Tutoring Schedule, Spring 2008

What if you need assistance in a subject that is not listed?

Please see your instructor, the department chair, or other full-time instructor in the department during their office hours or on Plus Fridays for assistance. Office hours and Plus Friday hours are posted on the bulletin board in the faculty office suite near room 146.

Money Money

Confused about the current economy? If you get as confused as I do when you read the endless articles and editorials about the declining value of the dollar, one of our new books might give you some help.

Inflation is the change in prices paid by consumer for goods and services. Or more simply - a dollar doesn't buy what it used to. The change in the dollar's value over the years is easily seen by looking at the Department of Labor's Inflation Calculator.

Want to trace how the price has gone up? A nice way to compare costs is the reference book Value of a Dollar : Prices and Incomes in the United States, 1860-2004 (R 338.5 V215 2004). This will track the cost of specific items such as milk and potatoes over the years.

Still confused? What about the Federal Reserve? Almost all economic articles refer to raising and/or lowering the interest rate but most seem to assume we all know what this means. This book might help - The ABC of the Federal Reserve System : Why the Federal Reserve System was called into being, the Main features of its organization, and How it works, by Edwin Walter Kemmerer (332.1 K31a). Sometimes it is easier to see rather than read - the DVD - Inside the world's mightiest bank (DVD 332.11 I57) - explains how, as the world's largest bank, the Federal Reserve sets interest rates and decides when to print more money. The ability to print money, who wouldn't love that job!

Other useful titles:

• Demise of the Dollar- and Why it's Great for your Investments, by Addison Wiggin. 338.542 W655d
• Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets, by Frederic S. Mishkin. 332 M678e
• Financial System and the Economy : Principles of Money & Banking, by Maureen Burton and Ray Lombra. 332.12 B974f
• Inflation and the Theory of Money, by R.J. Ball. 332.41 B187i
• Secrets of Money : A Guide for Everyone on Practical Financial Literacy, by Braun Mincher. 332.4 M663s
• Wall Street Lingo : Thousands of Investment Terms explained Simply, by Nora Peterson. R 332.603 P442w

Ask the Librarian to find more titles or research a different topic!

This week's new books:

New books processed this week in the Library. These are just a few items, if you'd like to see more new items OR need a particular title, stop by the Reference Desk and the staff will be happy to help you!

• Around the world in 80 dinners : the ultimate culinary adventure / Cheryl and Bill Jamison. 641.59 J32a
• Current protocols essential laboratory techniques / edited by Sean R. Gallagher, Emily A. Wiley. R 610.284 C976
• Diversity : leaders not labels / Stedman Graham. 658.3 G742d
• Driving change through diversity and globalization : transformative leadership in the academy / James A. Anderson. 370.117 A547d
• Happy in the kitchen / Michel Richard with Susie Heller and Peter Kaminsky ; foreword by Thomas Keller. 641.5 R512h
• Illusions of entrepreneurship : the costly myths that entrepreneurs, investors, and policy makers live by / Scott A. Shane. 658.11 S528i
• IT and the East : how China and India are altering the future of technology and innovation / James M. Popkin, Partha Iyengar. 338.064 P828i
• Organizational change theories : a synthesis / Christiane Demers. 302.35 D376o
• Techniques of healthy cooking / the Culinary Institute of America. 641.57 T255
• War posters : weapons of mass communication / James Aulich. R 741.674 A924w

More information on each title can be found in the catalog.

Plus Friday Faculty Room Assignments

Welcome to Spring Quarter 2008! The chart below lists rooms assigned to faculty for Plus Friday activities. Plus Friday is designed to allow students time to meet with instructors for individualized instruction to catch up on classwork or even get ahead for the following week.

March Break - Library hours

Regular hours through Saturday, March 15th.

Monday, March 17 through Friday, March 21 -- 8am - 5pm
Saturday & Sunday, March 22 and 23 -- CLOSED

Regular hours resume with classes start on March 24th.

Women's History Month

Stop by the library during March to see the book display to celebrate Women's History Month!

More new books>

New books processed this week in the Library. These are just a few items, if you'd like to see more new items OR need a particular title, stop by the Reference Desk and the staff will be happy to help you!

• Acing the interview : how to ask and answer the questions that will get you the job, by Tony Beshara. 650.144 B554a
• As certain as death : a fifty state survey of state and local tax laws : K-12 funding, poverty trends, and other characteristics, by Susan Pace Hamill. R 343.7304 H217a
• Berlitz complete guide to cruising & cruise ships 2008, by Douglas Ward. R 910.202 W257b
• Day freedom died : the Colfax massacre, the Supreme Court, and the betrayal of Reconstruction, by Charles Lane. 976.367 L265d
• Free money, free stuff : the select guide to public and private deals, steals and giveaways, edited by Don Earnest. R 011.03 F853
• Fortune cookie chronicles adventures in the world of Chinese food, by Jennifer 8. Lee. 641.5951 L478f
• Geography of wine : how landscapes, cultures, terroir, and the weather make a good drop, by Brian J. Sommers. 641.22 S697g
• Here comes everybody : how digital networks transform our ability to gather and cooperate, by Clay Shirky. 303.48 S558h
• Information literacy collaborations that work, edited by Trudi E. Jacobson and Thomas P. Mackey. 028.7 I48
• Kentucky lawyer, by Mac Swinford. 340.092 S978k

More information on each title can be found in the catalog.

Just released-

Ask any librarian to rank their top reference books and one book that will always be on their list is the Statistical Abstract of the United States. Published since 1878, the Statistical Abstract has been collecting data about the U.S., it's citizens and their lives for the last 127 years. Or to put it in their words: The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States."

JUST RELEASED -- the 127th, 2008 edition of the Stat Ab is now available full-text on the Internet from the U.S. Census Bureau website.

In addition to the current 2008 printing, the Census Bureau has scanned all earlier Statistical Abstract editions and they are available as PDF versions dating back to the first 1878 printing. Also available is the text of Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 - containing information about the U.S. dating back to 1789. Containing a wealth of information, data from the Statistical Abstract draws a numeric portrait of the U.S. that can be very interesting to examine.
Some examples of tables and data included:

• Live Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces: 1960 to 2006
• Employment by Industry: 2000 to 2006
• Federal Drug Seizures by Type of Drug: 1990 to 2005
• Individuals in Science and Engineering (S&E) Occupations as Share of Workforce by State and Other Areas: 2006
• Federal Budget--Receipts and Outlays: 1960 to 2007