Spotlight Archive
Recently acquired books are currently on display on the first floor of the Library in Heathcote Court. Come visit, grab a book and some coffee, and relax in a soft chair! New titles are added frequently so check back often.
The 2009 MSU Freshman Convocation book is "The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship and the Redemptive Power of Music," by Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez. The 2009 Convocation, which will be held on Wednesday, September 9, at 7:30 in MSU's Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, will feature an address by Lopez.
Inaugurated by the Academy in April 1996, National Poetry Month brings together publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools, and poets around the country to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. Thousands of businesses and non-profit organizations participate through readings, festivals, book displays, workshops, and other events.
Selected photographs and papers from the Montana State University Libraries Special Collections are now available on
Montana State University Libraries' Photostream at Flickr.com.
Flickr.com's image and video hosting website and online community not only offers space for hosting digital images, but also allows end-users to download appropriately licensed digital copies and add comments to the images. Other large learning institutions who have digital image collections hosted at Flickr.com, are The Library of Congress, George Eastman House, and The Brooklyn Museum.
The Testing & Education Reference Center database features interactive online practice tests for preparatory examinations including entrance exams and certification and licensing tests (GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, MAT). The Testing & Education Reference Center also features information on undergraduate and graduate programs as well as executive education programs, all searchable by location, major, tuition, sports and more.
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This fifth release of North American Indian Thought and Culture contains over 119,000 pages of text and images, many of which are previously unpublished, rare or hard to find. Included are biographies, auto-biographies, personal narratives, speeches, diaries, letters, and oral histories. When complete North American Indian Thought and Culture will include 123,000 pages of text and images. Nearly all 500 North american groups are represented to some extent.
Covering over 11,500 titles from 2005-2008 (and book series from 1997-2008), Springer's eBook Collections feature content on an expansive range of topics. Springer eBook Collections consist of Books, Book series, Major Reference Works, and Textbooks. Springer is the largest Science, Technology, and Math (STM) book publisher, publishing more books annually than the second, third, fourth and fifth largest STM book publishers combined. MSU Libraries explored the purchase of eBooks published by Springer in October, 2008.
Two of the great hallmarks of our culture are the freedom to read and the freedom of expression. This means we are all free to choose the books we read and writers are free to express themselves through written or visual works. Throughout history, these rights have been challenged by individuals, organizations and governments. (Banned Books Week 2009)
During Banned Book Week, libraries across the country celebrate readers' freedom to choose what they read and writers' freedom to express themselves through written or visual works. (Banned Books Week 2008)
Europa World Plus is the online version of Europa World Year Book and its 9 regional survey volumes. This source provides detailed country surveys containing the latest analytical, statistical and directory data available for over 250 countries and territories.
The JSTOR database contains the full text of more than 1,000 scholarly journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences.
Listen to or download short stories and interviews read by today's premier fiction writers. details...
Opposing Viewpoints provides full text access to opinion writing on both sides of issues.
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Journals from the Royal Society of Chemistry are recognized as the fastest in the field, some papers having been published within a day of receipt, including full peer review and editing. This is made possible by a dedicated, professional staff, and truly innovative electronic workflow systems.
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2008 Freshman Convocation -
Check out copies of this year's book from the library and visit links to related readings!