Lending Library

The following books, videos, and audio are available for use by Michigan Tech students, faculty and staff. Contact the Affirmative Programs Office if your interested in checking them out 487-3310 or email: rmjuntun@mtu.edu.



BOOK LISTING

ADA/DISABILITIES
  1. Primer on Mental Disorders – A Guide for Educators, Families, and Students – by Thomas E. Allen MD, Mayer C. Liebman MD, Lee Crandall Park MD, William C. Wimmer MD
  2. Accommodations – Or Just Good Teaching – Strategies for Teaching College Students with Disabilities – edited by Bonnie M Hodge and Jennie Preston-Sabin
  3. American Sign Language Concise Dictionary – Martin L.A. Sternberg
  4. Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults - edited by Kathleen Nadeau
  5. Don’t Shoot Yourself in the Foot – A Program to End Self-Defeating Behavior Forever – Dr. Daniel G. Amen
  6. Frequently Asked Questions – Postsecondary Education and Disability – Salome M. Heyward
  7. Handbook – Tutor Training Students with Learning Disabilities –Tyler Junior College Vickie Giesel Project Director
  8. Healing the Chaos Within – by Dr. Daniel G. Amen
  9. Improving Student Learning Skills – by Martha Maxwell
  10. Learning Disabilities Handbook (Ready to Use Techniques for Teaching Learning Handicapped Students) - by Joan M. Harwell
  11. Planet of the Blind – by Stephen Kuusisto
  12. Technical Assistance Manual for Americans With Disabilites Act - prepared by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
  13. The Landmark Student Skills Guide – by Joan Sedita
  14. Testing Handicapped People
  15. Universal Design in Education – Teaching Nontraditional Students – by Frank Bowe
  16. Windows into the Add Mind – by Daniel G. Amen

(Please note: For further information on disabilities check with the Chemistry Learning Center, Humanities Writing Center or the Office of Student Affairs for more reference materials.)



AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
  1. Afirmative Action for Immigrants - The Entitlement Nobody Wanted - by James S. Robb
  2. Affirmative Action in Higher Education - A Source Book - by Lois Vander Waerdt
  3. Affirmative Action and the University - A Philosophical Inquiry - edited by Steven M Cahn
  4. An Affirmative Action Resource Kit – Compiled by Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
  5. Economic Perspective on Affirmative Action - by Margaret C. Simms
  6. Opportunity 2000 – Creative Affirmative Action Strategies for a Changing Workforce – US Department of Labor
  7. Silence at Boalt Hall – The Dismantling of Affirmative Action – by Andrea Guerrero
  8. The Federal Manager Guide to EEO - by Robert J. Gilson
  9. The Realities of Affirmative Action in Employment – by Barbara F. Reskin
  10. The Shape of the River – Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions – by William G. Bowen and Derek Bok
  11. The Supreme Court, Race, and Civil Rights – Abraham L. Davis and Barbara Luck Graham


