New for Sociology and Anthropology

You may have heard rumors of renovations coming to Leyburn Library. At least some of those rumors are true.

To find out what's in the works, drop by our Main Floor lobby on Tuesday 1 April (no fooling) to see and hear a preview of the re-design project, which will begin within just a few months.

A short visual presentation will begin at 12 noon, and be repeated several times, with time for
questions, until 1:30 pm. So, drop in whenever it's convenient. We welcome your questions and comments.
Our design consultants, Mark McConnel and Sara McCarter of SFCS, Inc. in Roanoke, will be the presenters.

What sorts of renovations? Maybe... comfortable seating, better lighting, group study spaces, improved multimedia space, new carpets, new offices, and an entrance facing Reid Hall and the Elrod Commons.
I hope you will be able to drop by.

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Guttmacher Institute.
Available online.
Article from the March 2008 issue of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health notes that "while the rate of sexual experience among single women has remained virtually unchanged since the late 1980s, the median age at first marriage rose from 22.0 in 1980 to 25.3 years in 2002; as a result, women are sexually active for a longer period of time before getting married... The authors argue that government policies such as abstinence-only education—which advocates abstinence until marriage for all women aged 12–29—ignore the actual behaviors of the majority of Americans."
Links to the article are available in several locations, including Annie.

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Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
Available online.   Printed copy to be added to the collection.
This extensive survey, based on over 35,000 interviews with Americans over 18, "details the religious affiliation of the American public and explores the shifts taking place in the U.S. religious landscape." Pew also provides a summary of the findings. Alan Wolfe wrote in the Chronicle of Higher Education, "As surveys go, this is one of the most careful and comprehensive ever conducted on the American religious landscape."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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W. W. Norton.
Available online.
Interesting and entertaining commentary on current affairs and popular culture, from sociologists around the U.S. Edited by Karen Sternheimer (University of Southern California).
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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University of St. Thomas Law Journal
Available online
Paper "explores an issue that has been largely neglected in the work-family debate, namely why the burden should be on employers to change their practices rather than on men to change theirs."
This article will be available in LexisNexis Academic.

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Routledge / NetLibrary.
Available online.
Edited by Sarah Gamble, this first edition (2001) contains in-depth signed overview essays and 400 shorter entries on individuals, publications, and other subjects.
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.

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