Gale’s Literature Resource Center is a powerful and comprehensive tool for literary criticism and interpretation, author biography, and discussion of themes and genres. It’s available to LBCC students, staff, and faculty, as are all of the library’s subscription databases, through our website http://lib.lbcc.edu/databases.html#l When logging in from off-campus be sure to authenticate yourself by clicking on the "off campus access" button.
What’s new in Literature Resource Center? A new interface provides:
* Improved subject indexing and faceted searching
* Printing, e-mailing, and exporting ability
* Text-to-audio feature and article translations
* Easy and intuitive bookmarking
* Citation generator and exporting to End Note, ProCite, RefWorks and Reference Manager
* Cross-search capability
For more information contact Nenita Buenaventura, Access Services and Electronic Resources Librarian.
Library Update #66
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Library Brings JSTOR™ to LBCC
Libraries worldwide are making a transition from print to digital collections of magazines and newspapers. JSTOR has emerged as the most stable and reliable archive of digitized scholarly content. Its many collecting categories contain pdf photographic images of each issue of each journal.
LBCC Library is pleased to introduce JSTOR’s Language and Literature Collection and its Arts & Sciences I Collection to the campus community. They feature a total of 119 journals in 21 subject disciplines:
* Core journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences
* Titles in ecology, mathematics, and statistics
* A range of core journals in diverse fields of literary criticism selected with the help of the Modern Language Association and including PMLA
* Among the titles included are Political Science Quarterly, College English, American Literature, Journal of Black Studies, American Journal of Sociology, American Journal of Mathematics, and many others
To read more about the JSTOR archive visit www.JSTOR.org; to see the specific titles and years included in each collection connect to http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/archives/collections.jsp
Get started now with your own JSTOR searching through the library’s database page http://lib.lbcc.edu/databases.html ; click on "J," then "JSTOR Language and Literature Collection"
For more information contact: Nenita Buenaventura, Access Services and Electronic Resources Librarian.
Library Update #65
LBCC Library is pleased to introduce JSTOR’s Language and Literature Collection and its Arts & Sciences I Collection to the campus community. They feature a total of 119 journals in 21 subject disciplines:
* Core journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences
* Titles in ecology, mathematics, and statistics
* A range of core journals in diverse fields of literary criticism selected with the help of the Modern Language Association and including PMLA
* Among the titles included are Political Science Quarterly, College English, American Literature, Journal of Black Studies, American Journal of Sociology, American Journal of Mathematics, and many others
To read more about the JSTOR archive visit www.JSTOR.org; to see the specific titles and years included in each collection connect to http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/archives/collections.jsp
Get started now with your own JSTOR searching through the library’s database page http://lib.lbcc.edu/databases.html ; click on "J," then "JSTOR Language and Literature Collection"
For more information contact: Nenita Buenaventura, Access Services and Electronic Resources Librarian.
Library Update #65
Friday, August 21, 2009
Library Services that Enhance Teaching and Learning
Good News Bears Repeating
Each year we welcome new colleagues to LBCC, and our student community is ever-changing. So, for those who were not here when we announced them, and for those who may not remember, the library would like to call your attention to some previous Library Updates that are still as relevant today as they were when they first appeared:
"Information Literacy: Today Student Success Depends Upon It" http://lbcclib.blogspot.com/2008/08/information-literacy-today-student.html
"LBCC Faculty and Staff, Borrow Books and Media at CSULB Library!" http://lbcclib.blogspot.com/2008/04/lbcc-faculty-and-staff-borrow-books-and.html
"Student-Tested, Professor-Approved Web Resources that Work"
http://lbcclib.blogspot.com/2008/02/student-tested-professor-approved-web.html
"Textbooks and the Library. What Can Students Expect?" http://lbcclib.blogspot.com/2008/09/textbooks-and-library-what-can-students.html
A full listing of previous Library Updates can be found at http://lib.lbcc.edu/updates/updates.html
For more information contact: Dele Ukwu, Interim Library Department Head
Library Update #64
Each year we welcome new colleagues to LBCC, and our student community is ever-changing. So, for those who were not here when we announced them, and for those who may not remember, the library would like to call your attention to some previous Library Updates that are still as relevant today as they were when they first appeared:
"Information Literacy: Today Student Success Depends Upon It" http://lbcclib.blogspot.com/2008/08/information-literacy-today-student.html
"LBCC Faculty and Staff, Borrow Books and Media at CSULB Library!" http://lbcclib.blogspot.com/2008/04/lbcc-faculty-and-staff-borrow-books-and.html
"Student-Tested, Professor-Approved Web Resources that Work"
