Road Trip!

"Road" by Susanne Nilsson is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Laura Coleman has mapped out a great display of road tripping books and materials at the Circulation desk for our first month of summer. In addition the library ebook collection has a number of resources that might spark your travel bug:

• Winnebago Nation: The RV in American Culture http://boisestate.worldcat.org/oclc/900214879 
• Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip http://boisestate.worldcat.org/oclc/436734223

This website has ideas for eats along the way: 
Road Food https://roadfood.com/state/

If you’re thinking of exploring the great state of Idaho, Visit Idaho has maps and more at https://visitidaho.org/explore-idaho/maps-and-publications/

And, if you’d like to check your route or view a live feed from a roadside camera there’s the Idaho 511 Traveler Information site: http://bit.ly/1RR0UG7

Audrey Williams,
Access Services

Library hours during the Summer break

And from said lovely spot you can gaze at the #AlbertsonsLibrary & be glad you're outside enjoying the #sun. #BoiseState ^MC

A photo posted by Albertsons Library (@albertsonslibrary) on Apr 20, 2016 at 1:34pm PDT

Now that the Spring 2016 semester is over it's time to gear up for Summer classes! Our hours will be different during the Summer. We will be closed Saturday, May 7 (Commencement day!) and Sunday, May 8. Starting May 9 we will be open:

• Monday thru Thursday: 7AM - 7PM
• Fridays: 7AM - 6PM
• Saturdays & Sundays: 10AM - 6PM

Our online resources are available 24/7 at http://library.boisestate.edu/ . Our hours can be found at http://library.boisestate.edu/about/hours/

Or you can connect with us via Twitter, Facebook, or at our Help & Services page: http://library.boisestate.edu/help-services/

We hope you have a fantastic Summer!

Summer & The Albertsons Library

Welcome to the Summer session, Boise State! We're glad to have you in our temperature controlled, Wi-Fi enabled, air-conditioned building! We strive to make your research and study spaces as comfortable and useful as possible. Enjoy:

• When is the library open? Check here http://library.boisestate.edu/about/hours.php
• Access articles from journals and magazines from 280+ research databases
• Hundreds of computers running Microsoft Office, Mac and PC laptops for checkout, scanners, and multiple BroncoPrint stations, including wireless printing from your laptop
• Printing stations on 1st and 2nd floors, and color printing on the 1st floor
• Check out iPads, MacBooks, and netbooks from the Circulation desk on the first floor
• Streaming video databases on a wide range of subjects--watch online or on your portable device
• The library catalog sports a large & growing collection of eBooks--read books online or download it to your portable device
• Did we mention a Starbucks in the building? First floor, next to the library's entrance
• Extensive subject guides in fields such as Public Administration, Anthropology, Kinesiology, Educational Technology and many more, via the library's subject guides
• A collaboration room (L109C) with scanners & computers
• Have questions about research, campus, or anything at all? We’re available to help you via our Help page, on Facebook, and on Twitter. We're well represented on Pinterest and Instagram too. Or you can text us your questions at (208) 546-9982

Here's to a fun & research-rich summer semester!

UFO Festival & Space

Photo by Cassie

If you look up at the stars and wonder, are we alone in the universe? Chances are you'd like the UFO Festival in Roswell, New Mexico this weekend. How did "The Roswell Incident" begin? From the website:

In early July, 1947, a mysterious object crashed on a ranch 30 miles north of Roswell.  The Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF) issued a statement claiming to have recovered a crashed "flying disk."  An article ran on the front page of the Roswell Daily Record and the next day, RAAF changed its statement to say that the object was a weather balloon, not a flying disk as they previously reported.  This revised statement sparked immediate controversy and has continued to be a topic of debate more than 60 years later.

The website Offbeat New Mexico describes the event as an annual gathering "that attracts thousands of doubters, believers, scholars, scientists, authors, astronauts, tourists and children of all ages – from this world and beyond - to this small Southeastern New Mexico city in search of a little truth and a whole lot of fun, foolishness and entertainment during the UFO Festival."

If the vastness of space is more appealing, then set your course to the official NASA website for links to its massive multimedia archive, a consolidated launch schedule, and mind-blowing photos from the Hubble Space Telescope. You can also get your daily dose of Astronomy by following the always-fascinating Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD).