Tips on Financial Literacy for College Students

Financial literacy is a growing concern for teenagers of all socioeconomic backgrounds.   President George W. Bush signed the Executive Order 13455 on January 22, 2008, creating a council of 16 members to oversee financial issues among college and high school students. This council is represented by corporations, non-profit organizations, faith-based groups, state government agencies, regulatory agencies and [...]

GreenFILE & “Buying Green”

In light of CSE Green Week, it seems appropriate to point out a few environmental information sources:

“Buying Green,” a CQ Researcher report published earlier this year, discusses the marketing trend of greenwashing and highlights ways to truly reduce your impact on the environment. Also available in PDF format.
GreenFILE, a free article index provided by Ebsco Publishing, allows you to [...]

21st Century Sociology Reference Handbook available online

Mahoney Library has recently subscribed to the electronic version of 21st Century Sociology Reference Handbook, from Sage Publishing. This ebook offers an introduction to the many subfields of sociology.
Access 21st Century Sociology via the Encyclopedias & Reference page, through either of the databases pages (A-Z or Subject), or via the CoolCat catalog. Once you are [...]

FRONTLINE Special: Growing Up Online

In Growing Up Online, FRONTLINE takes viewers inside the very public private worlds that kids are creating online, raising important questions about how the Internet is transforming childhood.
The first ‘chapter’ of the program – Living Their Lives Essentially Online – focuses on high school students in Morris County, NJ. Subsequent chapters address topics like cyberbullying, online predators, [...]

New E-Journals Collections from Sage and ACS

Mahoney Library has 2 new collections of full text journals online.
The first is quite large – around 450 scholarly and trade journals – and offers content across all disciplines. Sage Premier Journals is a great collection, with full text from 1996 through the present. Sage covers the following areas:
Humanities: Area Studies, Language Studies, Music, Religious Studies
Life Sciences: Biochemistry, Endocrinology, [...]

Online Research Help

CSE students (and staff) currently have two ways for getting online research assistance: Mahoney Online and Q and A NJ.
Mahoney Online is a newly instituted email reference service. Submit your question via an online form, and a CSE librarian will send you an answer via email. You will receive that response within 48 hours at the most, but usually quicker.   
Q [...]

A New Look for Library Website

Welcome to our new site…[http://www.cse.edu/index.php?id=2220]
 The result of several months of planning and discussion, the new library website went ‘live’ today! The most obvious change is to the appearance of the site. It is more colorful and attractive, more interactive, and better organized. Just as important, however, are the improvements in content. We have corrected and [...]