Fr. Leonard Alvey Library
News for the week of November 19
Gale Virtual Reference Database voted #1
Library Hours for Thanksgiving Holidays
Try Better World Books as place to order books and ebooks.
Our library donates unneeded books to this organization and has designated that our book sales support literacy in South Africa. To check out Better World Books, go to http://www.betterworldbooks.com.
Great database for theology students!
Check the library database page for this resource. Contains texts from Vatican, pope, bishops, Congress, Senate, Supreme Court & church leaders around the world.
Explore Europe's cultural collections!
Provides access to millions of books, paintings, films, museum objects, and archival records. Go to http://www.europeana.eu/portal/
Tutorial on finding articles in scholarly, peer reviewed journals.
Video Project that promotes reading!
Animated video promotes reading
Todd Frei and Benjamin McFadden, digital librarians for Wake County (N.C.) Public Libraries, created “Read: The Motion Picture” (1:33), a stop-motion animated video to promote reading among its patrons. McFadden drew more than 700 images as animated GIFs, which were then projected onto a marker board, captured by camera, and edited by Frei.
AL Focus, Sept. 10
Bestsellers of the Great Depression
Abebooks