Check out our new books and movies featured on the Recommended Reading Shelf!
Books
Hacking MySpace : customizations and mods to make MySpace your space / John Pospisil. 006.7 P855h 2006
Breaking News: How the Associated Press has covered war, peace, and everything else / reporters of the Associated Press ; with a foreword by David Halberstam. 071.3 [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 31, 2008
New Books and Movies!
May 28, 2008
Spring 2008 Book Selections
Jan Walsh, Washington State Librarian, announces her spring 2008 book selections. Her theme this season is Exploring Washington.
Click HERE to access her book selections from previous seasons.
May 27, 2008
Sound Transit Open House @ HCC – 5/28
Your input will shape the future of mass transit
The call for expanding the region’s mass transit options is loud and clear, and the Sound Transit Board is ready for your input on options that will move the region forward. Sound Transit has identified options for a smaller and quicker package of light rail, commuter rail [...]
May 22, 2008
Scout Report: Best of the “Best” on the Web 2007-2008
The Scout Report staff ferret out some of the best online resources on a weekly basis. Here are their 10 favorites from 2007-2008:
- FORA.tv
- International Space Station: An Interactive Reference Guide [Adobe Flash Player] (http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ISSRG/index.htm)
- C-SPAN Classroom [Real Player, Windows Media Player]
- Beowulf: A New Translation for Oral Delivery [Real Player]
- [...]
May 19, 2008
Fossils, Disease Maps, & Free Speech
Ages ago, central Oregon seethed with volcanic activity. See the aftermath, the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, through this online tour. Another resource, the Global Wildlife Disease News Map, allows you to populate an interactive map of wildlife disease and conditions. The Index on Censorship logs free expression abuses and reports [...]
May 8, 2008
May is Asian Pacific American Month
Books
American knees / Shawn Wong. 813.54 W872a 1996
The Cambodian community in the United States / written and edited by Cheth Ouch, Yoosun Park. 305.89596 O93c 1999
China men / Maxine Hong Kingston. 973.04951 K55c 1989
The crane wife / Sharon Hashimoto. 811.54 H348c 2003
East Main Street : Asian American popular culture / edited by Shilpa Davé, LeiLani [...]
