Miller Library News

Unfortunately, access to some of our databases has been affected by the Pennsylvania state budget situation. More specifically, access to Professional Development Collection, Novelist, & the History Reference Center has been suspended until further notice.

Some access may be restored at a later date. In the meantime, the Library is exploring other options.

Want to know when new DVDs arrive? View the latest additions to the Library’s DVD collection and subscribe to the feed by clicking here. The feed will list the titles that have arrived in the last 30 days.

Here are the TOP FIFTEEN DVDS checked out during the Fall 2008 semester.

1. John Adams


2. The Pursuit of Happyness


3. Dexter: Season 1


4. I’m Not There


5. American Gangster


6. Across the Universe


7. 27 Dresses


8. The Happening


9. The Bucket List


10. Dexter: Season 2


11. Juno


12. Planet Earth


13. The Incredible Hulk


14. Twenty-One


15. 10,000 B.C.

Here are the TOP FIFTEEN BOOKS checked out during the Fall 2008 semester.

1. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire – Edward Gibbon


2. The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher – Harry Wong


3. Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO and the Steroids Scandal – Mark Fainaru-Wada


4. Don’t Eat This Book – Morgan Spurlock


5. Illegal Drugs: A Complete Guide to Their History, Chemistry, Use & Abuse – Paul Gahlinger


6. Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic – John de Graaf


7. The Watchman – Alan Moore


8. Three Men of Boston – John Galvin


9. The Life & Death of Planet Earth - Peter Ward


10. Color Harmony Logos – Christopher Simmons 


11. Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand


12. The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty – A. N. Roquelaure


13. My Sister’s Keeper – Jodi Picoult


14. Abduction - Robin Cook


15. How Hilda Hushed Her Hiccups – Tini Sisters 

The Library has upgraded its Expanded Academic database to the larger and more comprehensive Academic OneFile. The upgrade provides an already familiar interface while nearly tripling our resources and offers full-text access to 3,658 titles (up from 1420) and abstract-access to 12,510 titles (up from 4852). 

Of special note, this new databases offers audio versions of every NPR broadcast as well as “podcasts and transctipts from major news sources.”

To try out Academic OneFile, visit the Library’s Databases page. For more information, click here.�

Enter the Library’s Banned Book Week contest and test your knowledge about controversial books. Enter the contest by filling out this entry form and dropping it off at the Library’s Circulation Desk before Noon on Friday October 3rd.  

Interested in the most challenged books in 2007? The children’s book And Tango Makes Three was number one. Click here for a complete list from the ALA…

ScienceDirect’s Health & Life Sciences Journal Collection is now available both on and off campus for your science-researching needs. This broad collection offers full-text access to over 1000 peer-reviewed journals in many subject areas including biology, biochemistry, environmental science, forestry, immunology, nutrition, plant science, soil science and neuroscience. It also offers abstract access to many more titles and subjects.

• For a full list of full-text journal titles, click here.


• To try out the database, click here.


• To view tutorials on using the database, click here.

The Miller Library will be changing science databases this summer. The BioOne database will expire on June 30, 2008 and in its place, we will be adding the larger and more comprehensive ScienceDirect database in late July/early August. Check back for more information and supporting materials later this summer.

Keystone College’s Fine Arts faculty will present an exhibit of artwork from April 7th through April 25th. The exhibit will include the work of 21 current faculty members working in media ranging from bronze sculpture, book arts, and ceramics to painting, photography, and graphic design. See the complete Keystone College news release here.

You can access the exhibit whenever the Library is open. For the Library’s hours, click here.

Here are the TOP TEN DVDs requested from January to March of 2008.

1. Back to the Future



2. Saw III


3. Lost


4. The Pursuit of Happyness


5. Planet Earth


6. Rent


7. Dexter


8. The Wire


9. Letters from Iwo Jima


10. Flushed Away