Cool Resource: ZipSkinny

Thinking about relocating? planting a church? expanding your business? You might want a quick glance at a prospective neighborhood. At ZipSkinny (Beta) you can enter a zip code and get demographic information such as educational achievement, marital status, household income, occupation, and more. You can also compare the data with up to 20 other zip codes at once.

"This site was created as a Web development 'hobby' project using Census 2000 data obtained from the Census website." Of course, you can find more in depth information directly from the U.S. Census Bureau, but for a quick glance, check out ZipSkinny.com.

Special Hours

The Darling Library will be open "Sunday Hours" (2:00pm to 11:00pm) on Thursday, March 6, 2008. Pacific Christian College daytime classes are dismissed due to the planned Faculty In-Service.

For a full list of library hours and exceptions, go to http://library.hiu.edu/faq.html#two

Welcome to our New Serials Assistant

Meet Young Il Kang, our new Serials Assistant! Young has just started his MBA program here at Hope arriving from Korea by way of the Philippines where his family is on the mission field.

New "Quick Search" Feature

Now we have a new "Quick Search" option that allows you to search the library catalog from the library's home page, saving you one click! To do advanced searching, you can still click on "Search for Books and More."

Who says print is dead?

ISBN: 1-4028-9462-7

Have you noticed recently that some books have two International Standard Book Numbers? If the ISBN is supposed to be a unique catalog number for books, why two?

Until January 1, 2007 publishers used 10-digit numbers to identify their books. But much like the influx in the number of cell phones has made many new area codes necessary, the book industry started using 13-digit numbers to make room for future publications. During a transition period publishers were encouraged to print both versions on books.

Who says print is dead?

NetLibrary's February eBook of the Month

The NetLibrary electronic book (eBook) service we subscribe to makes a specific title available each month to all subscribers. So even though we may not have purchased that title, it will be freely available for the month in which it is the "book of the month."

The February eBook is Science and Technology in World History by James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn. The book is published by The Johns Hopkins University Press.*

The NetLibrary advertisement describes the book as follows:

Now in its second edition, this bestselling textbook may be the single most influential study of the historical relationship between science and technology ever published. Tracing this relationship from the dawn of civilization through the twentieth century, James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn argue that technology as "applied science" emerged relatively recently, as industry and governments began funding scientific research that would lead directly to new or improved technologies.

The new edition reorganizes its treatment of Greek science and significantly expands its coverage of industrial civilization and contemporary science and technology with new and revised chapters devoted to applied science, the sociology and economics of science, globalization, and the technological systems that underpin everyday life.

To access this book:

1. Go to http://library.hiu.edu/
   
2. Click Research Databases
   
3. Scroll down the screen and click NetLibrary
   
4. Login using your Library login
   NOTE: Your Library login is your Hope ID and your Library password (the first 3 letters of your first name and the first 3 letters of your last name)
   
5. You should now be in the NetLibrary service
   
6. Click the featured book that appears on the right side of the screen
   
7. Enjoy reading!

You must be a current student, faculty, or staff at Hope International University to access this book via the NetLibrary service.

Please contact a Librarian at library_ref-help@hiu.edu if you have questions about the NetLibrary service.

*The currently featured NetLibrary eBook is not a recommendation or endorsement by Hope International University. Such posts as this are intended to advise the Hope community of services available to it.