CIS Speaker DVDs Available

We have had quite a few requests for the taped programs of the Critical Issues Symposium keynote speakers. The three CIS keynote addresses are now available in the library for viewing. Alejandro Portes. Immigrant America, Sept. 25, 2007 Luis Alberto Urrea. Opening Keynote Address, Oct. 2, 2007 Stephanie J. Nawyn. Immigration and the Future of …

Library Acquires PsycARTICLES®

The Library subscribed to PsycARTICLES this week, significantly increasing our holdings of psychology journals. PsycARTICLES is an electronic journal collection of 61 scholarly journals in psychology and related disciplines published by the American Psychological Association. The journals cover a wide range of fields besides psychology, including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology and communications. …

Faculty Donate New Book

Barbara and Richard Mezeske dropped by the library to donate a copy of their new book, Beyond Tests and Quizzes: Creative Assessments in the College Classroom, which they co-edited. The book comes hot off the press from Jossey-Bass, October 2007. Contents of the book include chapters by a number of Hope College faculty including Janis …

Library Laptops

The Van Wylen Library is now circulating laptops to students. CIT and the Library worked collaboratively to offer students a few more computers at the library. Laptops will allow students more flexibility to work on all floors of the library and in group project rooms, using a computer. The five Toshiba laptops are equipped with …