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Don’t forget you can read current and back issues of some of your favorite magazine titles online with Flipster . You can also download the free Flipster app to read magazines on your tablet or mobile device. New titles will also be added after the first of the year. Questions? Contact the Reference Librarian Title ARTnews Astronomy Atlantic Backpacker Biosphère Business Week Consumer Reports Consumer Reports Buying Guide Cooking Light Cosmopolitan Deer & Deer Hunting Discover Ebony Elle Esquire Field & Stream Fortune Good Housekeeping Harper's Bazaar Health Horn Book Magazine Men's Journal Money Motor Trend New York Review of Books ...

    Met Opera on Demand: Student Access offers users instant access to more than 600 full-length Met performances, including stunning HD videos from the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series of movie theater transmissions, classic telecasts from the 1970s, ‘80s, and ‘90s, and hundreds of radio broadcasts dating back to 1935. The site and its content are fully accessible on most mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) directly through the website as well. To access  Met Opera on Demand:   Student Access   for UWSP campus users, go to  Find Databases  on the Library Homepage . 

Description: 3D Printing and scanning have opened up new means of creation and thus unleashed imaginations of countless users. This workshop will provide an introduction to those technologies in general and also the explore the specifics of what the University Library can offer to those interested in making use of these unique tools. Date(s) and Time(s):  Tue. Dec. 12 - 12:00 p.m. Location:   Room 310 ALB Presenter(s):   Matt Sonnenberg Audience:  Campus Wide - Approved for SBE Events Credit No registration is required. We hope you can join us!

It's that time of the semester! Need help with citations? A statistic? Help with a paper or final exam?  Stop by the Library for our  EXAM CRAM!!!!!!!!!! free coffee cookies fruit Writing Lab Consultants available until 8-TLC  PIPER the therapy dog!! "post Andy/new Troy" infamous announcements!!   PIPER!! Wed., Dec. 13th Library Lobby 6pm - 11pm Good luck with studying from all of us at the Library and TLC!  

Nomadland:  Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century By Jessica Bruder Call Number:  HD 6280 .B77 2017 Book Review from the NY Times Publisher's Description :  The end of retirement? From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon’s CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming a growing community of nomads: migrant laborers who call themselves “workampers.” On frequently traveled routes between seasonal jobs, Jessica Bruder meets people from all walks of life: a former professor, a McDonald’s vice president, a minister, a college administrator, and a motorcycle cop, among many others—including her ir...

Please join us for this hands-on workshop that will feature the Library’s Business Premium Collection and demonstrate how to find scholarly articles, trade publications, industry and market research, commodity reports, company reports, and country reports. Date(s) and Time(s):  Tue. Nov. 14 - 3:00 p.m. Location:  Room 316 ALB Presenter(s):   Mindy King Audience:  Campus Wide - Approved for SBE Events Credit

The University Archives will be giving a free showing of the film "This is Our Town: Stevens Point" Filmed in 1954, this movie focuses on the businesses, people and places of interest around town.

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat:  Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking By Samin Nosrat Call Number:   TX 651 .N67 2017 Review from The Atlantic Publisher's Description :   In the tradition of The Joy of Cooking and How to Cook E verything comes SALT FAT ACID HEAT , an ambitious new approach to cooking by a major new culinary voice. Chef and writer Samin Nosrat has taught everyone from professional chefs to middle school kids to author Michael Pollan to cook using her revolutionary, yet simple, philosophy. Master the use of just four elements—Salt, which enhances flavor; Fat, which delivers flavor and generates texture; Acid, which balances flavor; and Heat, which ultimately determines the texture of food—and anything you cook will be delicious. By explaining the hows and whys of good cooking, SALT FAT ACID HEAT   will teach and inspire a new generation of cooks how to confidently make better decisions in the kitchen and cook delicious meals with any ingredients, ...

Banned Books Week, Sept. 24 – 30, 2017 This week we celebrate banned books and the power of words!  All libraries are forums for information and ideas, and librarians safeguard access to information by working to protect the freedom to read.  Libraries, bookstores, and schools will celebrate the power of words this week and highlight the dangers of censorship.  Books have been challenged for decades based on a variety of issues, such as offensive language, violence, sexually explicit content, or religious views. The American Library Association's (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF)  reported an increase of challenges in 2016. Check out our Library Lobby display celebrating the power of words. We also have free Banned Books bookmarks available at the Circulation and Reference Desks this week.  Another fun activity is to take part in the Virtual Read Out . S ince the inception of Banned Books Week in 1982, libraries and bookstores t...

You can find this title on the New Book Display in the Library lobby Janesville:  An American Story By Amy Goldstein Call Number:   HC 108.J36 G65 2017 Review from the NY Times Publisher's Information:   A Washington Post reporter’s intimate account of the fallout from the closing of a General Motors’ assembly plant in Janesville, Wisconsin—Paul Ryan’s hometown—and a larger story of the hollowing of the American middle class. This is the story of what happens to an industrial town in the American heartland when its factory stills—but it’s not the familiar tale. Most observers record the immediate shock of vanished jobs, but few stay around long enough to notice what happens next, when a community with a can-do spirit tries to pick itself up. Pulitzer Prize winner Amy Goldstein has spent years immersed in Janesville, Wisconsin where the nation’s oldest operating General Motors plant shut down in the midst of the Great Recession, two days before Ch...

