The International News Commons on KSL's Lower Level features a variety of international content for browsing and research:
• SCOLA plasma screen with 24/7 broadcast news
• Dozens of international newspapers printed in KSL the same day they're published in the home country
• PressDisplay computer kiosk, with 1,000+ daily newspapers in 39 languages, from 82 countries

Come to the Open House to connect with others at Case, and perhaps have an opportunity to practice another language with someone! The Open House will also feature some demonstrations of research tools to help you locate international resources.

Thursday, November 19th
2:30 - 4:00 p.m. KSL Lower Level International News Commons
Beverages and international desserts
Gifts & Prizes

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Sponsored by the Kelvin Smith Library and International Student Services

The exhibit features tri-folded flags presented to families of deceased veterans from WWI and WWII, along with medals, military documents, awards, and dog tags. U.S. Army Nurses are featured, as are Civil War photos from the 1860s, and several books highlight efforts of African American and Native American soldiers.

From the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs read more information about Veterans Day with links to the history of Veterans Day, a Veterans Day Poster gallery from 1978 to 2009, a FAQ with distinctions between Veterans Day & Memorial Day, and a U.S. Census Bureau demographic fact sheet about the 23.3 million U.S. veterans (2008 data), by region, service branch, gender, and more.

This 2-hour free CaseLearns class shows you how to store author, title and all necessary fields and export them as formatted references in the citation style you prefer. Zotero combines the familiar best characteristics of citation software and the best of Web 2.0 tools like iTunes where you can link, tag & search with more advanced features—without software.

This web tool can be added to your research repertoire to easily generate footnotes or bibliographies. Sign up for Thursday's class on CaseLearns. And check out the Fall Semester Calendar, or download the Fall Semester brochure from the CaseLearns site.

Classes are offered to Case faculty, students, staff, and alumni; registration is required.
Enrollment and attendance policies are available on the main page.

Those who are old enough to remember the fall of the Berlin Wall also recall it as the end of the Cold War, and the Monday reception is an opportunity to bring together people to share memories and learn more about one of the most significant events of the 20th century.

Join others on Monday, Nov. 9 from 4-6:00 p.m. in the KSL Lower Level International News Commons to recognize the 20th anniversary and to pause and remember the event, share experiences, and learn more about it through images, video, texts, and conversations. Light refreshments will be served.

Other resources, including a few Case items from '70s through 2009:
• Newseum, Washington D.C. Article 20 Years Ago: the Wall Comes Tumbling Down; online exhibit The Berlin Wall
• Historical New York Times (Case only), search Berlin Wall & Nov. 10-11,1989. (Choose Article image PDF) Headline, late edition 11/10/89: "East Germany Opens Frontier to the West for Emigration or Visits; Thousands Cross", photo of East Germans dancing on the wall near the Brandenburg Gate.
• On Monday, choose PressDisplay (Case only) from the Research Database list & search Berlin Wall for international news coverage, or select a country & search.
• The fall of the Berlin Wall: the revolutionary legacy of 1989/Jeffrey A. Engel, ed.; Oxford University Press, 2009
• Kennedy in Berlin/Andreas W. Daum; Dona Geyer, trans.; German Historical Institute; Cambridge University Press, 2008
• The fall of the Berlin Wall/William F. Buckley, Jr.; John Wiley & Sons, c2004
• The Ides of August: the Berlin Wall crisis--1961/Curtis Cate; M. Evans, c1978
• Communism [electronic film]: the fall of the Romanovs and the Berlin Wall/BBC Worldwide Americas; Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2004 (Case, OhioLINK only)

As part of Kelvin Smith Library's Community Outreach service, the event is planned specifically for area high school students. Leonora Mianao will discuss her book AFropean Soul at 2:45 pm in the 2nd floor O'Neill Reading Room. All the students will receive a copy of the book and Miano will sign their books following the discussion. Students also will be able to talk with her at a reception in the Mather Reading Room.

This Kelvin Smith Library event follows a free public lecture by Miano at 12:30 (Clark hall 309), co-sponsored by Ethnic Studies, French and Francophone Studies, and the French Embassy.

Leonora Miano is the author of three novels: L'intérieur de la nuit (The Dark Heart of the Night); Contours du jour qui vient; and Tels des astres éteints. She has won the Louis Guilloux Prize 2006; the Montalembert Prize 2006; the René Fallet Prize 2006; the Bernard Palissy Prize 2006; and the Prix Goncourt des lycéens 2006.

KSL also has her work Contours du jour qui vient: roman, "Contours of the Day to Come," contemporary short stories of Cameroon fiction.

Contest-within-a-contest: When 100 student entries are received, Case is guaranteed to get a prize. Last year, Case was one of 8 universities to win a guaranteed prize, so logon and put yourself (and Case) in the winners' circle again!

Use the contest widget on Knovel—sumbit your answer,and just keep going until you get 3 right! It's easier if you keep the Knovel database window open, so you can search and find the right answers...or, you can simply keep answering questions on the contest widget until you get 3 correct answers.

