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Read all about it in the latest Pointer issue, September 19, 2013 (v. 58, iss. 2)!

  The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got that Way By Amanda Ripley Call Number:  LB 43 .R625 2013 Review from the New York Times Publisher's Description :  In a handful of nations, virtually all children are learning to make complex arguments and solve problems they’ve never seen before. They are learning to think, in other words, and to thrive in the modern economy. What is it like to be a child in these new education superpowers? In a global quest to find answers for our own children, author and Time Magazine journalist Amanda Ripley follows three Americans embedded in these countries for one year. Kim, 15, raises $10,000 so she can move from Oklahoma to Finland; Eric, 18, exchanges a high-achieving Minnesota suburb for a booming city in South Korea; and Tom, 17, leaves a historic Pennsylvania village for a gritty city in Poland. Their stories, along with groundbreaking research into learning in other cultures, reveal a pattern of startling transformatio

Good news from Naxos Music Library! They have teamed up with   Sony Classical to make their entire catalog available for streaming! Naxos Music Library (NML) is the most comprehensive collection of classical music online, and is available through the Library's databases. This collection includes the complete Naxos, Marco Polo, and Dacapo cataloges of more than 85,000 tracks, including classiscal, jazz, world, folk, and Chinese music. Users can also read notes of works being played as well as information on composers and artists. Go here to access the Naxos Music Library collection and choose the music subject category (access is for UWSP faculty, staff and students use only). Need more help? Contact the Reference Desk: By Phone:  715-346-2836 By Email:  librefd@uwsp.edu In Person:  University Library , Reference Desk on Main Floor By Chat: Librarians are available.

Wetland Environments:  a global perspective By James Sandusky Aber, Firooza Pavri & Susan Ward Aber Call Number:  QH 87.3 .A24 2012 Publisher's Description:  Wetlands - swamp, marsh, bayou, tundra and bog - are places that are rarely visited and often misunderstood but they have, in fact, conspicuous roles in the physical, biological and cultural geography of the world. They are intrinsically beautiful environments where one may see the natural and essential values in the interaction of water, soil, vegetation, wildlife, and humans. Wetlands occur at the confluence of unique terrestrial, hydrological and climatic conditions that give rise to some of the most biodiverse regions of the world. They also play vital roles in the cycling and storage of key nutrients, materials and energy through the Earth s system A complete study of wetland environments requires the assessment of their physical and biological attributes, properties and functions of these ecosystems, and t