Get Money Smart!

Participate in two financial literacy workshops, Dollar Decisions and Identity Theft, at Albertsons Library, April 9 and 10.  Boise State students, faculty, and staff, and community members are invited to attend!

Workshop information, registration, and numerous money planning resources are available on the Library's Money and Financial Literacy research guide

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Albertsons Library is a Money Smart Week (April 5-12) partner, a financial literacy initiative of the American Library Association and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The goal of Money Smart Week is to help people manage their personal finances more successfully.  

Tell your friends, colleagues, and students!

Questions or comments?  Contact Margie Ruppel, Associate Professor & Librarian, (208) 426-1323, margieruppel@boisestate.edu.

Library hours during Spring Break

The Albertsons Library will be open limited hours during Spring Break holiday:

• Sunday, March 23: CLOSED
• Monday, March 24 through Thursday, March 27: 8:00 am to 6 pm
• Friday, March 28: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
• Saturday, March 29: CLOSED

Regular semester hours resume Sunday, March 30 when we will open at 10:00 am. Library hours are posted at http://library.boisestate.edu/about/hours.php

If the sun doesn't shine that week you can always stream movies, download an eBook, or get caught up on your research via the library's growing list of databases. Enjoy the break!

ProQuest Statistical Insight

Need Statistics? Try the revamped ProQuest Statistical Insight. Whether you are in need of federal, state, business or international statistics, ProQuest Statistical Insight may have what you need.  With its robust search engine, you can easily find statistics on topics such as consumer electronics, market data, housing, identify theft, and more. 

You can access ProQuest Statistical Insight from the Library’s databases list. Additional federal government statistics can be found in the Statistical Abstract of the United States.

Elaine Watson & Memo Cordova,
Reference Librarians

Special Collections and Archives for the people!

We’ve been lucky to have a few recent opportunities to share our collections with fellow Boise State employees as well as local community members:

A selection of our Basque materials were on display at an event hosted by the Cenarrusa Foundation for Basque Culture in the Capitol building: 

Three kindergarten students from Vista Montessori School visited with their teacher to study current and historic maps of Idaho and Boise:

As part of the “Places You’ve Never Been” series hosted by the Boise State Professional Staff Association, approximately 30 staff members were given a behind-the-scenes tour of the Archives and viewed some of our favorite items from the collection. (Did you know there's a piece of the original blue turf in the Archives??):

Let us know if you and your pals want to visit and check out some of our Boise State and local historic treasures. We’re on the 2nd floor of the Albertsons library and we’re open Monday thru Friday from 9 to 5—except Wednesdays when we’re open until 8pm!

Gwyn Hervochon,
Special Collections and Archives

New look for Current Periodicals section

Chris next to the Current Periodicals section,
on the library's 1st floor.

Displays have been added that highlight the Current Periodicals section of the library. The displays feature the covers from different journals and magazines to showcase an overlooked resource available to students.

The Current Periodicals section has many uses; one is its ability to conjure up inspiration for research papers. Another, as Chris Felt can attest to, is to discover a favorite magazine such as Maclean’s. A Canadian news magazine, Maclean’s publishes articles on current events and issues. According to Chris, “Maclean’s is like Time Magazine except you  have a better chance of finding interesting articles.”

Additionally Chris uses the Current Periodicals as an opportunity to find new topics of interest, such as coming across an issue of Earth First! which lead Chris to a new area of research: radical environmentalism.

So, If you need a topic for a research paper or want to find a new favorite magazine, come to the Current Periodicals section of the library.

Chris Felt and Audrey Williams,
Access Services

5000 historic images and documents online

This week Albertsons Library Digital Collections grew to over 5000 historic images and documents online. Researchers seeking primary sources mostly relating to the history of Boise State and/or Idaho can browse these collections for inspiration for writing topics or to complement their research. Some examples of topics you will find include:

• Bronco Stadium
• Idaho’s 1990s Gay Rights legislation
• Aerial views of Boise
• Cowboy Hats
• Pre-1910 photography

Stop by the Library’s Special Collections and Archives office to see even more historic photograph collections (Library Room 222).

Jim Duran,

Special Collections and Archives

Library Closed for Presidents' Day

The Boise State campus will be closed for the Presidents' Day holiday on Monday, February 17th 2014. Our hours and online collections can be accessed at http://library.boisestate.edu/.

In the meantime, spend some time reading about the weather in February 1775, thanks to this entry from George Washington himself:

George Washington, Diary, January 1, 1775 - June 19, 1775
Image 23 of 110

Access the George Washington Papers 1741-1799 at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html