Arts

Naked Statistics

Looking for a fun and simple guide to statistics? This is the book for you!

Charles Wheelan, Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data, New York: Norton, 2013.

posted @ Friday, May 24, 2013 2:56 PM | Feedback (0)

Can't find items on your reading list?

This new online tutorial will help you identify and locate books, book chapters, and journal articles. You can test yourself to check your knowledge.

posted @ Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:08 PM | Feedback (0)

How to Not Write Bad

Ben Yagoda says that teaching students to write well may be too ambitious a goal. Instead he aims to improve your writing by eliminating those common errors such as spelling mistakes, poorly chosen words, and train-wreck punctuation. In his book How to Not Write Bad you’ll find lots of helpful advice.

posted @ Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:38 PM | Feedback (0)

How to Write a Lot

Motivational books are not usually found in university libraries, but one that seems appropriate is How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Academic Writing. Psychologist Paul Silvia discusses specious barriers to writing (can't find the time... need to do more research first... need a better computer... or just waiting for inspiration), and offers motivational tools and practical suggestions for overcoming them.

posted @ Wednesday, May 08, 2013 9:44 AM | Feedback (0)

Audiovisual Library tours

Do you need to access films and other audiovisual material from the Library collections? Come to the Audiovisual Library and join a 10 minutes tour!

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Updates for eHRAF World Cultures & Archaeology

The content of two Library databases, eHRAF World Cultures and eHRAF Archaeology, has been extended recently. 

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Sociology Department Seminar Series

Sociology Department Seminar Series - "Māori and Pacific Student Success in Higher Education: Preliminary Results from a Qualitative Study"

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General Library Tours

Lost? It does not have to be this way. We are offering tours through the General Library during the first two weeks of Semester 1.

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Southeast Asian history

The Works of Nicholas Tarling on Southeast Asia has just been published. It is a seven volume collection bringing together Emeritus Professor Tarling's scholarly journal articles.

posted @ Friday, February 15, 2013 2:40 PM | Feedback (0)

The Criminological Imagination

Anyone who studies Sociology knows C. Wright Mills' classic, The Sociological Imagination. Now Jock Young has coined "The Criminological Imagination" for his provocative new book.

posted @ Friday, December 14, 2012 2:26 PM | Feedback (0)