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Basic Accounting Lesson Plans

Are balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements keeping you up at night? Well, beginning accounting students (or others with an interest in such matters) will appreciate these basic accounting lesson plans, provided courtesy of the MoneyInstructors.com website. The first section contains a number of lesson plans and worksheets that include topics such as the fundamental concepts of accounting, transaction analysis, accrual accounting and adjusting entries. Moving on, the site also contains a number of useful articles on various topics within the field, such as bookkeeping, ledgers, and profit and loss reports. The site is rounded out by a selection of helpful accounting textbooks that students may wish to look for as they continue their journey through the world of accounting. [KMG]

International Political Science Abstracts (some full text available)

• Database provides current indexing and abstracts of the world’s leading journals in political science, covering around 900 journals from 1989 to the present

Political Science Journals (JSTOR)

• Database of full-text journals from their first year until about 5 years ago. The most recent issues are not available because of licensing restrictions. Titles in database: (ending dates as of 1/08)

• American Journal of International Law, 1907-2007.
• American Journal of Political Science, 1973-2006.
• American Political Science Review, 1906-2004.
• Midwest Journal of Political Science, 1957-1972.
• International Organization, 1947-2004.
• Journal of Politics, 1939-2004.
• Political Science Quarterly, 1886-2003.
• Proceedings of the American Political Science Association, 1904-1913.
• Public Opinion Quarterly, 1937-2002.
• World Politics, 1948-1995 (plus links to recent content 1995-2005).

Politics, Political Science, and Law Journals (OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center)

• Link is to browsable list of full text journals covering politics, political science and law. Access to the publishers’ and sites and full text is provided via the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

• Subscription to this database ended June, 2006. For most current citations in political science, use International Political Science Abstracts.
• Database covers 1975-2006 and provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields including international relations, law, and public administration and policy.
  

Thirty women offer their perceptions of Hillary. This collection of essays covers a wide variety of attitudes–some are personal, some are political, some are positive, and some negative. Together, these portraits can lead to some insight in how our country perceives women in positions of power.

NPR’s review and discussion of the book: Ways of Looking at Hillary

Ana Maria Matute

• Durban, Rafael Martinez
• PQ 6623 .A89 A15 2003Z

B.F. Skinner: A fresh appraisal

• Davidson Films
• BF 109 .S55 B2 2000Z

Bella epoque=-The age of beauty

• Lola Films
• PN 1997 .B45 2003Z

Boy to girl to man: Disproving the theory of gender neutrality

• Films Media Group, Cambridge Educational, Meridan Education
• RC 560 .G45 B69 2007Z

