January, 2004                                                                                      Library's e-Newsletter

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1. English - ESL Longman Photo Dictionary of American English For adult learners of English The new Longman Photo Dictionary makes learning over 3000 English words easy. The clear and up-to-date colour photos help you learn words in their natural contect which makes it easier to remember them. 1000 colour photographs 3000 words covering all topics that you need in everyday life, from Housing, Food and Clothes to Computers, Jobs and Sports. Conversation Activities on each page for extra practice in class 10 pages of additional activities for extra written practice Pronunciations for every word in the alphabetical wordlist   2. Business and Computers New Journals The magazine that brings you the working code, tools, and techniques guaranteed to make you a better C and C++ programmer. Every month you'll get "how-to" articles, tutorials, product user reports, case studies, and extensive code listings to explain how you can efficiently build C and C++ programs. C/C++ Users Journal tackles the problems you wrestle with in your day-to-day work. Regular columns and features address a broad range of technical topics such as: Mixed-Language Programming Testing & Debugging Real-Time/Embedded Systems Linux Multithreading Algorithms Software Tools Security Open Source Scientific Programming. New Books "The New Face of Asian Pacific America: Numbers, Diversity and Change in the 21st Century" The New Face of Asian Pacific America: Numbers, Diversity and Change in the 21st Century is the most comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of demographic and cultural changes of Asian Pacific America and includes the latest census information. Through informative essays and over 100 photos, charts, and graphics, this book provides the first analysis of census socioeconomic data on the Asian Pacific American population and the first demographic analysis of the fast-growing mixed race/ethnicity population in the Asian-American community. The book is written by leading Asian-American scholars and journalists from across the nation. The co-editors of the book are Eric Lai of Asianweek and Dennis Arguelles of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. It is co-published by AsianWeek newspaper of San Francisco and UCLA's Asian American Studies Center, with partner organizations, the Organization for Chinese Americans and the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development. The project received a major grant from State Farm Insurance Company. It is also a publication of the newly-established Asian Pacific American Community Development Data Center, a collaborative census information project of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development. Link to Asian Week. Source: UCLA Asian American Studies Center. 16 Dec. 2003. UCLA. 16 Dec. 2004. <http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/change/newface.html> Copyright© 2003 by LIBI. Questions or comments: carguelles@libi.edu

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