Loudoun Campus Library

Teens having plastic surgery?!?!

2009-06-25T09:11:00.004-04:00

There has been a long debate about plastic surgery and how it may or may not help with self esteem and body image issues. However, this debates seems more important with the rise in teenagers having plastic surgery and altering their bodies. According to the cover story in today's USA Today,Cosmetic Surgeries: What Children Will Do to Look 'Normal', over 160,000 children had plastic surgery in 2008. The story mentions surgeries ranging from creating an outer ear to a teenage girl who had liposuction because she felt her calves were too thick. Which one or both constitute the surgery being medically necessary? Does psychological well being justify plastic surgery? To find out more about the topic, check out these resources from our collection:

Made Over in America (DVD)
P96 .I34 M3346x 2007

Straight Talk About Cosmetic Surgery
R118 .P47 2007

Beauty Junkies: inside our $15 billion obsession with cosmetic surgery
RD118 .K83 2006

Body Image: understanding dissatisfaction in men, women, and children
BF 697.5 .B63 G76 2008

The Media and Body Image: if looks could kill
P94.6 .W95 2005

Celebrity/Culture
P94.6 .C376 2006

Healthcare Reform

2009-06-22T08:51:00.002-04:00

There is much more talk lately about healthcare reform. Unlike the last push for reform in the early 1990's, even the medical industry is on board. The United States is the only developed nation that does not have a national health care system. President Obama has developed a proposal to cover uninsured Americans but the Republicans have concerns over the impact it will have on Americans and their current healthcare options and quality. If you want to more about the reform, check out CNN's website on What You Need To Know About Health Care Reform. Our collection also have sources for you about health care, reform, and the options that are being proposed:

Health Care
RA 395. A3 H3854x 2008

National Health Insurance in the United States and Canada : race, territory, and the roots of difference
RA 412.2 .B69 2008

The Healthcare Fix : universal insurance for all Americans
RA412.2 .K68 2007

Protecting the Poor : a microinsurance compendium
HG9383 .P76 2006

Reinsuring Health : why more middle-class people are uninsured and what government can do
HG9396 .S93 2006

Health policy and the uninsured
RA413.7.U53 H434 2004

fossils, teeth, and eggs!!!

2009-06-05T15:25:00.010-04:00

We have a new display in the library showcasing fossils. The display includes teeth from fish like the giant C. megalodon and from vertebrates like the horse, bison, and elephant.

We also have on display some ostrich eggs, which are roughly the same size as dinosaur eggs would have been.

The display is courtesy of Dr. William Straight, Professor of Geology here at NOVA Loudoun. His paper, BONE LESIONS IN HADROSAURS: COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING AS A GUIDE FOR PALEOHISTOLOGIC AND STABLE-ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS, is now published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Check out the press release for more details. You can access the whole article through the BioOne database available through the library. It is listed in our Articles database under Natural Sciences and Math collection. A printed copy is also available in the library with the display.

See guys, our professors know what they are talking about :)

So come on in and check it out!!!

Books and Movies...perfect combination

2009-06-05T15:23:00.007-04:00

We all know that many films are based on novels, short fiction, and poetry. But how do these stories make it onto the big screen? Well, there are several books that have been written about movies that were based on books. Some of them have been highlighted on the round displays in the library. Here are a few of those:

Slumdog Millionaire: the shooting script
PN 1997.2 S6158636x 2008

Emma Adapted: Jane Austen's heroine from book to film
PR 4034 .e53 D5 2007

Adaptations: from text to screen, screen to text
PN 1997.85 A32 1999

Literature Into Film: theory and practical approaches
PN 1997.85 .C25 2006

The Kite Runner: a portrait of the Marc Forster film
PN 1997.2 .K57 2007

Supreme Court Justice Nominee

2009-05-27T17:03:00.005-04:00

(Photo: The Oyez Project, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States)

With the upcoming retirement of Supreme Court Justice David Souter, President Obama has the task of appointing his replacement. His nominee is Sonia Sotomayor. She is considered a liberal judge and would keep the current balance on the Court. She would be only the third woman in history to sit on the Supreme Court and the first Hispanic. To find out more about Sonia Sotomayor, check out the article, Push to confirm Sotomayor for Supreme Court: Republicans face uphill battle in defeating high court nominee, from MSNBC. To find out more about the Supreme Court and it's history, check out their website or the Supreme Court Historical Society site. Also, here are just a few of the sources you will find in our collection:

