Serials Solutions - The Library Makes Exploring E-Journals Easy!

The Library Makes Exploring E-Journals Easy!

The library has thousands of full-text journals and newspapers that are available to the LBCC community from any web-enabled computer. Want to see what we have and link to them seamlessly? Just go to the library home page http://lib.lbcc.edu/ and click on “E-journal Title Search.”

This link will take you to a portal that provides:

• An alphabetical list of the full-text digitized periodicals, newspapers, magazines and journals that the library can provide to LBCC students, staff and faculty through its many online databases

• An alphabetical list of, and links to, all these online, full-text databases (such as ProQuest) available from the library that contain these journal and newspaper articles

• A display of these e-journals grouped according to the subject area that they fall within (note: these are broad subjects --health, education, the arts, etc.—that are the focus of the particular journal; to get articles about a specific subject (like “mitral valve prolapse” or “carbon footprint”) choose one of the databases above and enter your subject

Typical questions that these links can answer:

• I found a reference to an article I need in an April, 1997 issue of Business Week—can I get that issue online through the library?

• I’d like to browse some psychology journals to get ideas for a paper. I need to do that at home, so what psych journals does the library have online?
  

• I am researching an event that happened in Boston in 2001? Does LBCC Library have the Boston Globe online for that year? In what database?
  

For more tips, ask a librarian at the Library’s reference desk.

For more information contact: Nenita Buenaventura goodventure04@gmail.com

Library Update #77

Serials Solutions

The Library Makes Exploring E-Journals Easy!

The library has thousands of full-text journals and newspapers that are available to the LBCC community from any web-enabled computer. Want to see what we have and link to them seamlessly? Just go to the library home page and click on “E-journal Title Search”

This link will take you to a portal that provides:

• An alphabetical list of the full-text digitized periodicals, newspapers, magazines and journals that the library can provide to LBCC students, staff and faculty through its many online databases

• An alphabetical list of, and links to, all these online, full-text databases (such as ProQuest) available from the library that contain these journal and newspaper articles

• A display of these e-journals grouped according to the subject area that they fall within (note: these are broad subjects --health, education, the arts, etc.—that are the focus of the particular journal; to get articles about a specific subject (like “mitral valve prolapse” or “carbon footprint”) choose one of the databases above and enter your subject

Typical questions that these links can answer:

• I found a reference to an article I need in an April, 1997 issue of Business Week—can I get that issue online through the library?
• I’d like to browse some psychology journals to get ideas for a paper. I need to do that at
  home, so what psych journals does the library have online?
• I am researching an event that happened in Boston in 2001? Does LBCC Library have the
  Boston Globe online for that year? In what database?

For more tips, ask a librarian at the Library’s reference desk.

For more information contact: Nenita Buenaventura

Library Update #77

Focus on Environment @ LBCC Library

New Books and a New Database Reflect a New Focus on the Environment by the Library

The news is out: the Library has been buying books again. A “museum quality” collection has been refreshed with hundreds of new titles at both LBCC libraries.

One of the areas of the collection in which current events have had the biggest impact is the environment, and library customers will find titles such as
• Fueling the Future, a series on alternative fuels with volumes on biomass, coal, water, wind, nuclear power, natural gas, and geothermal power
• The Wild Marsh: Four Seasons at Home in Montana by Rick Bass who channels Walt Whitman in exploring the wilderness with his family
• What is Biodiversity? By James Maclaurin and Kim Sterelny, a theoretical and conceptual exploration of the biological world and how diversity is valued

These and many other new titles are on the “Recent Additions” shelves at both
LBCC libraries. Come in and browse!

Prefer to get your environmental information online? No problem. Thanks to the library’s subscription to Environment: A Current Issues Database members of the LBCC campus community can get 100% full text articles from key publications that cover a variety of environmental issues. And of course they’re available through the library’s web site 24/7. Begin with a key topic that you choose from an easy point and click display, such as deforestation, carbon trading, endangered species, biofuels, oil spills, green jobs and many others. You can expect to see 25-35 relevant articles for each topic, selected for their quality and comprehensiveness, plus the option to extend the search to view additional articles.

Give it a try by going to the library home page http://lib.lbcc.edu/ , clicking on “Articles and Databases,” then selecting Environment: A Current Issues Database.

Remember, though, if you’re off campus click first on this button to verify your LBCC affiliation:




For more information contact: Dena Laney dlaney@lbcc.edu

Global Business Information @ Your Desktop: Business and Company Resource Center Debuts

LBCC Library introduces a comprehensive database that provides accurate, up-to-date company and industry intelligence for thousands of firms.

Business & Company Resource Center delivers access to a wide variety of global business information including competitive intelligence, career and investment opportunities, business rankings, company histories and much more.

