AAMU LRC Bulldog Blog

RACC Campaign Kicks off Soon through Behavioral Sciences Department

2012-01-11T15:43:00.001-06:00

The Dark at the End of the Street. The Reading Across Campus and Community Campaign kicks off soon with this amazingly moving, informative and astounding book. Click the link for more information.

Visit Jane Hart's Web Site for Educators.

2012-01-11T15:37:00.000-06:00

Jane Hart is the Founder of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4LPT), one of the world’s most visited learning sites on the Web. Tools available here are useful for education students up through those designing online classes for the first time. A wide range of informational and educational sites for general reference, how-to guides, wikis, how-to videos, podcasts, courses,

Welcome back and Happy 2012

2012-01-11T15:32:00.000-06:00

We're so glad to have you back with us or here for the first time. Our regular schedule started this week; click this link to see our weekly hours. Don't forget you can come to us any time with your research and reference quesitons. The LRC itself is located on the 2nd and 3rd floor of the building. The computer lab, which is run by the Univeristy I.T.S. service, is located on the first

Falling Satellite Catches Popular Imagination

2011-09-22T14:22:00.003-05:00

William Gumede

2011-09-22T09:30:00.001-05:00

Gumede is a prominent political biographer who recently began writing children's books. He is part of a chorus of writers and educators who are wondering how South Africa can attain its dream of a successful multiracial democracy if great swaths of the population don't read books. Read more at the link:

Music education blogs

2011-09-19T09:28:00.001-05:00

A list of 15 music education blogs. Check it out here.

Gamers succeed where scientists fail

2011-09-19T09:03:00.001-05:00

Gamers have solved the structure of a retrovirus enzyme whose configuration had stumped scientists for more than a decade. The gamers achieved their discovery by playing Foldit, an online game that allows players to collaborate and compete in predicting the structure of protein molecules. For materials the LRC has click here.

Tatooine Like Planet Discovered?

2011-09-16T09:14:00.000-05:00

A planet orbiting a dual star system is just like the dusty 'Star Wars' home world of Luke Skywalker, according to a research team from Carnegie Mellon. And while many planets have been suspected of having two suns, this newfound planet is the first “circumbinary" planet confirmed by astronomers. READ MORE HERE. Check out our holdings for Astronomy here:

Center for Disease Control and Prevention Videos

2011-09-15T09:03:00.001-05:00

Lots of informative videos that can be used as research resources.

Remembering Tupac Shakur 15 years later L.A. Times MusicBlog

2011-09-13T15:02:00.001-05:00

Fifteen years ago today, prolific rapper Tupac Shakur died at age 25 due to complications after a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. READ more by clicking here His slaying, like that of peer Christopher Wallace (a.k.a. Notorious B.I.G.), remains unsolved. Over the last 15 years, theories about who gunned down the two have been debated by everyone from law enforcement and scholars to

What do you think?

2011-09-13T10:41:00.000-05:00

Doug Archer thinks twice before he Googles. Archer, a reference and peace studies librarian at the University of Notre Dame, is careful not to type potentially inflammatory words, such as "bomb." Why? Because he knows the government might be watching. The Patriot Act, which was passed in the weeks following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, authorizes the government to monitor which library

Information on Cyberbullying added to Open Access Resources

2011-09-08T10:39:00.000-05:00

According to the National Crime Prevention Council, 43% of teens have been the victims of cyberbullying in the past year. To help parents, educators, and others better understand, prevent, and take action against this growing concern, ebrary is subsidizing a collection of e-books on cyberbullying. Additionally, ebrary employees have uploaded a number of government documents

EnvironmentalChemistry.com

2011-09-07T14:23:00.000-05:00

"EnvironmentalChemisty.com ...provide environmental, chemistry and hazardous materials news, information & resources including: in depth articles; a detailed periodic table of elements; chemical substance database; hazmat emergency response guides; hazmat placarding information; and much more."