The United States Supreme Court
KF 8742 .U55 2005

The Nine: the secret world of the Supreme Court
KF 8748 .T66 2007

Supreme Conflict: the inside story of the stuggle for control of the United States Supreme Court
KF 8742 .G74 2007

The Supreme Court: the personalities and rivalries that defined America
KF8744 .R67 2007

David Hackett Souter: traditional Repubican on the Rehnquist Court
KF 8745 .S68 Y37 2005

FDR v. the Constitution: the court-packing fight and the triumph of democracy
KF 8742 .S585 2009

The Dirty Dozen: how twelve Supreme Court cases radically expanded government and eroded freedom
KF 8742 .L485 2008

The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
KF 8742 .A35 O93 2005 (in our Reference collection)

Impending Arms Race?

2009-05-20T16:17:00.002-04:00

The following article, Iran says it tests new advanced missile, Iran is increasing its nuclear program and there are fears that it may lead to a new arms race. President Obama would like more international sanctions against Tehran to pressure the country into abandoning its nuclear program. According to the AP news article, there is skepticism about the viability of Iran having the nuclear technology it claims to have. This is not a new issue and if you want to learn more about it, check out the following resources from our collection:

Iran and the Bomb : the abdication of international responsibility
JZ5665 .D4513 2007

The Iran Threat : President Ahmadinejad and the coming nuclear crisis
UA853.I7 J34 2007

Crescent of Crisis : U.S.-European strategy for the greater Middle East
DS63.2.U5 C74 2006

Arsenals of folly : the making of the nuclear arms race
U264 .R48 2007

Fatal choice : nuclear weapons and the illusion of missile defense
U264 .B885 2001

Summer Hours

2009-05-20T16:13:00.002-04:00

The summer semester has begun. Here's a quick reminder of our new hours:

Monday-Thursday: 8am-7:30pm
Friday: 8am-4pm

Hope you have a great summer!!

Don't Forget!!

2009-05-13T14:34:00.000-04:00

The Library will be closed this Friday, May 15th and Saturday, May 16th!!

Monday, May 18th begins our summer semester hours.

Library Hours.....

2009-05-07T15:48:00.003-04:00

The Spring Semester is coming to a close so I want to you remind you of the change in library hours.

Monday, May 11-Thursday, May 14
8am-4pm

Closed Friday, May 15th and Saturday, May 16th

Summer Session Hours
Monday - Thursday: 8am -7:30pm
Friday: 8am-4pm

Closed Saturdays

How Do You Get the News?

2009-05-06T18:18:00.004-04:00

Do you still have a subscription to the local newspaper? Do you watch the evening news at 11? Or have you joined millions of others who get their news from the internet? How does the internet affect tradition print and television news? What is the future of journalism? There is a Senate hearing today on just these issues. The online article, Senate hears a dim forecast for newspapers' future, discusses the hearing and some of the alternatives offered. You can also listen to a live webcast of the hearings at the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation's website. To learn more about journalism and its future, check out these sources from our collection:

Encyclopedia of American Journalism
PN 4855 .E53 2008 (in our reference collection)

Emerging Issues in Contemporary Journalism: infotainment, internet, libel, censorship, et cetera
PN 4749 .E44 2006

Global Journalism Research: theories, methods, findings, future
PN 4784 .R38 G56 2008

Writing and Reporting the News
PN 4781 .S775 2008

The News About the News: American journalism in peril
PN 4855 .D64 2002

The Rise of the Blogosphere
PN 4784 .O62 B37 2007

The Greenest City in America

2009-04-29T19:59:00.003-04:00

I read an article today on the Greenest City in America on the CNN website. What an inspiration! Greensburg, Kansas was almost completely destroyed two years ago by a tornado. Since then, the community has joined together to rebuild. The community, knowing it was rebuilding from scratch, decided this was an opportunity to better their community and to give their children opportunities. In then end, they are becoming an example to the rest of the world on how to live, build, and grow in an environmentally friendly way. Their new homes, city buildings, and businesses are all energy efficient using technologies such as solar, wind, and geothermal power. To find out more, visit the Greensburg, KS homepage.

