You may get an assignment from your professor that requires you to use peer-reviewed journals. Peer-review is a process of evaluation that an article in a scholarly journal goes through before it is published. Experts, working in the same field as the author, review the article and either accept it, decline it, or return it to the author with suggested revisions before it is published. This process helps to maintain a high level of quality within scholarly journals.
How can you find out if a journal is peer-reviewed? Use Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, which you can find in the A-Z database list from the library's home page. Use the Quick Search box in the upper right-hand corner to search by keyword, subject, or title; or you can browse by various subjects or indexes.
When your search results screen appears, you'll see a legend in the upper right-hand corner: For example, if you do an exact-title search for Journal of Food Science, you will get the following results: Note that Journal of Food Science IS a peer-reviewed journal, because it has this image of a referee's shirt to the left of the title:
In December 1920, several girls gathered on the steps of the Home Economics building after classes, which left them reckless and frivolous, were over. They decided to form a club for good times, and called their club Les Lunettes, giving themselves an air of the mysterious. They met somewhere once a week for an afternoon or evening of gaiety. The oldest social club in Tarleton, Les Lunettes, was comprised of just Tarleton girls from Stephenville, and flourished from 1920 to about 1938.
Seventy-five years ago, in January 1935, Les Lunettes had a progressive dinner, beginning with cocktails, at the home of Hazle Nutt. The main course of ham, asparagus, sweet potatoes, stuffed celery, and tomato aspic, was served at the Mothershead Cottage on Tarleton Street, shown above, followed by ambrosia, cake and ice cream at the home of Mary Mulloy.
Les Lunettes from 1935 shown above are: top row, left to right, Mary Mulloy, Titia Belle Blanks - sponsor, Margaret Hamilton, LaVerne Whitaker, Vivian Hammack, Mary Elizabeth Chandler; bottom row, left to right, Margaret Logan, Mary Katherine Funk, Frances Tate, Mazelle Cowan, Ella Frances Chandler, and Hazle Nutt.
As the 1937 and 1921 Grassburrs stated, "Les Lunettes are town girls all, who hold high the standards of the social ball." "They loved old 'On Ye Tarleton' and that school flag, especially the pole, with all their hearts and souls."
Dick Smith Library Cross Timbers Historic Images Project.
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. According to Wikipedia, it was proclaimed a national day of commemoration on January 3, 1996 by Federal President Roman Herzog, but it wasn’t designated as a universal day of commemoration until November 1, 2005 under the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 60/7. The resolution officially established International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27. It was on January 27, 1945 when Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp, was liberated by Soviet troops. Every member nation of the U.N. is urged to honor the memory of the Holocaust victims. The resolution also supports any educational programs that are developed to teach people about Holocaust history in the hopes that they will help prevent future acts of genocide. It supports the preservation of Holocaust sites and the establishment of a 'U.N. outreach programme and civil society mobilization for Holocaust remembrance and education.' It also rejects the 'denial of the Holocaust as a historical event' and rebukes all signs or demonstrations of 'religious intolerance, incitement, harassment or violence' against any society or person based on their religion or ethnicity. Please take a moment of your time today to remember the victims of the Holocaust and their families.
For more information about the Holocaust and its memorials, search the library catalog, one of our many databases, or search multiple databases by category using MetaLib-Quick Search.
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The library is here for you 24/7. You have access to the library catalog and our extensive list of online databases, many with access to full-text articles spanning all disciplines.
If we don't have it, we'll get it! Our Interlibrary loan (ILLiad) service is free to all students, faculty, and staff. If we don’t own an item you need, login to your ILLiad account using your NTNET login and place a request to borrow it from another library.
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Believe or not, there is actually some fun to be found in our databases - they don't have to be just for coursework! One of my favorite "fun" databases is Classical Music Library. In addition to the other information it provides, you can also listen to over 60,000 music tracks using this database.
