DCCC Library Books and Bytes

As the end of the semester draws near you might feel stressed about research papers and upcoming exams. The Library has all sorts of resources to assist you! The library site, http://www.dccc.edu/library/ereference/homework.html offers links to a variety of online help sites such as tutoring assistance and research help from a librarian. For writing help, this site http://www.dccc.edu/library/ereference/writing.html offers a long list of helpful resources. Don’t forget that DCCC librarians are available to assist you with your research needs. For more information click on this link http://dccc.edu/library/contact.html    (esd)

Are you headed out to a movie over Thanksgiving break? Or, are you working on a critical analysis of a motion picture for class? Then do see the “external reviews” link on the ever popular Internet Movie Database. First fill in the name of the film, then scroll all the way down past the User Comments to Related Links: External Reviews. Here you will find published reviews from the LA Times, NY Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian,Variety and other quality reviews on the movie you selected. (mg)

rollyo.com allows you to gather a few favorite sites to create a customized search engine on a particular area of interest such as movie reviews, health sites, genres in literature, etc. You can choose from some ready made groups or create your own by listing the web sites you want to include. This site would be useful to an instructor who wants students to research within a selected group of  websites only and for any student with a hobby or area of interest. (mg)

The prestigious Sage Publications is allowing temporary free access to their 500+ scholarly journals in many disciplines, including criminology, special education, labor, pol sci, psychology and other social sciences. To register for the free online trial that runs through the month of October, 2009, go to http://www.sagepub.com

Click on Journals, scroll to link for “Register for current free trials“, then select “Free Online Access to SAGE until October 31, 2009.”

For additional online access to thousands of academic and popular periodicals, go to the DCCC library homepage at http://dccc.edu/library and click “search for articles.” (password protected–contact a librarian.)

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You may want to explore the Reference database that is currently being reviewed for possible purchase for the library. Credo Reference contains more than 400 full text online reference e-books and e-encyclopedias from 60 different publishers. Examples include The Encyclopedia of Ethics, The Bloomsbury Guide to Art, Encyclopedia of American Management, many bilingual dictionaries, Encyclopedia of the Renaissance, and the Encyclopedia of Violence. To access the trial subscription, go to the college portal at delagate.dccc.edu and click on the library tab to find the Credo Reference Trial. If you have comments about this product, send them to the librarians at library@dccc.edu

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Whether you’re planning a trip to the beach or the mountains, or just hanging out by the pool, the Library has some fun summer reading for you in our McNaughton collection of current best-sellers.  And, if you’re in for a long drive, check out our popular audio book collection.  It includes books on both CD and cassette.

The library stacks have been decorated with inspirational posters showing lines from famous literary works. Would be writers may also want to use the 2009 Writers Market (in REFERENCE collection REF PN161.W75) which lists where one might sell stories, poems, essays) or browse through the magazines Writer and Writer’s Digest which are good sources of ideas, tips, and web sites. (n.b. the 2008 Writers Market at PN161. W75 is in the circulating collection and may be borrowed for 3 week periods.) (mg)

The DCCC community now has access to dozens of streaming videos that are used in DCCC’s distance learning courses via the library homepage. To access these titles in the fields of history, education, science and other areas, go to http://libdb.dccc.edu/menu and scroll to the bottom of the page to the link for WATCH VIDEOS ONLINE . (mg)

The feature that allows users to create a list of books from the DCCC Libary Online Catalog is now functioning, thanks to the technical expertise of Craig Ross (Library/ACS). Even better, the book citations can be saved to a list in MLA format and then emailed to the user. Actually, just as in the case of Ebsco’s work cited suggestions for journals and magazines (see blog entry from 9/23/08 at library.dccc.edu), the MLA format needs a bit of tweaking to be accurate. For example, entries will have to be double spaced and the “c” removed from the publication year. But it is a great head start for just making list of possible entries for work cited and then for the actual works cited page in MLA style. Progress! (mg)

The American Library Association has recognized the following as a “best free reference” site for 2008:

www.iep.utm.edu

Starting point for beginning philosophical research. Includes overviews of the people and ideas in philosophy. Peer reviewed articles. Easy to use. (mag)