Thank You from the DC Library and more NEW Books Have Arrived...

lThe Downtown Campus Library would like to thank everyone who came to our book sale. It was a huge success!!

With new books arriving daily, here is just a sampling of some of the newer titles that have recently arrived...
 
Psychology
My Teenage Werewolf: A Mother, A Daughter, A Journey Through the Thicket of Adolescence by Lauren Kessler
 
Your Brain on Childhood: The Unexpected Side Effects of Classrooms, Ballparks, Family Rooms, and The Minivan by Gabrielle Principe

Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy by Martin Lindstrom

The Drama-Free Office by Jim Warner and Kaley Klemp

Animal-Assisted Therapy by Donald Altschiller 

An Emergency in Slow Motion: The Inner Life of Diane Arbus by William Todd

Once a Warrior Always a Warrior: Navigating the Transition from Combat to Home including Combat Stress,PTSD, and MTBI by Charles Hoge

History
Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission by Hamptom Sides. 

Code Talker by Chester Nez

Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre

Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and The Making of Modern America by Richard White

Anthropology
Margaret Mead: A Biography by Mary Bowman-Kruhm

Economics / Marketing
Capitalism As If The World Matters by Jonathon Porritt 

Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius by Sylvia Nasar


Start Something that Matters by Blake Mycoskie

Education
The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens by Brooke Hauser

The Academic's Handbook by Leigh Deneef

Special Interest: Teachers unions and America's public schools by Terry Moe

Literature
The Girl in the Blue Beret: A Novel by Bobbie Ann Mason

If I Bring You Roses: A Novel by Marisel Vera 

Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

The Girl in the Polka-Dot Dress by Beryl Bainbridge  

The Cambridge Companion to Gabriel Garcia Marquez by Phillip Swanson

The Dream of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer

The Radleys by Matt Haig

Last Main In Tower by Aravind Adiga

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver

Science / Math
Mad like Tesla: Underdog Inventors and The Relentless Pursuit of Clean Energy by Tyler Hamilton 

One, Two, Three: Absolutely elementary mathematics by David Berlinski

The Fact of Evolution by Cameron Smith

Smoking Ears and Screaming Teeth: A Celebration of Scientific Eccentricity and Self-Experimentation by Trevor Norton

On Human Nature by Edward Wilson

Waking Up In Eden by Lucinda Fleeson

Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introduction by Roger Lewin

American Diabetes Association Complete Guide to Diabetes

Beautiful Unbroken: One Nurse's Life

Healthy Foods : Fact versus Fiction by Myrna Chandler Goldstein

Lifelong Learning / Personal Development
The Everything Organic Cooking for Baby & Toddler Book: 300 Naturally Delicious Recipes to Get your Child Off to a Healthy Start by Kim Lutz


The Con : How Scams Work, Why You're Vulnerable, and How to Protect Yourself by James Munton

Conquering Youtube: 101 Pro Tips to Take You to the Top by Jay Miles

Starting Your Career as a Freelance Web Designer by Neil Tortorella

New Bestsellers Have Arrived!

Here are a sampling of our new Bestsellers that have just arrived! Look for them in the front, next to our new book display.

Trauma: My Life as an Emergency Surgeon by Dr. James Cole

Seriously...I'm Kidding by Ellen Degeneres

Top Screwups Doctors Make and How to Avoid Them by Joe Graedon MS

Phil Gordon's Little Gold Book: Advanced Lessons for Mastering Poker 2.0 by Phil Gordon

The Visible Man: A Novel by Chuck Klosterman

The Walking Dead : rise of the governor by Robert Kirkman

It's So Easy and Other Lies by Duff McKagan

Trust Me I'm Dr. Ozzy by Ozzy Osbourne

Survivors by James Rawles

And Nothing But the Truthiness by Lisa Rogak

Shatner Rules by William Shatner

And don't forget about the Library Book Sale!
November 29th & 30th
10 am - 5pm in the Amethyst Room

Library Book Sale Nov 29th & 30th!!

The dates have been set! 

The Downtown Campus Library will have their book sale on:

Nov 29th and 30th 

Amethyst Room

10 am - 5pm. 

Most items will be 50 cents to $2.00!! Lots of items to choose from!

