Database of the Month: Cabell’s Directories

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Friends, Faculty, scholars, lend me your ears;

I come to praise Cabell’s, not to bury it.
The manuscript that scholars write lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Cabell’s.

Okay, now that I have your attention, dear faculty, I want to make sure you are familiar with Cabell’s Directories online, a database that is designed to help researchers match their manuscripts with scholarly journals.

Cabell's home page
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The Facts:

  • Founded in 1978
  • Indexes over 4,000 journals
  • Each entry includes:
    • Journal submission process
    • Manuscript topics
    • Manuscript style and length
    • Acceptance rate
    • Type of review
    • Number of external reviewers
    • Type of readership
    • Whether journal is indexed in JCR / ERIC
    • Website link

The Plusses:

  • One-stop shopping for publication information in the following disciplines:
    • Accounting
    • Economics and Finance
    • Management
    • Marketing
    • Educational Curriculum and Methods
    • Educational Psychology and Administration
    • Educational Technology and Library Science
    • Psychology and Psychiatry
    • Computer Science
  • Continuously updated
  • Off-campus access
  • Unlimited simultaneous users

The Minuses:

  • Undesirable color scheme
  • Podcasts may or may not be useful to new researchers and Ph.D. students
  • Facebook and LinkedIn pages not very informative, or fun
  • Not obvious where to begin

Cabell's log-in
Click on [Member Area] to begin your search.
Cabell’s Directories is available through the Bentley Library’s Databases A to Z listing.  For further assistance using Cabell’s, please contact the Reference Desk.

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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 our Coordinator of User Education, Elizabeth Galoozis.

New Books, Movies & Audiobooks

Lisa

Looking for something new to read, listen to or watch? Check out our new acquisitions lists for May.  Go to our New Books & DVDs page to browse the new acquisitions lists by subject or format.   When you see something you want, simply hit the “Request” button to place a hold on it.

May 2013 Selected New Titles

 

On Display: Set in Massachusetts

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Discover Massachusetts through books and film!  The library’s new display highlights books and movies that take place in cities and towns throughout Massachusetts.  You will be transported via books, audiobooks, and DVDs to locales such as: Boston, Cambridge, Gloucester, Martha’s Vineyard, Cape Cod, Concord, Lowell, Worcester, Chicopee, Northampton, the Berkshires and more!

Come by the library to check out the display, take a look at the Pinterest board, or see the entire list of materials in our catalog.  If you don’t see what you’re looking for, come ask at the Reference Desk!

Set in Massachusetts
Click to view “Set in Massachusetts”
books & DVDs on Pinterest.

Memorial Day Holiday Weekend Closing

Lisa

flagsIn observance of the Memorial Day holiday, we will be closed Saturday, May 25 through Monday, May 27.  We will resume our regular summer session hours at 8:00am on Tuesday, May 28.

For more information about the library’s hours please view our hours calendar.  Have a great holiday weekend!

Now Showing in the Art Gallery: Laura Fischman :: Liminal Spaces

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Now showing in the McGladrey Art Gallery is artist Laura Fischman, with an installation titled Liminal Spaces. All are invited to attend an opening reception for the artist on Wednesday, May 22, from 5:00pm-7:00pm.

Laura Fischman
Liminal Spaces
May 20 – July 12, 2013
http://laurafischman.com/

Laura Fischman
Approach/Avoidance | 2013 | Oil on Linen | 24″ x 30″

Opening Reception:
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
5:00pm to 7:00pm
light refreshments will be served

Library Hours During Summer Session

Lisa

Summer session begins on Monday, May 20, 2013.  Our regular summer session hours are:

Sunday
1:00pm – 10:00pm

Monday – Thursday
8:00am – 10:00pm

Friday
8:00am – 4:00pm

Saturday
9:00am – 5:00pm

Hours are subject to change on holidays and holiday weekends (including Memorial Day weekend, May 25- 27) and when classes are not being held.  The Deloitte Cafe (Einstein’s) has closed for the summer.

For more information about the library’s hours please view our online hours calendar.

Top 10 Most Popular Books, DVDs & Audiobooks

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Move over New York Times bestseller list, it’s time for the annual Bentley Library Top 10! Each May we query our database to find out which books, audiobooks and DVDs have circulated the most times during the academic year (excluding any items placed on reserve for a class).  There are many ties in the rankings this year, so each of the lists includes more than ten titles, giving you even more to choose from.