COMMUNICATION AND MANAGEMENT
  1. A Great Place to Work - What Makes Some Employees So Good and Most So Bad - by Robert Levering
  2. Appreciative Inquiry – by Sue Annis Hammond
  3. Danger in the Comfort Zone - From Boardroom to Mailroom - How to Break the Entitlement Habit That's Killing American Business - by Judith M. Bardwick
  4. Gender & Conversational Interaction – edited by Deborah Tannen
  5. Genderflex - Ending the Workplace War Between the Sexes - by Judith C. Tingley
  6. Get Better or Get Beaten – 31 Leadership Secrets from GE’s Jack Welch – by Robert Slater
  7. Getting Things Done - An Achiever’s Guide to Time Management - National Press Publications
  8. Good Neighbors – Communicating With the Mexicans – by John C. Condon
  9. It’s Not Business It’s Personal – The 9 Relationship Principles that Power Your Career – Ronna Lichtenberg
  10. Leadership is an Art - by Max Depree
  11. Lighten Up – Survival Skills for People Under Pressure – by C.W. Metcalf & Roma Felible
  12. Managing Assertively - How to Improve People Skills - by Madelyn Burley-Allen
  13. Managing Your Mouth – An Owners Manual for Your Most Important Business Asset – by Robert Genua
  14. Memos for Management – by James L. Hayes
  15. Men, Women and Relationships – by John Gray, Ph.D.
  16. Say What You Mean Get What You Want – A Businessperson’s Guide to Direct Communication – by Judith Tingley
  17. Swim With The Sharks – Without Being Eaten Alive – by Harvey Mackay
  18. Talking About People – A Guide to Fair and Accurate Language – by Rosalie Maggio
  19. Team Building - How to Build a "Winning" Team - National Press Publications
  20. Techniques for Communicators - by John Cowan
  21. The Empowered Manager - Positive, Political Skills at Work - by Peter Block
  22. The Leadership Challenge - How to Get Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations - by James M. Kouzes and Barry Posner
  23. The New Oratory – A Guide to Help With Presentations – by Anthony Jay
  24. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Powerful Lessons in Personal Change – by Stephen Covey
  25. The Upset Book - How to Deal With Upset People - by P. Myers, & D. Nance
  26. Turning Your Human Resources Department into a Profit Center – by Michael W. Mercer
  27. 21 Workplace Personalities – How to say the Right Things at the Right Time – Communication Briefings
  28. Up The Organization - How to Stop The Corporation From Stifling People and Strangling Profits – by Robert Townsend
  29. What Every Supervisor Should Know – (6TH. Edition) by Lester Bittel and John Newstrom
  30. Working With Difficult People - by Muriel Solomon
  31. You Just Don’t Understand - Women and Men in Conversation - by Deborah Tannen


DIVERSITY
  1. American Indian - Concise Encyclopedia - by Bruce Grant
  2. And Don’t Call Me a Racist – A Treasury of Quotes on the Past, Present, and Future of the Color Line of America – by Ella Mazel
  3. Appreciative Inquiry – by Sue Annis Hammond
  4. Behind the Trail of Broken Treaties – An Indian Declaration of Independence – by Vine Deloria, Jr.
  5. Beyond The Whiteness of Whiteness – by Jane Lazarre
  6. Beyond Race & Gender - Unleashing the Power of Your Total Workforce by Managing Diversity - by R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr.
  7. Black And White - Styles In Conflict - by Thomas Kochman
  8. Black History for Beginners - by Denise Dennis
  9. Building One Nation – A Study of What is Being Done Today in Schools, Neighborhoods and the Workplace – Leadership Conference Education Fund
  10. Celebrating Diversity - Working with Groups in the Workplace - by Cheryl Hetherington
  11. Confronting Diversity Issues on Campus
  12. Culturally Responsive Teaching – Theory, Research, and Practice – by Geneva Gay
  13. Diversity at Work – The Business Case for Equity – by Trevor Wilson
  14. Diversity Ice Breakers - A Trainer’s Guide
  15. Do’s & Taboos Around The World - edited by Roger E. Axtell
  16. Do’s & Taboos of Hosting International Visitors - edited by Robert E. Axtell
  17. Filtering People - A View of Our Prejudices - by Jim Cole
  18. First Person First Peoples – Native American College Graduate Tell Their Life Stories – Edited by Andrew Garrod and Colleen Larimore
  19. Gestures – Do’s And Taboos of Body Language Around The World - by Roger E. Axtell
  20. God is Red – A Native View of Religion – by Vine Deloria, Jr.
  21. Healing into Action – A Leadership Guide for Creating Diverse Communities – by Cherie R. Brown and George J. Mazza
  22. Increasing Multicultural Understanding - A Comprehensive Model - by Don C. Locke
  23. Indian Givers – How The Indians of the Americas Transformed the World – by Jack Weatherford
  24. Indian America - Traveler’s Companion – by John Muir Publications – 4th Edition
  25. Minorities on Campus - A Handbook for Enhancing Diversity – by American Council On Education
  26. Native Roots – How the Indians Enriched America – by Jack Weatherford
  27. Race, Gender & Rhetoric – by John P. Fernandez
  28. Race Matters – by Cornel West
  29. Racism & Justice - The Case for Affirmative Action – by Gertrude Ezorsky
  30. Spirit, Space & Survival - African American Women in (White) Academe
  31. The Aquarian Guide to Native American Mythology - by Page Bryant
  32. The First Americans – Photographs from the Library of Congress – text by William H. Goetzmann
  33. The Managing Diversity Survival Guide – A Complete Collection of Checklists, Activities, and Tips – by Lee Gardenswartz and Anita Rowe
  34. The Rights of Indigenous Peoples Birth - Tribal Environment – by John Trudell
  35. The Sacred Tree - Reflections on Native American Spirituality
  36. Uprooting Racism – How White People Can Work for Racial Justice – by Paul Kivel
  37. We Can’t Teach What We Don’t Know – White Teacher, Multiracial Schools – by Gary R. Howard
  38. White Awareness - Handbook for Anti-Racism Training - by Judith H. Katz
  39. Working Together - How to Become More Effective in a Multicultural Organization


