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The library will be offering a trial to Oxford Scholarship Online for the month of November. Oxford Scholarship Online is a collection of books from Oxford University Press in a variety of subject areas. This trial can be access on campus at www.oxfordscholarship.com.

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Please join us for a book discussion of a spiritual classic, The Story of a Soul, the Autobiography of Saint Therese of Lisieux on Thursday, November 20th from noon to 1p.m. If you would like, you may bring your lunch to the discussion. Contact Melody at mmcmahon@ctu.edu if you plan to attend.

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Check out our latest display highlighting books that coincide with the theme from this week's conference, Transformed by Hope: Building a Catholic Social Theology for the Americas. The books will be on display through next week.

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This is the last week to turn in your scavenger hunt for Theological Libraries Month. Don't miss your chance to be entered in a drawing for a $50 gift certificate at the Seminary Co-op Bookstore!

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JSTOR has added several titles to the library's electronic journal collection:

Studies in Philology - http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=studphil

Journal of Linguistics - http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jlinguistics

Language in Society - http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=langsoci

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Melody Layton McMahon has been a librarian for over 25 years, with specialization in both music and theology. She has co-edited an anthology of writings on theological librarianship (A Broadening Conversation: Classic Readings in Theological Librarianship, 2006) and serves as the Critical Reviews Editor for the recently-launched online journal Theological Librarianship: an Online Journal of the American Theological Library Association (www.theolib.org). Besides her work, Melody enjoys playing the piano (she still takes lessons), reading, and traveling. She really likes to watch her son, Niall, play soccer, and her daughter, Maeve, play the baroque and Irish flutes.

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Finding the full text of articles is getting easier though the library's new SFX service. Be on the lookout for links that mention "full text" when you are searching for articles when you are on campus. More information about how this service can help you find full text faster will be available soon - in the meantime, feel free to ask a librarian for more help when you need to find an article quickly for your research.