All proceeds benefit the Downtown Campus library.

Remember, we will also take your donations for the book sale.  (Donations are eligible for tax deduction - see your tax preparer for more information.Receipt provided upon request.)

DC Library Fall Book Sale!

The DC Library is Preparing for Its Book Sale Later This Month!

If you would like to donate items to the book sale, please bring them by the library. (We can give you a receipt for tax purposes.) All proceeds go to the DC Library!!

We are also looking for clean grocery bags for large purchases.

If you have any questions, contact Theresa at 206-7267 or via email at: tcstanley@pima.edu

Thank you for your support!! 

Friendly Reminder from the DC Library...

This is just a friendly reminder to use your Employee ID card when checking out items.

Every semester we have a new group of student aides who are not familiar with our campus's faculty, staff and administrators. (With over 900 instructors, it is hard for the best of us to be familiar with everyone!) By using your your Employee ID (or community card if you are an adjunct), it will help expedite the process.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the library.

DC Library Team
Joe, Nancy, Erica, Kyle, Susan, Veronica and Theresa

206-7267

While You Were Away, Plenty of New Items Arrived...

The library receives new items every week and the summer months was no exception. Here are a few titles that have recently arrived. 
History

• Levi's and Lace: Arizona Women who Made History / Jan Cleere
  
• It Happened in Arizona: Remarkable Events that Shaped History by James A Crutchfield
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Sixties by Jonathan Leaf
• She Was One of Us : Elenaor Roosevelt and the American Worker by Brigid O'Farrell
• Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore by Benjamin Radford 

Art

• Gustav Klimt: The Ronald S. Lauder and Serge Sabrsky Collections edited by Renee Price 

Interior Design

• Careers in Interior Design by Nancy Asay and Marciann Patton 

Medical

• The A to Z of Diabetes / William A Petit Jr, M.D. et.al.
• Yes/No Medical Spanish by Tina M. Kaufman and Ticiano Alegre
• Medical Terminology made Incredibly Easy! 
• Charting made Incredibly Easy! 

Natural History

• The Desert Islands of Mexico's Sea of Cortez by Stewart Aitchison 

Political Science

• Toughing it Out in Afghanistan by Michael E. O'Hanlon

Science

• Anatomy & Physiology made Incredibly Easy!

Technology

• Windows 7 for Dummies by Andy Rathbone

• Step by Step: Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010 t 2010

Writing

• The FSG Book of 20th Century Latin American Poetry: An Anthology edited by Ilan Stavans 

• How to Write Persuasively Today by Carolyn Davis 

Miscellaneous...

• Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food by Jeff Potter 
• Complete Book of Sushi by Hideo Dekura, Brigid Treloar, Ryuichi Yoshii
• Collaborative Grantseeking : a handbook 

And many DVDS...(We are replacing our VHS collection with DVDs, as titles become available.)

Laptops Ready for Your Students...

The library has laptops to checkout!

The library has over 40 Google Chromebooks* and 8 netbooks available for checkout. So, if you have a class activity that requires a computer, send your students down with their student IDs and we will set them up with a computer. They can be checked out for two hours and are for use anywhere on campus. (If you need them for more than two hours, just send me an email with your class information (i.e. MAT173) and time you meet. Let your students know will need to identify themselves as one of your students.

The laptops are also available for work outside the classroom. Students can check one out and use it anywhere on campus - the cafeteria, at the tables outside, sitting on a bench. Great for group work in one of the Learning Commons study rooms!

If you have questions, please feel free to call the library (x7267), email me, or stop by.

Your DC Library Director
Theresa
tcstanley@pima.edu
x7267

*Chromebooks are a web-based laptop. The laptops allows the user to use Google apps, such as Google docs. There is no installed software (i.e. Microsoft products). They must be connected to the Internet to work - there is no offline mode. They are fast to connect and hold a charge, although a power cord is included.

Don't Forget Your Course Reserves...

If you haven't brought your course reserve items* to the library, now is the time to do it! We process items on a first come, first serve basis and to be sure the items are available for your students, we need them as soon as possible. (We do try and get the items processed in 48 hours or less.)

