African American History Month Quiz
25 February 2013 by Susanne Caro
This person was an influential SNCC leader, was a freedom rider and is recognized as one of the important leaders of the civil rights movement. He was elected to congress by Georgia’s 5th district in 1987.
A) Bayard Rustin
B) Frederick Douglass
C) John Lewis
D) Roy Wilkins
Think you know the answer? Check out our library guide to see if you are correct!
Institutional Review Board Workshop Today!
25 February 2013 by Kate Zoellner
Will you be conducting research with human subjects? This workshop, led by Paula Baker from The Office of the VP for Research and Development, will clarify what types of projects are required to be reviewed by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and outline the steps needed to ensure a smooth and successful IRB application.
The workshop takes place from 3-4pm, Monday, February 25, in room 284 of the Library.
For a full listing of the workshops offered this semester see: http://libguides.lib.umt.edu/workshops
Friday Featured Database – American Indian Health
22 February 2013 by Julie Biando Edwards
This Web resource on American Indian Health, sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, is designed to bring together health and medical resources pertinent to the American Indian population including policies, consumer health information, and research. Links are provided here to an assortment of documents, Web sites, databases, and other resources.
The American Indian Health Web site is designed to bring together health and medical resources focused on the American Indian population. It includes links to evaluated health information from an assortment of resources, Web sites, and databases.
Much of the information is easy to understand including sites that are designed for children and elders, and there are also links to sites with stories of Indian people and their experiences with health problems and ways of wellness. In addition, there are links to research and data suitable for a variety of users. Pre-formulated PubMed/MEDLINE searches are available under different health topics, and they provide links to the latest in medical research involving American Indians. Often it is possible to read entire journal articles.
Health on this Web site is used in its broadest sense, and includes physical, mental, social / cultural, and environmental aspects. Research encompasses basic, applied, laboratory, and community, as well as research conducted in partnerships with community groups.
You can find this database on the Databases A-Z page of the Library website. For more information about using this resource in your research and teaching, contact Public Health Librarian Kim Granath at kim.granath@umontana.edu.
Spring 2013 Issue of the Library Newsletter Available Now.
20 February 2013 by Julie Biando Edwards
Check out the Spring 2013 issue of Snmipnuntn, the faculty newsletter of the Mansfield Library. You will find the most recent issue, and past issues, here.
African American History Month Quiz
18 February 2013 by Susanne Caro
There have been a number of protests at the Lincoln Memorial calling for an end to discrimination. Which one was planned for 1941 but never happened?
A) A performance by Marian Anderson on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to protest racial prejudice affecting black artists.
B) A protest by the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters to end discrimination in government defense industries.
C) Million Man March “to convey to the world a vastly different picture of the Black male.”
D) Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom to urge the government to abide by the decision in Brown v Board of Education and stop the states form obstructing desegregation.
Think you know the answer? Check our library guide to see if you are correct!
Friday Featured Database — African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
15 February 2013 by Julie Biando Edwards
African American Women Writers of the 19th Century is a digital collection of some 52 published works by 19th-century black women writers. A part of the Digital Schomburg, this collection provides access to the thought, perspectives and creative abilities of black women as captured in books and pamphlets published prior to 1920. A full text database of these 19th and early 20th- century titles, this digital library is key-word-searchable. Each individual title as well as the entire database can be searched to determine what these women had to say about “family”, “religion”, “slavery” or any other subject of interest to the researcher or casual reader.
You can find this database on the Databases A-Z page of the Library website. For more information on how to use this database in your research and teaching, contact Julie Biando Edwards at julie.edwards@umontana.edu.
African American History Month Quiz
15 February 2013 by Susanne Caro
Lincoln presented the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation five days after what important civil war battle?
A) Battle of Gettysburg
B) Battle of Shiloh
C) Battle of Antietam
D) The second Battle of Bull Run
Think you know the answer? Check out our library guide to see if you are correct!
One Billion Rising / V-Day Events at the Mansfield Library
12 February 2013 by Tammy Ravas
The Mansfield Library is joining the global campaign, One Billion Rising, to stop violence against women and girls.
Tomorrow, 2/13, at 1 pm, there will be a preview performance of the Vagina Monologues on the third floor in the East Faculty Office area.
Thursday, 2/14, at noon, there will be a flash mob on the Oval. No dance experience is necessary!
Join us at the Mansfield Library on Thursday, 2/14, at 2 pm after the flash mob for a lecture entitled “Moments of Change” given by Professors Christine Fiore and Danielle Wozniak. Their lecture will focus on bystander intervention as one of the best ways to prevent violence against women.
Lastly, there is currently a display on the third floor (main floor) of the library which features fiction and non-fiction/documentary books and films related to sexual violence as well as violence against women and girls. These titles were selected to foster constructive dialogue about this topic as well as to discover ways to end such violence. On the back of the display are photos and brief biographies of influential women throughout history who have strived to create equality for women and girls in the United States and around the world.
African American History Month Quiz
12 February 2013 by Susanne Caro
Who was the main organizer behind the 1963 March on Washington?
A) Neil deGrasse
B) Rev. Ralph Abernathy
C) Bayard Rustin
D) Guion Bluford
Think you know the answer? Check our Library Guide to see if you are right!
CELEBRATE ACADEMICS AT THE MANSFIELD LIBRARY!
11 February 2013 by Sue Samson
Take a focused tour of the Mansfield Library on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. as part of the Charter Day Celebration of Academics. See you in the lobby of the library then!
