America's Historical Newspapers Database Tutorial

• America's Historical Newspapers Slideshow Tutorial

EBSCOhost Database Tutorials

• EBSCOhost Database Tutorials

Seasons Greetings from the Staff of the Boyden Library

Science/AAAS - New Database Tutorial

New!  The Boyden Library has recently added the Science/AAAS database to our collection.  Science/AAAS provides access to the journal Science from the American Association for the Advancement of Science from 1996 to the present. Also includes Science Express, an electronic publication of selected Science papers in advance of print and ScienceNOW, a daily science news from Science journalists.  View the online Science/AAAS Tutorial

Encyclopedia Americana Online and More: New Library Database

The Boyden Library has recently added  Encyclopedia Americana Online to our database collection. The online Encyclopedia Americana is one of the components of the Grolier Online Database which also includes the following features:

• Interactive Maps - includes "a camera icon on the map [that] provides a link to "Pictures of Interest" of that area."
• World Newspapers - links to over 600 online newspapers in over 39 languages
• Dictionary
• GoTube Educational Videos
• Pro/Con Debabe Topics - includes "commentaries and analysis about current events"

Visit the Groler Online website for complete information on this new database (including a video tutorial)

Footnote Examples on our MLA Bibliographic Citation Guide

Per requests of our students and faculty, library staff have recently updated both the print and online copies of the Deerfield Academy MLA Bibliographic Citation Style Guide to include additional examples of footnotes.  See pages 22-23.

Vegatarianism is Not a 4 Letter Word: Library Display

 

Vegetarianism is not a 4 letter word

November Library Display

Read More About It! 

All of the materials on display are available for loan.

A Boyden Library Thank You

Thank you to everyone who supported our 

Parents’ Weekend Donate A Book Event.

The library received the gift of 45 books - all of the books will soon be featured on the library's New Books Display. 

World Book Advanced - New Library Database Tutorial

New!  The World Book Advanced Database has recently been added to our library collection.  View the online tutorial posted below.

Deerfield Academy Welcomes Poet Laureate W. S. Merwin

The library is currently featuring a display of the works of Poet Laureate W. S. Merwin who will visit DA on October 12.  Good news! All of the items on display are available for loan.

October Library Question of the Month

This 1969 DA alumnus is the author of two books* that focus upon a famous Boston family. Best known as a broadcast journalist, he also portrayed himself in the film “A Civil Action”. Who is he?

Good news! Both of this author's books and the film “A Civil Action” are available for loan from our Boyden Library.

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

From all the correct answers, a winner will be drawn and a prize will be awarded on October 31, 2011.

Congratulations to Hadley Newton, our September Library Question of the Month Winner. Hadley correctly answered the question, “Who wrote ... "I'm as corny as Kansas in August ..." ?

The Answer: Oscar Hammerstein II ( 1895–1960). Hammerstein was an American songwriter who wrote the above lyrics for “A Wonderful Guy” one of the songs in the musical South Pacific.

The Library received 2 correct answers and randomly selected our winner by lottery. Thank you to everyone who participated.

Boyden Library "Donate A Book Event"

Be sure to visit the Library during Parents’ Weekend

Donate A Book Event

Visit our “Gift Book” table and select a title to purchase for the library

A special commemorative bookplate bearing your name and the name of your son or daughter, a favorite faculty member, coach, or a friend, will acknowledge your gift inside each book you give.

Library Hours: Thursday 7:45 am to 9:45 pm | Friday 7:45 am to 5:00 pm | Saturday 9:00 am to 4:30 pm

Annual Boyden Library Pizza Feed - Thursday Evening, September 15

Kansas in August

Library Question of the Month
Join in the Fun!

Who wrote ... "I'm as corny as Kansas in August" ... ???

Hint: The answer to this month's question can be answered via the library's Oxford Reference Online database featured in our Boyden Library Databases by Title webpage.

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

From all the correct answers, a winner will be drawn and a prize will be awarded on Friday, September 30.

Search Boyden Library's Research Guides

Thank you to DASAC Artists & Musicians

Thank you to all of our DASAC friends who visited the library on Friday, August 12 to serenate our staff with an exciting new library love song and to present a beautiful poster.  Come visit the library to admire our summer DASAC display.

Thank you DASAC Artists

Thank you to all of our DASAC friends who created a special surprise for our library staff – a lovely poster that showcases each of the young artists’ favorite books.   Be sure to visit the library to admire our DASAC poster — currently on display at our Circulation Desk.

Summer Reading Lists 2011

Required Books

• Freshmen and Sophomores
• Juniors
• Seniors

Download reading lists as PDFs: English I and II, English III, English IV

Welcome Alumni

A Look Back at Library Events & Displays During the 2010/2011 School Year

A gift from the Appalachian Trail Fund in Memory of Nat Thompson

 Appalachian Trail | Appalachian Trail Guidebooks | Backpacking -- Appalachian Trail
All of the materials on display are available for loan.

