Get Creative this Summer: New Painting, Drawing, and Graphic Design Books!

Get creative with Begley Library's new art books this summer:

How to Paint: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners (covering watercolors, acrylics, and oils) ND1473 .G35 2005

Painting Light & Shade, ND2422 .S45 2004

Painting Beautiful Skin Tones with Color & Light, ND1302 .S27 2001

Watercolor Problems & Solutions: A Trouble-Shooting Handbook, ND2420 .F74 2002

Manga Mania: How to Draw Japanese Comics, NC 1764.5 J3 H37 2001

Fantasy Workshop: A Practical Guide to Drawing and Painting, NC975.5 .V34 A4 2003

The Designer's Guide to Color Combinations, NK1548 .C23 1999

The Big Book of New Design Ideas, NC1000 .B54 2005

Ask a librarian for other titles of interest.

REMEMBER TO RETURN BOOKS!

Please remember to return any books you borrowed from the library

by Friday, May 16.

If you have questions, contact the Circulation Desk.

MAKE YOUR OWN SUNDAE

You are cordially invited to attend ...

MAKE YOUR OWN SUNDAE

Begley Library

Tuesday, May 6th

11:30-1:00 or while supplies last

Ice Cream Donated by Stewart's

FREE DATABASE ACCESS

In celebration of National Library Week (April 13-19), Gale is offering FREE access to the following resources:

• Academic OneFile
• Biography Resource Center
• British Library Newspapers
• Gale Directory Library
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• General OneFile
• Health & Wellness Resource Center
• History Resource Center: U.S.
• History Resource Center: World
• Literature Criticism Online
• LitFinder
• Literature Resource Center
• Nursing Resource Center
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Critical Thinking
• Popular Magazines
• PowerSearch
• Science Resource Center
• Small Business Resource Center
• Sources in U.S. History Online: The American Revolution
• Sources in U.S. History Online: The Civil War
• Sources in U.S. History Online: Slavery in America

Note: Click "skip registration" to access these sites without registering.

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What Are Our Users Reading?

Aside from our general interest magazines like People and Consumer Reports, can you guess what kinds of periodicals are read the most by our library users? The answer might surprise you!

From January through March 2008 the most read periodicals in order of popularity were from these areas:

1. News and Opinion
2. Hotel, Culinary Arts and Tourism
3. Science and Mathematics
4. Music
5. Medicine and Health

While we’re focusing on our print periodicals in this study, you have access to thousands of periodicals online through our electronic databases. Check out the “Find Articles” link from our homepage for more details.

New ENVIRONMENTAL DATABASE

Try EBSCO GreenFILE for information on solar energy, recycling, or hybrid cars and more.

GreenFILE covers content going back more than 35 years and contains backfiles to volume one, issue one for scholarly sources such as:

• Bioscience
• Journal of Environmental Planning & Management
  
• Journal of Ecology
• Conservation Biology
  

The database also contains bibliographic information for key non-scholarly titles such as:

• E -The Environmental Magazine
• Natural Life
  
• Mother Earth News

The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for
certain titles and searchable sited references for more than 200 titles
as well.

NOTE:
EBSCOhost databases are usually available by institution-level
subscription only, but EBSCO is making GreenFILE freely available to anyone interested in resources related to the impact that humans have on the environment. Check it out at www.greeninfoonline.com.

Periodicals Use Study

WHAT YOU READ IS IMPORTANT TO US!

As part of our ongoing Periodicals Use Study at Begley Library we are looking at which print journals or magazines are being read.

Can you guess which periodicals made the Top Ten Most Read List for last month???

10. A tie between: Parents and Esquire
9. Bon Appetit
8. Newsweek
7. Food & Wine
6. Consumer Reports
4. A tie between: Health and Security
3. Rolling Stone
2. Time
AND THE MOST READ PERIODICAL OF THE MONTH WAS…
1. People

Please remember that while this study will be focused on our print periodicals collection, you have access to thousands of periodicals online through our electronic databases accessible via the "Find Articles" link on our homepage.

So come visit us. Browse our periodical shelves. Read often. Make sure your favorite periodical COUNTS!