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50 Years of descant
Interested in George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Big Horn?
You Are Invited To Celebrate Texas!
Voter Registration Applications Available at TCU Library
Can’t Find Your Favorite Reference Librarian?They’ve got newly renovated digs! The TCU Library Reference Department Librarian Offices are still located across from the Information Commons Desk -- in room115 -- on the main floor the library. Stop by to schedule a one-on-one instruction session or just to say “hello”. Cold Titles for a Warm Winter
Library Staff Award
Those who nominated Jennifer described her as “one of the hardest working people in the library”, “friendly”, “accepting any and all challenges.” “She is one of the most flexible and hard working young women I’ve ever met.” She demonstrates “an uncanny ability to successfully balance work and school, excelling at both.” “Because of her location in the basement, she is often approached by lost students. I have seen her stop what she is doing and show students where things are on the shelves.” “She has made a place for herself in the hearts of the library staff.” Jennifer Terry began working in the library as a student worker and then accepted a position in the Periodicals department. We are pleased to present the 2008 Library Staff Award to Jennifer Terry. 
MedlineIf you’ve used and grown to love Medline, you’re going to love it even more. TCU Library is now subscribing to Medline with Full-Text. Now when you search Medline you have access to the full-text for over 1200 journals dating back to 1965.
Irish Women PoetsIrish Women Poets of the Romantic Period includes the poetry of, and biographical and critical essays about, 50 Irish women writing between 1768 and 1842. 
Anthropological IndexThe Anthropological Index database, published by the Royal Anthropological Institute, is an essential periodical index for the fields of physical anthropology, archaeology, cultural ethnography and linguistics. The database offers more than 300,000 records compiled from more than 900 journals in the British Museum’s Anthropology Library; coverage dates to 1957. Its broad geographic coverage emphasizes the Commonwealth and Africa and extends to Eastern Europe, the Americas, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific. IBISWorld
Within this database, you can also obtain 2-page Economic and Demographic data reports. These topics range from Consumer Behaviors & Attitudes to International Economy & Commodities. Just choose the “Business Environment” tab or select this in the search box drop down box. 1920s ExhibitPlease stop by the bistro lobby and view the latest Special Collections exhibit, “Building a New World: Student Life in the 1920s.” The exhibit, which includes samples of material from Special Collections, chronicles the history of student life at TCU during the 1920s, a time of change across the nation. Topics include fashion, school clubs, student life, and athletics. The exhibit will be on display until this spring. 
C19Thanks to a generous gift from the Friends of the Library, we now have access to the database C19: The Nineteenth Century Index. C19 Index is a comprehensive source for discovering nineteenth-century books, periodicals, official documents and newspapers. It indexes 1.3 million books and official publications, and 9 million articles published in hundreds of journals, magazines and newspapers. Staff Recognition Nominations
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...but first visit the Music/Media Library’s new exhibit, Decisions: Song, Stage and Screen on Elections and the Presidency. Featured songs from 1789-present include campaign tunes and political satire, as well as two works by Charles Ives that, through both annotations and lyrics, reflect the composer’s still-relevant observations about elections and politics in general. Stage offerings include Gershwin’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Of Thee I Sing, 1931 – containing the unforgettable song, “Who Cares?” - and Bernstein’s White House Cantata; films include Darryl Zanuck’s little-known, Oscar-nominated musical, Wilson, 1944.
Mary Couts Burnett Library celebrates 50 years of descant, the world renowned literary journal, with an exhibit beginning April 1st. The magazine, published by the TCU English Department, is a forum for finely crafted and experimental literature in the poetic and prose formats. It has printed the works of emerging and established authors since it began in 1956.
The Friends of the TCU Library and The Campaign for TCU invite you to an interview featuring Jim Donovan, the author of A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn - the Last Great Battle of the American West and Jeff Guinn (former Book Editor for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram) on March 27th 7pm at the Dee J. Kelly Alumni Center. Books will be available for purchase at the event. Please RSVP by calling 817.257.6109.
Join us on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at the Dee J. Kelly Alumni Center for author-hosted table discussions about either Texas Legation Papers or Going to Texas: Five Centuries of Maps. Cocktails 6:30 p.m. Dinner 7:00 p.m. Western Wear Encouraged. Co-sponsored by Friends of the TCU Library, TCU Press and Center for Texas Studies. Reservations $40 per person. Checks by March 14, 2008 payable to Friends of the TCU Library. Please include your table preference (Legation Papers / Going To Texas: Five Centuries of Maps). TCU Box 298400, Fort Worth, TX 76129. 817 257 6109
To register to vote, an applicant must be 18 years old on election day, a United States citizen, and a resident of Tarrant County. An applicant must not be a convicted felon or have been declared mentally incompetent. To vote in the general election in November, applications must be postmarked by October 6, 2008. Applications are available in the 
Get into the season with the Music/Media Library’s new exhibit, “Cold Titles for a Warm Winter,” an eclectic mix of music, stage, film and television titles from 1611 to the present. Composers Benjamin Britten and Ned Rorem both draw inspiration from Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) in winter-themed pieces for voice and chamber ensemble. “Winter Dreams” titles both Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 1 and Kenneth MacMillan’s choreography for the Royal Ballet. Cold Blows the Wind typifies New England folk verse gathered by Helen H. Flanders and Marguerite Olney, while I Never Has Seen Snow, by Truman Capote and Harold Arlen, cites the musical House of Flowers. Houston Grand Opera’s rendition of Cold Sassy Tree, based on the novel by Olive Ann Burns, appears alongside Nancy Mitford’s Love in a Cold Climate (BBC), two excellent Cold War-era films on DVD, Ice Station Zebra and The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. Ice Rink, a zany comedy directed by Jean-Philippe Toussaint, rounds out the selections.