Happy Birthday John Steinbeck!

Author John Steinbeck was born on this day in 1902, in Salinas Valley, California.  He published great works such as Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath.

Check out our library catalog search results to read his works.

Spring Break Begins Tonight!

Kutztown University’s Spring Break begins at the end of classes tonight.  To all of our students, have fun this break!  Don’t work too hard!

For those of you looking for something to do, why not check out the Rohrbach Library’s Facebook page, Facebook group, and Twitter page?  Add us, we would love to hear from you!

Many years ago on this day…

Renaissance poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe was baptized on February 26th, 1564.  Just two months later, his fellow playwright William Shakespeare was born.

Marlowe’s work is often overshadowed by the more well-known Shakespeare, but his work is certainly no less interesting or influential.    He is as well known for his blank verse and overbearing protagonists, as he is for his untimely death in 1593.   Marlowe’s most famous plays include Dr. Faustus and The Jew of Malta.

Want to check out some of Marlowe’s work?  Click here to view our library catalog’s search results, and stop by this website to learn more about his life and work.

Happy Birthday Victor Hugo!

Author Victor Hugo was born on this day in Besancon, France in 1821.  He is the writer of well known works such as Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Check out his works, as well as works about this well-known author, in our library catalog search results.

By Robert Flatley, Coordinator of Electronic Resources, Interlibrary Loan, and Periodicals

The library is pleased to announce that the following Oxford Reference Titles (electronic versions) have been added to the collection:

Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance

International Encyclopedia of Dance

Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance

Encyclopedia of Evolution

Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt

Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America

Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages

Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States

Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature

Oxford Encyclopedia of Rhetoric

Dictionary of American Family Names

Encyclopedia of Social Work

Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church

Oxford Classical Dictionary

You can access all the library’s electronic research resources at:

http://www.kutztown.edu/library/er/

Analyzing Obama: A New York Times Interactive Video

The New York Times posted this interactive video and transcript of President Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress last night, complete with comments from New York Times reporters.  Check it out.  What did you think about President Obama’s address?  We’d love to read your comments.

New Projectors for Group Study Rooms

Projectors are now available at the Information Commons desk for use in our Group Study rooms.  These projectors are easy to use and make group collaboration fun and easy.

If you are working on a group project and would like to check out a projector, bring your Kutztown ID to the Information Commons desk and one of our friendly faculty,  staff members or students workers will assist you.

New Scanners on the Main Floor

Eight new flatbed scanners are now located on the main floor behind the Reference and Information Commons desk for student convenience.

Happy Birthday Amy Tan!

Novelist Amy Tan was born on this day in 1952.  She was born to Chinese immigrants who came to Oakland, California in 1949.

Tan studied English at San Jose State and Berkeley, but became bored with academic life, and turned to the world of publishing.  She published her first novel, The Joy Luck Club, in 1989, and has written several others adult and children’s works since that time.

To find more information on Amy Tan, or to check out her works, click here to view her search results in our online catalog.

Plans to Publish Early Tolkien Adventure

The New York Times reports that a previously unpublished work by J.R.R. Tolkien will be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.  Check it out here.

To see a list of Tolkien’s works that we have here in the library, check out his search results from our library catalog here.