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Flashback Friday- Valentine's Day advice from UF's past

02/14/2025
Jenni Royce
History
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Happy Valentine's Day, Oilers! Still looking for gift ideas for that special someone? Not sure if dinner or a movie is the way to go? Take a look at these helpful columns from the Pulse, maybe Oilers from the past can help you out! Click on the images for a link to our Findlay Memory digital archive that has transcripts of the articles!

Thrifty Valentine's

Here we have some helpful advice from 1998 on how to have a fun yet frugal day with your sweetheart, including getting a small bag of candy from Dietsch Brothers or write a poem and eat cheese. If you are anti-Valentine's day, our author Cut-Rate-Cupid here has some movie recommendations or says to bake yourself some cookies!

 

Digital Holidays

Flashforward to the year 2000, having survived Y2K, we have some recommendations on using AOL or Blue Mountain to send a digital Valentine's day card, they're colorful and animated and oh so modern, making this Librarian feel oh so old that I remember the sites listed in this article.

This Valentine's Dav, forget paper and trv e-love By Leah Suttner HiUte Online - Carmel High School Getting your sweetheart a Valentine's Day card doesn't necessarily have to mean a run to the store. The Internet is flowing with - -- . · lots of electronic o tions. '.

Pay it forward

Skipping ahead to 2002, maybe you and your boo can instead participate in a charity event, like this Valentine's day food drive and card making party, so sweet!

The Pulse/ February 14, 2002, Page 4 Students make valentines, help local charities J? C By Emily Mumaugh card he made for his wife. Staff Reporter About a half dozen people A Valentine's Day party and were standing and kneeling food drive sponsored by Cam- around the two tables of sup- . pus Compact was held in the plies set up. There were many AMU Friday, Feb. 8_. Enthusi- smiles as participants shared astic students were cutting, col- scissors and glue sticks and oring and gluing valentines for showed each other their ere-that special someone. ations. Tyfanie Barth, Amy Valko, Wayne Sneath, Director of Amy Shoub and Amber Campus Compact, said he was Sherlock made one valentine for happy with the turnout for the their math teacher Mr. Schmidt. · event. Sneath said that the idea All four are sophomore early for the Valentine party came up childhood education majors .. at a board meeting about a· The girls used construction pa- month ago. Local shelters had per, gel pens, and heart stickers been running low on supplies in bright holiday colors of red, because of the holidays. The purple and various shades of food collected from the Valen­pink for their valentine. tine party will go to Open Arms, Everyone had a good laugh City Mission and Hope House, when Pastor Will Miller over- all local charities. heard that the girls were mak­ing the valentine for their teacher; he accused thein of but­tering up their teacher instead of doing their homework. Miller continued with more jokes and wise words as he folded a gold tissue paper envelope for the Matthew Wilkin, a student member on the Campus Com­pact committee, is a freshman majoring in computer science and tech management. Wilkin says he really enjoys volunteer­ing. This is his second semester with Campus Compact and he's . From left: Sharinda Welton, Kylene Shifley, Brianna Martin, Bridget Campbell, Megan Winkeljohn and Ellen Fish all work on valentine projects at the Campus Compact Valentine's Day party/food .drlve. also helped with Memorial As- Campus Compact is a na- wide, with 35 chapters in Ohio, sistance Ministries in Houston, tional organization in 700 col- and has been a part of The Uni- Texas. leges and universities nation- versity of Findlay since 1998.
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Happy Valentines Day! 10 Novels/Graphic Novels with Complicated Romances

02/03/2025
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Hey there, Oilers! Happy (almost) Valentine's Day! In lieu of candy and flowers, we here at Shafer bring to you 10 book recommendations featuring some complicated romances. Be it the stresses of college to the danger of what lurks beneath the sea, these stories are not your average romances! Stop on by the library to pick one of these up from our physical display, but hurry, they're flying off the shelves! 

Click on each item to be taken to our catalog for more information on its availability. Missed out on a book you NEED to read? Track down another copy here on SearchOhio or stop by the Library to see if we can track one down for you or find something else you might enjoy!

