Resource Updates
Trial databases
The Mardigian Library currently has trials of the following online resources:
The Stanley Milgram Series on Social Psychology (Alexander Street Videos)
Available through December 21, 2012
A series of six films – “Obedience,” “Invitation to Social Psychology,” “The City and the Self,” “Human Aggression,” “Nonverbal Communication” and “Conformity and Independence” – document Milgram's experiments and provide visual evidence of the results, over the course of his career, on social psychology topics.
Counseling and Therapy in Video: Volume III
Available through December 25, 2012
Volume III of Alexander Street Press’ award-winning “Counseling and Therapy in Video” presents a firm grounding in the theoretical modalities of counseling and psychotherapy while expanding into new and emerging areas such as social media, veterans, cyber-bullying, mindfulness and neuroscience.
Twentieth Century Advice Literature: North American Guides on Race, Sex, Gender, and the Family
Available through January 11, 2013
This collection provides a window into American social history by bringing together the instructional, prescriptive, behavioral, and etiquette literature that defined standards of personal conduct for millions of Americans and reflected the prevailing social mores across the twentieth century.
We encourage you to try these databases and give us some feedback. A positive review does not guarantee that we will have funds to acquire the item, but it could help us determine whether we should pursue this item when funds are available. You may send your feedback to: [email protected]
Join us for another interesting R.E.A.D.!
Please join us on Wednesday, December 12, when R.E.A.D. (Read, Eat, and Discuss) discusses "The Dressmaker: A Novel" by Kate Alcott. Print and Kindle versions of this book are available at the library's circulation desk.
The meeting is from noon to 1 p.m. in room 1210 of the Mardigian Library. Light refreshments are provided!
Amazon's summary: "Just in time for the centennial anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic comes a vivid, romantic, and relentlessly compelling historical novel about a spirited young woman who survives the disaster only to find herself embroiled in the media frenzy left in the wake of the tragedy.
“Tess, an aspiring seamstress, thinks she's had an incredibly lucky break when she is hired by famous designer Lady Lucile Duff Gordon to be a personal maid on the Titanic's doomed voyage. Once on board, Tess catches the eye of two men, one a roughly-hewn but kind sailor and the other an enigmatic Chicago millionaire. But on the fourth night, disaster strikes.
“Amidst the chaos and desperate urging of two very different suitors, Tess is one of the last people allowed on a lifeboat. Tess’s sailor also manages to survive unharmed, witness to Lady Duff Gordon’s questionable actions during the tragedy. Others—including the gallant Midwestern tycoon—are not so lucky.
“On dry land, rumors about the survivors begin to circulate, and Lady Duff Gordon quickly becomes the subject of media scorn and later, the hearings on the Titanic. Set against a historical tragedy but told from a completely fresh angle, The Dressmaker is an atmospheric delight filled with all the period's glitz and glamour, all the raw feelings of a national tragedy and all the contradictory emotions of young love."
