New Books: February 27 - March 5

Author: Bosworth, R. J. B.
Title: Mussolini's Italy : life under the fascist dictatorship, 1915-1945
Call Number: DG571 .B715 2006

Author: West, Michael Rudolph, 1962-
Title: Education of Booker T. Washington : American democracy and the idea of race relations
Call Number: E185.97.W4 W47 2006

Author: Swanson, James L.
Title: Manhunt : the twelve day chase for Lincoln's killer
Call Number: E457.5 .S993 2006

Author: Heymann, Jody, 1959-
Title: Forgotten families : ending the growing crisis confronting children and working parents in the global economy
Call Number: HD4904.25 .H478 2006

Author: Smith, Cheryl A., 1945-
Title: Market women : black women entrepreneurs--past, present, and future
Call Number: HD6054.4.U6 S65 2005

Author: Wilson, Steven F., 1959-
Title: Learning on the job : when business take on public schools
Call Number: LB2806.36 .W56 2006

Author: Spiegelman, Willard.
Title: How poets see the world : the art of description in contemporary poetry
Call Number: PS310.V57 S67 2005

Author: Ayers, Danny.
Title: Beginning RSS and Atom programming
Call Number: QA76.625 .A93 2005

Author: Seife, Charles.
Title: Decoding the universe : how the new science of information is explaining everything in the cosmos, from our brains to black holes
Call Number: QA76.76.E95 S4436 2006

Author: Emanuel, Kerry A., 1955-
Title: Divine wind : the history and science of hurricanes
Call Number: QC944 .E43 2005

See New Titles in GIL for more new arrivals.

Symposium Essay Contest

The 2006 Decatur Campus Symposium - The Game, The Guts, The Glory: A Historical Perspective on Collegiate Athletics - is kicking off with an essay contest. The contest is open to all currently enrolled Decatur Campus students. Essays are due by March 13th in the Humanities Department Office (SB-2280). Winners will be announced during the Symposium. See the contest flyer for additional information, including topics.

A wide range of resources on Symposium related topics are available on 3 day reserve in the Decatur Campus Library.

Tax Forms

It's tax time! Forms for filing both federal and state income taxes are available online. We don't have paper forms in the library this year!

Georgia State Tax Forms (click on either business or individual taxes to access forms and instructions)

Federal Tax Forms and Information (most popular forms are linked from the home page or click on more forms and publications)

Student Study Day Hours

The library will be OPEN regular hours on the Tuesday, February 28 Student Study Day.

Come in and see us!

New Books: February 20 - 26

Author: Roberts, Kevin D. (Kevin David), 1974-
Title: African American issues
Call Number: E185.86 .R613 2006

Author: Hilliard, David.
Title: Huey : spirit of the panther
Call Number: E185.97.N48 H55 2006

Author: Traxel, David.
Title: Crusader nation : the United States in peace and the Great War, 1898-1920
Call Number: E743 .T73 2006

Author: Altman, Nancy, 1950-
Title: Battle for social security : from FDR's vision to Bush's gamble
Call Number: HD7125 .A48 2005

Author: Bernstein, Robert, 1926-
Title: Families of value : personal profiles of pioneering lesbian and gay parents
Call Number: HQ75.28.U6 B47 2005

Author: Albanese, Jay S.
Title: Professional ethics in criminal justice : being ethical when no one is looking
Call Number: HV7419 .A43 2006

Title: Community justice : issues for probation and criminal justice
Call Number: HV9304 .C6724 2005

Author: Moffett, Shannon, 1972-
Title: Three-pound enigma : the human brain and the quest to unlock its mysteries
Call Number: QP376 .M5845 2006

See New Titles in GIL for more new arrivals.

New Books: February 13 - 19

Author: Cohen, Gene D.
Title: Mature mind : the positive power of the aging brain
Call Number: BF724.6 .C64 2005

Author: Gaddis, John Lewis.
Title: Cold War : a new history
Call Number: D843 .G22 2005

Author: Kryza, Frank T.
Title: Race for Timbuktu : in search of Africa's city of gold
Call Number: DT551.9.T55 K79 2006

Author: Branch, Taylor.
Title: At Canaan's edge : America in the King years, 1965-68
Call Number: E185.615 .B67 2006

Title: Uncle Tom or new Negro : African Americans reflect on Booker T. Washington and Up from slavery 100 years later
Call Number: E185.97.W4 U53 2006

Author: Fitch, Robert, 1938-
Title: Solidarity for sale : how corruption destroyed the labor movement and undermined America's promise
Call Number: HD6490.C642 U535 2006

Author: Lemov, Rebecca M. (Rebecca Maura)
Title: World as laboratory : experiments with mice, mazes, and men
Call Number: HM668 .L46 2005

Author: Draut, Tamara.
Title: Strapped : why America's 20- and 30-somethings can't get ahead
Call Number: HQ799.7 .D73 2005

Author: Smith, Christopher E.
Title: Law & criminal justice : emerging issues in the twenty-first century
Number: KF9223 .S573 2005

Title: Hokum : an anthology of African-American humor
Call Number: PN6231.N5 H65 2006

Author: Huettenmueller, Rhonda.
Title: Precalculus demystified
Call Number: QA303.2 .H84 2005

Author: Ward, Peter Douglas, 1949-
Title: Life as we do not know it : the NASA search for (and synthesis of) alien life
Call Number: QB54 .W335 2005

Author: Curren, Anna M.
Title: Math for meds : dosages & solutions
Call Number: RS57 .C87 2005

See New Titles in GIL for more new arrivals.

Listen Up! #13

The February 2006 edition of Listen Up!, our monthly news and information podcast program, is now available.

Listen Up! #13 (mp3)

The show is listenable directly from the blog by clicking on the above link or by subscribing to either the Decatur Campus Library or Listen Up! podcast feeds.

This edition is around 15 minutes long and features information on Black History Month events with Jerrie Brooks from the ISS lab.

See the Listen Up! blog for detailed program information.

Cinematic Tribute To August Wilson

In celebration of Black History Month, the Decaur Campus Inkwell Creative Writing Club is presenting A Cinematic Tribute to August Wilson.

The event will be held on Friday, February 17 from 11:00am - 2:30pm in the Decatur Campus Student Center and consists of screenings of two films related to the late playwright. First will be "A Conversation With August Wilson", a brief interview with Wilson discussing his works. The second film is a presentation of Wilson's "The Piano Lesson" starring Alfre Woodard and Charles S. Dutton. The films will be prefaced by a discussion with Dr. Shawn Williams.

Free popcorn and soft drinks will be available!

New Books: February 6 - 12

Author: Deckman, Melissa M. (Melissa Marie), 1971-
Title: School board battles : the Christian right in local politics
Call Number: LC111 .D42 2004

Author: Mason, Lark E.
Title: Asian art
Call Number: N7260 .M296 2002

Author: Mosley, Walter.
Title: Wave
Location: Decatur Popular Books
Call Number: PS3563.O88456 W38 2006

Author: Klotzko, Arlene Judith.
Title: Clone of your own? : the science and ethics of cloning
Call Number: QH442.2 .K637 2006

Author: Buhner, Stephen Harrod.
Title: Healing Lyme : natural prevention and treatment of Lyme borreliosis and its coinfections
Call Number: RC155.5 .B84 2005

Author: Sargent, Ted, 1973-
Title: Dance of molecules : how nanotechnology is changing our lives
Call Number: TK174.7 .S274 2006

Author: Elicksen, Debbie.
Title: Self-publishing 101
Call Number: Z285.5 .E45 2005

See New Titles in GIL for more new arrivals.