15 minutes of fame or still famous?

Lynn Library will have a book cart featuring biographies at the student center on Tuesday, December 8 from 12:00 - 2:00 pm. Drop by and check out a book for break!

Karlton Brown shines in December READ poster!

Lynn Library's December READ poster features Karlton Brown, Coordinator of Research and Adjunct Professor in the College of Business and Management at Lynn University. For his poster, Brown poses with the book The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman. Regarding his choice, Brown says,

"As an Organization & Management Ph.D. student I have read countless books on various topics, from 16th Century Mercantilism Theory to 21st Century Globalization Theory. Albeit succinct, I found Friedman’s account of Globalization Theory fun, yet provocative enough to be characterized as a page turner. Please note that there is no need to be alarmed as you will not need an economic historian or cryptographer to get through this brief account of 21st Century Economics. Perhaps, like me, you may deem Friedman’s clever amalgamation of economic theories of the past capable of enhancing your personal and professional economic paradigms, despite your academic discipline or vocation. Happy Reading!!"

On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. December is the designated month to remember this important document by disseminating it to people around the world.

December 10 is also Human Rights Day and for 2009 the focus is an end to discrimination. Information about 2009 Human Rights Day can be found at the United Nations Human Rights website.

Lynn Library has created a display highlighting materials on Human Rights from its collection. They include:

Demanding Accountability: the global campaign and Vienna Tribunal for Women’s Human Rights by Charlotee Bunch and Niamh Reilly

A Voice for Human Rights: Mary Robinson edited by Kevin Boyle

Mixed Signals: U.S. Human Rights Policy and Latin America by Kathryn Sikkink

Human Rights and the ‘War on Terror’ edited by Richard Ashby Wilson

International Human Rights by Jack Donnelly

Child Labor and Human Rights: making children matter edited by Burns H.Weston

Under the Weather?

Hope you are having a great vacation. But if you start feeling sick check out this website that tells you all you need to know about the swine flu. http://hldemo.ebscohost.com/Influenza/perc/pandemic_h1n1_2009_influenza_english.htm

Happy Thanksgiving!

A little know fact:

The first American Thanksgiving was entirely religious, and took place on December 4, 1619, when a group of 38 English settlers arrived at Berkeley Plantation on the James River [present day Virginia]. Their charter decreed that their day of arrival be celebrated yearly as a day of thanksgiving to God. But most Americans think of the first “official” Thanksgiving as being the one that took place at Plymouth Colony in October 1621, a year after the Pilgrims first landed on the New England coast. They were joined in their three-day feast by Massasoit, the chief of the Wampanoag Indians, and about 90 of his fellow tribesmen.*

Enjoy your holiday with family and friends. Remember to care for your guests or be a considerate guest (2 of the rules of civility from Choosing Civility by P. M. Forni).

"*Thanksgiving." Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary. Detroit: Omnigraphics, Inc., 2005. Credo Reference. Web. 20 November 2009.

Thanksgiving. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Web. 20 Nov. 2009.

Just a thought

Database Searching Enhanced

Library Research Now Easier

Lynn University Library now offers EBSCO Integrated Search.

This new feature of our website enhances access to articles from the major databases by applying the same search criteria to several databases at the same time.

Results are quickly displayed and can be further refined using all the popular options within EBSCO databases, such as

• Basic and Advanced Search functionality
• Subject Clustering
• Sorting results by relevancy or date
• Date Slide limiter
• Add to folder option
• Emailing article

You can access this service through the EBSCO Search Box that appears on the library website www.lynn.edu/library .

There are also customized EBSCO Search Boxes on each of the topical lists of databases within the library website.