Litwack Collection Expands Mahoney Library Holdings

Nathan and Aida Litwack recently donated to Mahoney Library a substantial portion of their personal library, thereby enriching the college’s collections in many areas. Approximately seven thousand volumes arrived at Mahoney Library at the end of the spring term, and the library staff has been working diligently to process the collection and make it available [...]

Euripides & Trojan Women – Library Resources

CSE Greek Play: “Trojan Women” by Euripides will be performed at CSE’s Greek Theatre on April 23, 24 & 26.

“Euripides was the youngest of the three great ancient Greek tragic poets. The other two were Aeschylus, the oldest, and Sophocles . . .  they are one of the most important sources we have for knowledge [...]

Free Database Access for National Library Week

In honor of National Library Week (April 13-19), a few library content vendors are providing free access or open trials to their database products during the week.
Gale will be offering access to Academic OneFile, Gale Virtual Reference Library (online reference books), Literature Criticism Online, Nursing Resource Center, Small Business Resource Center, and several others: http://www.accessmylibrary.com/libraryweek/?grid=05308.
Greenwood will be [...]

Doris Lessing display in library for April

A prolific and socially-conscious writer, Doris Lessing grew up in the Middle East and Africa. She was exiled from South Africa and spent most of her adult life in Britain. In 2007 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Several of her books are currently on display in the library lobby.

To learn more about [...]

Learn More About Poet Mark Doty before Monday’s Reading

Poet Mark Doty will be visiting the College of Saint Elizabeth on Monday, April 7th. There will be a reading, Q & A and book signing, all beginning at 7:00pm in the Dolan Performance Hall.
The Mahoney Library owns a copy of Doty’s 2001 non-fiction book Still Life with Oysters and Lemon (call number: 811.54 D725). [...]