The following titles have been added to the Reference Collection:
A dictionary of education / edited by Susan Wallace.
DNA from A to Z & back again : a primer on genomics & molecular medicine for…everyone / Carol A. Holland , Daniel H. Farkas
Encyclopedia of scientific principles, laws, and theories / Robert E. Krebs ; illustrations by [...]

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In grade school, I read Ray Bradbury’s short story, “All Summer in a Day”, which takes place on Venus where the sun rarely shines. Every time there are long periods of rain, I always think about this story. I have been thinking about it a lot lately given the recent lack of sunshine. I recommend [...]

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This past Tuesday marked the celebration of Bloomsday, named after Leopold Bloom, the main character of James Joyce’s Ulysses. June 16 is the day that the events in the novel take place, and fans have been celebrating this day since 1954.
Celebrations include readings from the book, walking through the streets of Dublin to the places [...]

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Here is a nice page of many different links about D-Day.
Government Views of D-Day 1944

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The winner of the the 2009 Pulitizer Prize for History is Rutgers History Professor, Annette Gordon-Reed for her book “The Hemingses of Monticello : an American family.” The book has also been awarded the National Book Award (see a clip of her receiving the award and reading excerpts from the book).  According to this article [...]

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Welcome to Summer Session.
The library hours are  M-Th 7:30-6:00, F 7:30-5:00 and Sat 9-5.
Come by for help or to just take a break.
Visit our website or contact us at 856-225-6034 for assistance with your summer session assignments.

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Today is the last day of exams. Congratulations on completing the semester.
The library closes today at 6:00.
Click for Intersession Hours.

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Carol Ann Duffy became Britain’s first female Poet Laureate today.
Check out some of her works in the Rutgers Library Collections, available for delivery to Camden from Alexander Library. Search by Word Anywhere in IRIS on her name and click on the Deliver/Recall button.
The poetry of Carol Ann Duffy : ‘choosing tough words’ / edited by [...]

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OIT has provided disinfectant wipes for the computers in the library. They are available at the Reference Desk.
Access to Information on SwineFlu is being made available free to the public or free through Rutgers. You may need to login to the library website to access some of these. Please visit How Do I Connect from [...]

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The library has access to several new databases that may prove useful for your research:
The PATFT database includes full text U.S. patents (including utility, design, reissue, plant patents and SIR documents) from 1790 to the present.
Patents from January 1976 to the present offer the full searchable text, including all bibliographic data, such as the inventor’s [...]

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