Alkek Library News

Study Skills Books

Here's a link to our books on study skills.

Books for note-taking, listening in class, active reading strategies, time management and information retention.

Hint: get rid of your Xbox and Guitar Hero!

Library eNews Spring Finals Edition is Out!

Read about therapy dogs coming to Alkek, library privileges for graduating students, academic social media, and much more:

Library eNews 

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Hey Undergrads! 

Before you take off…

Step Up Your Research

Learn about academic social media

News from the North

Summer help at RRC

Copyright Corner

Showing movies on campus

Collections Spotlight

2013 Resource Grant awards

At the Wittliff

Vaquero statue shows cowboy heritage

Access Services

Alkek offers fax service!

Specialized Collections

Weird and wonderful resources

Special Event at Alkek

Visit with therapy dogs during finals

Texas State University History

History students map archival photos

 

Featured Author: Herbert Asbury (Gangs of New York)

Take a journey to what Bob Dylan called the "old, weird America." Before 50s suburbia mentally sanitized the landscape, America was full of wooden shanties built over the water, grandmothers that ran safe-cracking gangs, street urchins, voter fraud, and assorted eccentric characters.

Herbert Asbury wrote nonfiction books on French Quarter, Chicago, and two on New York. Asbury roughly centered on the 19th century to the early 20th century. One was the basis for the film Gangs of New York. Using newspaper clippings and stories that were now safe to be told, Asbury is a fascinating read of Gilded Age America and things that are too offbeat to be official history.  

All Herbert Asbury books here.

Local Artist Event: Veronique Hahn

The Centro Cultural Hispano will be hosting an event showcasing the art of Swiss-American artist, Veronique Hahn and her students Dakota Fernandez, Michael Brown and
Dennis Michael Gutierrez, with readings  of Federico Garcia Lorca’s (Spain,1898-1936) classic play Yerma, by the Texas State students in El Club del Teatro Leido; play begins at 3:30pm. Light refreshments will be served.  The Alkek Library has Veronique Hahn's publications available for checkout in the Juvenile Collection on the 6th floor of the library.

Reception for New Art Exhibit | Sunday, April 21st, 2-4:00 pm

Texas On The Brink

This 2013 report put out by the Texas Legislative Study Group offers lots of statistical rankings about Texas.  The reports states that:

"Texas has the highest percentage of uninsured adults in the nation.  Texas is dead last in percentage of high school graduates. Our state generates more hazardous waste and carbon dioxide emissions than any other state in our nation."

The report offers information related to:

• higher education
• healthcare
• children
• women's issues
• environment
• workforce
• Key Facts and Figues

Download TexasOnTheBrink2013

2013 Online Resource Grants Awarded

The Library has awarded the 2013 Online Resource Grants. This year the Library was able to offer a record $173,000 to support the purchase of larger digital collections that can be purchased one time and owned in perpetuity. A review committee consisting of two members of the Library Committee, two previous recipients, and two librarians reviewed the proposals and recommended grants to the following recipients and resources. The Library is pleased to provide access to these seven new databases. Access to most of the databases has been activated, and all should be activated by the end of May.

The awardees are:

Black Abolitionist Papers (Recipient: Angela Murphy - History):
A digital primary source collection that is the first to comprehensively detail the extensive work of African Americans to abolish slavery in the United States prior to the Civil War.

Confidential Print Middle East, 1839-1969 (Recipient: Elizabeth Bishop - History): Contains digitized confidential print documents from the British Foreign and Colonial Offices from 1839-1969, covering early events in Afghanistan, Egypt, Sudan, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Syria, and more.

Everyday Life and Women in America (Recipients: Rebecca Montgomery, Angela Murphy, Nancy Berlage, Lynn Denton - History): Digitized historical material revealing early American home life from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture, Duke University, and the New York Public Library

PAO Foundation Collection (Recipients: Selene Hinojosa - Library;Yasmine Beale-Rosano-Rivaya - Modern Languages): A collection of over 200 digitized academic journals published in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, with coverage extending to the first volume up to around 2000.

Popular Culture in Britain and America, 1950-1975 (Recipient: Jay Ryu, Family & Consumer Sciences): This collection captures rock and
roll, counterculture, peace and protest, fashion, civil rights, Vietnam, student activism, underground publications between 1950-1975 with thousands of digitized, color images of manuscripts, photographs, rare printed material and more.

Serials Set II, A: 1970-79 (Recipients: Margaret Vaverek - Library; Patricia Shields - Political Science): Includes digitized reports and documents either produced or ordered by Congress, as well as presidential communications and treaty materials. This collection expands our existing coverage to 1970-1979 and also contains Senate and Executive Documents and Reports from 1817-1969.

Springer
Mathematics Journals Archive (Recipient: Thomas Keller - Mathematics):
Contains over 120 digitized journals from the areas of mathematics and
statistics, from the first issue to the mid-1990’s. Access coming soon!

By Liane Taylor

Beyond Ramen: Cooking Nutritious and Affordable Food

Rice meet beans. Beans, this is rice. Hey nice to meet you! I think the mustard greens are coming over. Cool.

Where's ramen? In the hospital with hypertension from all that salt.

Nutrition for College Students.

Low budget cooking.

Vegetarian cooking. (put it in your mix as a cost saver!)

Alkek Library Enters Ranks of Top Social Media Friendly Libraries

Looks like that blogging, YouTubi'n, Facebookin' and Tweetin' is paying off! Not only have you liked posts, watched videos and learned about library research tips and workshops, but now we are being officially recognized.

LibraryScience List named us #34 in the nation for university libraries doing social media!

 

 

April Library eNews is out! Take our survey for chance to win USB.

Survey results are pouring in but you still have a chance to tell us what you think of Library eNews--and possibly win a USB drive! We love your feedback.

eNews survey 

Here's what's in store in the April Library eNews:

 

Hey Undergrads! 

Research, with the help of librarians

 

Step Up Your Research

Mobile options for your research

 

News from the North

RRC Juvenile Collection’s literary gems

 

Copyright Corner

Images for papers & presentations

 

Collections Spotlight

Digital collections & Texas State scholarship

 

At the Wittliff

Texas authors talk: Global Odyssey

 

Meet Our Staff

Lauren Goodley’s “amazing” archives

 

FREE TOTE!

Coupon for free Alkek tote bag

 

Texas State University History

Class ring dates back to 1918

 

Be sure not to miss the coupon for a free Alkek Library tote bag (on page 5 of the eNewsletter)! 

 

Careers in Demand: Consumer Data Analyst

There's more data than ever being generated about individuals. From Facebook to Gmail (your data is mined), store purchases to computer cookies, companies and the government are awash in data on human social and economic behavior. 

Many companies hire statisicians/marketing psychologists to look for patterns and develop marketing plans. Add a dollop of psychology and you're ready to go.

Here are some recommended resources just to get started:

How Companies Learn Your Secrets (New York Times article)

Simply Map Database

Alkek Library Database with 1000s of metrics that enables pro-grade marketing research. Costs thousands in real life, so use it at the library now!

Simply Map Tutorial

Where to start? Get familiar with the different social and economic stats that are being collected.

Marketing Research Books