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Money Matters

Money Matters

Library Resources, Matt Dilworth
This week is Money Smart Week, a personal financial literacy initiative started in Chicago in 2001. Today, it is observed in a dozen states and is supported by the American Library Association and the Financial Planners Association. This public awareness campaign helps people, especially youth, manage their finances through numerous programs targeted at all kinds of groups and individuals. Many of our students are already quite experienced at budgeting, and have been managing their own households for many years. Others are new to it, though, and could use an ally. Especially our soon-to-be graduates, when the dreaded student loan repayment bills start to come! Fortunately, there are plenty of tools and resources for you to use right here in the … Continued
Insight into the 150th Anniversary of the Passing of Abraham Lincoln

Insight into the 150th Anniversary of the Passing of Abraham Lincoln

Library Resources
April 15, 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln, the nation’s 16th president and one of its most famous personages. Few other American figures have been quite as celebrated, eulogized or invoked in the public consciousness, and fewer still have taken on the stuff of legend that Lincoln assumed both during and beyond his lifetime. His story is quintessential American myth: born poor in a log cabin, self-taught, freed the slaves, died tragically. But it is in interpretations of his life and beliefs that he took on the deep meaning and nearly universal praise his image and reputation enjoy today. His death itself turned into a major media event. In The Lincoln Assassination: Crime and Punishment, … Continued
Music Resources

Music Resources

Library Resources, Matt Dilworth
You may not tend to think of the library for your music classes – after all, how can words convey what music is, or duplicate the experience of listening to it? But the truth is, the library has plenty of materials that can accentuate or facilitate the study of music. And one of those tools, the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, just got a major overhaul. The Garland Encyclopedia includes 9,000 pages worth of material digitized from the original print encyclopedia. It allows you to search for information by genre, cultural group, musical subject, instrument, person, ensemble, or place. It also includes nine CDs worth of culturally representative music, and has tools that let users create, annotate, and share playlists … Continued
Careers in Aging and Gerontology

Careers in Aging and Gerontology

Library Resources, Matt Dilworth
The week of April 5th is Careers in Aging Week, an opportunity to explore career options in elder care, as well as to think about the needs of older adults. Various information sessions and visual displays will be offered around campus by gerontology students throughout the week. While our nursing students may already have looked into the many options for jobs in elder care, the field certainly isn’t limited to medical professionals. It includes everything from social workers, psychologists, dieticians, personal trainers, and home health care aides to more unexpected roles like architects, technology and design specialists, programmers, and communications professionals. All of us will age – and many of us will deal with aging issues earlier, as parents and … Continued
An Ode to Poetry

An Ode to Poetry

Library Resources, Matt Dilworth
Last week, we looked briefly at a little of what the library had to offer for the aspiring poet or poetry scholar. This week, let’s look at these sources in a little more depth. You might be approaching poetry in a lot of different ways. Maybe you just like poetry, and want to read some casually. Maybe you’re a student who needs to find poetry of a certain type, author, or genre to study. Maybe you need to find criticism about a specific poet or poem. Or maybe you want to write poetry of your own. The library can help with all these needs. First, how to find poetry. Chances are, if you’ve taken a poetry class, you’ve used an … Continued