I don't know much about classical music, so it's tough for me to just go straight to a song or composer that I like. What's great about Classical Music Library is that you can browse its collection in various ways as well as search it. Plus (my absolute favorite way to use this database), you can try out playlists. I'm a big fan of "Bach: Cello Suite," "Awesome Piano Music," "Music to Write By," and "Baroque Violin Selection." There are currently over 1000 playlists, and you can create playlists of your own if you'd like.
So, try it out if you haven't already, and feel free to comment and share your favorite tracks or playlists.
Oh, WOW! For real? Books such as A Cow is too much Trouble in Los Angeles? The Manga Guide to Calculus? Atlas of the Fleas of Britain and Ireland?
I will let AbeBooks speak for itself.
Welcome to AbeBooks Weird Book Room - heralded by The Times, The Guardian, New York Times, and Canada's Globe and Mail as the finest source of everything that's bizarre, odd and downright weird in books. We now have 101 crazy and strange titles about every oddball aspect of life you could possibly imagine and a few things you couldn't possibly imagine.
Clearly, I need to expand my reading horizons! Doga: Yoga for Dogs? Even Ben Franklin is listed.!
A former part of Tarleton's ROTC program, the Wainwright Rifles drill team, was established in 1949, and named for World War II General Mayhew Wainwright who commanded the American troops in the Philippines. Students were required to audition and were voted on by the rest of the members. During their heyday they marched in numerous parades and competitions, including the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans.
On January 20, 1961, the Wainwright Rifles had the honor of marching in the John F. Kennedy inaugural parade in Washington, D.C. They were one of six units out of three hundred chosen from Texas to participate, and the only representative from the A & M system. A & M was asked but declined because the Department of Defense would not supply air transportation for the trip, even though they had made plans to raise $6000 to $8000 for other trip expenses. Funds totaling $2000 for the Wainwright Rifles were raised by Tarleton, and by businessmen and residents of the city of Stephenville. Each cadet only had to contribute $10 for the trip.
Shown in the photo above are the Wainwright Rifles assembled in front of their chartered bus in Washington, D.C. ready to march in the parade.
Grassburr, 1961.
J-TAC, January 10, 1961, "Wainwright Rifles to March in D.C. Inaugural Parade".
J-TAC, January 17, 1961, "Pep Rally Slated for Rifles Today".
Tarleton State University, Dick Smith Library, Cross Timbers Historic Images Project, "The Tarleton Military Marching Band", by Frank Chamberlain.
In today's digitally connected world of Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, You Tube, and blogs two questions come to mind. Is any of this historically significant enough to archive for future generations and how do you archive what resides in the electronic cloud? There is historically significant material in all of these social networking sites. It demonstrates how we communicate with each other in the age of connectedness and what we think is important. Looking at Twitter as an example, you may wonder how something that is only 140 charters long may be important. The length of the message is no indication of the importance of the message. Some short messages that became historical quotes include John Paul Jones "I have not yet begun to fight"; Patrick Henry's "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!"; "Remember the Alamo"; or Neil Armstrong's "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind". Participants at events document the event by sending tweets to each other.
While your tweets never disappear from your stream, they do disappear from Twitter. Currently Twitter only holds tweets for 1.5 weeks. This means that if a tweet is more than a week and a half old a search of Twitter will not retrieve it. The solution is to archive tweets yourself. There are several ways to do this and the Read Write Web site has an article on archiving your tweets at: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/10_ways_to_archive_your_tweets.php . Therefore, if you feel the need to archive tweets check out this excellent article.
With the beginning of a new year, we often think of new things. Whether they are gifts received or new opportunities. One thing we will not be getting this year is all the works that would have become public domain if the copyright law had not changed in 1978. Instead, we get to wait until 2049 for them to go into the public domain. Some of the works include Walt Disney's Peter Pan, Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, Ian Fleming's Casino Royale (the first James Bond novel), and many others. For more information, see this link http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/pre1976 from the Center For The Study Of The Public Domain.