 

 

graphic featuring the cover for the book twilight by stephanie meyer
When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.
cover of happy place by emily henry
Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college--they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except, now--for reasons they're still not discussing--they don't. They broke up six months ago. And still haven't told their best friends. Which is how they find themselves sharing a bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group's yearly getaway for the last decade.
graphic featuring the cover for felix ever after by kacen callender
Felix Love has never been in love, painful irony that it is. He desperately wants to know why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. He is proud of his identity, but fears that he's one marginalization too many-- Black, queer, and transgender. When an anonymous student begins sending him transphobic messages-- after publicly posting Felix's deadname alongside images of him before he transitioned-- Felix comes up with a plan for revenge. He didn't count on his catfish scenario landing him in a quasi-love triangle.
cover of mexican gothic by silvia moreno-garcia
After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemi Taboada is not sure what she will find. Noemi is also an unlikely rescuer: She's a glamorous debutante but she's also tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin's new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemi; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi's dreams with visions of blood and doom. 

 

cover of a court of thorns and roses by sarah j maas
When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.

 

cover of check please by ngozi ukazu
Eric Bittle is a former Georgia junior figure skating champion, vlogger extraordinaire, and amateur pâtissier. But as accomplished as he is, nothing could prepare him for his freshman year of playing hockey at the prestigious Samwell University in Samwell, Massachusetts. It's nothing like co-ed club hockey back in the South! For one? There’s checking. Second, there is Jack—his very attractive but moody captain.
cover of heartstopper by alice osman
Shy and softhearted Charlie Spring sits next to rugby player Nick Nelson in class one morning. A warm and intimate friendship follows, and that soon develops into something more for Charlie, who doesn't think he has a chance. But Nick is struggling with feelings of his own, and as the two grow closer and take on the ups and downs of high school, they come to understand the surprising and delightful ways in which love works
cover of our wives under the sea by julia armfield
Leah is changed. Months earlier, she left for a routine expedition, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor. When she finally surfaces and returns home, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. Barely eating and lost in her thoughts, Leah rotates between rooms in their apartment, running the taps morning and night. As Miri searches for answers, desperate to understand what happened below the water, she must face the possibility that the woman she loves is slipping from her grasp. 
cover of the love hypothesis by ali hazelwood
 As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships--but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees. That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor--and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend.
cover of assistant to the villain by hannah ncole maehrer
With ailing family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important, it's vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawn's most infamous Villain results in a job offer--naturally, she says yes. No job is perfect, of course, but even less so when you develop a teeny crush on your terrifying, temperamental, and undeniably hot boss. Don't find evil so attractive, Evie. 

 

English, Rhetoric and Writing
Shafer Closing at 3pm 2/12/2024
02/12/2025
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Due to Winter weather, Campus will be closing at 3pm. We will update our hours tomorrow pending further announcements.

 

 

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The Return of Flashback Fridays! -The 90's at Shafer
01/30/2025
profile-icon Jenni Royce
History, Library News & Events

Hey there, Oilers! With the Spring Semester in full swing we here at Shafer thought it was only right to bring back our popular Flashback Fridays series! To go with the new year, what a better time to look back at interesting artifacts from UF's past! This week we take a peak at the 1990's here at our very own Shafer library! While technology has changed, Shafer library is still here to help you with your research and provide a welcoming place to study!

Student printing in front of card catalog (circa 1995)

 

image of a student at an old, gray boxy computer in front of a card catalog with dozens and dozens of small drawers

Before electronic catalogs and databases took over in the early 2000s, if you needed to find materials you would have to look in large card catalogs, as seen in the back of this photo! Each item would have their own individual card with its publication information, and how to find it, printed on it!

Students studying in Guyer Lounge (early 1990's)

Guyer lounge, named in honor of Ohio Representative and UF Alumni Tennyson Guyer, has provided UF students with a comfortable place to study since the early 1980's. It now also features Chemistry study hours and the Honors College study lounge!

several students quietly studying with a tv showing a talk show, no computers or cell phones are present

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Get Research Help Today!
01/29/2025
profile-icon Jenni Royce
Research (General)

Did you know that Shafer library offers research assistance? Undergraduates, Graduates, and faculty can all make appointments with our librarians to help them with any part of the research process, whether it's learning how to use our databases or evaluating what they've already found. Follow the QR code in the graphic below, click on the graphic, or click on this link to make an appointment today!

flyer listing how librarians can help you including using databases, evaluating sources, or planning search strategies

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Modified Hours January 22nd
01/21/2025
profile-icon Jenni Royce
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Due to continuing severe cold and strong winds, Shafer will only be open from 5:00pm to 10:00pm tomorrow Wednesday, January 22nd. Please email us at library@findlay.edu if you do have any questions.