EQUITY AND WOMEN'S ISSUES
  1. A Hand Up - Women Mentoring Women In Science
  2. A Woman’s Guide to Successful Negotiating – How to Convince, Collaborate, & Create Your Way to Agreement – by Lee E. Miller and Jessica Miller
  3. Breaking Anonymity (The Chilly Climate for Women Faculty) - The Chilly Collective Editors
  4. Cracking the Wall - Women in Higher Education Administration – by Patricia Turner Mitchell - CUPA
  5. Educating the Majority - Women Challenge Tradition in Higher Education - by Pearson, Shavlik & Touchton
  6. Excellence and Equity - A Plan for Building Community in Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education - Dixon University Center
  7. Faculty Job Satisfaction - Women & Minorities in Peril - by Martha W. Tack & Carol L. Patitu
  8. Impeccable Advice – For Women in Academia – by Emily Toth
  9. Our Separate Ways – Black and White Women and the Struggle for Professional Identity – by Ella L.J. Edmondson Bell and Stella M Nkomo
  10. Powerful Leadership Skills for Women - National Press Publications
  11. Realizing Gender Equity in Higher Education - The Need to Integrate Work/Family Issues - by Nancy Hensel
  12. The Assertive Women - A New Look - by Stanlee Phelps & Nancy Austin
  13. The Promotable Women - Advancing Through Leadership Skills - by Norma Carr-Ruffino
  14. The Woman’s Guide To Political Power - 50/50 By 2000 - National Association Female Executives
  15. Women in Higher Education - A Feminist Perspective - by Glazier, Bensimon & Townsend
  16. Why so Slow? – The Advancement of Women – by Virginia Valian


FACULTY AND HIGHER EDUCATION
  1. American Association Of University Professors - Policy Documents And Reports - 1990
  2. Chairing the Academic Department - by A. Tucker
  3. Crossing Pedagogical Oceans - International Teaching Assistants in U.S. Undergraduate Education
  4. Culturally Responsive Teaching – Theory, Research, & Practice – by Geneva Gay
  5. Faculty Recruitment, Retention, And Fair Employment: Obligations And Opportunities - by John S. Waggaman
  6. Improving the Climate of the College Classroom - A Monograph of Individual Projects
  7. Invisible Faculty
  8. Leadership Skills for Department Chairs - Gmelch/Miskin
  9. Techniques for Evaluating and Improving Instruction - by Lawrence Aleamoni
  10. Tenure, Discrimination, and the Courts - by Terry L. Leap
  11. The Department Chair - New Roles, Responsibilities and Challenges
  12. The Thinker’s Guide to College Success – by John Chaffee
  13. Total Quality Management in Higher Education – New Directions for Institutional Research - by Lawrence A. Sherr, Deborah J. Teeter


