50th Anniversary of Sputnik

On October 4, 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik into the sky and started the Space Race.

The New York Times has a series of articles related to the anniversary of this event.

The Encyclopedia Britannica has a good video of the event.

The library has several interesting books about the Space Race:

Russia's sputnik generation : Soviet baby boomers talk about their lives. Translated and edited by Donald J. Raleigh. [ebook]

Dark side of the moon : the magnificent madness of the American lunar quest. Gerard J. DeGroot. 629.45 D321d

Apollo : an eyewitness account by astronaut/explorer artist/moonwalker Alan Bean. With Andrew Chaikin ; introduction by John Glenn. 629.454 A644 B367a

Sky walking : an astronaut's memoir. Tom Jones. 629.450092 J79Ts

The complete book of spaceflight : from Apollo 1 to zero gravity. David Darling. [ebook]

Spotlight on Databases: PsycBOOKS

PsycBOOKS is part of our e-book collections under FIND ARTICLES Research Databases (EBSCOhost database).

Content: Full-text books including current, classic, and out-of-print titles in the field of psychology.
Coverage: APA provides more than 1,436 electronic books (and 22,263 chapters), 715 books published by APA, including 100 out-of-print books and more than 721 classic psychology titles dating back to the early 19th century. More than 1,500 authored entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology are included as well as the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms as found in PsycINFO; updated monthly.

Sample title:
The Anatomy of Impact: What Makes the Great Works of Psychology Great. Edited by Robert J. Sternberg.

"The Anatomy of Impact brings together experts in the philosophy, theory, and history of psychology to analyze works of monumental impact and examine what separates some of the most influential psychological works from those that are less successful. Evaluating the careers of eminent scholars and practitioners like Freud, Lewin, James, and Binet, this volume identifies and describes particularly important works, pinpoints specific attributes that led to great impact, and offers practical advice to students and professionals striving to achieve substantial impact in their own work." -- from publisher website.

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Archeaological Discovery in Jerusalem

Archeaologists in Jersusalem have found the drainage tunnel that was used by Jews as they escaped the Roman invasion of AD 70. Read More...

From the BBC... includes a map.

From our library's collection...

296.1 H486e Helyer, Larry R. Exploring Jewish literature of the Second Temple period. 2002.

933 B889i Bruce, F. F. Israel & the nations. 1997.

933 J83c Josephus, Flavius. Josephus, complete works. 1981.

933 M169r McNutt, Paula M. Reconstructing the society of ancient Israel. 1999.

933 M571k Merrill, Eugene H. Kingdom of priests. 1996.