS II: Exploring the World of Graphic Novels and Comics

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside examines the phenomenal growth in the popularity of graphic novels and comics during a lunch hour program Wednesday, Sept. 23. The program features graphic artist/animator Aaron Johnson and UW-Parkside Philosophy Lecturer Joseph Pearson. It begins at noon in the university library.

Johnson, creator of the "What The Duck" comic strip, discusses the often complex world of the artist/animator touching on issues of time management, commerce, law, promotion, and publishing. He describes his unique journey through an industry that has fundamentally changed due to the Internet, and about his use of cyberspace to gain national recognition.             

Pearson discusses the "superhero" graphic novel and some of the ideas that lie behind this genre, including the widely-popular "Dark Knight" which revolutionized the classic idea of the superhero. He recently taught a summer course titled "Philosophy and Superheroes."

"Beyond "Maus II: Exploring the World of Graphic Novels and Comics" is held in the Overlook Lounge on the second floor of the UW-Parkside Library. Admission is free and light refreshments are served.