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
Friday, August 21, 2009
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 :
• Scope of coverage expanded to include new “core” subject areas
+ Marine science
+ Chemistry
+ 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 nbuenaventura@lbcc.edu
Library Update #63
• Scope of coverage expanded to include new “core” subject areas
+ Marine science
+ Chemistry
+ 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 nbuenaventura@lbcc.edu
Library Update #63
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
Friday, February 27, 2009
Caution: Midterms and Project Deadlines Ahead
Look to the Library to have the expert help and the best tools to help ensure 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 kbarclay@lbcc.edu
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 kbarclay@lbcc.edu
Library Update #62
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 mwhite@lbcc.edu
Library Update #61
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 mwhite@lbcc.edu
Library Update #61
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
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