http://lbcclib.blogspot.com/2008/02/student-tested-professor-approved-web.html
"Textbooks and the Library. What Can Students Expect?" http://lbcclib.blogspot.com/2008/09/textbooks-and-library-what-can-students.html
A full listing of previous Library Updates can be found at http://lib.lbcc.edu/updates/updates.html
For more information contact: Dele Ukwu, Interim Library Department Head
Library Update #64
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Library Announces Enhancements to Science Online from Facts on File™
New content and features have been added to the library’s Science Online database http://lib.lbcc.edu/databases.html#s :
* Scope of coverage expanded to include new “core” subject areas
o Marine science
o Chemistry
o Physics
* Hundreds of new color illustrations added, plus 60 new photographs
* Over 440 new essays include topics such as synthetic foods, chemistry of water pollution, ocean currents, household energy use
* An Advanced Search page offers many options for easily limiting search results
Science Online is one of a library of curriculum-oriented databases from Facts on File™ that are accessible free to LBCC students and faculty because of a subscription paid by the library; read about them all out at http://www.fofweb.com/subscription/ , then return to http://lib.lbcc.edu/databases.html to select one and connect to it.
For more information contact: Nenita Buenaventura, Access Services & Electronic Resources Librarian
Library Update #63
* Scope of coverage expanded to include new “core” subject areas
o Marine science
o Chemistry
o Physics
* Hundreds of new color illustrations added, plus 60 new photographs
* Over 440 new essays include topics such as synthetic foods, chemistry of water pollution, ocean currents, household energy use
* An Advanced Search page offers many options for easily limiting search results
Science Online is one of a library of curriculum-oriented databases from Facts on File™ that are accessible free to LBCC students and faculty because of a subscription paid by the library; read about them all out at http://www.fofweb.com/subscription/ , then return to http://lib.lbcc.edu/databases.html to select one and connect to it.
For more information contact: Nenita Buenaventura, Access Services & Electronic Resources Librarian
Library Update #63
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Caution: Midterms and Project Deadlines Ahead
Look to the Library to have the expert help and the best tools to help insure student success
Librarians are information experts.
They know where to look for the facts students need to document and support their papers and speeches. They can recommend and demonstrate the best reference materials. Helping students identify, retrieve, evaluate, and synthesize information is their mission and their passion, and this help is available whenever the library is open, day or night.
The Library has tricks that Google can’t match.
Each year the library invests thousands of dollars in subscriptions to databases that deliver the best, most reliable information to the desktop, whether that’s in the library, or at the student’s home or wireless laptop. There are databases for health and medical information, literary criticism and explication, "hot topics" for argumentation and debate, major news articles, and a broad range of magazines and journals on academic subjects.
Class orientations give everyone an edge.
Librarians are happy to address the particular research and information needs of a class group during their class meeting time, to learn about an assignment from the instructor and share with the class some strategies and sources that are tailored to their immediate needs. There’s an online form that enables faculty to quickly and easily request a library orientation.
Librarians never sleep.
Even when the library’s closed, it’s open! With its "Ask Now" online reference service students can get immediate answers to their questions from a librarian whenever they need them 24/7. Librarians in other U.S. and international time zones participate in this program to give library users service that never stops.
For more information contact: Kim Barclay, Library Department Head
Library Update #62
Librarians are information experts.
They know where to look for the facts students need to document and support their papers and speeches. They can recommend and demonstrate the best reference materials. Helping students identify, retrieve, evaluate, and synthesize information is their mission and their passion, and this help is available whenever the library is open, day or night.
The Library has tricks that Google can’t match.
Each year the library invests thousands of dollars in subscriptions to databases that deliver the best, most reliable information to the desktop, whether that’s in the library, or at the student’s home or wireless laptop. There are databases for health and medical information, literary criticism and explication, "hot topics" for argumentation and debate, major news articles, and a broad range of magazines and journals on academic subjects.
Class orientations give everyone an edge.
Librarians are happy to address the particular research and information needs of a class group during their class meeting time, to learn about an assignment from the instructor and share with the class some strategies and sources that are tailored to their immediate needs. There’s an online form that enables faculty to quickly and easily request a library orientation.
