Emergency Research, May 2-6th

Once again during the crunch time leading up to finals, Blackwell research librarians will be available throughout campus to answer your research questions.  Stop by and see us May 2-6th from 2-4 PM in Guerrieri, the TETC food court and the Henson food court to ask us any last minute questions about finding or evaluating your sources or about citation!

More information is available here: http://www.salisbury.edu/library/research/emergencyresearch/

National Library Week @ Blackwell Library!

We have two opportunities for you to support the library during National Library Week, April 10-16th.

First, visit our Spring Book Sale where great fiction reads are only 50 cents!  You can start your summer reading early or pick up some books to read on the beach when it gets a little bit warmer!

Second, "like" Blackwell Library on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/blackwelllibrary.  Then "like" the National Library Week Status so you can be entered for a chance to win a gift card to Cool Beans!

It's also a great time to tell your favorite librarians and library staff how much you appreciate them.  Thanks for supporting Blackwell Library!

Research Driving You Crazy?

Feeling stressed about research assignments?  Struggling with formatting citations correctly?  Always wanted to know how to use advanced search techniques?

We'll steer you in the right direction!

Come to one of our hour long Research Clinics where we'll focus in on one topic to get you the specific help you need.  They'll be held throughout April, Mondays through Thursdays at 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM.  

For more information visit our Research Clinics webpage.

Unwind With a Game of Chess in the Library!

Need a diversion from your studies?  Blackwell Library now offers a chess table across from the Circulation Desk.  Check out the pieces for up to 3 hours and challenge a friend to a game!

Women's History Month Display at Blackwell

To celebrate Women's History Month, the University Archivist curated an exhibit in support of the numerous activities planned throughout the month. Highlighted are three Eastern Shore women from the Civil War Era, Clara Gunby Huffington, Harriet Ross Tubman and Anna Ella Carroll, along with mid to late 19th century publications, clothing, accessories and facsimiles of letters, journals and tintypes from the Wicomico Historical Society, Benjamin Lankford and Gunby Collections of the Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University. The display case is located next to the Leisure Collection on the first floor.

Government Document of the Month for March!

We're pleased to announce this month's government document:

Deep Water: the Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling

(Report and Recommendations to the President)

The Government Documents Department is proud to showcase these documents, which describe and analyze a highly significant event in the environmental history of the United States.  “On May 22, 2010, President Barack Obama announced the creation of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling: an independent nonpartisan entity, directed to provide a thorough analysis and impartial judgment” (p.vi). This report and its accompanying recommendations are the result of the six-month investigation.  Fascinating? Disturbing? You decide.  Check them out at the Circulation Desk. SuDoc numbers are: PR 44.8:D36/G95 and PR44.8:D36/G95/RECOMM.

McNaughton Books in Leisure Reading Collection

Feedback from our 2010 Library User Satisfaction Survey suggested that we offer more popular books for recreational reading.  After investigating, we determined that a McNaughton Plan would be beneficial, which allows us to receive at least 10 of the latest popular titles at a time, keep them for as long as users want, and then we cab swap those titles out for newer ones! Currently, we have titles by Stephen King, Anita Shreve, Alice Hoffman, Jack McDevitt, and Susan Elizabeth Phillips.  These titles are shelved in the Leisure Reading collection (across from the popular magazines) and recognizable by the green stripe along the bottom of the book.  The loan period is four weeks for all SU borrowers.  Come check them out!