Nutritionist and Author Marion Nestle Visits Redlands

On Wednesday, March 19th, the University of Redlands will host an evening with special guest speaker Marion Nestle, which will take place at 7:00 P.M. in the Orton Center. Marion Nestle is the Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and is Professor of Sociology at New York University. Throughout her career, Marion has published several articles in a variety of professional publications, and has authored and/or co-authored nearly a dozen books that primarily address issues concerning nutrition, health and food politics.

Marion Nestle's research examines scientific and socioeconomic influences on food choice, obesity and food safety while emphasizing the role of food marketing. The lecture that Marion Nestle will be giving on Wednesday evening will no doubt incorporate her research findings, and the best way to become acquainted with her research is to read some of the work that she has published over the past years. The Armacost Library, which is located on the University of Redlands campus, carries several of Marion Nestle’s books, including her most recent work, titled Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics.

Posted for Travis Upshaw, Night Supervisor at Armacost Library

Women's History Month 2014

It wasn't until the 1970s that women's contributions to history and culture in the U.S. began to be celebrated and recognized.  In 1981, a congressional resolution officially established a “National Women’s History Week,” and in 1987 the National Women's History Project lobbied for expanding the celebration to the entire month of March.

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The theme for 2014 is "Women of Courage, Character, and Commitment." The theme "honors the extraordinary and often unrecognized determination and tenacity of women. Against social convention and often legal restraints, women have created a legacy that expands the frontiers of possibility for generations to come. They have demonstrated their character, courage and commitment as mothers, educators, institution builders, business, labor, political and community leaders, relief workers, women religious, and CEOs. Their lives and their work inspire girls and women to achieve their full potential and encourage boys and men to respect the diversity and depth of women’s experience."   

The 2014 honorees include:

Chipeta (1843 – 1924) 
Indian Rights Advocate and Diplomat

Anna Julia Cooper (1858 – 1964)
African American Educator and Author

Agatha Tiegel Hanson, (1873 – 1959)
Educator,  Author, and Advocate for Deaf Community

Katharine Ryan Gibbs (1863 – 1934)
Women’s Employment Pioneer

Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914 – Present)
Pharmacologist and Public Health Activist  

Roxcy Bolton  (1926 – Present)
20th Century Women’s Rights Pioneer

Arden Eversmeyer (1931 – Present)
The Old Lesbian Herstory Project, Founder

Carmen Delgado Votaw (1935 – Present)
International Women’s Rights Activist

Ann Lewis (1937 – Present)
Women’s Rights Organizer and Women’s History Advocate

Jaida Im (1961 – Present)
Advocate for Survivors of Human Trafficking

Tammy Duckworth (1968 – Present)
Member of Congress and Iraq War Veteran

Lisa Taylor (1974 – Present)
Civil Rights Attorney

Explore this year's honorees, the issues for which they advocated, and other courageous and committed women in the Armacost Library.  Just a few of the books and DVDs available listed below.  Ask us what else is available @ mylibrarian

Books
Anna Julia Cooper, Visionary Black Feminist: A Critical Introduction 
Feminist, Queer, Crip
Negotiators of Change: Historical Perspectives on Native American Women

Trafficking Women's Human Rights

The Lonely Sodier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq

Women of Color and the Reproductive Rights Movement

DVDs

Apache 8

Lioness

Grrrl Love and Revolution

Maquilapolis

Using mobile devices for library research

Armacost Library's mobile website

At Armacost Library, we've been working hard to make our virtual library more inviting to you if you use a mobile device like a smartphone or tablet. If you've used Armacost Library's mobile site recently, you probably already know you can use it to find out when the library is open or quickly look up a call number or course reserve reading in the library catalog. But did you know that you can use mobile devices in various ways throughout the entire research process? Based on my work as a librarian and experience using a tablet as my primary non-work computer, here are some ideas for how you could take advantage of a mobile device while working on an assignment involving a research paper or presentation:

• When you are picking out your topic, try finding background information by looking up books, encyclopedias and other trustworthy sources in the library catalog. If you find something useful, click the Save icon in the catalog record to add it to a list, which you can email to yourself for the next time you're visiting the library. 

• Use outlining or mind mapping apps to organize your thoughts into an outline or cluster. This can help you develop your topic into a focused research question, and figure out where you need additional sources to add evidence and strengthen your argument.

• As you're reading a source, you can use popular note taking programs like Evernote to take notes and organize your thoughts on your research project. You can add PDF articles found from a library database, maintain a running list of subject terms, scan handwritten notes, or perhaps take a photo of a whiteboard during a brainstorming session for a group project. Evernote offers more suggestions for college students on their blog.

• You may prefer to type your paper at a desktop or laptop computer with a full sized keyboard and mouse. Some word processing apps allow document syncing so you can write parts of your document on your mobile device at a convenient place, then pick up where you left off when you return to your traditional computer.

