Finals Week Hours

Sunday, November 26th - Friday, December 1st

Sunday November 26th	11:00 am - 2:00 am
Monday Nov. 27th - Wednesday Nov. 29th	8:00am - 2:00 am
Thursday Nov. 30th - Friday Dec. 1st	8:00am - 5:00 pm
Saturday Dec. 2nd & Sunday Dec. 3rd	CLOSED

Good Luck on your exams!

New Databases: Ethnic News Watch and Gender Watch

The Library is pleased to announce two new databases: Ethnic News Watch and Gender Watch.

Ethnic NewsWatch is "an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press, offering both national and regional coverage. ENW provides researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press."

GenderWatch "is a full text database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. With its archival material, dating back to 1970 in some cases, GenderWatch is a repository of an important historical perspective on the evolution of the women's movement and the changes in gender roles. Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, and NGO, government and special reports."

• Search Ethnic News Watch
• Search Gender Watch
  

Thanksgiving Week Library Hours

Wednesday November 22nd - Sunday November 26th

Wednesday November 22nd	8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thanksgiving, Thurs. November 23rd	CLOSED
Friday November 24th	12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Saturday November 25th	12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sunday November 26th	11:00 am - 2:00 am

Happy Thanksgiving!

Free Trial: NewspaperDirect PressDisplay

The Library is pleased to announce a free trial of NewspaperDirect PressDisplay from ProQuest. NewspaperDirect PressDisplay provides online access to today's newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format. The collection currently includes over 400 titles and has a 60 day backfile. It includes publications in Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

The trial can be accessed here:

http://trials.proquest.com/ptc?userid=1976412
Username: kctrial

This trial is active until until December 7.

Your feedback is important! Let us know what you think (reference@kzoo.edu or x7152).

2006 Michigan Election Results

Get the results from yesterday's election:

• 2006 Michigan Election Results
• Detailed Results by Precinct -- see how Kalamazoo County precincts voted on elections and proposals