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!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
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.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Library system & research databases unavailable March 17th
The PCC library system and access to library research databases will be unavailable Thursday, March 17 to perform a required hardware upgrade.
| From: | Thursday, March 17 at 8:00 a.m. | |
| Until: | Thursday, March 17 at 5:00 p.m. |
Services that will be unavailable include, but are not limited to:
- Online catalog searches
- Online renewals
- Library research database access
Library staff will provide manual check-out service during this outage for some material in the campus library collections.
Staff will work as quickly as possible to restore service. We apologize for any inconvenience.
If you have any questions, please contact the DC Library at 206-7267.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Library has New Tutorial Videos for You and Your Students!
The Library has some new tutorial videos. One is on using the library catalog and the other on using Literature Resource Center. The scripts are on the second link. (You will need to click on "Download this Media" at the top of the page.)
- Getting more relevant results when using the Library Catalog. By adding just a couple of steps, you can create a search that will provide more relevant results, saving you time and energy.
Catalog Searches script < http://www.screencast.com/t/euNriD2t6i >
- Literature Resource Center. One of our more popular databases when searching for biography or literary criticism on an author or work. Remember the library databases also include citations!
Literature Resource Center Database tutorial < http://www.screencast.com/t/eEAFXxw00Oa> Literature Resource Center script < http://www.screencast.com/t/sVV5saXu >
As always, if you have questions, please feel free to contact any of the DC Librarians.
Your DC Librarians,
Joe, Nancy, Erica and Theresa
Joe, Nancy, Erica and Theresa
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