• **Note: Case Students only
• Contest ends November 30th. Winners announced on December 1st
• Use the link at the top of the Knovel database page,
• Or, go directly to the contest. Try it, you might win!

Knovel is a database licensed for Case individuals, with full text of books and proceedings, and analysis tools & technology for cross-disciplinary scientific research. Interactive tools and reference texts & more are available for nearly seeral dozen main areas from Adhesives to Aerospace, Biology to Earth Sciences, Chemistry to Environment to Food Science, Textiles to Metals, and more...

• National Faculty Directory
• Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory
• National Directory of NonProfit Organizations
• Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private & Public Companies
• Brands and Their Companies
• Market Share Reporter

Find out fast who makes Pom Wonderfull, which orange juice has 40% of the market, what web designer firms are in a city, income & assets of an NPO, where a former colleague works now, and more. Select the database(s) you need and browse or 'search within' a set result—for best results use the various precision search fields in Advanced search.

Find the Gale Directory Library on the Research Database list (authorized for Case faculty, students, & staff; remote access requires an activated VPN connection.)

• See what GIS (geographic information systems) technology can bring to your classroom or project in capturing, managing, displaying information relevant to your project map or model so it is described geographically; from KSL's Center for Statistics and Geospatial Data Center.
• Learn how to datamine in ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research)from Thematic Collections (criminal justice, aging, demographics, education, race, terrorism, etc.)or other datasets, peforming online data analysis.

Ann Holstein & Brian Gray will show these services, plus KSL's new Research Guides, the online guides or tutorials for specific subjects, classes, or assignments to help students narrow their resource options to relevant, specific content that is licensed for them by the Case libraries.

Thursday, October 22, Noon-1 pm
Herrick Room (main floor), Allen Memorial Library at Euclid & Adelbert
RSVP for pizza and beverages to ucite at case dot edu

The founding editor of Vectors (Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular), Prof. McPherson will discuss the journal's concept, mandates, and innovative design process. She will also discuss a new project funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation and the future growth of digital humanities and academic experiences, learning, and partnerships in such new models of scholarly communication.

Join us at the Kelvin Smith Library 2nd floor O'Neill Reading Room
Friday, November 6, 2009, 12:30-2:00 p.m.
The event is open to all with academic interests.

The KSL Scholarly Communication Lecture Series 2009-10 brochure has more details about Prof. McPherson and the Nov. 6 event, plus the April 9 lecture.

USG Study Break Table @KSL:
Tuesday, Oct. 13th & Wednesday, Oct. 14th
Main Floor Lobby
9:00 p.m. - Midnight (or until the treats are gone for the night)

Good luck on your exams!

USG Mid-Term Study Break is a pre-approved event in KSL

Replay segments, explore new ones. Meet the people from the series & the park system's history. Use the map in View the Parks and learn how many national parks & national historic sites are in Ohio—including which site is situated on the longest undefended border in the world.

Watch it all again, or view episode clips & features, plus deleted scenes and untold stories about the National Park System, in the October 2009 KSL Research Spotlight!

Search and Browse by term, the index, by subject and more, and enjoy the newest version of a favorite resource!

Find Encyclopaedia Britannica on the Research Database list from the Case Catalog or from Research Tools on the KSL homepage. Reserved for Case individuals, VPN is required for wireless or remote access.

Service to some online content may be possible depending on the server that hosts it—as work progresses you will see content being restored. OhioLINK recogonizes the inconvenience, and every effort will be made to complete the work in one day.

Alexander Street press offers these collections through October 15 via username and password to celebrate the September anniversaries of independence for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Chile, and Belize. Explore & enjoy poetry, short stories, memoirs,non-fiction, plays, folk tales, novels, and more:

Latino Literature, extensive collection that includes hundreds of previously unpublished works (English & Spanish) including audio files of poems and plays

Caribbean Literature,
19 & 20th century rare and hard to find works (French, Spanish, Dutch, Creole languages), maps of origin, classic and contemporary works.

Latin American Women Writers, essays & literature from Latin American feminists and revolutionaries, offering a unique glimpse into culture via plays and prose.

Username—eviews
Password—hispanicheritage

Enjoy the collections through October 15, 2009 and send comments about the collection content to askalibrarian@case.edu or your subject specialist liaison.

• Keep Up with News: browse through ten different Issues and Topic areas such as energy, air & water quality, energy, sustainable environmental issues, science & technology, social factors and others.

• Get Specific: each Topic area has sub-topics for more detailed news & research, bringing together in one site a unique framework of the issues along with business, economic, law, science, and human factors.

• Use Advanced Search: limit your search to a dozen content types, including audio, blog, image, monograph, newsletter, video, and more, plus options for publication type and format.

From Health to Technology to Environment to Energy, GREENR's constantly updated content brings an exciting and different approach to learning. KSL has a short window of opportunity to explore this database, and needs your interest in order to evaluate use and to consider purchase options.

KSL NEEDS YOUR INPUT:
Try GREENR today & share it with your colleagues and students—then send your comments and feedback to Brian C. Gray, bcg8@case.edu, before September 25th!