September, 2004                                                                                      Library's e-Newsletter

 


1. Medical Assistant

Introduction to Medical Terminology
Ann Ehrlich, Carol L. Schroeder, Carol L. 
Schroeder

Introduction to Medical Terminology emphasizes learning medical terminology by word part and usage and is organized by body systems. The practice software includes exercises, games and pronunciation of medical terminology. A workbook offers a wide-variety of learning exercises from matching and multiple choice to spelling and abbreviations to true/false and word building.


2. Management

Ethics at Work: Basic Readings in Business Ethics
William H. Shaw (Editor)


Ethics at Work: Basic Readings in Business Ethics is an ideal text for courses in business ethics, business and society, or applied ethics. Bringing together eleven essays by prominent authors, it features some of the best work in the field and addresses important and provocative issues. The essays represent diverse ethical and philosophical orientations and have been edited and abridged to make them more accessible to students. The book opens with two introductory readings that discuss the role of ethics in business, the relevance and importance of studying business ethics, and the basic moral responsibilities of businesspeople. The following nine essays examine various controversial moral issues in business, including corporate downsizing; overseas sweatshops; bribery; whistleblowing; drug testing; deception in sales; manipulative advertising; insider trading; and our environmental responsibilities. Students will find interesting connections and illuminating relationships between the contributors' arguments. The readings are preceded by short introductions and study questions and followed by review questions and suggestions for further reading.


3. English

How to Write for the World of Work
Donald Cunningham, With Elizabeth O. Smith, Screenplay by Thomas E. Pearsall


This book to include less technical forms of communication (such as correspondence, memos, e-mail, resumes, employment letters, recommendations, application forms, and oral presentations). At the same time, it concentrates on traditional technical communications such as instructions, reports, proposals, and mechanism descriptions. The authors focus on a broader range of professional communication genres than can be found in traditional or business communication books. Examples include e-mail messages and memos, instructions, recommendations, proposals, and oral presentations. Emphasizes workplace writing with assignments that guide students toward identifying opportunities from which they can practice their writing and speaking skills and see the relevance of their academic subject to the professional workplace.

4. Book of the Month

The Rule of Four
Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason

Princeton. Good Friday, 1999. On the eve of graduation, two students are a hairsbreadth from solving the mysteries of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. Famous for its hypnotic power over those who study it, the five-hundred-year-old Hypnerotomachia may finally reveal its secrets -- to Tom Sullivan, whose father was obsessed with the book, and Paul Harris, whose future depends on it. As the deadline looms, research has stalled -- until an ancient diary surfaces. What Tom and Paul discover inside shocks even them: proof that the location of a hidden crypt has been ciphered within the pages of the obscure Renaissance text.

A tale of timeless intrigue, dazzling scholarship, and great imaginative power, The Rule of Four is the story of a young man divided between the future's promise and the past's allure, guided only by friendship and love.





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The book for September is :

A Passage to India

E.M. FORSTER

Author's Biography

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Suggested Reading

The Impact of Electronic Communication on Writing.

By Abdullah, Mardziah Hayati

 

The language of e-mail, chats, Web-based discussions and SMS messages is marked by features of both informal speech and formal writing, a host of text-based icons and acronyms for managing social interaction, and changes in spelling norms (Abdullah, 1998).



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