Please join us for our fall semester Library Labs . These workshops are free, open to the campus community, and no registration is required.  Schedule Keepin’ It Real: Tips and Strategies for Evaluating Fake News ​Fake News is becoming a real problem for individuals that rely on web delivered news (often via social media) to help them make sense of the world. This library lab will define fake news, provide examples, and discuss strategies and resources to help you successfully identify “news” content that is out of context and/or motivated by political or social bias. Date(s) and Time(s):  Tue. Oct. 3 - 3:00 p.m. Location:  Room 316 ALB Presenter(s):   Dave Dettman Audience:  Campus Wide - Approved for SBE Events Credit Library Resources for Business Research This hands-on workshop will feature the Library’s Business Premium Collection and demonstrate how to find scholarly articles, trade publications, industry and market resear...

The University Library of UW-Stevens Point will host “Wisconsin’s John Muir: An Exhibit Celebrating the Centennial of the National Park Service.” On loan from the Wisconsin Historical Society, this traveling exhibit will be on display October 3-21 in the library lobby, 900 Reserve St. Commemorating the centennial of the National Park Service, the traveling exhibit explores Muir's youth in Wisconsin, his advocacy for national parks, and his views on environmental issues such as logging, hunting, and climate change. Its eight panels share images and manuscripts from the Wisconsin Historical Society alongside Muir quotes and writings. In conjunction with the Muir exhibit, the University Library has coordinated these free events that are open to the public: “Wisconsin's John Muir” Presented by Matt Blessing, state archivist (UWSP '85) When: Friday, Oct. 6 Time: 11 a.m. – noon Location: UWSP University Library (Room 104, Reference Studio), Albertson Hal...

The Wonder of B irds : What they tell us about Ourselves, the World, and a Better Future By Jim Robbins Call number:   QL 676 .R63 2017 Publisher's Description :    A fascinating investigation into the miraculous world of birds and the powerful—and surprising—ways they enrich our lives and sustain the planet Our relationship to birds is different from our relationship to any other wild creatures. They are found virtually everywhere and we love to watch them, listen to them, keep them as pets, wear their feathers, even converse with them. Birds, Jim Robbins posits, are our most vital connection to nature. They compel us to look to the skies, both literally and metaphorically; draw us out into nature to seek their beauty; and let us experience vicariously what it is like to be weightless. Birds have helped us in so many of our human endeavors: learning to fly, providing clothing and food, and helping us better understand the human brain and body. And they even hav...

The University Library is excited to participate in the Federal Duck Stamp Contest, being held on our campus Sept. 15th & 16th. The Raptor Education Group Inc. will have live birds and information on display in the Library lobby (Albertson Hall) area and activities for kids will be held in the Museum of Natural History (located in the same area). The birds will be here on Friday from 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., and on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. - Noon. Check here for more information about the entire schedule for the Duck Stamp Contest. Sure to be an exciting time!

The Food for Thought Café will be closed temporarily for the fall semester due to renovation. The Homegrown Café across the street in the DUC is open. You are welcome to bring food and drink into the Library (covered please). There are numerous study spaces available throughout the Library, including the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors. We apologize for the inconvenience, and we look forward to unveiling the new campus “One-stop” service center in January that will address student needs in one convenient location.  

The Library is now going to use D2L as the platform for our E-reserve system.  No more double logins or need for students to check for your online course materials in a separate system!  We will still offer all of the services that we previously provided – helping you identify, purchase and scan materials as well as guidance on any applicable copyright rules – but now we will post the materials as a module in D2L.    If you’ve used E-reserve in the past, our first step is for you to give us permission to transfer the content over to D2L from the old system.  To get started in the transition,  contact Terri Muraski ( 715-346-3349 , tmuraski@uwsp.edu ). 

Young Radicals:  in the War for American Ideals By Jeremy McCarter Call Number:   HN 90 .R3 M22 2017 Review from the New York Times Book Review Publisher's description :  Where do we find our ideals? What does it mean to live for them—and to risk dying for them? For Americans during World War I, these weren’t abstract questions. Young Radicals tells the story of five activists, intellectuals and troublemakers who agitated for freedom and equality in the hopeful years before the war, then fought to defend those values in a country pitching into violence and chaos. Based on six years of extensive archival research, Jeremy McCarter’s dramatic narrative brings to life the exploits of Randolph Bourne, the bold social critic who strove for a dream of America that was decades ahead of its time; Max Eastman, the charismatic poet-propagandist of Greenwich Village, whose magazine The Masses fought the government for the right to oppose the war; Walter Lippmann, a boy...

How to See:  Looking, Talking, and Thinking About Art By David Salle Call Number:  N 6490 .S178 2016 Review from the New York Times Book Review Publisher's description :  A master class in contemporary art by one of the preeminent painters of our time. How does art work ? How does it move us, inform us, challenge us? Internationally renowned painter David Salle’s incisive essay collection illuminates the work of many of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. Engaging with a wide range of Salle’s friends and contemporaries—from painters to conceptual artists such as Jeff Koons, John Baldessari, Roy Lichtenstein, and Alex Katz, among others— How to See explores not only the multilayered personalities of the artists themselves but also the distinctive character of their oeuvres. Salle writes with humor and verve, replacing the jargon of art theory with precise and evocative descriptions that help the reader develop a personal and intuitive enga...

Each of these Young Adult titles is unique from one another. Whether you're looking to read science fiction, a love story, fantasy, fairy tale or contemporary genre - these six titles offer all of that and more! All of these new books can be found in our Instructional Materials Center (IMC) on the 3rd floor of the library.  Summaries and reviews of each book are listed below. If you're interested in checking out a book come and visit us or click on the links to our library catalog at the very bottom of this post. American Street by Ibi Zoboi American Street is an evocative and powerful coming-of-age story perfect for fans of Everything, Everything ; Bone Gap ; and All American Boys . In this stunning debut novel, Pushcart-nominated author Ibi Zoboi draws on her own experience as a young Haitian immigrant, infusing this lyrical exploration of America with magical realism and vodou culture. “Zoboi builds up, takes apart, and then rebuilds an unfor...