To find out more about green energies and how to implement them in your community, check out these sources from our collection:

The New Ecological Home : the complete guide to green building options
TH4860 .C45 2004

Green By Design : creating a home for sustainable living
NA2542.36 .D43 2003

Green Business : a five-part model for creating an environmentally responsible company
HD30.255 .T69 2006

Ritual House : drawing on nature’s rhythms for architecture and urban design
NA2542.4 .K66 2006

Wind and Solar Power Systems : design, analysis, and operation
TK1541 .P38 2006

Power With Nature : solar and wind energy demystified
TJ809.4 .E95 2003

365 Ways to Live Green : your everyday guide to saving the environment
TD171.7 .M373x 2008

The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook : community solutions to a global crisis
TJ163.2 .P33 2007

Swine Flu -- Beginning of an Epidemic?

2009-04-27T09:22:00.005-04:00

The Swine Flu strain that is affecting Mexico seems to be spreading to other countries, however, the cases seen in other countries, including the United States and Canada, appear to be milder. Many are concerned that this is the beginning of a new epidemic while others are cautioning the public to remain calm. An influenza outbreak does not always result in an epidemic. The United States is checking people at border crossings for any signs of illness to help reduce the chance of it spreading. Check out the following articles to find out more:

U.S. Steps Up Alert as More Swine Flue is Found : precaution taken despite mildness of cases detected domestically by David Brown in today's Washington Post

Global Race is on to Contain Swine Flu Outbreak: U.S. launches border screeing after declaring public health emergency by the Associated Press posted today on the MSNBC website.

The Center for Disease Control has a fact sheet on how to prevent the flu:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm
They also have a swine flu page:
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/

To find out more about other influenza epidemics, check out the following books from our collection:

The Great Influenza: the epic story of the deadliest plague in history by John M. Barry
RC150.4 .B37 2004

Global Epidemics
RA649 .G56 2007

Bird Flu: a virus of our own hatching by Michael Greger
RA644.I6 G74 2006

Also check out the following e-book offered by NVCC:

Avian Flu Threat
(an e-book available through our catalog, just search by title)

Earth Day 2009

2009-04-21T11:56:00.004-04:00

April 22, 2009 is Earth Day. It is the start of a 2 year campaign to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. The campaign is called The Green Generation and looks to promote renewable energy, increase an individual's sense of responsibility for the environment, and to create green jobs. Check out their website for information about their initiatives, events, and how you can get involved. To find out more about Earth Day, the environment, and green jobs, come into the library. Our collection has numerous titles to help you including:

Saving Energy, Growing Jobs: how environmental protection promotes economic growth, profitability, innovation, and competition
HD 9502 .U53 G65 2007

The Energy Construct: achieving a clean, domestic, and economical energy future
TJ 163.25 .U6 .C565X 2007

The End of Oil: on the edge of a perilous new world
HD 9650.6 .R63 2004

True Green @ Work: 100 ways you can make the environment your business
GE 195 .M45 2008

365 Ways to Live Green: your everyday guide to saving the environment
TD 171.7 .M373X 2008

Tips for Going Green
TD 171.7 .S65 2007

Living Green: a practical guide to simple sustainability
RA 776.5 .H67x 2006

Big Coal: the dirty secret behind America's energy future
TN 805 .A5 G665 2006

Book Festival 2009!!!

2009-04-20T11:01:00.008-04:00

To celebrate National Library Week and to cap off the Loudoun's Reading Intiative, READ#@%&#, the library hosted a Book Festival. The Festival included book tables set up by different departments and student clubs, hourly raffles of free books, treats and lots of book discussions. The tables included the following topics:

Are You As Smart As a Four-Year Old? by the Child Development Program
Local Nature Reserves by the Biology Club
Reading Across the Globe by the Geography Program
Interpersonal Relationships by the Social Science Program
Global Business and Cultural Awareness by the Economics and Business Program
How to Read Your Textbooks by the English Department
Light in Photography by Mark Worthington from our IT Department
Faculty in Print showcasing Loudoun faculty who have been published
Electronically Published Materials showcasing our E-Book databases including Overdrive and Safari

The Festival also included two wonderful guest speakers

Laura Bobrow: renowned storyteller, poet, and author of children's books

Dr. E. R. Braithwaite: teacher, diplomat, and author of the book and award-winning movie, "To Sir with Love"

It was a great success and an event that we hope to offer every year during National Library Week!

It's Survey Time!!!

2009-04-11T11:04:00.004-04:00

Please fill out our library survey....we would love to hear what you think, what you like, what you don't like. It only takes a few minutes but will have a lasting effect. You can fill it out online or come into the library and fill it out in person.

