May 12, 2010

Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan

As President Obama makes his second appointment to the United States Supreme Court, you may be wondering where to find unbiased information on nominee Elena Kagan. Fortunately, we have just the place for you: the United States Library of Congress has put together a great page documenting Kagan's career. For a brief primer on President Obama's previous and current Supreme Court appointments, check out Wikipedia's entry on same.

May 6, 2010

New books

Need something to read this weekend? Here's a list of new books in the library.

Business & Economics
Criminal Justice & Law
History
Literature
Performing Arts
Philosophy
Religion
Science & Medicine





Philosophy


LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = BH39 .G67 2005.
TITLE = Philosophy of the arts : an introduction to aesthetics / Gordon Graham.
PUB INFO = London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.




Religion


LOCATION = SMU E-books.
CALL # = BM487 .E53 2008.
TITLE = Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea scrolls [electronic resource] / edited by
Lawrence H. Schiffman ; [editors in chief, Lawrence H. Schiffman, James C.
VanderKam].
PUB INFO = [New York, N.Y.] : Oxford University Press, c2008.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = BR115.A8 T44 2005.
TITLE = Theological aesthetics : a reader / edited by Gesa Elsbeth Thiessen.
PUB INFO = Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2005.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = BT982 .C45 2010.
TITLE = The good and evil serpent : how a universal symbol became Christianized
/ James H. Charlesworth.
PUB INFO = New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.



History


LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = E176.1 .W29 2008.
TITLE = Rewarding virtue : the presidency and Benjamin Franklin's plan for moral
perfection / J. A. Walwik.
PUB INFO = Lanham, MD : Hamilton Books, c2008.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = HF3685 .S74 2000.
TITLE = Silver, trade, and war : Spain and America in the making of early modern
Europe / Stanley J. Stein & Barbara H. Stein.
PUB INFO = Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.




Business & Economics


LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = HC79.E5 B7595 2009.
TITLE = Plan B 4.0 : mobilizing to save civilization / Lester R. Brown.
PUB INFO = New York : W. W. Norton, c2009.


Criminal Justice & Law


LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = HV8073.3 .P65 2010.
TITLE = Police interrogations and false confessions : current research, practice,
and policy recommendations / [edited by] G. Daniel Lassiter and Christian A.
Meissner.
PUB INFO = Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2010.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = HV9276 .M37 2001.
TITLE = Making good : how ex-convicts reform and rebuild their lives / Shadd
Maruna.
PUB INFO = Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, c2001.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = KF228.P75 S7 2008.
TITLE = The Buffalo Creek disaster : how the survivors of one of the worst
disasters in coal-mining history brought suit against the coal company -- and
won / Gerald M. Stern.
PUB INFO = New York : Vintage Books, 2008.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = KF297 .S36 2005.
TITLE = Should you really be a lawyer? : the guide to smart career choices
before, during & after law school / Deborah Schneider & Gary Belsky.
PUB INFO = Seattle, WA : DecisionBooks, c2005.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = KF5505 .S86 2010.
TITLE = Should trees have standing? : law, morality, and the environment /
Christopher D. Stone.
PUB INFO = New York : Oxford University Press, c2010.



