{"id":7467,"date":"2018-08-16T11:47:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T16:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/?p=7467"},"modified":"2018-08-16T11:47:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T16:47:09","slug":"feeling-overwhelmed-by-your-college-experience-check-our-new-exhibit-for-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/feeling-overwhelmed-by-your-college-experience-check-our-new-exhibit-for-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling Overwhelmed By Your College Experience? Check Our New Exhibit for Help!"},"content":{"rendered":"

You are here<\/em> – at the University of Iowa! You may be a first year, sophomore, junior or senior – but no matter what year, the excitement is there. The anticipation of new experiences and the trepidation of new experiences! <\/p>\n

Stop in and see our new exhibit and see some of the ways we can help you adjust to, and survive, college life and all that it entails!<\/p>\n

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Think grabbing some ramen noodles is the way to start your day? We’ve got Fitness for Geeks : Real Science, Great Nutrition, and Good Health<\/em><\/a> that might change your mind. Or maybe you are going to the cafeteria for breakfast and are frustrated by always being in the slowest line – 100 Essential Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know : Math Explains Your World<\/em><\/a> will help you figure it out! We also have information on how to build your own alarm clock! Wild and Wacky (But Useful) Contraptions<\/a> <\/em>so you don’t miss those morning classes!<\/p>\n

Now that you are awake and have had a healthy breakfast, you are off to bicycle to class. Except the chain on your bike isn’t working! Never fear – The Bicycling Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance & Repair : for Road & Mountain Bikes<\/em><\/a> is here!<\/p>\n

Have a new roommate and your pizza keeps disappearing? Check out 101 Spay Gadgets for the Evil Genius<\/em><\/a> and discover sneaky ways to catch the culprit in the act! Feel like a sissy wearing flip flops in the shower? Check out When Germs Travel : Six Major Epidemics That Have Invaded America and the Fears They Have Unleashed<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

We have the resources to help you through your entire day – from morning to night!  Afraid of the dark and don’t want your roommates to know? Aglow in the Dark: The Revolutionary Science of Bioflourescence<\/em><\/a> explores the story of the discovery of green fluorescent protein and the human fascination with “living light.” Glow-in-the-dark fish could be the perfect nightlight! <\/p>\n

These are just a few of the many ways we can help you make it through your college experience! What’s your concern? Check our resources – you’ll be surprised at all the information we have! (And, by the way, we have what you need to succeed in your classes, too!)<\/p>\n

Stop in and see our exhibit (2001 Seamans Center), explore our space, and talk to one of our staff! <\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome to the Fall 2018 semester! We look forward to working with you this year!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Graham, Brad and Kathy McGowan. 2012. 101 spy gadgets for the evil genius.<\/em> New York, NY : McGraw-Hill\/TAB Electronics. Engineering Library TK7882.E2 G685 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

Markel, Howard. 2005. When germs travel : six major epidemics that have invaded America and the fears they have unleashed.<\/em> New York : Vinatge Books.  Engineering Library RC111 .M37 2005<\/a><\/p>\n

Perry, Bruce W. 2012. Fitness for geeks : real science, great nutrition, and good health.<\/em> Sebastopol, CA : O’Reilly Media.  Engineering Library RA781 .P47 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

Barrow, John D. 2015.  100 essential things you didn’t know you didn’t know : math explains your world.<\/em> New York : W.W. Norton & Company.  Engineering Library QA99 .B188 2009<\/a><\/p>\n

Downs, Todd. 2010. The bicycling guide to complete bicycle maintenance & repair : for road & mountain bikes.<\/em> Emmaus, PA : Rodale New York : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan. Engineering Library TL430 .D68 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

Chaline, Eric Robert Brandt. 2008. Make 50 wild and wacky (but useful) contraptions.<\/em> New York, NY : Collins. Engineering Library T339 . C45 2008<\/a><\/p>\n

Pieribone, Vincent David; David F. Gruber. 2005. Aglow in the dark : the revolutionary science of biofluorescence.<\/em> Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Engineering Library QH641 .P54 2005<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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