FAMILY, HEALTH, RELIGION AND CULTURE
  1. Balancing Career & Family - Overcoming the Superwoman Syndrome - National Press Publications
  2. Bible - The NIV Study Bible - The New International Version
  3. Medical Dictionary - Taber's Cyclopedic of Medical Terms
  4. Prescription Drugs - Guide for Safe Use of Prescription Drugs 1995 - James W. Long, M.D. And James J. Rybacki, Pharm D.
  5. Religion in the Workplace – A Comprehensive Guide to Legal Rights and Responsibilities – Michael Wolf, Bruce Friedman, Daniel Sutherland
  6. The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy – What Every American Needs to Know – by E. D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph E. Kett, and James Trefil
  7. The Job/Family Challenge – Not for Women Only – by Ellen Bravo
  8. Traditions The Complete Book of Prayers, Rituals, and Blessings for Every Jewish Home – by Sara Shendelman and Dr. Avram Davis
  9. Why Do Catholics Do That? A Guide to the Teachings and Practices of the Catholic Church


GAY, LESBIAN AND TRANSSEXUALISM
  1. Beyond Tolerance - Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual on Campus - by Nancy J. Evans and Vernon A. Wall
  2. Gay Issues in the Workplace – by Brian McNaught
  3. Homophobia - How We All Pay The Price - by Warren Blumenfeld
  4. Moving Forward - Lesbian and Gay Men at Michigan State University
  5. On Being Gay - Thoughts on Family, Faith and Love - by Brian McNaught
  6. Setting the Record Straight - What Research Really Says About The Social Consequences of Homosexuality - by Larry Burtoft
  7. She's Not There - A Life in Two Genders - by Jennifer Finney Bolan
  8. Straight Talk About Gays in the Workplace – By Liz Winfeld and Susan Spielman
  9. True Selves Understanding Transsexualism – by Mildred L. Brown & Chloe Ann Rounsley
  10. Working With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender College Students- A Handbook for Faculty and Administrators – edited by Ronni L. Sanlo


HIRING
  1. Hire the Best ... And Avoid the Rest - by Michael W. Mercer
  2. Hiring Guide for MTU – Guide for all Hiring Procedures
  3. Intercultural Interviewing - The Key to Effective Hiring in a Multicultural Workforce – by Christine Turkewych and Helena Guerreiro-Klinowski
  4. Minority & Women Doctoral Directory 1999- 2000 – Volume I: Agricultural Economics-Engineering -- Volume II: English-Urban Studies/Planning
  5. 96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire – by Paul Falcone
  6. The Art of Hiring in America’s Colleges & Universities – edited by Ronald H. Stein & Stephan Joel Trachtenberg


MISCELLANEOUS
  1. Affluenza – The All-Consuming Epidemic – by John DeGraff, David Wann, Thomas H. Naylor
  2. Chicago Manual of Style (14th Edition) The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers
  3. Civility – Manners, Morals, and Etiquette of Democracy – by Stephen Carter
  4. Complying with Federal Law – A Manual for College Decision Makers – by Kent M. Weeks
  5. Earth in the Balance –Ecology and the Human Spirit – by Al Gore Vice President
  6. Guns, Germs, and Steel – The Fates of Human Societies – by Jared Diamond
  7. Images Of Organization – by Gareth Morgan
  8. New Passages - Mapping Your Life Across Time - by Gail Sheehy
  9. New Conflict On Campus - Can We Live Without The First Amendment?
  10. Nonzero –The Logic of Human Destiny – by Robert Wright
  11. Quality - Transforming Postsecondary Education - by Ellen Chaffee and Lawrence Sherr
  12. Quality Function Deployment - by J. L. Bossert
  13. The Memory Jogger Plus - by M. Brassard
  14. The Thinker’s Guide to College Success by John Chaffee
  15. Total Quality Or Else


SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION
  1. Academic and Workplace Sexual Harassment - A Resource Manual - by Mr. Palude and R. Barickman
  2. Athletes and Acquaintance Rape – by Jeffrey R. Benedict
  3. Back Off! How to Confront and Stop Sexual Harassment and Harassers - by M. Langelan
  4. Confronting Sexual Harassment - Working With Groups In The Workplace - by Louise Yolton Eberhardt
  5. Get Smart! - What You Should Know (But Won't Learn In Class) About Sexual Harassment And Sex Discrimination - by Katz & Vieland
  6. Intent vs Impact - Three Ring Binder
  7. Prevent Sexual Harassment on Campus - Policies and Practices for Higher Education - by Ben T. Allen, Esq.
  8. Regulating Racial Harassment on Campus - Legal Compendium - National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA)
  9. Sex Discrimination Handbook - edited by Barbara S. Gamble
  10. Sexual Harassment In Higher Education - From Conflict To Community - by Robert O. Riggs, Patricia H. Murrell & Joanne C. Cutting
  11. Sexual Harassment on Campus - A Policy & Program of Deterrence - American Council on Education
  12. Sexual Harassment on Campus – A Guide for Administrators, Faculty and Students – by Bernice R. Sandler and Robert Shoop
  13. Talking Back To Sexual Pressure - by Elizabeth Powell
  14. Talking From 9 To 5 - by Deborah Tannen
  15. The 9 To 5 Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment - by Ellen Bravo and Ellen Cassedy
  16. The Dictionary of Bias-Free Usage - A Guide to Nondiscriminatory Language - by Rosalie Maggio
  17. The Lecherous Professor - Sexual Harassment on Campus - by B. Oziech & L. Weiner

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VIDEO TAPE LISTING


DISABILITIES
  1. Accommodating Learning Disabled Students in Colleges and Universities - videoconference
  2. ADD - The Race Inside My Head - Comments by Students
  3. ADD - Windows into the ADD Mind - Understanding and Treating Attention Deficit Disorders in the Everyday Lives of Children, Adolescents, and Adults – by Daniel G. Amen, MD
  4. Don’t Shoot Yourself in the Foot - A Program to End Self Defeating Behavior Forever
  5. Degrees of Success: Conversations with College Students with Learning Disabilities - Produced by: Access to Learning New York University
  6. Michigan Consumer Education/Rights Training
  7. Nobody is Burning Wheelchairs - (18 minutes)
  8. Part of the Team - People with Disabilities in the Workforce - (18 minutes)
  9. Psychological Disabilities on Campus: What You Need to Know – Teleconference by University of Vermont - disability issues in higher education
  10. Successful Employment of People with Disabilities - What Managers Need to Know - (3 hours)
  11. "The Encounter" - What Should You Keep in Mind When You Encounter A Blind Person? - (12 minutes)
  12. Teaching A Study Skills System That Works! - A Landmark College Guide for Teaching Study Skills to High School and College Students - Available in the Chemistry Learning Center
  13. Tutor’s Workshop: Student with Learning Disabilities – (1 hour)


DISCRIMINATION
  1. AAUW - Copper Country Educational Equity Roundtable - Tape 1 of 2, (2 hours)
  2. AAUW - Copper Country Educational Equity Roundtable - Tape 2 of 2, (30 minutes)
  3. AAUW - Shortchanging Girls, Shortchanging America - Tape 1 (19 minutes)
  4. AAUW - Shortchanging Girls, Shortchanging America - Tape 2, (19 minutes)
  5. A.C.T. for Equal Treatment - (11 minutes)
  6. Inequity in the Classroom
  7. Is There Really Freedom & Justice for All - Nadine Strassen - (100 minutes)
  8. Women and the Future of Michigan Tech - Virginia Norby


DIVERSITY
  1. Achieving Diversity: The Myths
  2. American Tongues - (60 minutes)
  3. A Tale of "O" - (28 minutes)
  4. Destination Diversity - (26 minutes)
  5. Facing Differences
  6. Filtering People: Understanding and confronting our prejudices – by Jim Cole
  7. Free Indeed A video drama about racism
  8. Growing Images : A view of our prejudices – by Jim Cole - (25 minutes)
  9. Made in the USA: Diversity in the Workplace – (25 minutes)
  10. The Color of Fear by Lee Mun Wah
  11. The Workforce Kaleidoscope: Tapping the Potential of Diversity
  12. The Price of Racism
  13. Transforming the Curriculum – Honoring and embracing Diversity (44 minutes)


GAY/TRANSGENDER ISSUES
  1. A Conversation With Brian McNaught - On Being Gay - (80 minutes)
  2. Gay Issues In The Workplace - (24 minutes)
  3. Transgendering – Videoconference with University of Michigan Health Services


