The Bentley Library and the Deloitte Cafe will be CLOSED for the Fourth of July holiday weekend – Saturday, July 3 through Monday, July 5. The library will resume regular summer hours at 8:00am on Tuesday, July 6. For more information about our hours please view our online calendar.
Have a safe and happy Fourth of July!
Did you know that the Bentley Library offers museum passes that will allow you free or reduced admission to some of the most popular Boston-area museums? 
Even better, you can check for museum pass availability up to 30 days in advance and immediately reserve your passes online.
Museum passes are available for the following museums:
For more information (or to make your reservation now) visit our Museum Passes page.
Get in the spirit and come check out our display of sports books and movies. We’ve got the entire field covered – sports from baseball to wrestling, athletes, teams, owners, fans and events are all represented here!
If you just can’t get enough of this Celtics/Lakers rivalry come check out When The Game Was Ours by Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. Prepare for the World Cup with More Than Just a Game: Soccer vs. Apartheid, The Most Important Soccer Story Ever Told or The Damned United. Football fans can get a double-dose of The Blind Side by reading the book AND seeing the movie. Why not revisit the historic 2004 baseball season with Stephen King and Stewart O’Nan in Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season? Speaking of Stephen King, we have his newest, limited-edition release – a baseball novella titled Blockade Billy.
Of course we also have a slew of fan favorites on DVD. There’s something to suit whatever your mood, whether you’re looking for something dramatic (Chariots of Fire), intense (Raging Bull), inspirational (Cinderella Man), or lighthearted (Fever Pitch).
You don’t have to be a sports fanatic to find something of interest… If science is your thing take a look at The Physics of NASCAR: How to Make Steel + Gas + Rubber = Speed. Biographies and memoirs such as Andre Agassi’s Open or Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Wait Till Next Year will appeal to all types of readers.
Stop by today and score yourself something good to take home.
Please join us TONIGHT, Thursday, June 10, at the Opening Reception for the new exhibit at the Caturano and Company Art Gallery – a two-person show featuring works by artists Lisa Houck and Andrea Golden. The reception runs from 5:30pm – 7:30pm and light refreshments will be served.
Lisa Houck
Fancy Plants, Whirling and Twirling
Andrea Golden
Fancy Plants, Grocery Store Botany
Located on the main floor of the Bentley Library, the Caturano and Company Art Gallery is free and open to the public. Check the online hours calendar for information about the Library’s hours.
Get Caught Listening!Celebrate Audiobook Month by stopping by to check out our collection of audiobooks on CD and Playaway. With over 500 titles to choose from, you’ll find that we have a great selection of best-selling fiction and non-fiction, literary classics, and language instruction.
We also have several audiobook announcements to share with you! Keep reading for information about the 2010 Audie Award Winners, the exciting new changes to Playaways (now in HD Audio), and details about finding and submitting audiobook reviews at the BookBuzz @ Bentley blog.
On May 25, 2010, the Audio Publishers Association (APA) announced the winners of the 2010 Audies at its 15th Annual Audies Gala. The Audies are the most prestigious awards program in the United States honoring audiobooks.
Here are the 2010 award-winning titles that you’ll find on our shelves:
AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR
NELSON MANDELA’S FAVORITE AFRICAN FOLKTALES [check availability]
Read by Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Hayes, Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Debra Messing, Helen Mirren, Parminder Nagra, Sophie Okonedo, CCH Pounder, Alan Rickman, Jurnee Smollett, Charlize Theron, Blair Underwood, Forest Whitaker, Alfre Woodard
FICTION
THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett [check availability]
Read by Bahni Turpin, Octavia Spencer, Jenna Lamia, Cassandra Campbell
LITERARY FICTION
WOLF HALL by Hilary Mantel [check availability]
Read by Simon Slater
AUDIOBOOK ADAPTATION
THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett [check availability]
Read by Michael Madsen, Sandra Oh, Edward Herrmann, and a Full Cast
BUSINESS/EDUCATION
RAIN: WHAT A PAPERBOY LEARNED ABOUT BUSINESS by Jeffrey J. Fox [check availability]
Read by Jeffrey J. Fox
NON-FICTION
THE NATIONAL PARKS by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan [check availability]
Read by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan
In addition to the winners listed above, we have several of this year’s Audies finalists available at the library. To view a complete list of finalists and winners, including reviews and audio clips, visit http://www.theaudies.com. If you need assistance with finding an audiobook please ask us for help.
If you haven’t checked out a Playaway (portable, pre-loaded digital audiobook) yet, or haven’t checked one out recently, you should come take a look at the new enhanced Playaways that have recently hit the shelves. In March 2010, Findaway World (the publisher of Playaways) began issuing Playaways in high-definition audio. These new Playaways also come with enhanced features, including new audio speeds and improved keypad functionality. Finally, battery life has been extended to over 30 hours of playtime per battery with HD Audio.
Our growing collection of Playaways currently contains 60 titles. To make it easier for you to find the Playaway collection we’ve temporarily relocated all of our Playaways to the “Popular Reading” area of the Library (shelved along the cafe wall).
As you might imagine, most of us who work here in the library are avid book readers and/or audiobook listeners, and we love to share our opinions. Pop on over to the BookBuzz @ Bentley blog to read our reviews. We’d love to hear what YOU have to say, so BookBuzz is now also soliciting your reviews and suggestions! Visit the BookBuzz blog and click on “Your Turn To Share With Us” to submit your review or to make a purchase recommendation.
You can find a listing of our newest audiobook titles on our New Books page. Listings are updated on or around the first of each month.
Please join us at an Opening Reception for the artists on Thursday, June 10, 2010, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. Light refreshments will be served.
Lisa Houck
Fancy Plants, Whirling and Twirling
June 3 – July 30, 2010
http://www.lisahouck.com
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Andrea Golden
Fancy Plants, Grocery Store Botany
June 3 – July 30, 2010
Located on the main floor of the Bentley Library, the Caturano and Company Art Gallery is free and open to the public. Check the online hours calendar for information about the Library’s hours.
ReferenceUSA is an essential business database for any college or university. It provides access to detailed company information on 14 million American businesses.
Users can look up a specific company via the Quick Search option or generate a list of businesses by industry, geographic region, business size, or other criteria using the Custom Search option . The database includes individual stores and outlets for franchise or multi-location businesses.
Records for businesses include:
Search criteria for businesses include:
ReferenceUSA compiles its information on companies from over 5,000 public sources. Its database specialists then make over 26 million phone calls annually to verify the data and collect additional information.
For further information on this resource, take a video tutorial at the ReferenceUSA website.
Please visit the ReferenceUSA database here. A complete listing of the Bentley Library’s databases is available here.
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Database of the Month provides a very brief introduction to an important research database, highlighting key features of the database that you should know about. If you would like more information about this database (or any of the library’s databases) please contact the Reference Desk. If you would like a demonstration of this database for a class, please contact our Coordinator of User Education, Elizabeth Galoozis.
Check out our book, popular reading, DVD and audiobook (including Playaway) acquisitions for the month of May. Go to our New Books page or use the links in the left hand column.