 

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Closed January 18th-20th
01/17/2025
profile-icon Jenni Royce
No Subjects

Shafer Library will be closed Saturday, January 18th through Monday, January 20th in observance of Martin Luther King JR. day. See you all on Tuesday!

 

 

 

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Welcome back!
01/14/2025
profile-icon Jenni Royce
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Welcome back, Oiler!! We're starting off the 2025 Spring semester with some chilly weather, so if you need a warm place to get started on your class work don't forget we have study rooms and spaces galore! Shafer also has laptops, computers, markers, and other items available for your use, in addition to helping you with any research questions you may have! Don't forget to say hi to Pam at the circulation desk while you're at it! 

Hours for the Makerspace will be available soon!

 

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Holiday Hours
12/13/2024
profile-icon Jenni Royce
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See you all next year!

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Shafer OneSearch Research Tips
08/29/2024
profile-icon Jenni Royce
Research (General)

It's 2 a.m. and you just need one more peer reviewed article to submit to your instructor but you aren't having any luck and it feels like you're doomed. 

No need to panic, though, we've all been in your shoes (in my case it was 4am)! 

Shafer library offers access to a wide assortment of databases but the first option you'll most likely find on the library website is our OneSearch search bar. This search bar is a research tool that provides accesses ALL of our databases, journals, newspapers, books, well you get the point. OneSearch is a great place to start looking, but you might need more narrow and specialized tools like JSTOR, the Findlay book catalog, or some of our very many academic databases which you can find in the Databases list.

Here are some useful tips to make the most out of our OneSearch, and you can even use these tips on most databases as well!

  • Don’t search using complete sentences, like your entire research question. Instead break your topic down into keywords.
    • So instead of “How do video games impact depression in teenagers” try-
    • Video Games AND Depression AND teenagers

  • Utilize the Refine Results options on the search results page. These will help you narrow and focus your search, so you aren't sorting through too many pages of results.

    • Full Text Limiter

      • Limiting your results to full text will only return results that have the entire article attached as a pdf, html, or are available immediately by some other means ( a repository, open access journal, etc.). If you don't select this, some of the results you get may just be a citation for a book/article/other resource.
      • Peer-Reviewed/ Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals
        • Oftentimes your instructor will ask for only Peer Reviewed research articles. Unlike other resources, like newspapers or blog posts that might not be written by an expert on the topic, scholarly, peer-reviewed articles are created by experts in their fields and the resource been reviewed by others for quality and importance in their field before being approved for publication. This helps academic journals provide you with cutting-edge, reliable, and verifiable research.
      • Publication Date
        • Depending on your research topic it might also be useful to limit by publication date.
      • Resource Type
        • Many databases have more than academic journal articles, so limiting by resources you need is also useful. No need to scroll through pages of book reviews when you need only journal articles!
  • Mine what you find for more resources
    • Resources in OneSearch, and our academic databases as a whole, provide you with a lot of information to help you on your search.
      • Read through provided abstracts to make sure an article is what you're looking for or see if the author(s) provided their own keywords you can use while searching. 
      • Also useful is scanning an article's bibliography for it's references. If the authors used it, maybe you can to!

If you need more help, take a look at our Research Process Library guide or visit us here in Shafer! You'll have found everything you need in no time!

 

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New Semester, New Pleasure Reading Books!
08/16/2024
profile-icon Jenni Royce
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Hey there, Oilers! Welcome back for another great year here at the University of Findlay! To kick off the new semester, Shafer Library has some new books in our Pleasure Reading Collection, so whether it's for a class, the Writing Center's Silent Book Club or just for fun you should come take a look and grab one before they're gone!
 

Cover ArtWandering Stars by Tommy Orange

Historical Fiction

Colorado, 1864. Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion prison castle,where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity by Richard Henry Pratt, an evangelical prison guard who will go on to found the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, an institution dedicated to the eradication of Native history, culture, and identity. A generation later, Star’s son, Charles, is sent to the school, where he is brutalized by the man who was once his father’s jailer. Under Pratt’s harsh treatment, Charles clings to moments he shares with a young fellow student, Opal Viola, as the two envision a future away from the institutional violence that follows their bloodlines.
 
 

Cover ArtHeartstopper #1: a Graphic Novel by Alice Oseman (Illustrator) Now a tv show on Netflix

Young Adult Graphic Novel/Romance
 
Heartstopper tells the story of Charlie Spring and Nick Nelson – two British schoolboys who attend the fictional Truham Grammar School – as they meet and fall in love. The series also follows the lives and relationships of their friends, many of whom are LGBTQ+.
 
