DCCC Library Books and Bytes » Resources http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog News and Information from the DCCC Library Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:44:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Got Phillies Fever? Check out these web sites. http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/05/17/284/ http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/05/17/284/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 23:07:13 +0000 mgillett http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/?p=284 A Google search on baseball yields 130,000,000 sites. A search on baseball history brings up a mere 90,900,000. Let a librarian do the work and try one of these recommended sites:
Society for American Baseball Research offers additional links and the SABR-ZINE — read up on the “Lasordapalooza”
Historic Baseball — search this site by player’s name, team or league. Especially good for biographies.
Baseball Cards 1887-1914 displays 2100 cards featuring baseball great like Ty Cobb, Connie Mack and Cy Young.
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]]> http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/05/17/284/feed/ 0 Organizing resources for final papers http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/05/10/organizing-resources-for-final-papers/ http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/05/10/organizing-resources-for-final-papers/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 18:47:04 +0000 pproces http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/?p=264 It’s that time of year again. For those looking for a modern tool to help organize your resources, check out Zotero. Zotero is a free extension for the Firefox browser that helps to collect the important information from online journal, magazine, newspaper articles and more. It will gather the data necessary to do your works cited or references page including title, author, and publisher. Zotero will also help you do your citations after you are done with the research phase of a final paper. It also lets you take notes about your sources (”This page is somewhat biased, check facts.”). Zotero is sponsored by library, museum and university groups. For more information see, www.zotero.org.

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]]> http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/05/10/organizing-resources-for-final-papers/feed/ 0 Twitter your way to a job http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/05/04/twitter-your-way-to-a-job/ http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/05/04/twitter-your-way-to-a-job/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 21:00:59 +0000 mgillett http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/?p=260 First, take advantage of the library’s unique job search books (see previous blog post) to jumpstart your career plans. Then, consider using a free service like TweetMyJobs to help you gain the competitive edge in the current job market. This service informs job seekers immediately about brand new openings in their chosen field of work and, even better, in their area. For other ways to use current technology in your job search, consult the article “Job Hunting 2.0: Get Social in a Down Economy” Finally, keep in mind that DCCC provides other helpful career resources, like the current issue of the student employment office newsletter and the services of the Career and Counseling Center.
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]]> http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/05/04/twitter-your-way-to-a-job/feed/ 0 Unique Books for Job Searching http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/04/22/unique-books-for-job-searching/ http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/04/22/unique-books-for-job-searching/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:13:09 +0000 mgillett http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/?p=250 The library has some unique books on job searching, published in 2009 and 2010. Here are some examples: Over 40 & You’re Hired; 150 Best-Recession Proof Jobs; Career Chronicles: An Insider’s Guide to What Jobs are Really Like; Best Jobs for Ex-Offenders; How’d you Score that Gig: A Guide to the Coolest Jobs and How to Get Them; Get Hired in a Tough Market; Gallery of Best Resumes for People without a Four Year Degree. To get the call number for the book go to the library catalog or see a librarian. Be sure the book says “available” and not “checked out” before you drive over to get it! (mg)

]]> http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/04/22/unique-books-for-job-searching/feed/ 0 Literature Criticism from Gale Series Online Trial! http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/04/16/literary-criticism-from-gale-series-online-trial/ http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/04/16/literary-criticism-from-gale-series-online-trial/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:25:29 +0000 mgillett http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/?p=241 DCCC students and faculty have a chance to use the Gale Literature Criticism Online database between now and May 2nd, 2010. The database contains the same material as most of the series in the DCCC Library print “Gale” collection of reference books–and some additional series! Access to Gale’s Short Story Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Drama Criticism, Shakespeare Criticism and others can be accessed from this database. This product is available on a temporary free trial for DCCC students only. To access it, sign on to DelaGate and click on the LIBRARY tab at the top of the page. You will see the link to Gale Literature Criticism Online Trial in the center frame. Please send any comments about this product to our virtual librarian mailbox at library@dccc.edu Remember that Librarians are available to assist you with your research in person, email, phone or IM via the Library Homepage or via DelaGate / LIBRARY tab. Look for “Contact a Librarian” or “Ask Here PA.” (mg)

]]> http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/04/16/literary-criticism-from-gale-series-online-trial/feed/ 0 Sports Fan? Read today's articles from home. http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/03/29/sports-fan-read-today%e2%80%99s-articles-from-home/ http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/03/29/sports-fan-read-today%e2%80%99s-articles-from-home/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:22:53 +0000 mgillett http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/?p=222 The Phillies home opener is Monday April 12th at 3:00 p.m. against the Washington Nationals. Read about trades, statistics, the players, the injuries, and the predictions in Sports Illustrated and the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Library subscribes to both publications in print and online. From the Library homepage at http://library.dccc.edu, select Find Articles. Select Master File. Enter Sports Illustrated in the first box. The most recent articles appear first. Or select Newspapers (again, under Find Articles) and select Philadelphia Inquirer. Change the pull down menu from all text to “Section.” Enter Sports and today’s articles will appear first. Note: not every article in print is online. The grand old newspaper is not dead yet.
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]]> http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/03/29/sports-fan-read-today%e2%80%99s-articles-from-home/feed/ 0 Archive of political ads online http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/03/29/archive-of-political-ads-online/ http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/03/29/archive-of-political-ads-online/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:16:22 +0000 mgillett http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/?p=218 http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/

This online archive presents the video advertising for the Democratic and Republican (and significant third parties, when applicable) presidential candidates of the television era from 1952 to the present. (ed)

]]> http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/03/29/archive-of-political-ads-online/feed/ 0 Spring Break Activities http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/03/13/spring-break-activities/ http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/03/13/spring-break-activities/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:07:12 +0000 mgillett http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/?p=215 Need something to do around Philly during Spring Break? Finding things to do in the Philadelphia area is not hard to do! Here are some great web resources that might give you some ideas. The Phillyfunguide http://www.phillyfunguide.com/ is a great web resource to find all sorts of events in the local area. Philly.com also has a wonderful calendar of daily events at this site: http://www.philly.com/philly/calendar/. If you want to see a movie, the Yahoo! Movies site http://movies.yahoo.com/ will allow you to search for movie listings and schedules by your local zip code. Of course, if you need to study a good place is the DCCC Library open the week of Spring break from 8 am-4 pm. (esd)

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Pennsylvania state forms, publications, and instructions can be found at http://revenue.state.pa.us
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]]> http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/03/13/its-back-tax-time/feed/ 0 Google? Try Clusty instead! http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/03/03/google-try-clusty-instead/ http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2010/03/03/google-try-clusty-instead/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:21:27 +0000 mgillett http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/?p=206 While Google is a helpful research tool, there are other options.  Clusty, as its name implies, “clusters” your search results. What does this mean?  It groups your results into topics: as specific as “current climate change hypotheses” or as broad as “research.”  These topic “clusters” are listed on the left hand side of your results page, with links and with the number of corresponding hits.  Rather than scanning through pages of results, you have the option of searching these narrower topic clusters and increasing your chances of finding what you need, maximizing efficiency.  To give it a try, go to http://clusty.com/
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