• As you continue to find sources, it's important to keep them organized so you can easily cite them and create your bibliography. Zotero, Endnote, Mendeley and Refworks are well known tools for managing citations that you may already use. With these programs, you can automatically gather citations from a library catalog, article database or Google Scholar and export them to a bibliography (though you still must proofread the results using an official style guide). Depending on the citation management program that you choose, you may be able to interact with your citation library on a mobile device by logging into a website, or via an app natively written for your device's operating system.

Hopefully you will find some of these tips helpful. In a follow up post, I'll share more tips for using specific apps and Armacost Library databases on a mobile device.

In the meantime, I have a question for you. Do you use your mobile device for research? Why or why not? Share your comments below!

Sanjeet Mann
Electronic Resources Librarian, Armacost Library

February is Library Lovers' Month

Join us in a celebration of libraries! February is Library Lovers' Month designed to recognize the value of all types libraries. You can visit the Library Lovers' website to get ideas on how to appreciate your favorite library and even find some free Bookmarks to share with your Valentine:

One of the materials available on the Library Lovers' page is a link to an impressive list of Librarians in the Movies: An Annotated Filmography compiled by Martin Rarish. Here's just a few of the movies with library scenes that are available to check-out from the Armacost Library DVD collection:

The Music Man

Harry Potter

A Beautiful Mind

Let's Talk About It: Muslim Journeys Film Series: Reel Bad Arabs

Armacost Library, Campus Diversity & Inclusion, Redlands Peace Academy, and A.K. Smiley Public Library have received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association to host events that highlight Islam and the cultures, histories, and stories of Muslims in the United States and around the world.

The third film screening for our Let's Talk About It: Muslim Journeys Film Series will be of the documentary film Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People. The documentary film is based on the scholarship of Dr. Jack Shaheen, Professor Emeritus of Mass Communications at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. The 2006 documentary film is based on Dr. Shaheen's book with the same title. Dr. Patrick Wing, Assistant Professor of History at University of Redlands, will introduce the film and facilitate a question-and-answer session following the screening. This event will be held on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at Gregory Hall, Room 161, from 7 to 9 p.m.

For more detailed information and online pre-registration, please visit the project website: http://library.redlands.edu/muslimjourneys.

For inquiries, questions, and suggestions, please contact Melissa Cardenas-Dow, in person at Armacost Library, at Melissa_Cardenasdow@redlands.edu or x8089.

Let's Talk About It: Muslim Journeys, a reading and discussion series, has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in cooperation with the American Library Association.

Bridging Cultures: Muslim Journeys: Prince Among Slaves

Armacost Library, Campus Diversity & Inclusion, Redlands Peace Academy, and A.K. Smiley Public Library have received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association to host events that highlight Islam and the cultures, histories, and stories of Muslims in the United States and around the world.

To mark Black History Month 2014, our Bridging Cultures: Muslim Journeys programming will re-screen Prince Among Slaves, a historical documentary based on Terry Alford's 1977 biography of 'Abd al-Rahman, a prince of a West African Muslim nation who was brought to Mississippi as a slave in the late 1780s. The film chronicles 'Abd al-Rahman's journey from enslavement to liberation. Against the backdrop of American slavery, 'Abd al-Rahman's quests to free his wife and children and to return to his African home provide us with significant focal points to think and talk about race and religion in America's past and present. Dr. Patrick Wing, Assistant Professor of History at University of Redlands, will introduce the film and facilitate a question-and-answer session following the screening. This event will be held on Thursday, February 13, 2014 at Gregory Hall, Room 161, from 7 to 9 p.m.

For more detailed information and online pre-registration, please visit the project website: http://library.redlands.edu/muslimjourneys.

For inquiries, questions, and suggestions, please contact Melissa Cardenas-Dow, in person at Armacost Library, at Melissa_Cardenasdow@redlands.edu or x8089.

The programs hosted by University of Redlands Armacost Library, Campus Diversity & Inclusion, Redlands Peace Academy, and A.K. Smiley Public Library for Bridging Cultures: Muslim Journeys has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in cooperation with the American Library Association (ALA).

Johnston Renewal in the Library's Collections

The 45th Johnston Renewal is almost here!

It's time to brush up on some Johnston Center history and also browse selected scholarship penned by Johnston faculty and alumni.

To learn more about the origins of the Johnston Center for Integrative Studies, try checking out the following from the Armacost Library:

• A History of Johnston College: 1969-1979 / William McDonald & Kevin O'Neill
• Hard travelin' and still havin' agood time: Innovative learning and living at the Johnston Center, 1979-2004 / Kathy Ogren and Bill McDonald

Our Johnston Center faculty and alumni, including Johnston Center affiliated faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences, are quite prolific. Please enjoy the following selected titles from the Armacost Library collection:

• Irrepressible: The life and times of Jessica Mitford / Leslie Brody
• Guru cigarettes / Patricia Geary
• The girls in the back room: Looking at the lesbian bar / Kelly Hankin
• Encountering Disgrace: Reading and teaching Coetzee's novel / edited by Bill McDonald. The 18 contributions in this collection are from Johnston faculty and alumni, including contributions from current faculty such as Daniel Kiefer, Kevin O’Neill and Kathy Ogren. 
• Deepening psychotherapy with men / Fredric E. Rabinowitz and Sam V. Cochran 
• The choreography of modernism in France: La danseuse, 1830-1930 / Julie Townsend

Senior Art --- Ceramics Exhibit Announcement

The Armacost Library is pleased to host it's second annual Senior Art Exhibition.

