New additions to our political and Middle Eastern collections

This year the library has been happy to receive multiple donations from Professor Carl Max Kortepeter, including titles from his extensive collection of Middle Eastern and political histories.  Some of his donations include:

Keeping the tablets : modern American conservative thought / edited by William F. Buckley, Jr. and Charles R. Kesler

Neither East nor West : Iran, the Soviet Union, and the United States / edited by Nikki R. Keddie and Mark J. Gasiorowski

Trade and traders in Muslim Spain : the commercial realignment of the Iberian peninsula, 900-1500 / Olivia Remie Constable.

A Thousand Days:  John F. Kennedy in the White House / Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

          

Iran and Islam: in memory of the late Vladimir Minorsky / C.E. Bosworth editor.

The return of consciousness / by Tawfiq Al-Hakim ; translated from the Arabic by Bayly Winder.

The selected writings of Eqbal Ahmad / edited by Carollee Bengelsdorf, Margaret Cerullo, and Yogesh Chandrani ; foreword by Noam Chomsky.

He has also recently donated his newest book, 12 Muslim Revolutions, and the Struggle for Legitimacy Against the Imperial Powers.  Kortepeter has long been a respected scholar in the field of Middle Eastern studies and political history.  Here is a short biography from his most recent publisher:

"An avid traveller with a gift for foreign languages, Professor Max Kortepeter spent decades studying and teaching about the Middle East. He taught at New York University for three decades and held faculty appointments at the University of Toronto and Princeton University. He has lectured around the world, often in his adopted languages. Other works written or edited by Kortepeter include: Ottoman Imperialism During the Reformation; The Ottoman Turks: Nomad Kingdom to World Empire; Atatürk and the Transformation of Turkish Culture; Oil and Economic Geography in the Middle East; The Modern Middle East: Literature and Society; and The Human Experience, a popular world history text.

Professor Kortepeter holds a B.A. in American Studies from Harvard University, an M.A. in Islamic Studies from McGill University, and a Ph.D. in Middle East History from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London."

You can find more of his published work by searching for Carl Max Kortepeter in Primo.

Doing some academic writing this summer?

The library recently purchased a number of books on academic writing and productivity.  Here are some highlights!

Silvia, P. (2007). How to write a lot : A practical guide to productive academic writing (1st ed.). 

Goodson, P. (2017). Becoming an academic writer : 50 exercises for paced, productive, and powerful writing (Second ed.).

Silvia, P. (2015). Write it up : Practical strategies for writing and publishing journal articles.

You can find more in Primo, which has replaced our old library catalog.  If you want print books, make sure to limit your search to 'books" (under Resource Type) and "available in the library".

Let us know if you have any questions!

Primo: Our New Library System

Primo is a new powerful single search box which allows you to search for books, ebooks, journal articles, and more in the Nazareth Library collections and beyond!

Essentially, Primo allows you to search the old library catalog (print books, journals and media holdings within the library) in conjunction with all of our databases (such as JSTOR, Academic Search Complete, and CINAHL).

Primo is designed to save time and increase productivity by combining all of our library resources into one search interface.

Primo has replaced EBSCO Discovery Service and the previous library catalog.

Primo incorporates a number of requests that we have had from faculty and students, including:

• One search box for all library materials
• NazNet ID and Password access--no more library barcodes!
• Easier access to items from St. John Fisher College Library

                                

If you'd like to see some training materials on Primo, please visit our Help and Support page.

If you are experiencing difficulty with Primo, please contact the library at 585-389-2129 or answers.naz.edu. 

New music for opera lovers

This spring the library happily received a large donation of compact discs from the family of Judy Columbus.  Most of the CDs are recordings of operas, opera excerpts, and collections of recordings by various opera stars.  There are also some DVD recordings of opera performances.

Once they are processed, the CDs will be available in our CD collection (located next to the IT service desk on the 1st floor of the library).  They will be arranged by call number, so if you are looking for a particular opera or artist you should search the catalog first.

If you want to see all our items related to opera, try a Subject Heading search for Operas.  Check the icons on the right to see what type of item you're looking at.

If you prefer to listen to music online, you can find quite a bit of opera in our Classical Music Library database.

Please let us know if you have any questions--enjoy!

Our e-books have a new look!

If you've looked at any ebooks from Naz today, you might have noticed that the interface looks different!

The Ebrary platform, which is where the majority of our ebooks reside, has migrated to Ebook Central.

When you click on an ebook link in the catalog, you'll arrive at a page that looks like this:

You can do several things on this page.  You can search for more books using the search box at the top of the screen.

You can also view, download and print the book (either the entire book or a certain number of pages, depending on the title):

You can jump to a particular chapter by clicking on it in the Table of Contents.

If you go straight to Ebook Central via the A-Z Database List, you'll see this starting page:

To download books, make notes or annotations on books, or save books to read later, you will need to create an account with Ebook Central and log in.  If you had an ebrary account previously, you will need to sign in and bring it into your new Ebook Central Bookshelf.

When you've started reading the book online, you have options to search for keywords, get citations, and more.

If you have any questions about finding and reading ebooks, please contact a reference librarian at answers.naz.edu.  Enjoy your reading!

Summer in the Library

The library is here to support you in your summer reading and research!

Starting next week we will begin our regular summer hours.

Remember, even when we're not open, all of our electronic resources (including ebooks, journal articles and streaming video) are available online from anywhere with your NazNet ID and password.

Now is a great time to pick up some fun new summer reading!  We have some great bestseller titles available now that there are fewer people on campus.

We also have some fun displays up right now that you might want to take a peek at:  some Commencement-related items from Archives in our basement display, and some gardening books in the browsing lounge (including a number of titles on Frederick Law Olmstead).

The Reference Desk is open year-round, including the summer!  That means we are here to answer any questions you have about using the library, finding resources for your research, or citing sources in your papers.

You can also send us an email anytime and a librarian will get back to you within roughly 24 hours.

And of course, we have quiet and calm study spaces, like our rare book room.  Perfect for summer studying!

Later this summer we will also be introducing a new catalog and discovery system, which will make it easier than ever for you to find books, articles, and more.  Stay tuned for more information!

Some historical graduation photos from the Archives

Commencement is just around the corner!  There is no better time to look back on some Nazareth College commencement photos from years past.  They are presented here in chronological order.

1928

1929

1937

Class of 1938

1930's (exact date unknown)

1940's Grads Looking to the Future

1957 Nursing Capping Ceremony

2013

2013

2013

2014

2014

All photos courtesy of Lorette Wilmot Library Archives.  Contact answers.naz.edu for more information.