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Student Writing

More Writing at SLU

Alumni Accomplishments

The Kenya Connection

Antarctica

Paperweight Collection

Index

What Are They Reading?

Brewer Bookstore Senior Clerk Mary Ann Casale sent us a list of "books and authors that have been pretty hot over the last few months, all about the same" in terms of popularity:

The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold
Empire Falls, Richard Russo
Seabiscuit: An American Legend, Laura Hillenbrand
Atonement, Ian McEwan
Life of Pi, Yann Martel
Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, Robert C. Atkins, M.D.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith
The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
The Nanny Diaries, Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus
Nickel & Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America, Barbara Ehrenreich

From Odyssey, the newsletter of the St. Lawrence libaries, Spring 2003:

Books with Most Circulation Since Odysseus (the libraries' online search database) Was Created in 1989:

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 3rd Ed.
Anorexia and Bulimia: Diagnosis and Treatment
Abraham, Suzanne. Eating Disorders: The Facts
Hsu, L. K. George. Eating Disorders
Scott, William. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere
Landau, Elaine. Why are They Starving Themselves?: Understanding Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia
Hansen, Joseph. Cosmetics,Fashions, and the Exploitation of Women Theory and Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia: Biomedical, Sociocultural, and Psychological Perspectives
Thompson, J. Kevin. Body Image Disturbance: Assessment and Treatment Anorexia Nervosa, Recent Developments in Research
Nathanson, Stephen. An Eye for an Eye: The Morality of Punishing by Death

Books with Most Circulation in 2002-03

Walker, Alice. Warrior Marks: Female Genital Mutilation and the Sexual Blinding of Women
Hansen, Joseph. Cosmetics, Fashions, and the Exploitation of Women
Coakley, Jay. Sport in Society: Issues and Controversies Controlling Eating Disorders with Facts, Advice, and Resources
Hinshaw, Stephen. Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity in Children Women in Sport: Issues and Controversies
Armstrong, Thomas. The Myth of the ADD Child
Claude-Pierre, Peggy. The Secret Language of Eating Disorders
Kingsolver, Barbara. The Poisonwood Bible Learning and Cognition in Autism
Monk, Timothy. Sleep, Sleepiness, and Performance
Quinn, Daniel. Ishmael

Most-Used Print Periodical Titles Launders Science Library Science

Nature Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Earth Sciences History
Animal Behaviour
American Journal of Psychiatry
Journal of Paleontology
Journal of Bacteriology
Geological Society of America Bulletin
New Scientist

Owen D. Young Library (all titles)

Watertown Daily Times
Time
New York Times
Newsweek
Rolling Stone
India Today
U.S. News & World Report
Far Eastern Economic Review
St. Lawrence Plaindealer
New Yorker
Sports Illustrated
Artnews
Economist

Owen D. Young Library (scholarly journals only)

Sex Roles
Environmental Health Perspectives
Physiology & Behavior
Canadian Historical Review
Yale Law
Journal Journal for Specialists in Group Work
Energy Policy
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
American Psychologist
Environmental Research
Land Economics
Literature

Most Used Electronic Periodicals and Journals Popular And Opinion Magazines and Periodicals

Economist
Christian Science Monitor
Newsweek
Time
U.S. News & World Report
Maclean's
Business Week
Nation
Chronicle of Higher Education
Village Voice
New Statesman
New Republic
Advertising Age

Scholarly Periodicals and Journals

Lancet
Science
Ecology
British Medical Journal
Current Anthropology
Callaloo
Foreign Affairs
American Historical Review
American Economic Review
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Journal of Southern History
American Sociological Review
Peace Research Abstracts Journal
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Shakespeare Quarterly
Journal of American History