If it is something that you would like available to your students later in the semester, or if you have a late start or 2nd 8-week course, please bring your item(s) in a couple of weeks ahead of time so it can be processed. We are able to put library materials on reserve for short periods of time or for the entire semester.

Course reserves can be any item you would like to be put on reserve in the library for your students. It could be a textbook, supplemental readings, or even a DVD. The item will be available to students during regular library hours, for a two hour period - library use only (unless you note otherwise).

Students will need their Student ID to check the items out.

Of course, if there is anything else the library can help you with - just call us at 206-7267 or stop by!

Your DC Library Team
Kyle, Susan, Veronica, Joe, Nancy, Erica and Theresa

Reserve Your Library Sessions Now!

DC Library Learning Studio

Welcome Back Everyone! We hope all had a great summer.

This is just a reminder that if you haven't already made your library session reservation for your class, to please do so soon. Our room is heavily requested and we would like to give faculty a chance to schedule their classes before we open it up to the other departments.

Remember, we can customize your library session to meet your needs - if fact, we love doing that so that the session is relevant to your students. We can do a short session of 15 minutes or an entire class period. We can do one session or a couple of sessions. (Of course, if we do a short session you can stay in the learning studio for the remaining portion of your class.) We can even do a library session in your classroom if you want. (If you don't have a computer classroom, we can bring some computers with us.)

If you are not familiar with our learning studio, it seats 40 students, has dual SmartBoards and writable walls. These features give us greater capability for interactive activities and collaboration. If you haven't seen our new room, feel free to stop by the library and we will show you around.

You can call the library at x7267 and we can set a session up for you. Faculty have priority until September 6th, when the learning studio calendar will be opened for other Downtown requests.

Your DC Librarians
Joe, Theresa, Nancy and Erica

4K National Academies Press Books Available for FREE !

The National Academies Press (NAP) is now offering over 4,000 books (in PDF format) as a FREE download!

From their website...
"For more than 140 years, the NAS, NAE, IOM, and NRC have been advising the nation on issues of science, technology, and medicine. Like no other collection of organizations, the Academies enlist the nation’s foremost scientists, engineers, health professionals, and other experts to address the scientific and technical aspects of society’s most pressing problems. The results of their work are authoritative and independent studies published by the National Academies Press.
NAP produces more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health, capturing the best-informed views on important issues."

One of their most popular books, America's Climate Choice, is included. (Look for the "Download Free PDF" button.

Note: if you have an iPad, when you open the book (PDF) in your iPad, you will be given the option download these books directly into iBooks. If you choose this option, the book will appear in your iBooks bookshelf and you will have access to it at any time. (Even when you are offline! Great option for reading when traveling. I catch up with these type of readings while I am on a plane ... I can only do so many Sudokus!)

You can browse all the topics in their entire library at National Academies Press.

Summer Reading ... The DC Library has New Books!

Before you start off on your vacation, stop by the DC Library to browse through our new books and videos!

We have fiction, with best selling authors like James Patterson, Charlaine Harris, Tom Clancy, Anita Sheve, Danielle Steel, and Nicholas Sparks. Memoirs by Betty White and Susan Lucci.

And of course videos including: Taxi Driver, Raging Bull (Blu-Ray), Forrest Gump (Blu-Ray), The Kids are All Right,and Chasing Amy. If you can't get enough Johnny Depp on the big screen, we have Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, both on Blu-Ray.

If you are looking for some more serious titles we have them also...

• The Longest War: the enduring conflict between America and Al-qaeda

• Fighting the Devil in Dixie: How Civil Rights Activists Took on the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama

• Fountains and Water Features: from ancient springs to modern marvels

• The Other Wes Moore: one name, two fates

• Avoiding the Con in Construction

• Gay Rights and Moral Panic
  

• One L : the turbulent true story of a first year at Harvard law school

• Houses and Gardens of Kyoto
  

• Growing A Farmer
  

• I Love a Broad Margin to my Life
  

• How I Killed Pluto and Why it had it Coming

• His Father's Son

• Origins : how the nine months before birth shape the rest of our lives
  

• Pig : king of the southern table
  

• Sugar Changed the World

• The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama

• My Father at 100
  

• In the Shadow of the Buddha

• Women Lead the Way
  

• Shark : in peril in the sea
  

• Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?

