Thursday, April 27, 2006

New Reference Books - April 27

R 328.73 Un3p 109th - Congressional Pictorial Directory (109th Congress).

R 365.9768 T256 2005 - Tennessee Department of Correction. 2005 Annual Report.

New Children's Books

Some of the Newbery and Caldecott Medal Awards and Honor Books are here just in time for summer reading!

JF J982h - Juster, Norton & Raschka, Chris. The Hello, Goodbye Window. - 2006 Caldecott Medal

JF P419cr - Perkins, Lynne Rae. Criss Cross. - 2006 Newbery Medal

JF W868s - Woodson, Jacqueline. Show Way. Ill. by Hudson Talbott. - 2006 Newbery Honor

J 323.092 P237g - Giovanni, Nikki. Rosa. Ill. by Bryan Collier. - 2006 Caldecott Honor

J 629.133 P931h - Priceman, Marjorie. Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride. - 2006 Caldecott Honor

J 943.086 B285h - Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow. - 2006 Newbery Honor & 2006 Robert F. Sibert Honor

New Books - April 27

The following books have been added to the library. Items are in technical services until the end of the semester when we will begin circulating on the new system. If you need to use them before they are placed on the new book shelves, please ask Miss Thornton in technical services for assistance.

305.8 W582 - Yancy, George, ed. White on White, Black on Black. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005)

337 El59n - Ellwood, Wayne. The No-Nonsense Guide to Globalization. (Verso, 2001)

541.220113 H581m - Hinchliffe, Alan. Molecular Modeling for Beginners. (Wiley, 2003)

570.72047 R649l - Roll-Hansen, Nils. The Lysenko Effect: The Politics of Science. (Humanity Books, 2005)

581.9769 J724p - Jones, Ronald L. Plant Life of Kentucky: An Illustrated Guide to the Vascular Flora. (University of Kentucky Press, 2005)

598.410974 Ea76w - Earley, Chris G. Waterfowl of Eastern North America. (Firefly, 2005)

635.977384 C174d - Cappiello, Paul and Shadow, Don. Dogwoods: The Genus Cornus. (Timber Press, 2005)

709.22 P926 - PressPlay: Contemporary Artists in Conversation. (Phaidon Press, 2005)

770 Ar75 - Campany, David, ed. Art and Photography. (Phaidon Press, 2003)

779.2092 M356j - Marshall, Jim. Jazz. (Chronicle Books, 2005)

781.11 Z19c - Zbikowski, Lawrence M. Conceptualizing Music: Cognitive Structure, Theory and Analysis. (Oxford, 2002)

790.15 L535 - Stumbo, Norma J., ed. Leisure Education. 2nd ed. (2 vols.) (Venture, 2002) [vol. 2]

808.6 Sch15w - Schall, Joe. Writing Recommendation Letters: A Faculty Handbook. 2nd ed. (Outernet, 2005)

940.5423 W195 - Hatlem, John C. and Hunter, Kenneth E., comps. The War Against Germany and Italy: Mediterranean and Adjacent Areas. (Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 2005)

973.0496073 F854m - Franklin, John Hope. Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005)

Official Congressional Directory

Do you want to know more about your U.S. senators and representatives? The 2005-2006 Official Congressional Directory: 109th Congress is now available in the reference section of the library. (Call number: R 328.73 Un3o 2005-06) This handy guide provides biographical data on each member of Congress, information on his or her office and staff, and counties and zip codes served. It also tells you on which committees each member serves. It includes maps of congressional districts by state.

However, the Congressional Directory also includes information on cabinet departments, independent agencies, foreign diplomatic offices, and press information.

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Annual Book Sale

Carson-Newman Library Book Sale

May 4, 2006

8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Back entrance of Library

Hardbacks - $2

Trade Paperbacks - $1

Mass-Market Paperbacks - $.50

Other Items and Sets as marked.

Large Inventory!

New Lease Books - April 20

Just in time for your summer reading, the Carson-Newman library has received another shipment of lease books! Once again, we've linked to Amazon.com so you can read reviews of each title.

F AND - Andrews, Mary Kay. Savannah Breeze. (HarperCollins, 2006)

F ARC - Archer, Jeffrey. False Impression. (St. Martin's Press, 2006)

F BER - Berg, Elizabeth. We Are All Welcome Here. (Random House, 2006)

F CHI - Chiaverini, Jennifer. Circle of Quilters. (Simon & Schuster, 2006)

F CLA - Clark, Carol Higgins. Hitched: A Regan Reilly Mystery. (Scribner, 2006)

F CLA - Clark, Mary Higgins. Two Little Girls in Blue. (Simon & Schuster, 2006)

F CRA - Crais, Robert. The Two Minute Rule. (Simon & Schuster, 2006)

F RUT - Rutherford, Edward. The Rebels of Ireland: the Dublin Saga. (Doubleday, 2006)

F SCO - Scottoline, Lisa. Dirty Blonde. (HarperCollins, 2006)

F STR - Strout, Elizabeth. Abide with Me: A Novel. (Random House, 2006)

F WHI - White, Randy Wayne. Dark Light. (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2006)

F WHI - White, Stephen. Kill Me: A Novel. (Dutton, 2006)

F WOO - Woods, Stuart. Dark Harbor. (Putnam, 2006)

B LINCOLN - Goodwin, Doris Kearns. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. (Simon & Schuster, 2005)

B MCCOURT - McCourt, Frank. Teacher Man: A Memoir. (Scribner, 2005)

B WINTERS - Winters, Richard D. Beyond Band of Brothers. (Berkley Caliber, 2006)

New Catalog Up and Running

Carson-Newman's new online catalog is now up and running. If you are off-campus, you must choose "Carson-Newman College" from the drop down menu to limit it to our collection. There is an online flash tutorial to help you get acquainted with the new catalog.

Monday, April 03, 2006

New Lease Books - April 3

The following books are available in the alcove area of the library:

F PER - Perry, Anne. Dark Assassin (Ballantine, 2006)

F KEL - Kellerman, Jonathan. Gone: An Alex Delaware Novel. (Ballantine, 2006)

New DVDs - April 3

The following new DVDs have been added:

DVD 98 - Private Warriors [Frontline] (PBS, 2005)

DVD 99 - Healing Touch: Celebrating the Contributions of Tennessee's African-Americans to Health Care [African-American Contributions Series] (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, 2006)