Librarians never sleep.
Even when the library’s closed, it’s open! With its "Ask Now" online reference service students can get immediate answers to their questions from a librarian whenever they need them 24/7. Librarians in other U.S. and international time zones participate in this program to give library users service that never stops.
For more information contact: Kim Barclay, Library Department Head
Library Update #62
Friday, January 30, 2009
Presidential Picks: The Library's Got Them All!
In a news story in the New York Times on January 19, 2009 President Obama talked about the books that inspired and edified him, about his appreciation for "the magic of language" and his "ardent love of reading." Some of the president's favorite books included:
Parting the Waters, Taylor Branch
The Bible
Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Gandhi’s autobiography
Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Golden Notebook, Doris Lessing
Lincoln’s collected writings
Moby-Dick, Herman Melville
Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison
Works of Reinhold Niebuhr
Gilead, Marilynne Robinson
Shakespeare’s tragedies
Check out these and other books that move and inspire at the library http://lib.lbcc.edu/
For more information contact: Monica White
Parting the Waters, Taylor Branch
The Bible
Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Gandhi’s autobiography
Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Golden Notebook, Doris Lessing
Lincoln’s collected writings
Moby-Dick, Herman Melville
Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison
Works of Reinhold Niebuhr
Gilead, Marilynne Robinson
Shakespeare’s tragedies
Check out these and other books that move and inspire at the library http://lib.lbcc.edu/
For more information contact: Monica White
Monday, January 26, 2009
Changes at CSULB Library: Good News for LBCC Users
The University Library at CSU Long Beach begins its spring term on Monday, February 26. For nearly a decade a partnership agreement has enabled LBCC students, staff, and faculty to borrow books, DVD’s, audiobooks, and CD’s at CSULB using their current validated College ID card.
Database Use Requires a Guest Pass
Until now to use any of the more than 160 subscription databases that CSULB Library subscribes to (including PsycInfo, Lexis Nexis Academic, Factiva, MLA Bibliography, and JSTOR) members of the LBCC community (students, staff and faculty) have had to apply at the reception desk for a “computer guest pass” and their library database access was limited to just one hour in each 24 hour period.
Guest Pass Time Limit Extended
Guests now can make better use of their time at CSULB Library because database access time has just increased to 90 minutes. Although CSULB library has more than 200 workstations for public use in the library’s new Spidell Technology Center, there is tremendous demand for access from CSULB students (who are allocated four hours of computing time per session); that’s the reason for the limits on use by visitors. “We know that it takes a student time to become familiar with a new database before he or she can start finding and retrieving needed information, said Roman Kochan, Dean of Library Services at CSULB. “By increasing the guest pass time by 50% we hope to make database use a little less stressful for our visiting scholars.”
The Library’s Open Earlier on Weekdays
Also new at CSULB Library is an increase in building hours. The library now will open at 7 a.m. (instead of 7:45) Monday through Friday. For a complete schedule of hours for the spring term see http://www.csulb.edu/library/guide/hours/
For more information contact: Henry DuBois.
Library Update #60
Database Use Requires a Guest Pass
Until now to use any of the more than 160 subscription databases that CSULB Library subscribes to (including PsycInfo, Lexis Nexis Academic, Factiva, MLA Bibliography, and JSTOR) members of the LBCC community (students, staff and faculty) have had to apply at the reception desk for a “computer guest pass” and their library database access was limited to just one hour in each 24 hour period.
Guest Pass Time Limit Extended
Guests now can make better use of their time at CSULB Library because database access time has just increased to 90 minutes. Although CSULB library has more than 200 workstations for public use in the library’s new Spidell Technology Center, there is tremendous demand for access from CSULB students (who are allocated four hours of computing time per session); that’s the reason for the limits on use by visitors. “We know that it takes a student time to become familiar with a new database before he or she can start finding and retrieving needed information, said Roman Kochan, Dean of Library Services at CSULB. “By increasing the guest pass time by 50% we hope to make database use a little less stressful for our visiting scholars.”
The Library’s Open Earlier on Weekdays
Also new at CSULB Library is an increase in building hours. The library now will open at 7 a.m. (instead of 7:45) Monday through Friday. For a complete schedule of hours for the spring term see http://www.csulb.edu/library/guide/hours/
For more information contact: Henry DuBois.
Library Update #60
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