National Financial Literacy Month

2009-04-03T11:50:00.005-04:00

Do you have your finances in order? Now it is more important than ever to know how to manage your personal finances. April is National Financial Literacy Month. Financial literacy includes knowing how to manage personal finances, investing, savings, and planning for retirement. Have you taken any courses on personal finances? The Loudoun campus offers a personal finance course this fall, FIN 107. If you want to become financially literate on your own, check out these books from our collection:

Financial Intelligence : a manager’s guide to knowing what the numbers really mean
HG4028.B2 B422 2006

Going Broke : why Americans can’t hold on to their money
HG3766 .V97 2008

Buckets of Money : how to retire in comfort and safety
HG4515 .L83 2004

Why People Buy Things They Don’t Need
HF5415.33.U6 D369x 2002

How to Understand the Financial Pages : a guide to money and the jargon
HG4636 .D377 2008

Your Credit Score : how to fix, improve, and protect the 3-digit number that shapes your financial future
HG3751.7 .W47 2007

You can also check out the following organization's websites:

The United States Financial Literacy & Education Commission's website.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' website called 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy.

The Institute for Financial Literacy website's Tools page.

A New Global Economy

2009-04-02T08:00:00.005-04:00

The G20 Summit is meeting this week in London where leaders from around the world are gathering to discuss the global economic crisis and ways they can all work to fix the situation. Countries represented at the summit include the United States, Britain, China, Russia, France, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. President Obama stated yesterday that the United States cannot fix the economic crisis alone. For more on his statements and the views of other leaders, see the article at MSNBC, U.S. signals new era for global economy. Click here to learn more about the G20 and its goals for the London summit. To learn more about the history of the G20 forums, visit their FAQ's page.

Our collection has several books and videos to help you better understand the economic crisis and the emerging global economy. Here are just a few titles:

Introducing Global Issues
D860 .I62 2008

Dancing with Giants : China, India, and the global economy
HF1604 .D36 2007

Global economics (DVD-4 discs)
HF1359 .G5697x 2007

The Global Recession Risk : dollar devaluation and the world economy
HG230.3 .P445 2007

Meeting the Employment Challenge : Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico in the global economy
HD8266.5 .B47 2006

Greenspan’s Fraud : how two decades of his policies have undermined the global economy
HB119.G74 B38 2005

The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy : an economist examines the markets, power and politics of world trade
HD9969.S6 R58 2005

Global Finance and the Macroeconomy
HG3881 .M295 2003

Antiquities---Who Do They Belong To?

2009-03-25T16:35:00.003-04:00

A judge in Norfolk, VA is deciding who will own the items salvaged from the Titanic wreckage. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith is expected to protect the items from being part of private collections and placed on auction blocks by declaring the items a single collection and be accessible by the public. This battle has been going on since the Titanic wreckage was discovered in 1985. The Titanic sank in international waters which has led to several legal claims. To find out more about the court case involving the salvage company, RMST, check out the AP article by Steve Szkotak,

Fate of Titanic, its treasures in US judge's hands

To find out more about antiquities, check out these books from our collection:

Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History
CC 100 H86 2007

Who Owns Antquity? : museums adn the battle over our ancient heritage
CC 135 C85 2008

Discovering Our Past: a brief introduction to archeology
CC 75 A74 1996

Archeological Ethics
CC 175 A715 1996

The Ethics of Collecting Cultural Property: whose culture? whose property?
CC 135 E84 1989

How Do You Identify Yourself?

2009-03-23T15:08:00.008-04:00

Schools will now be offering more choices for students to identify themselves. Students of multiracial heritage will no longer have to decide which race they identify with the most. They can check multiple boxes, according to an article in the Washington Post, Multiracial Pupils to Be Counted in a New Way, by Michael Alison Chandler and Maria Glod. To learn more about multiracial identities, check out these books from our collection:

Mixed Messages: multiracial identities in the "color-blind" era
HT 1521 M58 2006

Navigating the Future: social identity, coping, and life tasks
HM 753 .N38 2005

After Race: racism after multiculturalism
HT 1521 .D37 2004

The Trouble with Diversity: how we learned to love identity and ignore inequality
HM 90 .S6 M49 2006

Do You Know Where Your Food Comes From?