HARASSMENT
  1. Breaking the Trust Sexual Harassment on Campus
  2. Employee Awareness: Sexual Harassment – (19 minutes)
  3. Harassment in the Workplace: Management Awareness – (21 minutes)
  4. Intent vs. Impact - Employee Training - (27 minutes)
  5. Intent vs. Impact - Management Training - (42 minutes)
  6. Making Advances: What Organizations Must Do About Sexual Harassment
  7. Peer Harassment - (15 minutes)
  8. Prevention & Avoidance of Date Rape & Stranger Rape - Tape 1 (90 minutes)
  9. Prevention & Avoidance of Date Rape & Stranger Rape - Tape 2 (90 minutes)
  10. Sexual Harassment for Education (Student Version) - (15 minutes)
  11. Sexual Harassment - How to Protect Yourself and Your Organization - 3 Volume Video - (2 hours 6 minutes)
  12. Sexual Harassment: New Roles/New Rules – (20 minutes)
  13. Sexual Harassment on Campus - Tape 1 (90 minutes)
  14. Sexual Harassment on Campus - Tape 2 (90 minutes)
  15. Sexual Harassment on Campus: A Proactive Approach Toward Prevention
  16. Sexual Harassment on Campus: Faculty Perspective (Western Illinois University)
  17. Sexual Harassment in the Academic Workplace
  18. Sexual Harassment - Issues & Answers - (20 minutes)
  19. Sexual Harassment: Prevention, Recognition, and Correction - (25 minutes)
  20. Sexual Harassment - Taking New Aim at an Old Problem - Oklahoma State - (20 minutes)
  21. Subtle Sexual Harassment: The Issue is respect (28 minutes)
  22. Unwelcome Advances: Sexual Harassment at Work - (27 minutes)
  23. The Wrong Idea - Sexual Harassment - (20 minutes)
  24. You Are the Game: Sexual Harassment on Campus - Tape 1 (60 minutes)
  25. You Are the Game: Sexual Harassment on Campus - Tape 2 (60 minutes)


HIRING
  1. Build Your Path to the Future (Employment Opportunities in Highway Construction - Wisconsin Department of Transportation


MISCELLANEOUS
  1. ”What You Are is What You Were When" - Part 1- Dr. Morris Massey
  2. "What You Are is What You Were When" - Part 2 - Dr. Morris Massey
  3. Michigan Tech Up Close
  4. Psycho-Geometrics: The Science of Understanding People, and the Art of Influencing Them - (58 minutes)


NATIVE AMERICANS
  1. Native Americans (Tribes of the Southwest)
  2. Native Americans (Natives of the Southeast)
  3. Native Americans (People of the Great Plains) Part 1
  4. Native Americans (People of the Great Plains) Part 2
  5. Native Americans (Nations of the Northeast)
  6. Native Americans (Tribal People of the Northwest)
  7. Storyteller with Anah Nahtanaba
  8. The New Indian Wars with Anal Nahtanaba


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AUDIO TAPES

ADD-LEARNING DISABILITES
  1. Don’t Shoot Yourself in the Foot
  2. Healing the Chaos Within – by Daniel Amen, Ph.D.
  3. Windows in the ADD Mind – by Daniel Amen, Ph.D.


COMMUNICATION
  1. Improving Communication
  2. Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus – by John Gray
  3. One Man’s Struggle with Gender-Biased Language
  4. Secrets of Communicating with the Opposite Sex – by John Gray


DISCRIMINATION AND EEO
  1. AAUW - Copper Country Educational Roundtable – (Tape 1 of 2)
  2. AAUW – Copper Country Educational Roundtable – (Tape 2 of 2)
  3. Equal Employment Opportunity Is the Law Poster


DIVERSITY
  1. Crossing Cultural Barriers: Melting Pot to Salad Bowl
  2. Education and Motivation = Achievement – James Escalante


PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  1. Assertiveness Training
  2. How to Prepare a Winning Proposal: And Sell People on your products, projects and ideas
  3. Putting Fun to Work – Fran (Biaja) Soloman


RELAXATION AND STRESS RELIEVERS
  1. Letting Go – An Exercise in Relaxation
  2. Stress Relaxation for Women Achievers

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