Monday, November 23, 2009

Library Closed November 26-29 for Thanksgiving

The Century College Library will be closed November 26-29 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

October New Books List Available

The October 2009 New Books List is available on the Library's What's New web page, http://www.century.mnscu.edu/library/whatsnew.aspx.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Books and Films Relating to Veterans' Issues

Veterans Appreciation Week at Century is November 9-13. The Century Library has many resources relating to veterans' issues. The following is a selected list. Stop by the library and browse!

Books

Armstrong, Keith (Keith Robert) : Courage after fire : coping strategies for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and their families / Keith Armstrong, Suzanne Best, Paula Domenici ; foreword by Bob Dole. Berkeley, CA : Ulysses : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2006.
Century Library General Collection RC550 .A74 2006

Bissell, Tom, 1974- : The father of all things : a Marine, his son, and the legacy of Vietnam / Tom Bissell. New York : Pantheon Books, c2007.
Century Library General Collection DS557 .B57 2007

Cantrell, Bridget C. : Down range : to Iraq and back / Bridget C. Cantrell & Chuck Dean. Seattle, WA : WordSmith Publishing, c2005.
Century Library General Collection RC552.P67 C36 2005

Coleman, Penny. : Flashback : posttraumatic stress disorder, suicide, and the lessons of war / Penny Coleman ; [foreword by Jonathan Shay]. Boston : Beacon Press, c2006.
Century Library General Collection RC552.P67 C65 2006

Creating a veteran-friendly campus : strategies for transition and success / Robert Ackerman, David DiRamio, editors. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2009.
Century Library (CTL) Center for Teaching and Learning Collection LB2343 .N48 no.126

Federal benefits for veterans and dependents. / Department of Veterans Affairs. Washington, D.C. : The Department : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [2007]
Century Library Pamphlet Collection-- Filing Cabinets VETERANS

Forever a soldier : unforgettable stories of wartime service / [edited] by Tom Wiener. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c2005.
Century Library General Collection U52 .W54 2005

Gaytan, Peter S. : For service to your country : the insider's guide to veterans' benefits / Peter S. Gaytan and Marian Edelman Borden ; foreword by Bob Dole. New York, NY : Kensington Pub. Corp., c2008.
Century Library General Collection UB357 .G39 2008

Humes, Edward. : Over here : how the G.I. Bill transformed the American dream / Edward Humes. Orlando : Harcourt, c2006.
Century Library General Collection UB357 .H76 2006

Lifton, Robert Jay, 1926- : Home from the war : learning from Vietnam veterans : with a new preface by the author on the War in Iraq / Robert Jay Lifton. New York : Other Press, c2005.
Century Library General Collection DS559.73.U6 L54 2005

Nadelson, Theodore, 1930-2003. : Trained to kill : soldiers at war / Theodore Nadelson. Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
Century Library General Collection U21.5 .N33 2005

Paulson, Daryl S., 1947- : Haunted by combat : understanding PTSD in war veterans including women, reservists, and those coming back from Iraq / Daryl S. Paulson and Stanley Krippner ; introduction by Jeffrey Kirkwood. Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2007.
Century Library General Collection RC552.P67 P38 2007

Philpott, Don. : The wounded warrior handbook : a resource guide for returning veterans / Don Philpott and Janelle Hill. Lanham, Md. : Government Institutes, 2009.
Century Library General Collection UB363 .P55 2009

Savino, Carl S., 1955- : Military resumes and cover letters / Carl S. Savino, Ronald L. Krannich. Manasas Park, VA : Impact Publications, c2004.
Century Library General Collection UB357 .S28 2004

Slone, Laurie B. : After the war zone : a practical guide for returning troops and their families / Laurie B. Slone and Matthew J. Friedman. Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Lifelong, c2008.
Century Library General Collection RC550 .S548 2008

Tick, Edward. : War and the soul : healing our nation's veterans from post-traumatic stress disorder / Edward Tick. Wheaton, Ill. : Quest Books, 2005.
Century Library General Collection RC552.P67 T53 2005

Trudeau, G. B., 1948- : The long road home : one step at a time / by G.B. Trudeau. Kansas City : Andrews McMeel, c2005.
Century Library General Collection PN6728.D65 T735 2005

We were there : voices of African American veterans from World War II to the war in Iraq / [compiled by] Yvonne Latty with photographs by Ron Tarver. New York : Amistad, 2005, c2004.
Century Library General Collection E185.63 .W4 2004

Westling, Lester Leon, 1930- : When Johnny/Joanie comes marching home : reuniting military families following deployment / the Reverend Dr. Lester L. Westling, Jr., Chaplain, Captain, United States Navy (Ret.). Gainesville, GA : Praxis Press, c2005.
Century Library General Collection UB403 .W47 2005

Videos

Dawn of the eye. Inventing television news, 1946-1959 [videorecording] / a production of CBC Television in co-production with BBC and in association with the History Channel ; written, produced and directed by Alan Mendelsohn. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2005.
Century Library DVD/Video Collection--Circulation Desk PN4784 .D39 2005

Dear America videorecording : letters home from Vietnam / the Couturie Co., Inc. New York : HBO Video, c1988.
Century Library DVD/Video Collection--Circulation Desk DS557.73 .D285 1988

Gran Torino [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Double Nickel Entertainment ; a Malpaso Production ; directed and produced by Clint Eastwood ; screenplay by Nick Schenk ; story by David Johannson & Nick Schenk ; produced by Robert Lorenz, Bill Gerber. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2009]
Century Library Popular Films Collection PN1997.2 .G73 2009

Hearts and minds [videorecording] / Janus Films ; Touchstone-Audjeff Production for BBS ; a Howard Zuker/Henry Jaglom Rainbow Pictures presentation ; producers, Bert Schneider, Peter Davis ; director, Peter Davis. [New York] : Criterion Collection, c2002.
Century Library DVD/Video Collection--Circulation Desk DS558 .H43 2002

In country videorecording / Warner Bros. Inc. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1990.
Century Library Video Collection--Circulation Desk PN1997 .I35 1990

Music within [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents an Articulus Entertainment and Quorum Entertainment production ; produced by Brett Donowho, Steven Sawalich ; written by Bret McKinney & Mark Andrew Olsen and Kelly Kennemer ; directed Steven Sawalich. Culver City, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2008]
Century Library DVD/Video Collection--Circulation Desk PN1995.9.C55 M8753 2008

The new patriots [videorecording] / a Richter Productions film. [S.l.] : Richter Productions ; Washington, D.C. : SOA Watch [distributor], c2002.
Century Library DVD/Video Collection--Circulation Desk U 428 N532 2002 DVD

No country for old men [videorecording] / Miramax Films and Paramount Vantage present ; written for the screen and directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen ; produced by Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen ; a Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss production. Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2008]
Century Library Popular Films Collection PN1995.9.S87 N6 2008

PTSD [videorecording] / producer & writer, Barbara Boyden ; director, Dan Robinson ; created by Peter Keefe & Edward Shorter ; produced by Sleeping Giant Productions, Ltd. [Seattle, WA] : Unapix Entertainment ; Trouble in Mind Productions, c1999.
Century Library Video Collection--Circulation Desk RC552.P67 P857t 1999

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Veterans Day 2009

Veterans Day is November 11. Veterans Day honors all American veterans, both living and dead but is largely intended to honor and thank living veterans who served honorably in the military - in wartime or peacetime.

The library display case for November is highlighting books from the library collection that feature veterans issues. Some of the featured topics include: women in the military, military careers, and personal stories of veterans from World War II, Vietnam, and Iraq.

This Veterans Day, please take the time to thank those friends and neighbors that have served our country.