Choose from a variety of search options:

• Company search: by company name, ticker symbol or industry code
• Industry search: by SIC or NAICS code or by industry description
• Articles Search: by keyword, subject guide, or limit by peer-reviewed journals, etc.
• Publication Search: look for specific publications and view the editions and articles included
• Advanced Search: for a variety of additional limiting and searching options

Take a test drive: http://lib.lbcc.edu/ click on “Articles and Databases”

For more information contact: Nenita Buenaventura

Library Update #74

What’s New (and What’s the Same) for Fall, 2010

The Library Staff at LAC and PCC Library welcomes you to a new academic year. We’d like to alert you to library services and information resources that will support teaching and learning and foster the success of our LBCC scholars. Some are new, some are improved, and others are unchanged, but important for new students and faculty to know about:

New for 2010:
• New books! A “refreshed” and updated collection of new titles in a broad range of disciplines has been selected and is ready to check out. Look for the display in the LAC library lobby. (There’s a new and growing selection of DVD’s too.)
• New database: ARTstor is a nonprofit digital library of more than one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences with a suite of software tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes. This incredible resource contains contributions from outstanding museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates and is available 24/7 through the library web site.
• New library staff: new adjunct librarians come to LBCC Libary with subject specializations, perspectives and skills that will enhance the library’s ability to meet the needs of today’s students and faculty.

Ongoing (but not to be missed):
• Library orientation and courses. Help students write better papers and give more authoritative presentations by knowing how to identify, retrieve, evaluate, and synthesize information. Invite a librarian to give your class an orientation and/or collaborate with a librarian in designing an assignment.
• Reserve services. Many of our students can’t afford their textbooks! Instructors can help them by putting a copy of each text on reserve with the library where they can be made available for limited loan.
• 24/7 Services. Get library information when it’s convenient for you, any time of the day or night. Use the online catalog, Voyager, access a database for full-image research articles from journals or newspapers, get an electronic book, or chat with a librarian online, all through the library’s home page. (Plus, LBCC is one of the few community colleges that hasn’t cut library building hours during the recession.)
• Access to CSULB Library: LBCC students and faculty can check out books and media from our neighboring institution with their current LBCC campus id.

For more information contact: Dele Ukwu libdh@yahoo.com

Library Update #73

The Library Is OPEN to Serve Summer Class Needs!

The libraries at both LBCC campuses would like our student customers and faculty and staff colleagues to know that we are OPEN this summer, despite some re-routing that has been necessary at LAC to accomodate summer construction. (Follow the signs, and you’ll be fine.)

Visit us for a great place to study, to borrow books and media, or to get an orientation to the library’s services and research databases.

The Schedule is:

June 21- July 29

• LAC Library
Open Monday through Thursday 8 a.m to 8 p.m.
(closing at 4 p.m. July 29)

• PCC Library
Open Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Both libraries are Closed Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and holidays.

For more information contact Dele Ukwu, Library Department Head dukwu@lbcc.edu.

Library Update #72

Health and Medical Information @ Your Desktop: The Health & Wellness Resource Center

Newly updated and expanded, this revolutionary library resource meets LBCC's student and faculty needs for a fully integrated, ever-growing reference center for all levels of health research. This comprehensive consumer health resource provides accurate, authoritative information on a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative and complementary medical practices. It features:

+ An updated, easy-to-navigate interface featuring quick links to hot topics and top-searched conditions as well as diseases and overviews

+ More than 1,000 top medical journals and periodicals as well as articles from more than 2,200 general-interest publications — more than 75% in full-text

+ Medical newspapers, newsletters and news feeds

+ A broad collection of full-text reference works including The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, The Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests, The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, The Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, Medical Health Information Directory and many others

+ Streaming video with transcripts from Healthology, Illumistream, NBC and live links to ORLive

+ Links to trusted health-related Web sites

+ An improved Directory Search for accessing contact information for clinics, medical centers and foundations

+ Reputable sources including Medical and Health Information Directory and various Thomson Healthcare drug guides

+ And much more

Health & Wellness Resource Center's intuitive interface provides multiple pathways to key information for both novice and experienced searchers. Students and faculty can quickly retrieve the latest news; review a set of subject lists; and find concise results in seconds. And new periodical and newspapers articles are added daily so researchers are never more than a click away from the latest information.

How do you get there? Start at the LBCC Library website http://lib.lbcc.edu/ Click on “Articles & Databases” on the left side of the screen, then “H”, then Health & Wellness Resource Center. If you’re logging in from off campus be sure to click the “Off Campus Users” link before following the above steps.

For more information contact Nenita Buenaventura goodventure04@gmail.com