Library News--Fall Issue of Hunter's Clarion

The November 2013 edition of Hunter’s Clarion is now available online. The major feature of the issue is a focus on the library's building renovation plan. Hunter Scholar and professor of psychology, David McCord, shares his scholarly plans for the 2013-14 year. Read about the life of the library student worker and the celebrity autograph they found tucked inside an old history book. Also highlighted are library staff activities and accomplishments, including George Frizzell, head of Special Collections, who received the 2013 Thornton W. Mitchell Service Award for outstanding service to the archival profession in North Carolina. 

Pubget--Life Science Search Engine

Hunter Library worked with the Pubget team to provide you with a faster way to get the papers you need for your research.

What exactly is Pubget?

Pubget is the search engine for life science PDFs. Though similar to PubMed, Pubget delivers papers instantly. Your search results are the actual PDFs. Try searching for "drug therapy" and you'll get results from all the papers you can get on the web. When you click on the citations you want, Pubget retrieves the PDF right away. You can save, download and manage your papers, all in one place.

Why Pubget?

Pubget indexes everything in PubMed and then some. It indexes over 30 million scientific articles and over 20,000 journal titles including high impact publishers like Science, Nature, and JAMA. But instead of needing to go from website to website to get the papers you need, Pubget delivers papers from all the library's journals in one place. Pubget works directly with the library's e-journals, so you can get the papers you need, right away.

It's easy to use.

To get started, go to wcu.pubget.com and start searching. You can search titles, author names, keywords, citations, dates, or PMIDs. It's that easy! When you create an account, make sure you set your institution and select Western Carolina University.

New Books & Films received in October 2013

Here's a sampling of some of the new books and films that
have arrived at Hunter Library in October 2013.

Please browse the full list.

Compiled and introduced by Richard L. Allington,

Essential readings on struggling learners
Newark, DE: International Reading Association, c2010
WCU CMC Pro LB1050.5 .E85 2010

Special editor: Sheldon Danziger, Russell Sage Foundation,

The effects of the Great Recession
Los Angeles: SAGE, [2013]
WCU New Books H1 .A5 v.650

 

Keith Cunningham,
American Indians' kitchen-table stories: contemporary
conversations with Cherokee, Sioux, Hopi, Osage,
Navajo, Zuni, and members of other nations
Little Rock: August House Publishers, 1992
WCU New Books E78.S7 C84 1992

 

John M, Henshaw
A tour of the senses: how your brain interprets the world
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012
WCU LEISURE READBF233 .H46 2012

Gin Blossoms (Musical group);

New miserable experience [sound recording]
Hollywood, CA.; A & M Records, p1992
WCU Audio CD P GinB 001

The fugitive (Motion picture: 1993)

Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Keith Barish/Arnold
Kopelson production; an Andrew Davis film
Burbank, CA.: Warner Bros. Entertainment:
Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2009]
WCU Video PVH.F8461

New Books & Films received in September 2013

Here's a sampling of some of the new books and films

that have arrived at Hunter Library in September 2013.

Please browse the full list.

David M. Haugen, book editor,

How does advertising impact teen behavior?
Detroit: Greenhaven Press, c2008
WCU New Books HQ799.2.M35 H38 2008

 

Barbara Krauthamer,
Black slaves, Indian masters: slavery, emancipation,
and citizenship in the Native American
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
WCU New Books E98.R28 K73 2013

 

Editor-in-chief, Gerald Litwack, PhD,
Hormones and breast cancer
Amsterdam: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2013
WCU New Books QP801.V5 V3 v.93 2013

 

Doug Fine,
Too high to fail: cannabis and the new green economic revolution
New York: Gotham Books [2013]
WCU LEISURE READ HD9019.M38 F56 2013

 

Serenade to music [sound recording] English folk song suite;
Norfolk rhapsody no. 1; Fantasia on 'Greensleeves';
In the Fen country; The lark ascending
Hayes, Middlesex, England: EMI Classics, [1991], p1987
WCU Audio CD C VauR 001

 

Night of the living dead 1968 [Motion picture]
New York, NY: GT Media, [2007]
WCU Video PVH.N5359

Free Demo -- Mango Language Learning

The library is offering a free demo of Mango Languages, an online language learning center. Try one of the foreign language courses for English speakers, or learn English with narration in your native tongue through ESL courses taught in 15 different languages. There is even a voice compare feature which allows you to record yourself speaking and then compare your pronunciation side-by-side with the native speaker's voice. Try it today.

Mango Languages will be available to try until October 11. Please send any feedback or comments to Rachel Fleming, Head of Serials.