Spring 2009 Hours

Welcome back!

Atherton Library's Spring schedule goes into effect on Tuesday, January 20th.

Sunday Noon - 7 pm
Monday -Thursday 8 am - 9 pm
Saturday 9 am - 5 pm

Library closed January 16th

Atherton Library will be closed on January 16th. Please call Meader Library (downtown) at 544-0210 for assistance.

Winter Schedule

Dec. 15, 2008 - Jan. 16, 2009

Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm
Saturday* - Sunday CLOSED

*Jan. 3rd & Jan. 10th 9 am - 1 pm

Holidays & Other Closures

Dec. 22nd - 23rd Closed for Campus Construction
Dec. 24th - 25th Christmas Holiday
Jan. 1st - New Year's Holiday

Late night finals hours are here!

We've heard your requests and now we're taking action. From November 30 - December 11 Atherton Library will be adding more more hours to our schedule to give you a place to study as you prepare for finals.


November 30 - December 11
Sun: Noon - 9 pm
Mon-Thu: 8 am - 10:30 pm
Fri: 8 am - 7 pm
Sat: 9 am - 5 pm

Normal library services will be provided until 9 pm. After 9 pm you will not be able to borrow materials or pay fines. Printing and photocopying will be available until 15 minutes prior to closing.

*As usual, only bottled water is permitted in the library.

Thanksgiving holiday

Atherton Library will be closed on November 27-28 (Thursday-Friday) in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The library will reopen at 9 am on November 29.

Gobble, gobble...Happy Thanksgiving!

Credo Reference is here!

This is an award-winning collection of over 300 online reference books. The database contains dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, and books of quotations, as well as a variety of subject-specific titles covering everything from the arts to accountancy and law to literature. It also has an image collection, maps, customizable data, and audio pronunciation files.

Medicine:

On campus - Click a title below for direct access.
Off campus - Click here to access our catalog and search by title.

The American Heritage Medical Dictionary Baillière's Midwives' Dictionary Black's Medical Dictionary, 41st Edition Black's Veterinary Dictionary The Cambridge Historical Dictionary of Disease Churchill Livingstone's Dictionary of Nursing Collins Dictionary of Medicine Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations Dictionary of Medicine, Peter Collin Publishing Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary International Dictionary of Homeopathy Macmillan Dictionary of Toxicology Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary, Revised Edition Mosby's Dental Dictionary Mosby's Dictionary of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, & Health Professions Mosby's Emergency Dictionary Mosby's Handbook of Herbs & Natural Supplements Natural Medicine Instructions for Patients New Harvard Guide to Women's Health, The Pharmaceutical Medicine Dictionary The Royal Society of Medicine Health Encyclopedia The Royal Society of Medicine: Medicines Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary Webster's New World™ Medical Dictionary

HPU Common Book - The Omnivore's Dilemma

This year's Common Book, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan is an exploration of the different methods of food production found in the United States today. The author takes us behind the scenes of today's industrial monoculture and shows us how the crops and animals raised by today's farmers and agricultural corporations ends up as food on our dinner tables. Especially enlightening is his description of the consequences of the agricultural subsidies promoting the growing of corn. This corn is found in the majority of the food products we consume each day. It turns out that Americans, not Mexicans, are the true "people of the corn."

Copies of the Common Book are available for 3 day loan at Atherton and Meader Libraries. Go to the Circulation Desk to check it out.

Click here for more information about HPU's Common Book program.