Caballos salvajes

• Mandala Films
• PN 1997 .C144 2004Z

Cervantes y la leyenda de don Quijote: El espiritu de un libro

• Sagrera
• PQ 6352 .C42 2006Z

Devil’s oven: The fire in the heart of the Little Cities of Black Diamonds

• Lewis, Valda
• HC 107 .O32 H16 2007xZ

Erik H. Erikson: A ife’s work

• Davidson, Frances W.
• BF 109 .E7 D38 1992Z

Fast food women

• Johnson, Anne Lewis
• TX 945 .F37 2007Z

Fresa y chocolate–Strawberry and chocolate

• Redford, Robert
• PN 1995.9 .C55 F69 2003Z

Guantanamera

• Herrero, Gerardo
• PN 1995.9 .M27 G83 2000Z

If these walls could talk

• Moving Pictures/HBO NYC
• PN 1997 .I29 1999Z

Iron jawed angels

• Garnier, Katja von
• PN 1997.2 .I76 2004Z

La poema del mio Cid: anonimo

• ALGA PQ 6366 .A2 2000Z

Like water for chocolate

• Arau, Alfonso
• PQ 7298.15 .S638 C66132 2000Z

Mar adentro = the sea inside

• Amenabar, Alejandro
• PN 1995.9 .F67 M37 2005Z

Men with guns

• Miller, R. Paul & Maggie Renzi
• PN 1997.2 .M469 2003Z

Piaget’s developmental theory: An overview

• Elkind, David
• BF 109 .P5 P52 1989Z

Platero y yo

• Miralles, Manuel
• PQ 6619.14 .Z56 1994Z

Sacred choices and abortion: 10 new things to think about

• Attie, Barbara & Janet Goldwater
• HQ 767.25 .S23 2004Z

The burning bed

• Schreder, Carol
• PN 1997 .B876564 2004Z

The life and times of Rosie the Riveter

• Field, Connie
• HD 6068.2 .U6 F72 2007Z

The motorcyle diaries

• Nozik, Michael & Edgar Tenenbaum & Walter Salles
• PN 1997.2 .M67 2005Z

Todo sobre mi madre

• Almodovar, Pedro
• PN 1997.2 .T63 2007Z

Vygotsky’s developmental theory: An introduction

• Bodrova, Elena & Deborah J. Delong
• LB 1117 .V946 2002xZ

War

• Florentine Films
• D 811.5 .W37 2007Z, Disc 1-6

Booklist’s 2007 Top of the List: The Best of Editor’s Choice contains the best of the best in eight categories: adult fiction, adult nonfiction, youth fiction, youth nonfiction, youth picture, book, reference source, video/DVD, and audiobook. Chek the list out for something good to read.

For a different slant on a fun read, look at Nancy Pearl’s A New Batch of Under-the-Radar Books. This quirky list includes the story of three royal cousins, a wild animal adventure story, and a punny picture book for kids that should be shared with adults. Enjoy.

Information about Martin Luther King, the Civil Rights Movement, and Martin Luther King Day is available at 12 sites recommended by the Librarians’ Internet Index. This sites are good sites and were evaluated and rated by–you guessed it–a librarian.

Martin Luther King sites

True to our feelings: What our emotions are really telling us

• Solomon, Robert C.
• B 105 .E46 S675 2007Z

Human development: Traditional and contemporary theories

• Bergen, Doris
• BF 713 .B462 2008Z

On the anarchy of poetry and philosophy: A guide for the unruly

• Bruns, Gerald L.
• BH 39 .B795 2006Z

Savage kingdom: The true story of Jamestown, 1607, and the settlement of America

• Woolley, Benjamin
• F 234 .J3 W66 2007Z

Coaching & mentoring for dummies

• Brounstein, Marty
• HF 5385 .B76 2006Z

The essential feminist reader

• Freedman, Estelle B.
• HQ 1154 .E77 2007Z

The complete idiot’s guide to American government

• Fonder, Melanie
• JK 276 .F66 2005Z

Super bitches and action babes: the female hero in popular cinema, 1970-2006

• Schubart, Rikke
• PN 1995.9 .W6 S363 2007Z

Shakespeare’s sonnets

• Callaghan, Dympna
• PR 2848 .C34 2007Z

A portrait of the artist as a young man: Authortative text, backgrounds and contexts, criticism

• Joyce, James
• PR 6019 .O9 P63 2007Z

Much ado about Will or Shakespeare for dummies: A celebration of the words of Shakespeare

• Johanson, Robert
• PS 3560 .O276 M83 2007Z

Minor surgical procedures for nurses and allied healthcare professionals

• Martin, Shirley
• RD 111 .M56 2007Z

Healing Appalachia: Sustainable living through appropriate technology

• Fritsch, Albert J.
• T 21.5 .A67 F75 2007Z

Teaching science in elementary and middle school: A cognitive and cultural approach

• Buxton, Cory A.
• LB 1585 .B88 2007Z

100+ ideas for teaching thinking skills

• Bowkett, Stephen
• LB 1590.3 .B694 2007Z

Isms: Understanding religion

• Gabriel, Theodore P.C.
• BL 80.3 .G32 2007Z

The NPR listener’s encyclopedia of classical music

• Libbey, Theodore
• ML 100 .L66 2006Z

Welcome to Winter Quarter.

The Zanesville Library Staff welcomes back all the students and faculty of Ohio University Zanesville and Zane State College.

When the winter blahs start getting you down, drop by the library and look at one of our art exhibits . Current exhibit is the OUZ Faculty and Staff Photo Exhibit. It will be up through the middle of February.

Enjoy Winter Quarter.

Last week, Major Olmsted was killed by a sniper. He was a blogger and prepared a final post in the event of his death. This week his final blog was posted.

Major Olmsted’s final post.

NPR story about Major Olmsted’s last blog.

Begin your new year by trying a new author. See the following lists for some enjoyable reads.

A Year of Books Worth Curling up With

A list created by three New York Times book reviewers. Each picked 10 favorites.

From Time Magazine’s lists of Top Ten for 2007:

• Top Ten non-fiction books
  
• Top Ten fiction books
• Top Ten graphic novels
• Top Ten children’s books

Seen the movie? Read the book.

• A list of eight movies you many not know were based on books.