Britannica vs Wikipedia

For 241 years, it's been the gold standard of reference books, a premium-priced digest of the world's accumulated knowledge. Now it's being overwhelmed by an eight-year-old online upstart authored by amateurs and available at no charge.

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How can Encyclopaedia Britannica survive in a wiki world - The Boston Globe

Community Colleges Boom in Recession
Record Numbers of Students, Laid-Off Workers Drawn to Cheap Tuition, Job Training

By Susan Donaldson James
ABCNews.com

03/03/09

California college freshman Stephanie Parks dreamed of attending an expensive, private four-year college with an annual price tag of $50,000, but her parents made her settle for Sonoma State, "a cheaper alternative at one-third the cost," she said.

But when the recession hit colleges hard at the end of last year, Parks was astounded to learn she could only be guaranteed enrollment in one two-credit course for the spring semester.

To continue reading this article, http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6968514

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2/09

NEW PAPERBACKS - Vampires, Lovebirds, CIA Agents, Oh My!!

Our paperbacks are arranged alphabetically by author on the main floor of the Library, behind the circulation desk.

Best Sellers
Brashares, Ann - The Last Summer (of You and Me)
Chabon, Michael - The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
Collins, Jackie - Drop Dead Beautiful
Grisham, John - The Appeal
Kidd, Sue Monk - The Mermaid Chair
Miller, Sue - The Senator’s Wife
Morton, Andrew - Tom Cruise – an unauthorized biography
Patchett, Ann - Bel Canto
Patterson, James - The Quickie
Steel, Danielle - Rogue

Mysteries
Coben, Harlan - The Woods
Connolly, John - TheUnquiet
Dodd, Christina - Thigh High
Hoag, Tami - The Alibi Man
James, P.D. - The Lighthouse
Roberts, Nora - Angels Fall
Sandford, John - Invisible Prey

Thrillers
Baldacci, David - Simple Genius
Child, Lee - Bad Luck and Trouble
Child, Lincoln - Deep Storm
Cussler, Clive - Treasure of Khan
Finder, Joseph - Power Play
Greanias, Thomas - The Atlantis Prophecy
Griffin, W. E. B. - The Double Agents
Staten, Joseph - Halo–Contact Harvest
Van Lustbader, Eric - Robert Ludlum’s the Bourne Betrayal

Graphic Novels
Ao Mimori - B.O.D.Y.

Historical Fiction
Alexander, Robert - The Romanov Bride
Feldman, Ellen - Lucy
Gregory, Philippa - The Virgin’s Lover
The Wise Woman
Kyle, Barbara - The Queen’s Lady

Romance
Chase, Loretta - Your Scandalous Ways
Hildebrand, Elin - A Summer Affair
Lindsey, Johanna - The Devil Who Tamed Her
Macomber, Debbie - Back on Blossom Street
Susannah’s Garden
Sijie, Dai - Mr. Muo’s Travelling Couch

Chick Lit
Cabot, Meg - Queen of Babble in the Big City
Goldberg, Amand - Celebutantes
Kinsella, Sophie - Can You Keep a Secret?
McCafferty, Megan - Fourth Comings

Horror
Koontz, Dean - Brother Odd
The Good Guy

Rothfuss, Patrick - The Name of the Wind
Smith, Scott - The Ruins

Paranormal
Knight, Angela, et al - Shifter
Quick, Amanda - The River Knows
Ward, J.R. - Lover Enshrined
Showalter, Gena - The Darkest Night

Vampires
Arthur, Keri - The Darkest Kiss
Cole, Kresley - Dark Needs at Night’s Edge
Frost, Jeaniene - One Foot in the Grave
Hamilton, Laurell K. - The Harlequin
Sands, Lynsay - Vampire, Interrupted

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