McKee Minute McKee Library Newsletter | April 2022
CAMPUS RESEARCH DAY CELEBRATE THIS APRIL
You are invited to attend events on April 21, 2022
Celebrate Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Campus Research Day is April 21, 2022. We encourage you to attend a session to support our student and faculty presenters. The full schedule will be available on Knowledge Exchange in the coming days.
While May is officially Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month for the nation, our campus celebrates each April. We invite you to explore our display and virtual reading list.
Final Submissions & Modifications Deadline Final titles and papers must be submitted to Knowledge Exchange by April 1, 2022. After this date, the full schedule will be available on Knowledge Exchange. Oral Presentations The competing oral presentations will take place from 8 am to 9:15 am. The winners of the competition will present at Dean’s Luncheon at 12 pm. The non-competing morning session will take place from 9:30 am to 10:45 am. The non-competing afternoon session will take place from 3:30 pm to 4:15
pm. Poster Session The poster session will be held from 2 - 3:15 p.m. in Iles Gymnasium. A poster session competition will take place for those who are scheduled to compete. Convocation Convocation, presented by Dr. Kevin Burton, will be held from 11:00 am to 11:50 am at the Collegedale Church of Seventh-day Adventists. The presentation is titled “Adventist Abolitionism in the 1830s and 1840s.”
Research Guide We invite you to view the
Asian American & Pacific Islanders research topic guide which covers arts, culture, cuisine, racism, and more. Questions Please contact Jessica Spears at jspears@southern. edu with any questions.
Questions Please contact Bethany Howard at bfhoward@ southern.edu with any questions regarding Campus Research Day or to volunteer.
APRIL IS POETRY MONTH
Celebrate poetry month with McKee Library We are excited to celebrate National Poetry Month throughout the month of April. Create a Poem We invite the campus to stop by McKee Library to create a poem using provided magnet poetry words. We will feature select poems on the library’s social media.
on the library’s main floor. Reading List The library’s National Poetry Month reading list contains poetry works held in McKee Library’s collection. Questions Please contact Jessica Spears at jspears@southern. edu with questions.
Display We invite you to explore our Poetry Month display April 2022
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8 MUST READ BOOKS Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
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The Great Courses
New & Noteworthy
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Tools&Resources Humanities Source Ultimate
Humanities Source Ultimate offers access to key content covering feature articles, interviews, obituaries and original works of fiction, drama, poetry, and reviews. Also, it includes 2,624 active indexed and abstracted journals; 2,204 of them are peer-reviewed. In addition, it includes rigorous curation and indexing of open access (OA) journals, which has resulted in a growing collection of 580 global OA journals.
Subject Areas Humanities Source Ultimate covers a wide-array of subjects, including: • Antiquities • Archaeology • Area studies • Classical studies • Critical theory • Folklore • Human culture • Linguistics • Literary and social criticism • Literature • Performing arts • Religion and theology
• Visual arts Accessing the Databases To access Humanities Source Ultimate, click here. To access the library’s databases by subject, click here. The database is listed across several of McKee Library’s research guides. Questions? Please contact Donald Martin at dvmartin@southern. edu with questions regarding McKee Library databases.
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McKee Library
Writing Center
Sunday | 12 pm - 11 pm
Sunday | 3 pm - 8:15 pm
Sunday | 12 pm - 6 pm
Monday | 7:30 am - 11 pm
Monday | 9 am - 8:15 pm
Monday | 9 am - 6 pm
Tuesday | 7:30 am - 11 pm
Tuesday | 9 am - 8:15 pm
Tuesday | 9 am - 6 pm
Wednesday | 7:30 am - 11 pm
Wednesday | 9 am - 8:15 pm
Wednesday | 9 am - 6 pm
Thursday | 7:30 am - 11 pm
Thursday | 9 am - 8:15 pm
Thursday | 9 am - 6 pm
Friday | 7:30 am - 2 pm
Friday | 9 am - 12 pm
Friday | 9 am - 1 pm
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International Day of Mine Awareness
Tutoring Center Office
This Little Land of Mines View Online
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National Education & Sharing day Teach Us All View Online
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Easter
Lilies, Rabbits, and Painted eggs
Request Now
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Author Daniel Defoe Died, 1731 Robinson Crusoe Request Now
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First Crossword Puzzle Published, 1924
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Scrabble: Crossword Game Request Now
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University’s Student Appreciation Day Tasty Donuts For Students at McKee Library
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April Fools Day
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National Reconciliation Day
32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny Request Now
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National Walking Day Walking your Way to a Better life Request Now
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Good Friday
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The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus Request Now
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Isabella I of Castile Born, 1451 Por la Senda Liberal View Online
Macbeth View Online
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Never Give In! Request Now
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King of the Wind Request Now
First Known Performance of Macbeth, 1601
National Winston Churchill Day
Young Adult Literature from Romance to Realism Request Now
Author Marguerite Henry Born, 1902
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Support Teen Literature Day
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Be the Bridge Request Now
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Author Harper Lee Born, 1926 To Kill a Mockingbird Request Now
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World Book & Copyright Day
How to Fix Copyright Request Now
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George Washington Inaugurated, 1789 Valiant Ambition Request Now
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From Vault the
Select Voltaire works on display at McKee Library
This semester McKee Library’s From the Vault display features select works from Voltaire and other materials in the library’s French Collection. About the French Collection The McKee Library French Collection consists of 105 titles and 189 volumes of works mostly written in French. The collection spans 255 years, with its earliest book published in 1711 and the most recent in 1966.
View the Materials The From the Vault display case is located on the library’s main floor. Additional information about the collection can be read on our website. Questions For questions regarding McKee Library’s special collections, please contact Deyse Bravo-Rivera at dbravo@southern.edu.
P.O. Box 629, Collegedale, TN 37315 Phone: 423.236.2788 Fax: 423.236.1788 Email: ask@southern.libanswers.com southern.edu/library
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McKee Minute Jessica Spears Editor
Library Faculty & Staff
Deyse Bravo-Rivera Genevieve Cottrell Stanley Cottrell Sonja Fordham Carol Harrison
Bethany Howard Donald Martin Shelly Merryman Seth Shaffer Jessica Spears