Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Create a Boyden NoodleBib Account

Use Your Noodle
 with NoodleBib
The Boyden Library subscribes to NoodleBib ..."The Web's most comprehensive and accurate MLA ...bibliography composer with fully-integrated note-taking."*
 *     "Homepage," NoodleTools: MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian Bibliography Composer, Online Notecards, NoodleTools Inc., n.d. Web. 30 Nov.  2010. <http://www.noodletools.com/index.php>.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Visit the Boyden Library Moodle Web Page

To view a selection of the library's recent instruction classes as well as our current production of Use Your Noodle with NoodleBib slide shows,  visit the library's Moodle webpage.  No registration is required ~ sign in as our guest.  

Log in to the LIBRARY'S DA Moodle Website as a Guest



Select LIBRARY from the DA Moodle Menu

Friday, November 5, 2010

2010 Nobel Prize in Literature Winner: Mario Vargas Llosa

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010
MarioVargas Llosa

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2010 is awarded to the Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual’s resistance, revolt, and defeat".


 "The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010 - Press Release". Nobelprize.org. 5 Nov 2010 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2010/press.html

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Library Question of the Month

November Library Question of the Month

Who were the Three Furies?

Be sure to drop off your answer in the Question of the Month Box located at the entrance of our library. Good luck!

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October Library Question of the Month

What famous poet's father invented the candy, Life Savers?

Answer: Hart Crane

The library received 13 correct answers and a winner was randomly selected. Congratulations to David Shin!

Life Savers are the Boyden Library Theme Candy
When you need the best information quickly,
Library Staff are Life Savers.
Ask us for help.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

School Meeting October 26: Teen Health and Wellness


The October 26 school meeting included a number of discussion topics that addressed teen health and wellness.  Among the library's bounty of information on this subject is the Teen Health & Wellness database which provides information on alcohol, nutrition, mental health, sexual identity and orientation, and hotlines for teens in crisis.

October 28 Academy Event Speaker: Paul Rogat Loeb

A selection of Mr. Loeb's works is available for loan at the library. Visit the Boyden Library - in person OR online - to read about the library connection for many of Deerfield Academy's inspiring events.

Happy Halloween


Albany Road Coffee House on Halloween

A Halloween coffee house with spooky stories and poems! Everyone is welcome.

Looking for a scary ghost story?  Be sure to visit the Boyden Library. 

Clip Art from Microsoft Word