Our February 1 School Meeting also featured a presentation on the Gabe's Journal Appalachian Trail Blog.

May Library Displays

Deerfield We're Cheering for Thee

"Deerfield has a long tradition of song, hearkening back to "Sunday Sings" with Mr. Boyden, required Glee Club auditions through the 90s, and the pop a capella groups the Mellow-D's and Rhapso-D's." [From the Deerfield Academy website]

School songs include:

• Deerfield We're Cheering for Thee (lyrics)
• Evensong from Reunion 1953 (audio)
• Evensong from Reunion 1971 (audio)
• Evensong from Reunion 2006 (audio)
• Evensong from Reunion 2009 (audio)

More on Deerfield Academy history and traditions

Discover LibGuides!

Have you discovered the Boyden Library LibGuides ? These online guides aim to introduce students to research skills; support class projects; and promote the library’s rich collection of print, audiovisual, and online databases.

When you need the best information quickly,

Library Staff are life savers.

Ask us for help.

Contact Info:

413-774-1510

Janet Eckert(jeckert@deerfield.edu) | Patricia Kelly (pkelly@deerfield.edu) | Lynne Robbins (lrobbins@deerfield.edu)

April Library Displays

Get a Head Start on Earth Day ~ April 22

Earth Day is April 22 and the Boyden Library is ready for the celebration with a newly updated Environmental Issues Research Guide!  This guide showcases the abundance of books, online databases, and websites that provide information on the general topic of environment as well as specific issues like the Green Cup Challenge, climate change, global warming, endangered species, and more.

Library Display: New York Times 100 Most Notable of 2010

Enjoy some of the books the New York Times rates as the 100 Most Notable of 2010 ~ View our Book Display Slide Show

Question of the Month

Time Magazine recently recommended the debut novel of this 1997 Deerfield Academy’s alumna within its on-going column “The Short List of Things to Do”. A recipient of the 2006 Amanda Davis Highwire Fiction Award , her work has also been published in 2008 Best American Short Stories' 100 Distinguished Stories.

Our March Library Question of the Month:

Who is this DA graduate and what is the title of her first novel?

Beginning on March 1, be sure to drop off your answer in the Question of the Month Box located at the entrance of our library. Good luck!

From all the correct answers, a winner will be drawn and a prize will be awarded on April 1, 2011.

Check out New Books and More!

New books are displayed on our New Books Shelf on the Main Floor so that the community has an opportunity to enjoy these new materials as soon as they are available for circulation.

A Letter to Albert Einstein

The Boyden Library February Question of the Month involves a letter to Albert Einstein.

The Question:  A little known fact about this Deerfield Academy alumnus (whose courage is immortalized in a bestselling memoir* and a 1975 Emmy nominated movie* is that he corresponded with Albert Einstein while still a student at DA. Who is this student?

Many thanks to DA Archivist Anne Lozier who recommended this month's question.

* Both the memoir and the movie are available for loan from the Boyden Library Collection.

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

From all the correct answers, a winner will be drawn and a prize will be awarded on March 1, 2011.

Congratulations to Zach Boynton and Audrey Cho ~ Team Winners of our January Library Question of the Month.

School Meeting February 1, 2011: Read More About It

School Meetings are always uplifting and feature many inspiring presentations.  Usually, our Boyden Library Connection Blog focuses upon one presentation to highlight and to promote library materials that amplify the topic.  In this post, library staff are challenging ourselves to provide information on a wide variety of today's School Meeting topics.  Here goes ...

Readers of the Gabe's Journey blog will also enjoy reading the following titles on the Appalachian Trail :

• The Appalachian Trail Reader
• As Far As The Eye Can See : Reflections Of An Appalachian Trail Hiker
• A Walk In The Woods : Rediscovering America On The Appalachian Trail (available in both hardbound and paperback formats)

For up-to-date information on the current showdown in Egypt, be sure to read one (or more) of  the online news websites that the library features on its Ready Reference website.

Visit the Teen Health and Wellness Database for more information on Stress Management.

For more information on conserving energy, visit the GreenFILE database.  The EBSCO website promotes  GreenFILE as a "research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond".

School Meeting January 11 features Music and Dance

To continue the exhilarating spirit of this week's school meeting, library staff invite you to visit the American Song online database.  American Song is best described by the database itself as "a history database that allows people to hear and feel the music from America's past.The database includes songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Included in the database are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more,"

Visit our library – in person OR online - to read about the library connection for many of Deerfield Academy’s informative events.

School Meeting January 4: The Importance of Sleep

The January 4 school meeting included an inspiring presentation by Mrs. Loftus on the importance of a proper night's sleep.  Among the library's bounty of information on this subject is the Teen Health & Wellness database as well as the library's informative circulating collection.