Opening festivities for the “Recommended by Duncan Hines†exhibit at the Kentucky Library & Museum launched the 2007 Duncan Hines Festival. Activities held on Friday and Saturday, August 3rd & 4th included a ribbon cutting ceremony, recipe judging contest, 1950s sock hop, art show, country breakfast, chautauqua-style appearance by Duncan Hines, and costume contest.
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WKU’s first electronic journal coming soon! International Journal of Exercise Science edited by James Navalta and Scott Lyons, the first e-journal in TopSCHOLAR™ (digitalcommons.wku.edu). The purpose of this journal is to provide students of exercise science with the initial opportunity to become engaged in the scholarly process as authors and reviewers.
Contact James at 270-745-6037 or Scott at 270-745-6035 for more information.
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Travel on the World Wide Web is a constantly updated Web directory of travel authored by Dr. Brian Coutts, Head of Library Public Services at WKU. This site provides you with information on “Where to Go,” “Travel Guides,”and “Travel Bookstores and Maps.” Available also is information on airlines, trains, buses, cars, lodging, and restaurants. Cultural events, adventure travel, and outdoor recreation are covered as well.
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The “Recommended by Duncan Hines” exhibit opens at the Kentucky Library & Museum on August 3rd and 4th with activities held in conjunction with the Duncan Hines Festival. They include:
• Duncan Hines Festival Recipe Contest, August 3, 4pm
• Festival Art Awards and Silent Auction, August 3, 5pm
• 1950s Theme Party, with antique cars, 50s rock ‘n roll and cocktails, August 3, 7pm
• Country Breakfast with presentation by Jonathan Jeffrey, August 4, 9am
• Duncan Hines Festival Children’s Pageant, August 4, 10am
• “Adventures in Good Eating: A Taste of Duncan Hines,†a presentation of the Kentucky Historical Society, written and performed by Mike Thomas, August 4, 3pm
Researchers can now “FindFullText@WKU” for Google Scholar hits when WKU has the cited work, thanks to TDNet and Google Scholar linking software. The usual restrictions apply in that only WKU users can access the full-text based on IP range. An example from a search in JAMA is:
Trends in alternative medicine use in the United States, 1990–1997
Find Fulltext @ WKU
– all 5 versions »
DM Eisenberg, RB Davis, SL Ettner, S Appel, S … – JAMA, 1998 – Am Med Assoc
JAMA & ARCHIVES Select Journal or Resource, … Ronald C. Kessler,
PhD. JAMA. 1998;280:1569-1575. Context.— A prior …
Cited by 748 – Related Articles – Web Search
We know you will find this additional access useful in identifying WKU-held resources. We encourage you also to use TOPCAT and TDNet, along with our many other online resources, books, and other print holdings to support research and lifelong learning.
Connie Foster, Head
Dept. of Library Technical Services
July 5, 2007
We are pleased to add Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 as our newest database and our first from Alexander Street Press. As stated by the publisher, “this database brings together books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies that document the multiplicity of women’s activism in American public life. Thousands of pages of materials provide scholars and students with in-depth access to the published histories and records of women’s organizations throughout the United States. It also has documented projects on a broad range of topics of interest to today’s students, each including footnotes to introductory material, annotations of primary documents, a bibliography, and a list of related Web links. This database has a powerful full-text search engine that provides in-depth access to its content.” Link to it today! Search TOPCAT for the linked resource or our database pages.
The database should prove valuable to many disciplines and researchers. Let us know!
Connie Foster
Head, Library Technical Services
July 2007
The ERC will close at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3rd. We will be closed on Wednesday, July 4th and Saturday, July 7th. We will reopen for our regular summer hours on Monday, July 9th:
Mon-Thurs 7:45 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Friday: 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Closed on Sunday.
Happy 4th of July to all!
Roxanne Spencer, Coordinator of ERC
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During the month of June, area children participated in a series of four camps – Archeology, Kentucky History, Kentucky Art and Clay – at the Kentucky Library and Museum. Participants identified arrowheads, painted a pictograph, explored Kentucky music, food, and dance, practiced painting, collage, and printmaking, and learned how to hand build clay.
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E-journal access through WKU Libraries continues to grow this summer for a variety of disciplines. We recently added access to 6 titles through UC Press at http://caliber.ucpress.net for Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, Oral History Review, Pacific Historical Review, Social Problems and Symbolic Interaction, going back to 2001. Social Problems has access from 2006- . These titles can be accessed through Topcat or TDNet. The choice is yours!
Connie Foster, Head
Library Technical Services
June 20, 2007
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The Kentucky Library and Museum held its first annual Volunteer Dinner on Thursday, May 31st, 2007. The work of these volunteers with preservation, exhibit preparation, special events, and educational programming has enriched the community and enable the KYLM to offer a variety of programs and events to the community that would not be possible otherwise.
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