 
 

Cover ArtHappy Place by Emily Henry

Romance

Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college—they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except, now—for reasons they’re still not discussing—they don’t.They broke up six months ago. And still haven’t told their best friends.Which is how they find themselves sharing the largest bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group’s yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blue week they leave behind their daily lives; have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood; and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who understand them most.

 

Cover ArtMy Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

Horror/Thriller

You won’t find a more hardcore eighties-slasher-film fan than high school senior Jade Daniels. And you won’t find a place less supportive of girls who wear torn T-shirts and too much eyeliner than Proofrock, nestled eight thousand feet up a mountain in Idaho, alongside Indian Lake, home to both Camp Blood – site of a massacre fifty years ago – and, as of this summer, Terra Nova, a second-home celebrity Camelot being carved out of a national forest.That’s not the only thing that’s getting carved up, though – this, Jade knows, is the start of a slasher. But what kind? Who’s wearing the mask? Jade’s got an encyclopedic recall of every horror movie on the shelf, but… will that help her survive? Can she get a final girl trained enough to stop all this from happening? Does she even want to?Isn’t a slasher exactly what her hometown deserves?

 

Cover ArtThey Called Us Enemy by Justin EISINGER; Steven Scott; George Takei

Memoir/Graphic Novel
 
A graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself.
 
 
 

Cover ArtNimona by N. D. Stevenson (Illustrator) Now an animated film on Netflix!

Graphic Novel/Fantasy

Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As sidekick and supervillain, Nimona and Lord Blackheart are about to wreak some serious havoc. Their mission: prove to the kingdom that Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and his buddies at the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics aren't the heroes everyone thinks they are. But as small acts of mischief escalate into a vicious battle, Lord Blackheart realizes that Nimona's powers are as murky and mysterious as her past. And her unpredictable wild side might be more dangerous than he is willing to admit.

 

Cover ArtThe Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

Romance/Contemporary Fiction
 
As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships--but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.
 
 

Cover ArtNo Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies by Julian Aguon; Arundhati Roy (Introduction by)

Poetry/Memoir
 

In bracing poetry and compelling prose, Aguon weaves together stories from his childhood in the villages of Guam with searing political commentary about matters ranging from nuclear weapons to global warming. Undertaking the work of bearing witness, wrestling with the most pressing questions of the modern day, and reckoning with the challenge of truth-telling in an era of rampant obfuscation, he culls from his own life experiences—from losing his father to pancreatic cancer to working for Mother Teresa to an edifying chance encounter with Sherman Alexie—to illuminate a collective path out of the darkness.

 

Cover ArtA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Fantasy/Young Adult/Romance

When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.At least, he’s not a beast all the time.As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she’s been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But something is not right in the faerie lands. An ancient, wicked shadow is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it, or doom Tamlin—and his world—forever.
 

Cover ArtI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Memoir
 
A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life.
 
 
 

Cover ArtFourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros  COMING SOON!

Romance/Fantasy
 

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.

Cover ArtBirnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

Literary Fiction
 
New Zealand's South Island. Five years ago, Mira Bunting founded a guerrilla gardening group: Birnam Wood. An undeclared, unregulated, sometimes-criminal, sometimes-philanthropic gathering of friends, this activist collective plants crops wherever no one will notice: on the sides of roads, in forgotten parks, and neglected backyards. For years, the group has struggled to break even. Then Mira stumbles on an answer, a way to finally set the group up for the long term: a landslide has closed the Korowai Pass, cutting off the town of Thorndike. Natural disaster has created an opportunity, a sizable farm seemingly abandoned. But Mira is not the only one interested in Thorndike. Robert Lemoine, the enigmatic American billionaire, has snatched it up to build his end-times bunker--or so he tells Mira when he catches her on the property. Intrigued by Mira, Birnam Wood, and their entrepreneurial spirit, he suggests they work this land. But can they trust him? And, as their ideals and ideologies are tested, can they trust each other?

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Updated Study Spaces at Shafer
08/13/2024
profile-icon Jenni Royce
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Hey there, Oilers! Your Shafer librarians have been hard at work this Summer adding some new study spaces to the library, including updating the anatomy study room and the Chemistry tutoring space, and some new dividers to give you more privacy when working. Come check them out and let us know what you think!

 

 

 

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