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! The library is closing at 5pm on December 23rd. It will reopen at 8am on January 4th. While the library is closed, remember many library resources are available from home!
Hunewell...a familiar name heard often around campus...Hunewell dorm, Hunewell bandstand, Hunewell ranch...
Fifty years ago this month, December 19, 1959, Tarleton benefactor Dennis Hunewell died, leaving the bulk of his estate to Tarleton. His obituary in the Stephenville Empire Tribune stated that he came to Stephenville in 1920 and in accordance with Dean Davis' publicity strategy, began an extensive recruiting effort! His program used the military band extensively to familiarize the name of Tarleton State College in every corner of the state! Virtually every county in Texas provided Tarleton State College with students as a result of Mr. Hunewell's vigorous campaign.
When Hunewell arrived at Tarleton the small band consisted of 9 members. They didn't know any marches, nor had they performed in public. Dennis Hunewell built a great military band that performed all over the state and won many awards for their expert marching, including several victories in the San Antonio "Battle of the Flowers", the most prominent contest of the 1920s and 1930s.
The Tarleton Military Band also performed concerts for the Tarleton community. The graduating classes of 1926, 1927, and 1928 helped raise the money to build the original Hunewell bandstand which was located in the area where the Tarleton Center stands today. The Hunewell bandstand provided a stage for the bands of Dennis Hunewell for over 30 years. It was torn down in 1963 when the student center (now the Tarleton Center) was built . The Alumni Association built the replica that stands today in Heritage Park.
After his retirement in 1942, Dennis Hunewell moved to his 1,200 acre ranch southeast of town. He raised registered hereford cattle. It was at his home on the ranch where he died of pneumonia at the age of 83.
For more detailed narratives about Hunewell and the Tarleton military band see:
Dick Smith Library Cross Timbers Historic Images Project:
RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication, allows you to stay updated on web content that changes regularly, such as a blog. Instead of jumping from site to site, you can keep your updates, or "feeds", in one place.
How do I use RSS?
To read an RSS feed, you will need a feed reader such as My Yahoo!, Google Reader, Microsoft Outlook, or Bloglines.
Why use RSS?
You can stay informed while saving time. For example, here's some tech-related information I received today using RSS:
Want to do something fun for Christmas this year? Here are 10 of the best Christmas games to play with family or at the office according to Lifescript.com and PartyGameIdeas.com.
1. Night Before Christmas Memory Game
Type the story from the book on a sheet of paper, but leave some blanks every so often.
(e.g. "When what to my ______________ eyes should appear, but a ________________ sleigh and ___________ tiny reindeer").
Have your guests fill in the blanks to the story. Then collect the results and review. The person who gets the most right should get a gift or prize, but then have some fun and have the person who got the most wrong read the story and stop at every blank, where the host can add in the funniest answer from the group. This way everyone can get a laugh out of the answers. Best for groups under 20 people.
2. Santa’s Hat You can start this game as guests enter the party. As each person enters the room, hand them a Santa hat and instruct them to keep it on until they see you take yours off. Once everyone is wearing a hat, mingle and engage in conversation until everyone starts to forget about the game. Once your guests are distracted, quietly remove your hat and wait to see who catches on and does the same. The last guest to have his hat on is the loser, and can be the one to start the next round.
3. North Pole Two-by-Two A perfect ice-breaker for all ages, Two-by-Two is a loud game that will get everyone laughing. The rules are simple enough for even the youngest guest to understand. Everyone stands in two parallel lines facing each other. Each person in one line is given a piece of paper with a “North Pole” animal on it. Matching pieces of paper are given to each person in the opposite line. After being given a few minutes to think, at the word “go,” everyone acts like their assigned animal – flapping their wings, stomping their hooves, waddling like a penguin – and tries to find their “mate” on the opposite side of the room. The main rule to this game is no talking!
4. Make a Rack (for Reindeer, that is!) In this game, teams are given a paper bag with the following items:
- One unused pair of pantyhose, a five-inch hole cut in the tummy panel, and feet cut off
- Red ribbon and a red bow
- 14 small balloons
Put five minutes on the clock. One member of the team volunteers to be the reindeer. She slips the pantyhose on her head, with face showing through the hole that has been cut in the tummy panel. The team blows the balloons up and slips them through the open end of the pantyhose until they resemble antlers. The ribbon is used to close the hole and decorate the antlers; the bow can be used on the nose for a Rudolph effect. The team that makes the best antlers within the five-minute time period wins.
5. Gift Wrap Twins This is a game for teams of two, regardless of age. Each team stands side by side, and has their inside hands tied together. The person on the left has his right hand tied to the left hand of the person next to him. Each team is given a box, wrapping paper, ribbon, scissors and tape. With only one hand each, they have to completely wrap the package and tie it with a bow. The team that wraps the package correctly and quickest wins.
6. Right and Left Gift Game This game requires some preparation, but can be really funny to play. The host has to write a story that is a few minutes long and contains the words “left” and “right” many times.
Here is an example:
Mr. Right said that his left hand was hurting.
“Your right hand?” said Mrs. Right.
“No, my left hand,” said Mr. Right.
All of the party participants stand in a circle, holding a small wrapped gift. These can either be small gifts that each person has brought, or wrapped party favors. As the host reads the story, each time the words “right” and “left” are read, the players pass the gift they are holding in that direction. When the story is done, the player gets to keep the gift he or she is holding.
7. Fast Unwrap You will need:
- One prize wrapped in many layers of gift wrap or newspaper
- One Santa or elf hat
- One pair of gloves or oven mitts. The bigger and bulkier the better!
- One die. You can use two dice if there are a lot of people.
Set the wrapped prize in the center of the room. Participants gather in a large circle around the gift. The first person rolls the die. If she rolls anything but a six, she quickly passes the die to the person on her left. If she does roll a six, she runs to the gift, puts on the hat and gloves, and begins opening the prize one layer at a time. The next person who rolls a six jumps into the center, takes the hat and gloves and continues the unwrapping. The person who unwraps the last layer of paper gets to keep the prize.
8. Burst the Balloon Divide the group into two teams. One team has a red balloon tied to their ankles and the other team gets a green balloon tied to their ankles. At the word “go,” the players scramble to try to pop the other team’s balloons. When a player’s balloon is popped, he is out, and has to sit on the sidelines until the game is over. The last team with an unpopped balloon wins.
9. Gift Swap The adult version of the Secret Santa game has a twist at the end. After number one has chosen a gift and unwrapped it, number two chooses and unwraps a gift. Number two can then choose to swap gifts with number one. Each guest then chooses a gift and decides to swap until all of the guests have a gift and a chance to swap. At the end of the game, number one can choose to swap with any of the other guests.
10. Christmas Carol Pictionary Relay
Team members race to receive the name of a Christmas Carol which they must get their team to recognize and then sing. The first team to have all team members complete the task wins. Based on the number of Christmas Carols you come up with not all players may get a chance to draw out the name of a song. The goal is however that everyone would have a turn. (Adjust game as needed.)
Divide group into teams. Each team sends one person up to the host who gives them the name of a Christmas carol. Then the person returns to group and in the manner of Pictionary tries to get the group to guess the name of the carol by DRAWING ONLY. As soon as the group knows the song, they must sing it as a group until the host gives the thumbs up sign (10 – 20 seconds). Once they get the thumbs up, the team sends a new person for another song. Play continues until one group completes all their songs.
Here are some Christmas Carols to get started. Remember there cannot be any duplicate carols.
- Jingle Bells
- Deck the Halls
- Here Comes Santa Claus
- Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
- Silent Night
- Joy to the World
- Away In a Manger
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- Up On the Housetop
Do you have an excellent game to play that wasn't mentioned above? Tell us about it.
