News and more from ZSR Library
On Saturday, November 28th, the ZSR Library hosted our third annual Thanksgiving weekend meal in the ZSR atrium! We began this program three years ago with a Saturday pizza dinner, followed by a movie. Based on feedback from students that first year, we changed the event to a lunch last year, and we repeated that... Continue reading “Thanksgiving Weekend Lunch @ ZSR 2015” ›
Are you studying for final exams on Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Environmental Science, etc.? Are you looking for more authoritative background information than Wikipedia to help you study? AccessScience is a high quality science information resource edited by over 9,000 scientists including Nobel Prize Laureates. AccessScience database contains “more than 8,500 articles and Research Reviews... Continue reading “AccessScience & AccessMedicine” ›
With the number of streaming media resources available at ZSR growing dramatically in recent years, some of our users may not be familiar with all the amazing new streaming options! For example, we now subscribe to Kanopy Video, a distributor of educational videos for online viewing, and content available across multiple subject areas, including 369 videos... Continue reading “Streaming Video @ ZSR” ›
ZSR Library is constantly assessing how students use the library. During focus groups held last spring, students indicated that there is a distinct need to be able to hunker down in the library and get work done! To that end, we decided to take the doors off of some of our individual study carrels on... Continue reading “Individual Study Carrels Open for Use!” ›
Do you have a looming research paper that requires the use of primary sources? Are you interested in an approach that would reflect women’s personal thoughts on larger events and issues, or simply their daily lives, families, and circles of friends? In the past, it could be difficult to track down women’s personal writings, such... Continue reading “North American Women’s Letters and Diaries” ›
The countdown has begun. Your destination is set, your passport is up-to-date, your bags are packed (well, almost) – you are ready for your study abroad experience! Let ZSR help prepare you for your semester abroad before you even leave campus with Pronunciator and Global Road Warrior! One of the best pieces of advice for... Continue reading “Prepare for Your Semester Abroad with Pronunciator and Global Road Warrior!” ›
This Friday, students, staff, faculty, and friends of Wake Forest will join in the atrium of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library for our first-ever Love Your Library event, where we will also welcome Tim Pyatt as Dean of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library. We invite you to join us as we congratulate Tim and also... Continue reading “Love Your Library and Welcome Dean Pyatt” ›
On Monday, 18F and the U.S. Digital Service announced the new U.S. Web Design Standards: In creating these tools, we set out to accomplish four goals: Make the best thing, the easiest thing. … Be accessible out of the box. … Design for flexibility. … Reuse, reuse, reuse. … I think it is safe to say that we in libraries (and library... Continue reading “Introducing the U.S. Web Design Standards” ›
This year, Banned Books Week is from September 27 – October 3. The purpose of this event, begun in 1982 by the American Library Association, is to highlight what books are challenged or banned in schools and libraries each year. The event also serves to celebrate the freedom to read and freedom from censorship. This... Continue reading “2015 Banned Books Week Exhibit” ›
Last Sunday evening, I was invited to participate in the Neuroscience Book Club in the Department of Biology. Along with some neuroscience faculty and graduate students, I facilitated a small discussion group on Your Brain on Food: How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts and Feelings. The author of the book is Dr. Gary Wenk, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience... Continue reading “Neuroscience Book Club” ›