Albertsons Library on the social web

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Check out a laptop

Albertsons Library has Macbook and PC laptops available for student checkout in the Library.

Library Macbooks & PC come loaded with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and wireless Internet access. Macbooks have the full iLife suite (iMovie, iTunes, iPhoto, and Garage Band). You can also print directly to BroncoPrint!

To check out a laptop, show your student ID at the library's first-floor Circulation Desk. Laptops check out for three hours and can be used anywhere in the library building.

Library Hosts Vardis Fisher Exhibit

Albertsons Library Special Collections is hosting an exhibit of Idaho author Vardis Fisher’s novels, research materials and memorabilia from the Lloyd Jensen Collection. The exhibit is available for viewing anytime the Library is open on the second floor.

Jensen was a close friend and neighbor of Fisher, who lived in the Hagerman area. The exhibit will feature postcards written by Fisher to Jensen, as well as rare and deluxe editions of Fisher’s novels. The Jensen family donated the collection in September 2008.

Erin Passehl
Archivist

New database: Films on Demand

Films on Demand is an online collection of videos for all subjects including many of Films Media Group’s best selling and most popular titles. Incorporating outstanding educational programs into your presentations and lesson plans is now easier than ever! Just visit the database and browse by subject, search all videos, or search in one of the four collections: Business & Economics, Health, Humanities & Social Sciences, or Sciences.

Films on Demand offers online video streaming of high quality programs available anywhere there’s a computer. It allows users to create an account where they can build their own playlists and favorites lists making it easy to share videos with classes. Visit the link above or our databases page to check it out!

With this subscription, Albertsons Library continues its transition to electronic formats. Online access to these videos was made possible by reallocating funds that previously supported print collections.

Counseling and Therapy in Video

Counseling and Therapy in Video is an online collection of videos for the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling. It is possible to find videos about client-counselor relations, brief relational therapy, age and aging, and by therapists such as, Lynn Banez, Norman Kagan, and over 150 others.

The database currently contains more than 276 videos with more than 300 hours of content and new titles will be added over time. Videos can be discovered through a number of different ways including subject, therapy type, theme, and therapist.

They can also be found by type—consultations, counseling sessions, demonstrations, interviews, and lecture/presentations. Counseling and Therapy in Video makes it easy for students and faculty to find and view videos.

With this subscription, Albertsons Library continues its transition to electronic formats. Online access to these videos was made possible by reallocating funds that previously supported print collections. Additional resources can be found in our Psychology subject guide at http://guides.boisestate.edu/psychology .

Service Learning Posters

Service Learning is a campus-wide effort to create better connections between the learning that occurs on campus and service to our local community. Albertsons Library is proud to support this undertaking, not only by providing access to the latest research and library resources, but also by displaying posters reporting on recent service learning projects undertaken by Boise State students.

Come see how Boise State makes an impact in your community. These posters can be viewed on the 2nd floor of Albertsons Library. For more information about Service Learning at Boise State, please see: http://servicelearning.boisestate.edu

As always, visit http://library.boisestate.edu for information on Albertsons Library and our wonderful array of research resources.

Rick Stoddart,
Reference Librarian

Attention Marketing Students

Want to know how many men between 18 and 49 have had a nutrition/energy bar in the last week? Or, how many college graduates have purchased a Timex watch in the last year. Or, how many women are heavy users of shower and bath gels?

All these questions, and more, can be answered using the MRI+ (Mediamark Research & Intelligence) database, found via the articles, databases link right here on the Library’s home page.

Register for use with your Boise State email address, and, after confirmation, use the Mediamark Reporter link to find more information about understanding consumers and the things they buy.

Melissa Kozel,
Reference Librarian