Library Resources for Your Courses...

Your DC Librarians have been busy creating information resources to enhance your courses.

1.  LibGuides: Research Guides are subject and course guides created on a wide variety of topics. Explore the dozens we’ve already created, or request one for your course.

URL: http://libguides.pima.edu/home

2.  Faculty Resource Guide is a special LibGuide created just for instructors, with links to dozens of PCC Library resources, such as copyright information, an image database, links to educational streaming videos, and video tutorials on locating and citing quality research resources.

URL: http://libguides.pima.edu/faculty

3. Video Tutorials - created by PCC Librarians they are 5-min. or less, each covering a common issue faced by students or faculty when conducting research, such as finding appropriate sources, navigating databases, citing sources and more.You can link to them directly in your MyPima or D2L courses!

URL: http://libguides.pima.edu/content.php?pid=137444&sid=1874877

4.  Streaming Videos - you can link directly to our academic streaming videos! Films on Demand has hundreds of videos broken down in small segments - assign all or part. VAST is new this semester and also has streaming videos. You can search either by topic or subject. Some of the subjects are:  American History, Anthropology, Art and Art History, Biology,  Black Studies, Business & Economics, Communications, Computers and Technology,  Counseling & Therapy, Criminal Justice, Dance,  Education, Environmental Science, Ethnic Studies, Geography, Health, Humanities, Math, Opera, Politics and Current Affairs, Psychology, Religion and Philosophy, Science, Sociology, Theater, Women's and Gender Studies, World History, World Language and many more!

URL: Films on Demand:  http://0-digital.films.com.library2.pima.edu/Dashboard.aspx

URL: VAST:  http://0-vasc.alexanderstreet.com.library2.pima.edu/

5. Gale Virtual Reference Library - contains hundreds of specialized online encyclopedias and dictionaries on the arts, business, education, environment, history, law, medicine, science and social science.

URL: http://0-infotrac.galegroup.com.library2.pima.edu/itweb/pima_main?db=GVRL

6. Oxford Reference Online - provides access to 135 Oxford reference e-books.

URL: http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.library2.pima.edu/

For more information, contact your any DC Librarian by stopping in, calling (206-7267) or email!

Joe Brewer jbrewer@pima.edu

Marianne Harris mharris12@pima.edu

Ellen Blumberg eblumberg@pima.edu

Theresa Stanley tcstanley@pima.edu

Library Book Sale ~ Sept 18 & 19

The Downtown Campus Library Fall Book Sale!!

When:  Tuesday and Wednesday (September 18th & 19th) 

Where: Amethyst Room

Time: 9 am - 6 pm

 Prices: $2.00 for hard covers
            $1.00 for soft covers
            $  .50 for pocket paperbacks



*if you still have items you would like to donate to the library, please bring them to the library by the end of this week or to the Amethyst Room on Monday (September 17).

New Library Web Page...

With the beginning of the semester the Library's new web page came online. (I know it is bad timing, but it just worked out that way.)

We have incorporated collapsible headings. To search for books, click on the green bar titled "Books and More" to see the search box and other options for searching the catalog (see image).

For databases, our research guides and encyclopedia - do the same, just click on the respective green bar for search options.

One thing we think everyone will appreciate is that our public page looks the same as our MyPima page!!

However, with change comes edits. If you have library resources in your courses (which we hope you have), you may need to make changes to how students find those resources. We already have had students tell us their instructor's direction are not correct. If you would like help with this, just contact the library and we will be glad to assist you.

And with change also comes the opportunity for comments! Please feel free to let us know what you think of the new web page. Feel free to email me (tcstanley@pima.edu) or stop by. We will be collecting comments through November so we can present a list of any changes to web services for the spring semester. 

Have a great Fall Semester!
Your DC Library Team...
Joe, Marianne, Ellen, Kyle, Susan, