Do you currently have library books or DVDs checked out? Don’t forget to return them before you leave for summer break. If you are going stay in the local area this summer and want to keep your books and DVDs, you may renew them online (items may be renewed once).
Log-in to My Library Account to see what you currently have checked out and to request renewals. You may also contact the Library Services Desk at 781.891.2168 or libraryservices@bentley.edu for renewal assistance.
Plus: Movies and TV Shows They’ve Inspired!
This display is brought to you by Craig Lordan ’93. When we were kids, my older brother and future Bentley graduate spent many hours reading comic books and drawing his own comic book characters. It was the dark ages, and we lived in the suburbs, so Craig got his comic books through mail order.
At some point, I started saving my allowance to buy my own comic books. Initially, all I wanted was Disney comic books, but I finally graduated to George Perez’s Wonder Woman. The year was 1987 and DC had “rebooted” the Wonder Woman series. I was hooked.
Since then, comic books have graduated to pop culture’s mainstream. Geek culture destination San Diego Comic-Con International has seen its attendance numbers rise to 130,000 for its annual event. Comic books are no longer the exclusive realm of the fanboy and fangirl.
Groundbreaking works such as Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, give readers a glimpse into what life was like during the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Harvey Pekar’s autobiographical opus American Splendor was made into a movie starring Paul Giamatti. The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story, by Vivek Tiwary, Andrew Robinson and Kyle Baker, was a New York Times best seller and has been nominated for two 2014 Eisner Awards.
Comic books and graphic novels are being adapted into films and television shows with unprecedented alacrity and success. Hellboy, 300, Ghost World, The Avengers, and many more have made the jump to the big screen.
On the small screen, DC has Arrow (CW) and Marvel has Agent Coulson and his Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC). Meanwhile, AMC brings viewers into an actual comic book store on the reality series Comic Book Men. Also on AMC, there are zombies galore on The Walking Dead and The Talking Dead. Yes-there’s a talk show about a television show based on a comic book!
Conversely, some TV shows are resurrected in comic books. True Blood, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and The X-Files are just a few of the shows that have found a second life in the pages of comics.
The Bentley Library has a wonderful and growing collection of these books and DVDs. Come in and check out the display in person, or browse online at Pinterest.
Amy Galante is the Interlibrary Loan Supervisor/Assistant Manager of Library Services. She uses her geek culture knowledge for the good of humankind as a freelance writer for Examiner.com, Library Journal, CBS Local, and more. Her favorite comic books include Dazzler, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Fray, DMZ, and pretty much anything by Neil Gaiman, Gail Simone, and Brian K. Vaughan.
This semester the library’s 24-hour access for final exams begins at 7:30a.m. on Monday, April 28th (the day before Reading Day) and ends at 9:00p.m. on Thursday, May 8th (the last day of exams).
*Please note the weekend exception: The library closes at 9:00 p.m. Saturday night and reopens at 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning, because everyone should take a little break from studying!
What to expect:
For more information about the library or cafe hours please view our full hours calendar online. Good luck with your final exams, papers and presentations. Have a wonderful summer break!
Now showing in the McGladrey Art Gallery is a collection of paintings titled “Counterpoise” by artist Jim Cain. The exhibit will be on view April 7 through May 16, 2014. All are invited to attend the opening reception on Wednesday, April 30, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Please note that we have made changes to our hours for the Easter and Patriots’ Day holidays. On Sunday, April 20, we will open late at 1:00 p.m. and close early at 9:00 p.m. On Monday, April 21, we will open late at 10:00 a.m. and close at our normal closing time – 2:00 a.m.
The Deloitte Cafe/Einstein’s has also adjusted their hours on Sunday and Monday.
For more information about the library or cafe hours, please view our hours calendar. Have a great long weekend!
Looking for a scholarly journal article for your psychology class? ProQuest Psychology Journals is the perfect database for you. ProQuest Psychology Journals provides indexing to over a 1000 journals in a range of psychological disciplines, many of them in full text. The psychological disciplines covered in ProQuest Psychology Journals include behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial, personality, physiological, psychobiology, psychometrics, and social psychology. Many of the articles contain graphs, charts, diagrams, tables, and photos which can be quite useful in papers and presentations.
In addition to psychology, ProQuest Psychology Journals also covers some related disciplines and subject areas, such as genetics, psychology of business and economics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology, and social welfare.
The coverage for ProQuest Psychology Journals runs from 1971 to the present.
Some of the important, high impact journals included in this database are:
The American Journal of Psychiatry
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Development and Psychopathology
The Psychological Record
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When searching for psychology articles you can limit by the age group you are researching. These include newborn, infant, preschool child, child, adolescent, adult, middle aged, and aged.
You can also limit yourself to articles published in scholarly or peer reviewed journals or those available in full text only.
ProQuest Psychology Journals can be accessed from our Databases A-Z page and our Psychology & Sociology databases page.
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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 Ask a Librarian. If you would like a demonstration of this database for a class, please contact the Reference staff at refdesk@bentley.edu.
Check out our newest books, eBooks, audiobooks and movies! Go to the New Books & DVDs page to browse the March new acquisitions lists by subject or format. When you see something you want, simply hit the “Request” button to place a hold on it. To browse for new eBooks and audiobooks to read on a Kindle, NOOK, iPad, iPod, laptop or smartphone, please visit our OverDrive collection.
Want to be the first to know about new arrivals? Follow us on Pinterest! We pin new popular reading, new audiobooks and new DVDs throughout the month as they are added to the library’s collection.
The library has added another new online resource for consumer market research – Richard K. Miller & Associates (RKMA) Market Research Handbooks. Each of these comprehensive handbooks includes market segmentation, forecasts, sector trends and statistics. Handbooks available include:
Access the Richard K. Miller & Associates handbooks via the Databases A-Z , Marketing Databases, Companies & Industries Databases and International Business web pages.
