New Books, CDs & DVDs for August 2011

Here's a sampling of some of the new books and
films that have arrived at Hunter Library in August 2011.

Please browse the full list.

Dirk Schulze-Makuch
We are not alone: why we have already found extraterrestrial life
Oxford, England; New York, NY: Oneworld, 2010
WCU New Books QB54 .S32 2010

Christopher Sloan,
Bizarre dinosaurs: some very strange creatures and
why we think they got that way
Washington, D.C: National Geographic, c2008
WCU CMC Children’s QE861.5 .S56 2008

Joyce Smith,
Vital signs for nurses: an introduction to clinical observations
Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
WCU New Books RT48 .S636 2011

Mark Ryan,
Calculus essentials for dummies
Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Pub., Inc., c2010
WCU New Books QA303.2 .R858 2010

The social network (Motion picture)
Columbia Pictures presents, in association with Relativity Media
Culver City, California: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2011]
WCU Video PVH.S635

Homer and Jethro
Playing it straight; [sound recording]
It ain't necessarily square, Homer Haynes & Jethro Burns
Runnemede, NJ: Miller International Co., p[2011]
WCU AUDIO CD T ZZZZ 164

New Film Viewing Rooms Available!

Hunter Library now offers two convenient film viewing rooms, for use by instructors and students, to screen films for class-related assignments. Each room is equipped with a large flat-screen television and surround sound, standard and Blu-ray DVD players, a VHS player, hook-ups to share a laptop display using the television, and a whiteboard. The film viewing rooms are located adjacent to the new Java City lounge area.

Get more details at http://www.wcu.edu/29502.asp or come to the Circulation Desk for more information.

New to the Library's Homepage: Find It!

Find It! is a one-stop search that lets you find Hunter Library’s print, digital, and electronic information all at once! Contained inside are over seventy databases to which the library subscribes, plus hundreds of ebooks, and Hunter Library’s catalog. Type in your topic and find the best information for your research--including books, DVDs, and articles from newspapers, magazines, and academic journals. More information about Find It!

The Classic Catalog and links to individual databases are still available on the library's website.

Tell us what you think!

Hunter Library Welcomes New Faculty

Hunter Library welcomed dozens of new faculty during New Faculty Orientation on Thursday, August 12th. Each new faculty member was greeted by his or her subject liaison, and provided an informational tour about library services and resources, meeting other library faculty and staff along the way. Welcome aboard, new faculty! We look forward to a productive collaboration for teaching and learning.

New Books, CDs, DVDs for August 2011

New Books, CDs, DVDs for August 2011


Here's a sampling of some of the new books and films that have arrived
at Hunter Library in August 2011.

Please browse the full list.

Lisa Krueger editor,
Anger management
Detroit: Greenhaven Press, c2009
WCU New Books BF575.A5 A53 2009

David Reisman,
Health tourism: social welfare through international trade
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, c2010
WCU New Books RA793.5 .R45 2010

Eth Clifford,
Help! I'm a prisoner in the library!
New York: Scholastic Inc., 1979
WCU CMC Children’s PZ7.C62214 He 1979


Alan S. Kesselheim,
Trail food: drying and cooking food for backpackers and paddlers
Camden, Me: Ragged Mountain Press, c1998
WCU New Books TX609 .K47 1998


Unlisted: a story of schizophrenia [videorecording]
Produced, written, directed, and edited by Delaney Ruston
Seattle, WA: MyDoc Productions, c2010
WCU Video RC.U555

Django Reinhardt
Musette to Maestro 1928-1937:
The early work of a guitar genius [sound recording]
London: JSP Records, 2010
WCU VIDEO DVD J ReiD 004