Performing Arts


LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = PN2039 .M36 2010.
TITLE = Theatre / David Mamet.
PUB INFO = New York : Faber and Faber, Inc., 2010.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = PN2080 .B44 2000.
TITLE = The Best men's stage monologues of 2000 / edited by Jocelyn A. Beard.
PUB INFO = Hanover, NH : Smith and Kraus, c2002.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = PN2080 .B44 2001.
TITLE = The Best men's stage monologues of 2001 / edited by D.L. Lepidus.
PUB INFO = Hanover, NH : Smith and Kraus, c2003.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = PN2080 .B44 2003.
TITLE = The Best men's stage monologues of 2003 / edited by D.L. Lepidus.
PUB INFO = Hanover, NH : Smith and Kraus, c2004.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = PN2080 .B44 2005.
TITLE = The Best men's stage monologues of 2005 / edited by D.L. Lepidus.
PUB INFO = Hanover, NH : Smith and Kraus, c2006.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = PN2080 .B44 2006.
TITLE = The best men's stage monologues of 2006 / edited by D.L. Lepidus.
PUB INFO = Hanover, NH : Smith and Kraus, c2006.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = PN2080 .B44 2007.
TITLE = The best men's stage monologues of 2007 / edited by Lawrence Harbison ;
foreword by D.L. Lepidus.
PUB INFO = Hanover, NH : Smith and Kraus, 2008.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = PN2080 .B46 2000.
TITLE = The Best women's stage monologues of 2000 / edited by Jocelyn Beard.
PUB INFO = Lyme, NH : Smith and Kraus, c2002.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = PN2080 .B46 2003.
TITLE = The Best women's stage monologues of 2003 / edited by D.L. Lepidus.
PUB INFO = Lyme, NH : Smith and Kraus, c2004.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = PN2080 .B46 2005.
TITLE = The best women's stage monologues of 2005 / edited by D.L. Lepidus.
PUB INFO = Hanover, NH : Smith and Kraus, c2006.




Literature


LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = PS3561.I496 P54 2003.
TITLE = Pigs in heaven : a novel / Barbara Kingsolver.
PUB INFO = New York, N.Y. : HarperPerennial, 2003.



Science & Medicine


LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = Q180.55.P75 B4713 2009.
TITLE = From Galileo to Gell-Mann : the wonder that inspired the greatest
scientists of all time in their own words / Marco Bersanelli & Mario Gargantini
; translated by John Bowden.
PUB INFO = West Conshohocken, PA : Templeton Press, c2009.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = QC774.R67 U535 2009.
TITLE = Joseph Rotblat : a man of conscience in the nuclear age / Martin
Underwood.
PUB INFO = Brighton [England] ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2009.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = QH83 .W527 2009.
TITLE = Species : a history of the idea / John S. Wilkins.
PUB INFO = Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = QH506 .T3513 2009.
TITLE = The manga guide to molecular biology / Masaharu Takemura, Sakura, Becom
Co., Ltd.
PUB INFO = San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press ; Tokyo, Japan : Ohmsha, c2009.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = QL620 .P46 2010.
TITLE = Fishes of the open ocean : a natural history & illustrated guide /
Julian Pepperell ; illustrated by Guy Harvey.
PUB INFO = Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = QP771 .F73 2009.
TITLE = Vitamin discoveries and disasters : history, science, and controversies
/ Frances Rachel Frankenburg.
PUB INFO = Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger/ABC-CLIO, c2009.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = RA591.7 .F74 2009.
TITLE = The fluoride wars : how a modest public health measure became America's
longest-running political melodrama / R. Allan Freeze, Jay H. Lehr.
PUB INFO = Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = RC560.S47 S75 2008.
TITLE = Sex offending : causal theories to inform research, prevention, and
treatment / Jill D. Stinson, Bruce D. Sales, Judith V. Becker.
PUB INFO = Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2008.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = RC564 .S585 2003.
TITLE = Substance abuse treatment for criminal offenders : an evidence-based
guide for practitioners / David W. Springer, C. Aaron McNeece, Elizabeth
Mayfield Arnold.
PUB INFO = Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2003.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = RC596 .R53 2009.
TITLE = Food allergies / Alice C. Richer.
PUB INFO = Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2009.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = RJ506.J88 C455 2003.
TITLE = Treating chronic juvenile offenders : advances made through the Oregon
multidimensional treatment foster care model / Patricia Chamberlain.
PUB INFO = Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, c2003.

LOCATION = SMU Stacks (Upper Level).
CALL # = SB123 .K554 2009.
TITLE = Hybrid : the history and science of plant breeding / Noel Kingsbury.
PUB INFO = Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.