| Summary: | LINK UP WITH LIBGUIDES Want to check out the latest resources, websites, and organizational information on Leadership? While the scope of leadership is broad, covering business, education, government, and professional environments, our "Leadership" LibGuide http://libguides.bellevue.edu/content.php?pid=2523l&sid=181902 has been created to cover all these aspects and more. Our leadership resources will help you increase your own skills, focus on people, process, performance, and partners, empower others to lead at their level, and much more. Connect to eBooks, search recommended databases for articles, browse virtual book shelves for print titles and more. "The Leadership" LibGuide contains topic specific information from the following categories: How to Connect, Reference Books, General Collection Books, e-Books, Videotapes and DVDs, Databases, Websites, Organizations, and Citation information. The LibGuide will also include the 24/7 Librarian Qwidget so you can have any questions you may have answered by a librarian via chat. There are currently over 77 LibGuides available on the library's website at http://libguides.bellevue.edu/. You can browse the available topics by subject, author, or by more popular status. If you have suggestions for a LibGuide please send them to library@bellevue.edu or call (402) 557-7313. FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS *The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' count for all newspaper jobs - from reporter to delivery truck driver - shows the payroll shrinking from 336,000 at the start of the year to 313,000 through October, a drop of 22,400 positions. FROM: The News and Its Future, p. 65. (REF PN4784.C615 2010) *Asian Americans along with Latinos, are the fastest growing major racial and ethnic group in the United States. From 2000-2007, both Asians and Latinos were the only groups not only with double-digit growth rates, but with growth rates of 26 percent and 29 percent respectively. During the same time period, the total population grew by 7 percent, the African American population by 9 percent, American Indians by 8 percent, and non-Hispanic whites by 2 percent. FROM: Encyclopedia of American Immigration, p. 5. (REF JV6465.E53 2010, V. 1) *President Barack Obama receives an annual salary of $400,000, double the salary that President Bill Clinton received. The first president, George Washington, was offered a $25,000 salary, which he turned down. Translated into current dollars, Washington's salary would have totaled approximately $4.5 million dollars as calculated by the Congressional Research Service. FROM: Encyclopedia of the American Presidency, p. 439. (REF JK511.G45 2010) *Digital photography has a longer history than many people may realize. The first experimental digital camera - which stored crude, 10,000-pixel, black-and-white images on cassette tape - was produced by Steven Sasson, an Eastman Kodak engineer, in 1975. FROM: The Visual Dictionary of Photography, p. 91. (REF TR9.P73 2010) *At their peak, Roman roads totaled over 50,000 miles (80,000 km) - enough to stretch twice around the world. FROM: Concise History of Science & Invention, p. 58. (REF Q125.C576 2010) DATABASE DATA NBC News Archive has it all - video clips, historic films, primary source documents, images, and mini-documentaries. Whether you are looking to enhance a class discussion, select a topic for a paper or presentation, or embed a video into a PowerPoint presentation, this resource can be your best friend. This database is extremely user-friendly. Just type your search word into the box in the upper right corner of the home page. Your results will be displayed in a thumbnail view and you can sort your results by Title, Event Date, Air/Publish Date, Type, or Search Relevance, in either ascending or descending order. To watch a video, simply click on the video screen and the "Cue Card" will appear. To view the video in full screen, click on the box in the right corner. Revert back to the smaller view by hitting "Esc" on your keyboard. Select "Flip" to view more details about the video. To view the transcripts, select the "Transcript" from the right side of the cue card. Take a look at NBC News Archives next time you need a video or other media for a class discussion or paper; it is a fun and educational way to enhance your topic. You can access it from our library homepage under the "General Reference/News Subject Resources" subject area, or from the "Complete Database List." If you are off campus, be sure to log into the databases first by clicking on "Log In" in the top right portion of the library homepage. If you have any questions about how to use NBC News Archive, contact the Reference Desk at 402-557-7313 or toll free, 1-800-756-7920, extension 7313, or email at library@bellevue.edu. QUICK QUIZ Find the answer to the following question by using NBC News Archives for a chance to win a prize. QUESTION: What is the name of the two "ice dogs" that accompany researchers on Arctic expeditions? Send answers to library@bellevue.edu with the subject line: "Quick Quiz," or obtain an entry form at the Bellevue University Library Reference Desk. The deadline for submissions is November 12, 2010.
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