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January 28
Albertsons Library is proud to host the fourth annual Faculty and University Author Recognition reception to honor the scholarship of Boise State University faculty and staff.The university community is invited to a reception Wednesday, February 4th from 3:30 to 5:00 pm in the McCain room, second floor of Albertsons Library.
The author bibliography is available online at: http://library.boisestate.edu/faculty/ .
The author bibliography is available online at: http://library.boisestate.edu/faculty/ .
Please join us to celebrate and recognize the scholarship and research accomplishments of Boise State University faculty and staff!
January 20
Albertsons Library welcomes you to another exciting Spring semester! We work hard to make the library a comfortable place to study and a resource to power up your research endeavors.Here are some of the things we have in store for you for this semester:
- New research databases! Access articles from thousands of journals and magazines in our growing collection of online resources, such as the new suite of databases from ProQuest (ProQuest Central, ProQuest Research Library, ProQuest Social Science Journals, and dozens more--the majority which offer full text). Check out the A-Z list for a list of all the databases available at your disposal.
- Find research resources using our extensive interactive subject guides in fields such as Public Administration, Economics, Kinesiology, Philosophy and many more via Alberstons Library's LibGuides system.
- We're up to some 110 desktop computers in our student lab, with machines on the first and second floors. Included are two multimedia stations with additional hardware and software so that students can use to create and edit multimedia projects.
- Get in touch with your personal librarian to help guide your research.
- Want to use a laptop? Check one out from the library's Circulation desk and use them in the library. We have 10 ready to go. Coming soon (thanks to a small grant): Mac laptops!
- Digital screens in presentation rooms on the first and second floors, so you can plug in your laptop and view your presentation on the big screen.
- A friendlier and revamped Frequenty Asked Questions (FAQ) page.
- We're creating more helpful video tutorials on how to use library resources.
- Helpful pages just for Faculty and Graduates.
- A revamped UNIV 106 course, a.k.a. Library Research, is now available as a distance course as well as several in-person courses.
- Implementation of the
button across a variety of core databases to search and locate full text articles across multiple databases.
We hope you find these features help you succeed here at Boise State University. Let us know if you have questions or suggestions on how to improve your scholarly persuits.
January 9
Have you ever heard of the FDLP? It's the Federal Depository Library Program and the Albertsons Library is a selective depository for federal government publications. Watch a new video below about the program:
For higher resolution, see the FDLP website.
For higher resolution, see the FDLP website.
December 19
Friday, December 19 - Friday, January 16
- Monday – Thursday 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Saturday - Sunday CLOSED
Break Week
- Mon 12/22 through Fri 12/26 CLOSED
- Wed 12/31 8:00am - 5:00pm
- Thu Jan 1 CLOSED
MLK Day Weekend
- Sat 1/17 10:00am - 6:00pm
- Sun 1/18 10:00am - 6:00pm
- Mon 1/19 CLOSED
December 16
During the past two months a number of major, national book award programs have announced their 2008 winners. Check out these stellar titles for yourself or as potential gifts for others.
The Man Booker Prize: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Video: watch an interview with Adiga
"The White Tiger is decribed as a compelling, angry and darkly humorous' novel about a man's journey from Indian village life to entrepreneurial success. It was described by one reviewer as an ‘unadorned portrait' of India seen ‘from the bottom of the heap'" (from the award announcement).
The National Book Award for Fiction: Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen
Video: watch Matthiessen's acceptance speech
"Inspired by a near-mythic event of the wild Florida frontier at the turn of the twentieth century, Shadow Country reimagines the legend of the inspired Everglades sugar planter and notorious outlaw E. J. Watson, who drives himself relentlessly toward his own violent end at the hands of neighbors who mostly admired him, in a killing that obsessed his favorite son" (from the publisher).
The Nobel Prize in Literature: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, author of Onitsha
Video: Watch Le Clezio reading a passage from the book
Le Clezio is an "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization" (from the awards site).
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
"Diaz immerses us in the tumultuous life of Oscar and the history of the family at large, rendering with genuine warmth and dazzling energy, humor, and insight the Dominican-American experience, and, ultimately, the endless human capacity to persevere in the face of heartbreak and loss" (from the publisher).
Video: watch an interview with Adiga
"The White Tiger is decribed as a compelling, angry and darkly humorous' novel about a man's journey from Indian village life to entrepreneurial success. It was described by one reviewer as an ‘unadorned portrait' of India seen ‘from the bottom of the heap'" (from the award announcement).
Video: watch Matthiessen's acceptance speech
"Inspired by a near-mythic event of the wild Florida frontier at the turn of the twentieth century, Shadow Country reimagines the legend of the inspired Everglades sugar planter and notorious outlaw E. J. Watson, who drives himself relentlessly toward his own violent end at the hands of neighbors who mostly admired him, in a killing that obsessed his favorite son" (from the publisher).
Video: Watch Le Clezio reading a passage from the book
Le Clezio is an "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization" (from the awards site).
"Diaz immerses us in the tumultuous life of Oscar and the history of the family at large, rendering with genuine warmth and dazzling energy, humor, and insight the Dominican-American experience, and, ultimately, the endless human capacity to persevere in the face of heartbreak and loss" (from the publisher).