2009-03-17T10:12:00.007-04:00

You will now....A new law went into effect yesterday requiring manufacturers and suppliers to label where your food comes from. You will be able to tell if the ingredients are imported or local. Food safety groups have lobbied for labeling for years but the meat industry and grocery chains have fought labeling stating it would be burdensome and increase the cost of the food. See the MSNBC article, Long-sought food labeling law takes effect today, for more information or check out the USDA website.

To find out more about food safety, check out our new table top display of books. The display includes the following titles:

Food Safety: a reference handbook
TX 531 R44 2007

Environmental Poisons in Our Food
RA 601 .M55 1993

Twinkie Deconstructed: my journey to discover how the ingredients found in processed foods are grown, mined (yes, mined), and manipulated into what America eats
TX 553 A3 E85 2007

Your Right to Know: genetic engineering and the secret changes in your food
TP 248 .65 F66 K56 2007

Kitchen Literacy: how we lost knowledge of where food comes from and why we need to get it back
TX 645 V55 2008

Death by Supermarket: the fattening, dumbing down, and poisoning of America
HD 9005 D47 2007

Labeling Genetically Modified Food: the philosophical and legal debate
TP248.65.F66 L33 2007

AIDS in the District

2009-03-16T09:48:00.004-04:00

There is a 22% rise in HIV and AIDS cases in the District of Columbia, according to an article by the Associated Press discussing a report to be issued today by the District of Columbia Health Department. You can find out more about the report at the District of Columbia Department of Health's website. The report will be under the HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Annual Report. To find out more about HIV/AIDS, check out the following books from the library:

The AIDS pandemic : impact on science and society
RA643.8 .A437x 2005

AIDS
RA643.8 .A4219x 2008

The wisdom of whores : bureaucrats, brothels, and the business of AIDS
RA643.8 .P57 2008

Moving mountains : the race to treat global AIDS
RA643.8 .D334x 2004

Ponzi

2009-03-12T09:04:00.006-04:00

Wall Street financier, Bernard Madoff, is expected to plead guilty today to 11 felony counts. He may have been the ring leader for the largest financial fraud scheme in American history but he was definitely not the first. Madoff used what is called a ponzi scheme in which investors are paid a high return based on the money from new investors instead of from profits. This type of scheme was named after Charles Ponzi, who was not the first to use such a scheme, but the first to be known nationally for this type of fraud. Find out more about Charles Ponzi by checking out the following book from our collection:

Ponzi's Scheme: the true story of a financial legend
HV6692.P66 Z83 2005

Need Research Help?

2009-03-09T11:40:00.005-04:00

Do you have questions about how to write your research paper? Not sure if you are using the right citation format? How are science papers different from english papers? You can find books to help you with all aspects of the writing process from coming up with a topic to how and when to use data in a scientific paper. We have the series A Short Guide to Writing About that includes subjects such as Literature, History, Art, Film, and Biology. Here are a few of the other titles on display:

Scientific Writing: a reader and writer's guide
T11 .L455 2007

Undergraduate Writing in Psychology: learning to tell the scientific story
BF 76.7 .L36 2008

The Information-Literate Historian: a guide to research for history students
D 16.2 P715 2007

The Research Virtuoso: brilliant methods for normal brains
ZA 3075 R46 2006

I would also like to highlight a book on our display that is written by one of our faculty members:

Sin Boldly: Dr. Dave's Guide to Writing the College Paper, 2nd ed.
PE 1408 .W589 2004

Losing Our Religion....

2009-03-09T08:58:00.002-04:00

An article in the USA Today entitled, Most religious groups in USA have lost ground, discusses the American Religious Identification Survey. It examines the current religious condition in the United States. Some highlights of the survey include: an increase in people identifying themselves as spiritual instead of having a specific religious affiliation, social mobility affecting the rates of religious members, and an increase in the number of people claiming no religious affiliation. For more information and statistics, check out the ARIS website. For more information on religion and society, check out our display on the bookcase near the library office. Some of the titles include:

Religion in Society: a sociology of religion
BL 60 .J63 2007

Gods in the Global Village : the world’s religions in sociological perspective
BL60 .K87 2007

Discovering God: the origins of the great religions and the evolution of belief
BL 80.3 S73 2007

The God Delusion
BL 2775.3 D39 2006

A Secular Age
BL 2747.8 T39 2007

Frankenstein Book Talk

2009-03-05T15:49:00.004-05:00

Does the thought of Frankenstein send chills down your spine? Did you know that the character is considered sensitive and a tragedy? Join us for the book talk on Frankenstein on March 17th to learn more and share your opinions.