Miller Library News

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.