This year’s most popular fiction included top10-2012-2013blockbusters by J. K. Rowling, Gillian Flynn and E. L. James. In nonfiction, Susan Cain’s Quiet: The Power of Introverts in A World That Can’t Stop Talking and Cheryl Strayed’s Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail appeared on the both the books and audiobooks lists.  Remarkably, Malcolm Gladwell’s The Outliers landed in the Top 10 for a fourth consecutive year!

Books that were released as movies fared well, including Life of Pi, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Hunger Games and Cloud Atlas. The Top 10 DVDs list is an interesting mix of TV series and movies, from Downton Abbey to The Game of Thrones and The Avengers to The Iron Lady.

Compiling the Top 10 lists is one of our favorite annual activities; we hope you enjoy them as much as we do!  Browse the BENTLEY LIBRARY TOP 10 lists for academic year 2012-2013 in the categories of Popular Reading, Stacks (regular book collection), Audiobooks, Popular DVDs, OverDrive Downloadable eBooks and OverDrive Downloadable Audiobooks:

Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Popular Reading Collection

Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Stacks

Top 10 Most Circulated Audiobooks [CD and Playaway]

Top 10 Most Circulated DVDs from the Popular DVD Collection

Top 10 Downloaded eBooks (OverDrive)
*check availability by logging-in at http://ezp.bentley.edu/OverDrive/bentleyu

  • 1.     (tie) THE ART FORGER by B. A. Shaprio
  • 1.     (tie) CLOUD ATLAS by David Mitchell
  • 1.     (tie) LIFE OF PI by Yann Martel
  • 1.     (tie) LIVE BY NIGHT by Dennis Lehane
  • 5.     (tie) THE 19TH WIFE by David Ebsershoff
  • 5.     (tie) THE END OF MONEY by David Wolman
  • 5.     (tie) THE RACKETEER by John Grisham
  • 5.     (tie) WHO STOLE THE AMERICAN DREAM? by Hedrick Smith
  • 9.     (tie) THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT by Mark Haddon
  • 9.     (tie) THE DINNER by Herman Koch
  • 9.     (tie) THE END OF YOUR LIFE BOOK CLUB by Will Schwalbe
  • 9.     (tie) HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET by Jamie Ford
  • 9.     (tie) THE WORLD WE FOUND by Thrity Umrigar

Top 10 Downloaded Audiobooks (OverDrive)
*check availability by logging-in at http://ezp.bentley.edu/OverDrive/bentleyu

  • 1.     SNOOP: WHAT YOUR STUFF SAYS ABOUT YOU by Sam Gosling
  • 2.     (tie) FALL OF GIANTS by Ken Follett
  • 2.     (tie) THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK by Matthew Quick
  • 2.     (tie) A WEEK IN WINTER by Maeve Binchy
  • 2.     (tie) WORLD WAR Z by Max Brooks
  • 6.     (tie) ANTIFRAGILE: THINGS THAT GAIN FROM DISORDER by Nassim Nicholas
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  • 6.     (tie) ARGO by Antonio Mendez
  • 6.     (tie) THE ART FORGER by B. A. Shapiro
  • 6.     (tie) BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS by Kurt Vonnegut
  • 6.     (tie)  THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA by Lauren Weisberger
  • 6.     (tie) THE FORGOTTEN by David Baldacci
  • 6.     (tie) THE RACKETEER by John Grisham
  • 6.     (tie) HEADS IN BEDS; A RECKLESS MEMOIR OF HOTELS, HUSTLES AND
  • SO-CALLED HOSPITALITY by Jacob Tomsky

Summer Hours at the ESOL Center & the Writing Center

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Summer session students take note, the ESOL Center and the Writing Center will open for the summer on May 20, 2013. Students are encouraged to make an appointment online using the links below, but walk-ins are also welcome. Both centers are located on the lower level of the library.

The ESOL Center [Opens May 20]

Hours: Monday & Wednesday, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

Looking for help with writing, presentations, pronunciation and conversation enrichment? Come to the ESOL Center. Bentley University students whose home language is not English are invited to take advantage of the free tutorial services offered by Bentley’s ESOL Center. All students (including graduate students) can schedule an appointment online using the undergraduate scheduling database link, call 781.891.2021 to make an appointment, or drop in to see if a faculty tutor is available.

The Writing Center [Opens May 20]

Hours: Monday – Thursday, 1:00pm to 6:00pm

Writing Center staff are available to provide one-to-one assistance with writing skills. Students can either drop in during open hours, schedule an appointment online, or call 781.891.3173 to make an appointment.