EBSCOhost Databases Upgrade PDFs

Hunter Library is excited to announce that our EBSCOhost databases--including Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, and Historical Abstracts, to name just a few-- have received an enhancement for viewing PDF files. If you are viewing a single article, you can now navigate from that single article view to the contents of the entire journal issue or to all available volumes and issues for that journal, from one screen. The enhanced viewer specifically includes:
• TOC column with instant access to citations with title, author and subject detail
• Hyperlinked access to full- text issue contents, by article or chapter titles
• A convenient list of hyperlinked thumbnails to illustrations
• Expand/collapse arrow to open/hide illustration thumbnails, TOC columns, etc.
Please note that this enhancement requires the most recent version of the Adobe Reader to be installed. Adobe Reader is available for free and can be downloaded from this URL: http://get.adobe.com/reader/.

New Books, CDs, DVDs from March 2010

Here's a sampling of some of the new books, films,
and CDs that have arrived at Hunter Library in March 2010.

Please browse the full list.

Helen Fisher,
Why we love: the nature and chemistry of romantic love
New York: Henry Holt and Company, c2004
WCU New Books BF575.L8 F53 2004


David E. (David Emanuel) Hoffman,
The dead hand: the untold story of the Cold War arms
race and its dangerous legacy
New York: Doubleday, c2009
WCU Leisure U264.H645 2009


Joseph B. Miller,
Internet technologies and information services
Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2009
WCU General Z674 75.I58 M55 2009


David S. Serchay,
The librarian's guide to graphic novels for children and tweens
New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2008
WCU CMC PRO Z692.G7 S47 2008


Journey to the edge of the universe [videorecording]
Produced by Pioneer Productions and Handel Productions (Ontario) Inc.
United States: National Geographic: distributor, Warner Home Video, 2008
WCU VIDEO DVD QB.J678


Beginning bluegrass fiddle [videorecording]
Musician's Workshop; written and produced by Dan Huckabee
Austin, TX: Musician's Workshop, 2004
WCU VIDEO DVD MT.B44

Kindles Coming Soon! Tell us what you want!

Hunter Library is planning a pilot program offering Kindles, Amazon’s ebook reader, for checkout! The Kindles will be pre-loaded with books, but we need your help to decide which titles to purchase. If you have suggestions, please let us know. You can post suggestions to our Facebook Page, or fill out this form.

New Downloadable Audio Books!

Beginning February 15, 2010, Hunter Library offers patrons access to a newly-acquired collection of 750 downloadable audio books. These books have been made available through NC LIVE, North Carolina’s statewide online library, with a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the State Library of North Carolina.

These audio books are compatible most MP3 devices, including iPods; and book subject areas focus primarily on classic literature, history, biography, and language learning. The books are available to patrons both within Hunter Library and outside the library via an Internet connection. Hunter Library patrons have free, online access to the collection through the library’s website (WCU login will be required for off-campus users).

As a participant in the NC LIVE Audio Book pilot program, Hunter Library is one of the first libraries in North Carolina to have access to this collection of audio books. Later this spring, NC LIVE will extend the program and make the collection available to all libraries across the state. NC LIVE purchased the audio books through Ingram Digital and is making them available through the MyiLibrary® Audio Books platform. MyiLibrary® is the Ingram Content Group’s industry-leading e-content aggregation platform for public, academic and professional libraries around the world.

Members of the Hunter Library staff are excited to offer the new content to their patrons, and are interested in hearing what patrons have to say about the collection. Feedback and questions can be directed to Metadata Librarian Anna Craft.

HL Interviews Local Author Pamela Duncan

During the month of January, Hunter Library's Leisure Reading Group is highlighting works by local and regional authors. WCU's own Pamela Duncan bravely agreed to be the subject of the Leisure Reading Blog's first interview! Find out what an award-winning writer reads for fun! http://hunterleisure.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/appalachian-authors-pamela-duncan