Archive for September, 2009

New titles in popular reading collections at Zumberge and Steelcase

September 22nd, 2009

Come browse the newest popular reading titles in Zumberge Library’s Café Bibliothèque and the Steelcase Library Reading Room! You can also search the library’s catalog for specific titles or authors. Did you know books from this collection can be delivered to any of the GVSU libraries, including the Frey Foundation Learning Center? It’s easy – just ask  us how! You can give us a call at 616-331-3500 or chat with us.

Below are the latest titles received. Stay tuned for further additions; new titles arrive every month.

Zumberge Library:

  • Seven days of rage by Paul LaRosa
  • Shooting stars by Lebron James
  • True Compass by Edward M. Kennedy
  • Homer and Langley by E.. L. Doctorow
  • Evil at heart by Chelsea Cain
  • Vanishing act by Fern Michaels
  • Little bird of heaven by Joyce Carol Oates
  • Lost art of gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith
  • Think no evil by Jonas Beiler
  • Barack and Michelle by Christopher Andersen
  • Twenties girl by Sophie Kinsella
  • Wilderness warrior by Douglas Brinkley
  • Accidental billionaires by Ben Mezrich
  • Never give up on your dream by Warren Moon
  • Born to play by Dustin Pedroia
  • Fire and ice by J. A. Jance
  • Library by Stuart Murray

Steelcase Library:

  • Resurrecting midnight by Eric Jerome Dickey
  • Ladies of the lake by Haywood Smith
  • The last song by Nicholas Sparks
  • Homeland by Barbara Hambly
  • Big little life by Dean Koontz
  • Speech-less by Matt Latimer
  • A change in Altitude by Anita Shreve
  • 206 bones by Kathy Reichs
  • Blindman’s bluff by Faye Kellerman
  • Hell’s Gate by Stephen Frey
  • Smash cut by Sandra Brown
  • Rules of vengeance by Christopher Reich
  • Cult insanity by Irene Spencer
  • That old cape magic by Richard Russo
  • Dragons of the hourglass mage by Margaret Weis
  • Alibi by Teri Woods
  • Hunted by Brian Haig
  • Princess of Landover by Terry Brooks

2009 Library Palooza Puzzler Winners

September 17th, 2009

Congratulations to Christine Drewel, Amy Frazee, & Laura Kate Morse!

For those of you who are curious, you’ll find the answers to the puzzle clues below, in italics.

  • This C database contains hundreds of reference books, including English dictionaries, foreign language dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographies, and more. (Credo)
  • PN6737 .M66 W38 2005 (Watchmen)
  • The Zumberge library is now open until two am Sunday through Wednesday.
  • One of our new librarians, Pete Coco, is liaison to this department. (English)
  • The Curriculum Materials Libraries at Zumberge and Steelcase are both located on the second floor.
  • This library location (or learning center) is located on the second and fourth floors of the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences. (Frey)
  • 1531-2542 is the ISSN for this journal. (portal)
  • This building holds the University Archives as well as the libraries’ special collections, including the Veterans History project. (Seidman)
  • One of the most useful Nursing databases, this resource is a service of the National Library of Medicine. (PubMed)
  • GVSU’s Steelcase Library is located on this street. (Fulton)
  • This new research tool works a bit like Google, but searches library content. (Summon)
  • This online service is a great way to store and organize your citations. It can automatically create a bibliography for you as well! (RefWorks)
  • The first name of our other new librarian, who is the liaison to the School of Public and Non-Profit Administration. (Hazel)
  • The new library building in Allendale will be named for Mary Idema Pew.
  • If you look out of the west windows of Zumberge Library, you will see one of these. (pond)
  • Scholar Works, the library’s institutional repository, is home to articles, papers, and other scholarly works written by GVSU students, faculty, and staff.

The hidden phrase was puzzleohnine.