The National Agricultural Statistics Service

2011-09-07T14:18:00.002-05:00

The National Agricultural Statistics Service provides timely, accurate, and useful statistics in service to U.S. agriculture.

Newsbank Special Reports--LRC Database

2011-09-06T10:03:00.000-05:00

NewsBank’s Special Reports are news articles, images and other useful content grouped for convenience under specific topics and themes. Easily accessible within NewsBank resources, they enable users to quickly locate information on a specific subject while helping them gain better insight into current issues and events on a global scale. Each Report features current and retrospective

German painter Gerhard Richter tackles the hardest subject: that which no longer exists.

2011-09-06T09:24:00.000-05:00

Making art about 9/11 is the ultimate challenge for any artist. How do you take such an utterly iconic image and push it beyond cliché? How do you say anything at all about the attack without veering into either bellowing banality or genteel understatement? In his painting titled simply September, Gerhard Richter, possibly the last of the great painters, may have found answers.

GameStop to start Sellling IPhone, ipad....

2011-09-06T09:16:00.000-05:00

Boutique video game retailer GameStop is looking to mobile hardware to expand its business, a new report claims. According to Apple blog 9to5Mac, GameStop told dealers at a trade show in Las Vegas recently that it will start selling iOS-based devices in its stores. The company reportedly said that it will sell the iPad, iPhone, and iPod to customers across its stores. GameStop has slowly marched

Getting Started with Primary Sources in the Classroom

2011-09-02T15:03:00.000-05:00

Find and create interactive learning activities with primary source documents that promote historical thinking skills.

Reference Resources for the Budding Know-It-All

2011-09-01T15:45:00.000-05:00

Software developers have not found a way to load an entire reference library onto your phone or tablet, and, alas, the O.E.D. doesn’t exist for mobile users. But you can get by with Britannica Concise Encyclopedia 2011 ($20 on Android and Apple), Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary ($25 on Apple and Android) and The World by National Geographic ($4 for the iPad).READ MORE HERE :)

National Archives: A Nation's History

2011-08-31T16:00:00.001-05:00

Research the National Archives: Thousands of primary source material at your fingertips.

101 Best Android Apps

2011-08-30T15:35:00.002-05:00

http://101bestandroidapps.com/

UP student wins intl award for building libraries in rebel hotspots

2011-08-30T15:28:00.004-05:00

A 16-year-old Filipina Christian-Muslim won an international award for building libraries and distributing books in areas known to be hotspots of rebel and terrorist groups in the Philippines. Arizza Ann Sahi-Nocum, the administrator of the Kristiyano-Islam Peace Library (Kris), was the first Filipina to win the prestigious Zonta International Young Women in Public Affairs Award (YWPA).

Astrophysicists report first simulation to create a Milky Way-like galaxy

2011-08-29T13:45:00.000-05:00

"SANTA CRUZ, CA--After nine months of number-crunching on a powerful supercomputer, a beautiful spiral galaxy matching our own Milky Way emerged from a computer simulation of the physics involved in galaxy formation and evolution. The simulation by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Zurich solves a longstanding problem that

Open Access Ebook Collections from Ebrary

2011-08-29T08:17:00.000-05:00

Resources currently available include the following:New! 9/11 Searchable Information Center- In support of the 10th anniversary of September 11, ebrary is offering open access to a collection of relevant e-books through September East Texas Baptist University’s Bible Study Guide Commentary Series - Includes a growing selection of Bible commentaries and study aids in English, Russian, and

Student Email Accounts

2011-08-26T08:47:00.002-05:00

If you DO NOT have your google (@bulldog.aamu.edu) email account active yet please do it quickly! This account will also act as your authentication to our Databases from off campus. Here's the link. Not only is this your official AAMU email, you'll have access to Google Docs Google's "software as a service" office suite. Never lose a document again! Work in real time with others across campus

Google Plus

2011-08-26T08:38:00.003-05:00

Have you seen this? Google Plus--a new social networking endeavor. Check it out here.

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2011-08-18T14:10:00.000-05:00