Check out the New Books display on the library’s first floor in the lobby! Highlights include:

• Butterfly politics / Catharine A. MacKinnon
• The odyssey of Star Wars : an epic poem / Jack Mitchell
• A black woman did that / by Malaika Adero ; illustrated by Chanté Timothy
• Consuming religion / Kathryn Lofton
• The end of bias : a beginning : the science and practice of overcoming unconscious bias / Jessica Nordell
• You are enough : is it real love or your need for validation? : overcoming people pleasing and emotionally unavailable relationships / Rainie Howard
• In the dream house : a memoir / Carmen Maria Machado
• Caste : the origins of our discontents / Isabel Wilkerson (also available online!)
• Your computer is on fire / edited by Thomas S. Mullaney, Benjamin Peters, Mar Hicks, and Kavita Philip
• Call me American : a memoir / Abdi Nor Iftin with Max Alexander
• Hatred has no future : new thinking on relations with Japan / Ma Licheng ; based on the Japanese translation by Oikawa Junko

You can also keep up with our new books any time by checking out our new items collection through our catalog. If you need help finding a book or other materials, contact us at reference@kzoo.edu. We love to hear from you!

Over the winter break the library dusted off and brought up historical runs of 71 popular periodicals from the basement. For example, you can now find Time Magazine in the compact shelving on the 2^nd floor going back to 1930. While we have database access to many of these titles (and the databases are more complete), browsing through these titles in physical format is a much different experience. You can see articles in context, encounter advertisements, and get a much greater feel for these rich historical and cultural artifacts. 

We’ve added colorful signs to our shelves in order to highlight where you can find these titles. We’ve also added a description of the publication, and where relevant, a link to the online version of the publication.

We’re hosting two Open Houses to highlight these titles. Please come if you are able! 

• When: Wednesday, January 5th 11-12:30 and Thursday, January 6th 11-12:30 
• Where: 2^nd Floor of the Library, behind the compact shelving 
• Who: Faculty, Staff, and Students 

In addition, we will be adding these titles to our Research Guides. Please contact reference@kzoo.edu if you have any questions! 

The Library is a great place to study, but you can also unwind here! Check out our De-Stress Nook on the first floor in the Learning Commons (behind the lobby display case). This is a great place to work on a puzzle, play a game, color, or just relax with friends.

What other activities or relaxing things to do would you like to see at the De-Stress Nook? Email us at library@kzoo.edu and let us know!