It's Never Too Early to Schedule Your Library Sessions...

For those that will be teaching during the summer, remember to schedule your library sessions once you have your syllabus done. We have already had a few reservations, so call now to be sure to get the day and time you need!
Our summer hours are:

• 8 am - 7 pm Monday - Thursday
• 8 am - 5 pm on Fridays

Call us at 206-7267 to reserve the day and time.

On a similar note, feel free to call and reserve your Fall sessions once you have an idea on the day and time. We also have had some reservations for the Fall (and Spring 2012!) semesters. Even if your syllabus isn't final, you can still set up tentative days. Us librarians would love to be able to start work on prepping for your classes during the summer.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the library at 206-7267.

Library has Laptops to Check-Out!

In case you didn't know... the Library has laptops, netbooks and Google ChromeBooks* available for checkout!

You or your students can borrow the units for two hours anywhere on campus - not just in the library!

So if your class was to work outside, or a couple of students were headed to the learning commons or cafeteria to work, and they needed computers, stop in and borrow one.

(A Student ID is required for students. The first time one is borrowed, a user agreement needs to be signed.)


* Google ChromeBooks are made available through Pima's participation in the Google ChromeBook pilot. Each Pima library was given 20 ChromeBooks to checkout.

Check Out These New Items at the DC Library!

NEW BOOKS
Getting permission: how to license & clear copyrighted materials online and off by Richard Stim

Cooking from the farmers' market by Tasha De Sergio

Mathematics 1001 : absolutely everything that matters in mathematics by Richard Elwes

The Flexitarian diet: the mostly vegetarian way to lose weight, be healthier, prevent disease and add years to your life by Dawn Blatner

My Life as a night elf priest : an anthropological account of world of warcraft by Bonnie Nardi

The limits to union : same-sex marriage and the politics of civil rights by Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller

The Girl in the Song : the stories behind 50 rock classicsby Michael Heatley

Science 1001 : absolutely everything that matters in science by Paul Parsons

Mask Makers and Their Craft by Deborah Bell

Making Our Democracy Work by Stephen Breyer

In Fashion : from runway to retail, everything you need to know to break into the fashion industry by Annemarie Iverson

NEW DVDS
Monsoon Wedding

Kicking and Screaming

After the Wedding

Life of Brian

Gomorra

Library Database Trials Extended!

Due to some access issues and spring break, I’ve extended the database trials to April 15, 2011.

http://libguides.pima.edu/trials

Please give us your feedback and let your students know about these trials

If you have trouble with any link, please let me know.

Nancy Schuler

Downtown Campus Librarian

206-7250

West Campus Library's Annual Book Sale !!

What: West Campus Library's Annual Book Sale

Where: Santa Catalina Building, East Patio

When: April 5 -6...10 am - 3 pm

How Much: All Books priced $2 or less

Tell your friends...it's open to the public!

on a side note...while the DC Library does not have the space to have accumulate items for an annual sale, we do have a cart with items for sale at our LB entry. Come and take a look at what we have!

Library Database Trials!

The library is evaluating a number of databases for potential addition to the library collection and would like your feedback. The database trials are available through March 30, but may be extended by request.

Go to Library Database Trials to link to the trials and evaluation forms. Please note: Access to trials is available only on-campus.

History Databases:

• EBSCO Historical Abstracts with Full-Text - covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada).
• EBSCO America History and Life with Full-Text - covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
• EBSCO World History Collection - offers a global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East.
• Wilson Humanities Full Text - includes coverage of history, as well as archaeology, art, classical studies, communications, dance, gender studies, literature, performing arts, religion and philosophy.

Social Science Databases:

• EBSCO SocINDEX™ with Full Text - comprehensive coverage of sociology, including subdisciplines such as criminology and criminal justice, ethnic and racial studies.
• Wilson Social Science Full Text – includes anthropology, community health and medical care, criminal justice, family studies, gender studies and minority studies.
• ProQuest Social Science Journals - covers areas such as addiction studies, urban studies, family studies and international relations.
• ProQuest Sociology - covers the international literature of sociology and social work, including culture and social structure.

If you have any questions or problems, or if you would like to recommend a database for trial, e-mail Nancy Schuler.