Browse the New Book lists to see which titles the library has added to the collection in the last month. The link is also on the left side of the library homepage.
Check the New Book lists to see which titles the library has added to the collection in the last month. The link is also on the left side of the library homepage.
The Williams Library recently created book lists by subjects. Each subject's book list provides the latest titles (books and other resources) added to the library collection. These lists are updated monthly and you may subscribe to the lists' rss feeds. Select "New Books" on the left side of the library homepage to view the lists.
Come to the Williams Library to see the display of
Banned Books and Suppressed Literature
Each September the American Library Association highlights books that people have tried to ban from public and school libraries.Banned Book Week also highlights information freedom, which most US citizen hold dear.Higher education institutions are usually insulated from the continual battle among libraries, schools, and book challengers.Challengers are individuals from various backgrounds who object to the availability of certain library books/materials to children (17 years old or younger) or to their communities.People have the right to challenge materials in any library, and the library board or school board review the request based on its policy.Below are a few examples (more examples) of challenges in 2008/2009 compiled by ALA’s American Libraries magazine.
Title/Author: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Reason: A Cherry Hill, NJ resident had objected to the novel’s depiction of how blacks are treated by members of a racist white community in an Alabama town during the Depression. The resident feared the book would upset black children reading it.
Status: Retained in the English curriculum
Title/Author: A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Reason: An individual in North Stafford, Va. challenged the use of Zinn’s book in a high school advanced-placement history class (2009), even though it’s not the primary textbook because the book is “un-American, leftist propaganda.” Students in the advanced placement class also read an article titled, “Howard Zinn’s Disappointing History of the United States,” which criticizes Zinn’s book.
Status: Challenged
Title/Author: Twilight Series by Stephenie H. Meyer
Reason: In the middle school libraries of the Capistrano, Calif. Unified School District (2008). The books were initially ordered removed by the district’s instructional materials specialist, who ordered that the books be moved from middle school to high school collections. That order was rescinded and the books remain in the middle school libraries.
Status: Removed from and later reinstated
Title/Author:Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wiched Witch of the West by GregoryMaguire
The book was retained in the tenth-grade honors program of the Canandaigua Academy in Ontario County, N.Y. (2008) despite concerns about the sexual content on a few pages of the book. The district will offer alternative reading for anyone who objects to the book.
Status: Retained
Title/Author:The Absolutely True Diary of a Part‑Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Book was suspended from a Crook County High School classroom in Prineville, Oreg. (2008) after a parent complained it was offensive. The New York Times best seller and a National Book Award winner will remain out of the classroom until the school district can revamp its policies. The book is about a boy growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation who decides to attend an all‑white school. The protagonist in Alexie’s book discusses masturbation.
Status: Suspended
Title/Author: The Starplace by Vicki Grove
The book was challenged at the Turner Elementary School in New Tampa, Fla. (2008) because the novel contains a racial epithet. The book about an interracial middleschoolfriendship in 1960s Oklahoma was highly recommended by Children’s Literature Review.
Status: Challenged
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This spreadsheet lists the new books in the Williams Library. The spreadsheet is arranged by subject (select a subject area at the top of the page). The spreadsheet will be updated monthly. The books are located in the New Book collection, which is in the round room. You may also subscribe to the individual subject pages via RSS, which will automatically inform you of any updates/changes to the subject page.
Did you know you can renew library books online? Before the library book/video, etc is due, use the library catalog to renew the item. Access the library catalog, select My Library Card (top of screen), login with 14 digit barcode (215...), which is on the back of your student ID, and password (your last name). Next select Loans and renew the item(s). Renew books video demonstration
The Williams Library and others provide online access to electronic books (eBooks). The free services provide access to classics, historical texts, and other titles published before 1923 (i.e. copyright). NetLibrary houses current titles on a wide range of subjects. Browse and search these different eBook databases. Below is a list of ebook provides. More information is available on the ebook page.
NetLibrary (NSU only) Collection of electronic books (13,000) covering a wide range of disciplines. The library catalog also includes NetLibrary records (In the catalog select the link in record to access the ebook).
Oxford Scholarship Online(NSU only) Full texts of over 700 Oxford titles in economics and finance, philosophy, political science, and religion. The library catalog also includes Oxford records (In the catalog select the link in record to access the ebook).
Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection (20,000) of free electronic books, or eBooks. Select Bookshelf to see the eBooks by category.
Internet Archive - Texts The Internet Archive is a non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, etc. in the digital format. Texts is one aspect of the site. Also, check out the sub-collections in the middle of the Texts' homepage.
Online Books (University of Pennsylvania) The Online Books Page is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all.
Google Books Google and its library partners are scanning books and making them available to the public. The out-of-copyright titles are available full-text (or All Text). Use the Advanced Search for more precise searching.
