Recurring Reference Question: I have a marketing project to do, and I found a report on Google, but it costs $$$$. What should I do?

Market research reports that one finds via Google, with price tags attached, are typically produced by private market research firms. The Sawyer Library does not have access to these reports.

However, the library does subscribe to several online resources which can provide market and consumer information. Have a look at the library's guide to Marketing and Advertising Resources, and in particular take note of Euromonitor's Passport GMID (Global Market Information Database).)

Snow Daze: The Winter of our Discontent

Instead of fighting with February, why not embrace the season with some icy classics? Check out these frost-covered books in Sawyer Library.

This is a love story - of sorts - set in the deep drifts of northern Japan.

A murder mystery set in Puget Sound, with historical background in WWII Japanese-American internment camps.

A classic story of lost love, set in rural New England.

A collection of short stories by Papa Hemingway.

For all your igloo-building needs.

Ideas for Research Papers

Are you looking for ideas for a research paper, which relates in some way to psychology, education, or the study of the brain and its functions? The following book is highly recommended:

"Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain," by Maryanne Wolf.

From the book's back cover: "Reading is a human invention that reflects how the brain rearranges itself to learn something new. In this ambitious, provocative book, Wolf chronicles the remarkable journey of the reading brain not only over the past five thousand years, since writing began, but also over the course of a single child's life, showing in the process why children with dyslexia have reading difficulties and singular gifts."

Change of hours, Wednesday February 5, 2014

Sawyer Library will be closed Wednesday, February 5 due to the snow storm.

Where is "The Chronicle of Higher Education"?

LexisNexis has changed its interface, and as a result, it is no longer easy to do a collective search of university and higher education newspapers, although the material is still covered by Lexis.

Here are a couple of options:

Open the 'Search the News' widget box.

Option 1) Type 'Chronicle of Higher Education' in the Source Title box. This will limit the search results to only those articles published in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Option 2) Enter your search terms, and change the default source from Major World Publications to All News.

Then from the results screen, limit by the source type [Newspapers], and look to see if The Chronicle of Higher Education (or some of the University News Wires) is amongst the results.

Option 3) Use the Sawyer Library's eJournal Search to identify the databases which include The Chronicle of Higher Education, and follow the appropriate link.

From off campus, entering the databases will require a current Suffolk ID.


Option 4) Use the Browse function within LexisNexis Academic to locate The Chronicle of Higher Education and University Wire publications:

A good book to read when flying (or driving) accross the U.S.

Were your holiday travel plans disrupted due to the weather? Next time be prepared for a multi-hour layover, with a long, but good book:

Annals of the Former World, by John McPhee

This book gathers five previously published titles by John McPhee, all devoted to the geology of North America. It is the item to have along when looking out the window on a flight between the east and west coasts of the United States. However, this is not a textbook, rather it is more like being able to hitch along on a road trip across the States, in the company of people who know a lot, and who tell good stories.

Snow Closing: Friday January 3, 2014

Due to the inclement weather, Suffolk University offices, including the Sawyer Library, will closed on Friday, January 3, 2014.