The Ceramics works of Antonio Argenis Gutierrez '14 are displayed throughout the second floor lobby area of the library. You may view these one of a kind ceramic pieces during regular library hours. This Senior Art Exhibition is scheduled to run from Friday, January 31 to Tuesday, March 11, 2014.

An Artist's Reception will be held in the Armacost Library on Friday, February 7 from 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Please contact Antonio at Antoniogutierrez50@gmail.com if you are interested in purchasing an item.

A price list is available at the library One-Stop Desk.

Let's Talk About It: Muslim Journeys Film Series: Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football

Armacost Library, Campus Diversity & Inclusion, Redlands Peace Academy, and A.K. Smiley Public Library have received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association to host events that highlight Islam and the cultures, histories, and stories of Muslims in the United States and around the world.

The second film screening for our Let's Talk About It: Muslim Journeys Film Series will be a showing of Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football. The documentary film is directed and produced by Rashid Ghazi, who graduated from University of Redlands in 1989 with a B.A. in Business and Sociology. The film follows a predominantly Arab-American high school football team in suburban Detroit, Michigan as they train for a big game during the last ten days of Ramadan. Dr. Bill Maury-Holmes, Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies and Assistant Chaplain at University of Redlands, will introduce the film and facilitate a question-and-answer session following the screening. This event will be held on Thursday, February 6, 2014 at Gregory Hall, Room 161, from 7 to 9 p.m.

For more detailed information and online pre-registration, please visit the project website: http://library.redlands.edu/muslimjourneys.

For inquiries, questions, and suggestions, please contact Melissa Cardenas-Dow, in person at Armacost Library, at Melissa_Cardenasdow@redlands.edu or x8089.

Let's Talk About It: Muslim Journeys, a reading and discussion series, has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in cooperation with the American Library Association.

Super Bowl Fever @ the Armacost Library

What will you be doing on Sunday, February 2, 2014? For the second year in a row, I'll be stricken with Super Bowl Fever. Although I'd always thought this could never happen to me, Super Bowl Fever, or simply a love of football could strike you or your loved ones at any time. Do you have the fever? Symptoms can include a rapid heartbeat, restlessness, sudden outbursts, increased appetite, feelings of impending doom and feelings of exhilaration.



Did you know that this country also held a kind of disinterest in the sport at one time? Michael MacCambridge talks about how America grew into their love of the sport in his book America's Game. According to MacCambridge, good management and marketing, along with the rise of television, played a role in football's rise in popularity among Americans. In The Man Who Built the National Football League, Chris Willis attributes much of football's success to one of the NFL's founding fathers, Joe F. Carr. Carr established the foundations of professional football as a big-city sport during his reign as NFL President in the 20's and 30's. Andy Piascik also covers this time period, but his book Gridiron Gauntlet gives voice to 12 African-American men who played football amid the backdrop of segregation.

In Football and Philosophy, editor Michael W. Austin asks readers to take a step back from the game and turn their gaze within. Austin challenges his readers to consider why we're drawn to the sport in the first place, and what that might reveal about who we are and what we value. For those of us with more of a statistical or gambing bent, read Mathletics by Wayne L. Winston. You'll be interested in Part 3, which includes chapters "What makes NFL teams win?" "If passing is better than running, why don't teams always pass?" "Should we go for a one- point or two-point conversion?" "Why is the NFL's overtime system fatally flawed?" And "How valuable are high draft picks in the NFL?"

If you're prefer to read articles on your favorite teams or players, visit the OmniFile Full Text Mega database. With subject headings for teams, players, coaches, and other topics related to football, you'll be able to target your searches and retrieve more relevant results than if you'd conducted keyword (default) searches. For example, a search for the words "peyton" and "manning" returns 233 results (see above), yet a subject search for "manning, peyton, 1976-" returns 115 results (see below).

If you're wondering how I knew the precise subject heading for Manning, let me explain that I didn't know what it was; I had to look for it. I started first with a keyword search which resulted in 233 search results, and looked under the "Refine Results" column (see above) for any subjects related to Manning and saw the image below.

Want to learn another trick? Below "Subject" is a list of publications included in your list of results. I noticed that the New York Times and Sports Illustrated published most of the articles included in my search results. If I wanted to look at either title directly, I could visit the library's home page, click on the "Journals & Magazines" tab and check for full-text access by running two searches--once for online access, once for physical or print access. 

Now that you've got your football and library gear ready, I'll see you at kickoff!