DCCC Library Books and Bytes http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog News and Information about DCCC Library Services Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:58:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 What is a DOI? / APA Citations and DOIs http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/11/03/what-is-a-doi-apa-citations-and-dois/ http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/11/03/what-is-a-doi-apa-citations-and-dois/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:55:32 +0000 mgillett http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/?p=82 Each book has a unique ISBN number.  An example is 9781597776387 for The Obama Revolution by Kennedy-Shaffer published in 2009.  With the explosion of information, we need to identify other resources with unique numbers like journal articles, books, and book chapters. DOI represents digital object identifier.  CrossRef is the official association that collects DOIs for scholarly publications.  The DOI is assigned by the publisher and registered with CrossRef.  An example is 10.1037/a0015919 for the article “Are There Developmentally Limited Forms of Bipolar Disorder?” by Cicero, Epler, and Sher in Journal of Abnormal Psychology.  The DOI is a required element in APA format which is used by Psychology and Science disciplines.  The DOI provides a consistent link to content.  All publishers have not complied yet but in the future we will be using another long string of numbers and letters to identify sources.  

For more information, go to http://crossref.org
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The module of the library’s Research Skills Tutorial (also known as Searchpath at http://www.dccc.edu/library/tutorials.html) that explains how to create a works cited list is being revised to reflect updated guidelines from MLA and APA. We’ll get it back in action as soon as possible, but in the meantime we suggest visiting http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ for good explanations and examples. Sample citations for many of the resources used by DCCC students are available from the library web site at http://http://www.dccc.edu/library/citations/.
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]]> http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/10/28/searchpath-module-under-construction/feed/ 0 No tricks – just treats! http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/10/26/no-tricks-just-treats/ http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/10/26/no-tricks-just-treats/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:59:28 +0000 mgillett http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/?p=80 Most students use the library databases to find an article to support an assignment or their research but did you know that some of these databases also have thousands of recipes? The EBSCO database, Masterfile Premier can be searched by Document Type – which includes recipes – from a variety of magazines including Good Housekeeping, Country Living, Health and Redbook. So no matter what you plan to cook – recipes are available online for everything from Apple Pie to Watercress Salad to Halloween-themed desserts. Another great free web site for recipes is http://www.101cookbooks.com/ (esd)

]]> http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/10/26/no-tricks-just-treats/feed/ 0 A Play by Any Other Name . . . http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/10/21/a-play-by-any-other-name/ http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/10/21/a-play-by-any-other-name/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:34:33 +0000 mgillett http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/?p=79 Using plagiarism-detection software, Sir Brian Vickers, a professor of literature at University of London, has discovered a new play co-written by William Shakespeare. Authorship of The Reign of Edward III, a play from the late 1500s, has been the subject of debate among scholars for centuries. Employing the software Pl@giarism, Vickers was able to compare strings of words in this play with those in Shakespeare’s known body of work and discovered an overlap of 200 such phrases. Similarly, this method was used by Vickers to determine the identity of Shakespeare’s co-author of the play, namely Thomas Kyd, a successful playwright who was one of the Bard’s contemporaries. Read more about this discovery at http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091020/us_time/08599193097100 (hb)

]]> http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/10/21/a-play-by-any-other-name/feed/ 0 Google Fights for E-Books http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/10/13/google-fights-for-e-books/ http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/10/13/google-fights-for-e-books/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:49:18 +0000 mgillett http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/?p=78 Librarians, relatives of deceased authors, researchers, book publishers and The Author’s Guild have objected to Google’s plan to digitize millions of out of print books.  On October 9th, the Federal Court of New York ordered Google to modify their plan which allows for 1 free station per public library and one station for every 4,000 students at an academic institution with the customer paying Google for printing!  Benefits to users include access to millions of out of print books and audio editions for visually impaired readers.  Objections include: copyright infringements when the authors cannot be located; a monopoly which violates antitrust laws; a for-profit company (Google) securing rights to public resources and possible violation of patron privacy.  Google must make its revised plan known by November 9th, 2009; however, it may take months or years to reach an agreement.  For more information about this important case, go to http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/technology/internet/04books.html.
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]]> http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/10/12/soshiku-anyone/feed/ 0 Free Trial to Online Journals from Sage Publications http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/10/01/free-trial-to-online-journals-from-sage-publications/ http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/10/01/free-trial-to-online-journals-from-sage-publications/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:29:28 +0000 mgillett http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/?p=76 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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]]> http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/10/01/free-trial-to-online-journals-from-sage-publications/feed/ 0 Trial subscription to CREDO http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/09/18/trial-subscription-to-credo/ http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/09/18/trial-subscription-to-credo/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:40:49 +0000 mgillett http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/?p=75 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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]]> http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/09/18/trial-subscription-to-credo/feed/ 0 Best sellers at DCCC Library http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/09/15/best-sellers-at-dccc-library/ http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/09/15/best-sellers-at-dccc-library/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:27:53 +0000 mgillett http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/?p=73 College library collections normally contain books that support the courses. But as a courtesy to our patrons , DCCC Library subscribes to  a small rotating collection of best-selling fiction (and a few best-selling non-fiction titles as well.) If you have time for some recreational reading on that burnt out Friday night, or that last weekend of beach time, come see the McNaughton collection: here you will find Evanovich, McCall-Smith, Clancy, Leonard, Parker, Higgins Clark, etc. The books are actually rented (not purchased) from a subscription service so that we can continually trade them in for the latest hot titles!

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]]> http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/09/15/best-sellers-at-dccc-library/feed/ 0 MLA Works Cited Standards have changed http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/09/03/mla-works-cited-standards-have-changed/ http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/2009/09/03/mla-works-cited-standards-have-changed/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:49:34 +0000 mgillett http://www.dccc.edu/library/blog/?p=72 Good news from MLA. Beginning April, 2009, the MLA does not require the URL (that is the actual web address) for database citations. Also eliminated from the new standards for database citations are the Library Name, City , State. The inclusion of URL for “free” web sites appears to be optional and up to each instructor. The Library has multiple copies of the 2009 MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers and has posted the new citation help sheets at <http://www.dccc.edu/library/research/mla.html>.

A nice overview of the changes appears at <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/>. Flexibility will be required as the transition takes place in the Fall semester.Be sure your instructor is aware of the 2009 chnages before turning in your updated works cited pages this semester. (mg)

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