University of Central Florida Libraries
2/9/2012
http://library.ucf.edu/
Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812. Not a math major? That was 200 years ago.
If you search the UCF Catalog, http://library.ucf.edu/, for Charles Dickens as an author, you'll find 446 items listed, 80 of which are available online.
If you take a look at Biography in Context, http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1?userGroupName=orla57816&, which is on the library's list of articles and databases, you'll see that Dickens has had more written about him and his work than any other writer except Shakespeare.
And if you look in the online Oxford English Dictionary, you'll find that "the dickens" was in use as a phrase for astonishment or irritation long before Charles Dickens was born. It's worth mentioning if your parents ever called you "the little Dickens", ususally in reference to some mischief you perpetrated.
It would be nice to celebrate with a little reading. How about Hard Times, or Oliver Twist, or Great Expectations?
Dickens died in 1870, and is buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey.
This month's free classical music download can add some great music to your day....
Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709) was an Italian composer and violinist. While he began his career composing chamber music, he turned to concertos and in fact advanced the concerto as a genre. Torelli's Trumpet Concerto in D major, G.28, written around 1701 as one of the first of several trumpet-oboe pieces, remained unpublished until after his death.
This recording is performed by the Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Pierre Cao, conductor.
For more information, and to download this track, go to http://alexanderstreet.com/CLMUdownload.htm
All tracks downloaded through this promotion are owned by Alexander Street Press and are available to legally download, free of cost to the user.
The Burnett Honors College and the University of Central Florida Libraries are pleased to announce the fifth annual Information Fluency Student Award.
UCF defines Information Fluency as "the ability to gather, evaluate, and use information in ethical and legal ways." Recognizing the importance of information fluency as an essential skills set that prepares students for high level academic work, the workplace, and everyday life, the Burnett Honors College and UCF Libraries wish to acknowledge and reward excellence for students' abilities to gather, evaluate and use resources through effective, efficient, and thorough search strategies using quality sources. Winners of the IF Award will demonstrate knowledge of academic sources, superior search strategies, and the ability to retrieve scholarly sources appropriate for academic endeavors. This award rewards Honors students who develop exemplary methodical and scholarly approaches to the research needed for their papers and projects.
The Burnett Honors College and the UCF Libraries are awarding $1000 to recognize two outstanding library research papers or projects by Honors College students in any discipline:
$500 for the best paper/project at the lower division level (courses 1xxx or 2xxx)
$500 for the best paper/project at the upper division level (course 3xxx or 4xxx)
Contest deadline: February 24, 2012. More detailed information and application deadline information is available at http://honors.ucf.edu/Students/Current_Students/Enrichment_Programs/Information_Fluency
Photo: 2011 winners: Barry Baker, Director of Libraries, Sofia Nucci, Lisa Soros, and Alvin Wang, Dean, Burnett Honors College
Join us for a basic introduction on using EndNote & RefWorks to collect & organize citations, generate bibliographies, and export citations from library databases; plus a demonstration on how both products work with Microsoft Word. All sessions cover both products!
Spring 2012 Sessions:
Feel free to drop in! RSVP is not needed. All sessions are held in Library Room #235A.
