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- Location:
- Detroit, MI, 48221
- Phone:
- 313-993-1071
- Mon - Thurs:
- 8:00 am - 10:00 pm
- Fri:
- 8:00 am - 5:30 pm
- Sat:
- 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
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- 12:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Detroit’s Thanksgiving Day Parade By Romie Minor, Laurie Anne Tamborino, and The Parade Company Since 1924, Detroit’s annual Thanksgiving parade has delighted people of all ages. The parade’s spectacular balloons, floats, bands, special guests, and holiday spirit have made it the most celebrated civic event in Detroi...t. This book commemorates the parade tradition with a look back at over 75 years of magic and enchantment....Read More
Source:Book of the Week
Posted:2009-11-22 13:00:35 GMT
The matter of the gods: religion and the Roman Empire by Clifford Ando What did the Romans know about their gods? Why did they perform the rituals of their religion, and what motivated them to change those rituals? To these questions Clifford Ando proposes simple answers: In contrast to ancient Christians, who had faith, Romans had knowledge, and their knowledge was empirical in orientation....
Source:Book of the Week
Posted:2009-11-15 13:10:19 GMT
Go to Sanborn Insurance Maps Sanborn® fire insurance maps are detailed property and land-use records covering more than 12,000 U.S.towns and cities. Founded in 1867 by D. A. Sanborn, the Sanborn Map Company was the primary American publisher of fire maps for over 100 years, repeatedly mapping towns and cities as they c...hanged. The maps provide a wealth of information, such as building outline, size and shape, construction materials, height, building use, windows...Read More
Source:Features
Posted:2009-11-11 16:01:32 GMT
We’re in the process of setting up a Facebook page for the UDM Libraries/IDS.
Source:News
Posted:2009-11-11 14:55:58 GMT
My word!: plagiarism and college culture by Susan D. Blum Professors are reminded almost daily that many of today’s college students operate under an entirely new set of assumptions about originality and ethics. Practices that even a decade ago would have been regarded almost universally as academically dishonest are n...ow commonplace. Is this development an indication of dramatic shifts in education and the larger culture?...Read More
Source:Book of the Week
Posted:2009-11-08 13:01:24 GMT
Before Darwin: reconciling God and nature by Keith Thomson For 200 years before the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, findings in the sciences of the earth and of nature threatened religious belief based on the literal truth of the Bible. This book traces out the multiple conflicts and accommodations wi...thin religion and the new sciences through the writings of such heroes of the English Enlightenment as David Hume, Robert Hooke,...Read More
Source:Book of the Week
Posted:2009-11-01 13:48:46 GMT
Sisters of Mercy Collection The Sisters of Mercy Collection is now live on the Libraries/IDS Research portal. Although the collection was originally created in the early 1960’s, Sr. Gilmary Bauer, R.S.M. has updated the information on the Sisters of Mercy with an introduction to the site. Featured in the collection are two slide/audio sets that relate the history of the Sisters of Mercy....
Source:News
Posted:2009-10-30 15:32:44 GMT
Direct links to CINAHL may not work properly. To access CINAHL, select Ebsco Databases from the database list, then select CINAHL from the list of Ebsco databases.
Source:News
Posted:2009-10-30 00:43:07 GMT
It’s bigger than hip hop: the rise of the post-hip-hop generation by M.K Asante, Jr. It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop takes a bold look at the rise of a generation that sees beyond the smoke and mirrors of corporate-manufactured rap and is building a movement that will change not only the face of pop culture, but the world.M.... K. Asante, Jr., a passionate young poet, professor, filmmaker, and activist who represents this new movement, uses hip hop as a springboard for a larger discussion about the urgent social and political issues affecting the hip-hop and post-hip-hop generations.Through insightful anecdotes, scholarship, revolutionary rap lyrics, personal encounters, and conversations with youth across the globe as well as icons such as Chuck D and Maya Angelou, Asante illuminates a shift that can be felt in the crowded spoken-word joints in post-Katrina New Orleans, seen in the rise of youth-led organizations committed to social justice, and heard around the world chanting “It’s bigger than hip hop.” CATALOG PAGERead More
Source:Book of the Week
Posted:2009-10-25 13:44:05 GMT
Academic OneFile is not recognizing users logging in through UDM. To access OneFile, go to the Gale Databases link: “http://research.udmercy.edu/find/databases/database_switch.php?resource_id=1179″>79.
Source:News
Posted:2009-10-22 22:23:21 GMT
Bounds of reason: game theory and the unification of the behavioral sciences by Herbert Gintis Game theory is central to understanding human behavior and relevant to all of the behavioral sciences–from biology and economics, to anthropology and political science. However, as The Bounds of Reason demonstrates, game theo...ry alone cannot fully explain human behavior and should instead complement other key concepts championed by the behavioral disciplines. Herbert Gintis shows that just as game theory without broader social theory is merely technical bravado, so social theory without game theory is a handicapped enterprise. CATALOG PAGERead More
Source:Book of the Week
Posted:2009-10-18 13:00:26 GMT
The authentication problems for both campus and remote users have been resolved. Thanks you for your patience.
Source:News
Posted:2009-10-12 16:33:08 GMT
Lords of finance: the bankers who broke the world by Liaquat Ahamed Liaquat Ahamed, a former World Bank economist and investment fund manager, began research on this book long before the current financial crisis, having no idea of the relevance it would have upon its publication. It is a history of the financial and economic turmoil that began in 1914 and didn’t really end until after World War II. [...]
Source:Book of the Week
Posted:2009-10-11 13:00:01 GMT
The Gale Databases, including Academic Onefile, are not responding through the UDM proxy server. These databases are available through the MeL: Michigan eLibrary link, but will require a Michigan Driver’s License or state ID number for access. We apologize for the inconveniece–this is an issue that needs to be addressed at the Library of Michigan site.
Source:News
Posted:2009-10-09 21:00:33 GMT
China’s Rise: challenges and opportunities by C. Fred Bergsten, Charles Freeman, Nicholas R. Lardy and Derek J. Mitchell The global economic crisis has made clear China’s importance and expanding role on the world stage. The bestselling book, China’s Rise: Challenges and Opportunities explains actions both China and t...he United States can take that will not only maximize the opportunities for China’s constructive integration into the international community, but also help form a domestic [...]Read More
Source:Book of the Week
Posted:2009-10-04 13:34:51 GMT
Friday October 23 from 6-9 PM The UDM Libraries/Instructional Design Studio will be hosting Video Game Night in the Library Right now, it looks like we’ll be playing Rock Band: Beatles, Rock Band 2, Halo 3, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Mario Kart Wii, and probably some Wii Sports (bowling, tennis, and maybe even some ba...seball). There’ll be pizza and pop, as well as door prizes — including Best Buy gift certificates and UDM swag — [...]Read More
Source:Features
Posted:28 September 2009, 6:11 pm GMT
Number story: from counting to cryptography by Peter M. Higgins Peter Higgins distills centuries of work into one delightful narrative that celebrates the mystery of numbers and explains how different kinds of numbers arose and why they are useful. Full of historical snippets and interesting examples, the book ranges ...from simple number puzzles and magic tricks, to showing how ideas about numbers relate to real-world problems, such as: How are our bank account [...]Read More
Source:Book of the Week
Posted:27 September 2009, 1:37 pm GMT
The McNichols Campus Library will be closed 11:00-2:30 to allow all students, faculty and staff to attend the program, picnic and organization fair. The library will reopen at 2:30.
Source:News
Posted:24 September 2009, 2:42 pm GMT
Building a century of progress: the architecture of Chicago’s 1933-34 World’s Fair by Lisa D. Schrenk In the richly illustrated Building a Century of Progress, Lisa D. Schrenk explores the pivotal role of the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair in modern American architecture. She recounts how the exposition’s architectural comm...ission promoted a broad definition of modern architecture, not relying on purely aesthetic characteristics but instead focusing on new design solutions. [...]Read More
Source:Book of the Week
Posted:20 September 2009, 2:54 pm GMT
Celebration of Constitution Day 2009, or more formally Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, was established through legislation sponsored by Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia in 2004. As a constitutional scholar and longest-serving member of the Senate, Byrd views the Constitution as a living document, worthy of acknowledgement and study by all. [...]
Source:Features
Posted:14 September 2009, 9:55 pm GMT
by Wendy Doniger The Hindus brings a fascinating multiplicity of actors and stories to the stage to show how brilliant and creative thinkers—many of them far removed from Brahmin authors of Sanskrit texts—have kept Hinduism alive in ways that other scholars have not fully explored. In this unique and authoritative acco...unt, debates about Hindu traditions become platforms from which to consider the ironies, and overlooked epiphanies, of history. CATALOG PAGERead More
Source:Book of the Week
Posted:14 September 2009, 12:47 pm GMT
Are you a creative idea person? Do you like to tinker with new concepts? Do you think wireless communication and computing is cool? Now’s your chance to become an award-winning innovator! Enter your team in the UDM/Ford Innovation Challenge to conceive a new application for SYNC—the Bluetooth system developed by For...d Motor Company and Microsoft. Each team—comprised of 3-5 full-time UDM undergraduate students from any majors— must develop a 3-minute digital presentation of the new [...]Read More
Source:Features
Posted:9 September 2009, 7:54 pm
Welcome back to a renovated and open library! Full access for UDM students, faculty and staff resumes Tuesday, September 8. Through September 14, access to the library will be limited to UDM STUDENTS AND UDM PERSONNEL ONLY. The first floor of the McNichols Campus Library has been under renovation this summer. [...]
Source:News
Posted:8 September 2009, 1:35 pm
Al dente: culinary delight for the dental patient: recipes, tips and advice by Norbert Salenbauch, Arrigo Cipriani and Volker Kriegel With genuine understanding for patients undergoing the pain and trauma of rehabilitative treatment, the book shows that it is possible to eat well, even feast, throughout the different phases of dental treatment. [...]
Source:Book of the Week
Posted:6 September 2009, 2:20 pm
The first floor of the McNichols Campus Library is under renovation this summer, and will not be accessible to patrons. During this time, a limited number of computer workstations will be available on the library’s third floor in Room 324. Reference services also will be available in Room 324. To contact the reference desk, please dial 313 993-1071. [...]
Source:News
Posted:5 September 2009, 3:02 am
We’re in the process of making some significant changes to the UDM Libraries/IDS Re:Search portal. While these updates are underway, some pages may be unavailable or produce error messages. We apologize for an inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your patience.
Source:News
Posted:5 September 2009, 2:43 am
This the inaugural year of the UDM’s First Year Experience (FYE) Common Read! We’ve designed the program to introduce our first-year students to the academic and intellectual culture of the University of Detroit Mercy through a common reading experience. All first-year students are expected to read the book over the su...mmer and participate in discussions during fall orientation, Prologues, Transitions, and Viewpoints (PTV), and various other activities planned during the fall term. [...]Read More
Source:Features
Posted:1 September 2009, 12:40 pm
by Sherry Turkle The Inner History of Devices,describes an approach that reveals how what we make is woven into our ways of seeing ourselves. The author brings together three traditions of listening—that of the memoirist, the clinician, and the ethnographer. Each informs the others to compose an inner history of devices. [...]
Source:Book of the Week
Posted:31 August 2009, 3:00 pm
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