Check out the following websites for citation help:
Research and Documentation Online
(http://tinyurl.com/ao3d6a)
The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
(http://tinyurl.com/ryb63)
You can also stop by the library for more information!
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What happened to the Mayans?
War, disease, climate change, and soil erosion have all been hypothesized as reasons for the demise of the Mayan Civilization. Scientists still can’t agree on why this Mesoamerican culture disappeared. Come to the library to view the materials we have on the Mayans or check out the following National Geographic article and website:
http://tinyurl.com/cltlp9
Pulitzer Prize Winners 2009
Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced Today
JOURNALISM:
Public Service – Las Vegas Sun
Breaking News Reporting – The New York Times Staff
Investigative Reporting – David Barstow of The New York Times
Explanatory Reporting – Bettina Boxall and Julie Cart of the Los Angeles Times
Local Reporting –
Detroit Free Press Staff
and
Ryan Gabrielson and Paul Giblin of the East Valley Tribune, Mesa, AZ
National Reporting – St. Petersburg Times Staff
International Reporting – The New York Times Staff
Feature Writing – Lane DeGregory of the St. Petersburg Times
Commentary – Eugene Robinson of The Washington Post
Criticism – Holland Cotter of The New York Times
Editorial Writing – Mark Mahoney of The Post-Star, Glens Falls, NY
Editorial Cartooning – Steve Breen of The San Diego Union-Tribune
Breaking News Photography – Patrick Farrell of The Miami Herald
Feature Photography – Damon Winter of The New York Times
LETTERS, DRAMA and MUSIC:
Fiction – Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Drama – Ruined by Lynn Nottage
History – The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed
Biography – American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham
Poetry – The Shadow of Sirius by W.S. Merwin
General Nonfiction – Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon
Music – Double Sextet by Steve Reich, premiered March 26, 2008 in Richmond, VA
Check out http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/2009 for more info
National Library Week
Celebrate National Library Week by coming to the library to view our display on libraries. It includes information on Waubonsee’s new Library Technical Assistant Degree and Certification Program that’s being offered beginning next fall.
From the American Library Association:
★ Academic librarians answer 72.8 million reference questions each year—almost twice the attendance at college football games.
April is National Humor Month
Laughter relaxes us and improves our mood, and hearing jokes may ease anxiety. Amusement can also counteract pain.
Check out this month’s Scientific American article “How Humor Makes You Friendlier, Sexier”. There is even an association dedicated to providing evidence-based information about current humor research: Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor.