Exam Week - The Library - A Quiet Place to Study

Enjoy the silence...
In order to help our students do their best on their final exams, the library will be offering a quiet place for study during exam week, Monday, May 5 through Saturday, May 10. Students, faculty, and staff are asked to remain quiet in the library during this week and turn off their cell phones before they enter the library.

Headphones are available at the information desk for anyone wishing to listen to audio on their computers. Silence will be enforced in the table area as well as the library lab. Students wishing to use the group study rooms are also asked to refrain from loud discussions and to close the door when studying with groups.

New DOW JONES Research Database is Here - FACTIVA

Factiva.com is a leading DOW JONES premium content database that contains financial data, stock quotes, company comparisons, financial snapshots, SEC filings, interactive charting, and historical market information.

Full-text of the Wall Street Journal is also offered. You can use Factiva in conjunction with the library’s other business/financial/legal research databases - Lexis Nexis, Business Source Complete, Mergent, and ValueLine.

Serial murderers, architects, and a giant Ferris Wheel!

What does a serial murderer, a bunch of architects, and a giant Ferris wheel have in common? It's the incredible story of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, of course!

Join the Fireside Readers on Monday, April 7th at 7 p.m. in the community room when we discuss The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson.

Even if you have not read the book, please feel free to join us!

Plan to join us for these upcoming discussion as well:

• May 5, 2008: On Hitler's Mountain: Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood by Irmgard A. Hunt

• June 2, 2008: The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan

We hope you'll join us for any of our upcoming discussions. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Maureen at mlerch@uakron.edu.