Your Library Blog: December 2007

Your Library Blog

Retirement of Mr. and Mrs. Jones (12/11/07)

Mr. Roger G. Jones (Coordinator of Collection Development and Management) and Mrs. Christine Spivey Jones (Special Collections Librarian) are retiring at the end of the Fall 2007 semester. Mr. Jones has devoted 52 years to the library, while Mrs. Jones has devoted 59 years to the library. Please join us at their retirement reception on December 14, 2007 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Executive Dining Room in the Roaden University Center.

New Database: Tennessee Newspaper Collection! (12/4/07)

Link to database: click here

Database description:

The Tennessee Newspaper Collection from Newsbank, Inc. includes full-text articles from the following newspapers:

Chattanooga Times-Free Press (TN) (12/14/2006-Current)
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) (6/27/1990-Current)
Knoxville News Sentinel (TN) (1991-Current)
Tennessean, The (Nashville, TN) (1/1/1999-Current)

More Information:

For more information on the database, go to Newsbank's website to find their Tennessee Newspaper Collection product page.

New Database: Points of View Reference Center! ()

Link to database: click here

Database description:
Points of View Reference Center is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 200 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument).

Topics covered include: affirmative action, cloning, DNA profiling, HIV/AIDS status disclosure, immigration, Iraq, Israel & the Palestinians, Katrina and FEMA response, nuclear proliferation, separation of church and state, standardized testing, stem cell research, tax cuts, voting machines, and many more. Points of View Reference Center contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including 800 main essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books.

The database also offers guides to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers. Additionally, this database contains the Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century, providing students with a searchable collection of some of the most important social, political, and cultural moments of the 20th century.

More Information:
For more information on the database, go to EBSCO's website to find their Flash Facts page or visit the Points of View Reference Center product page.

TN Tech Volpe Library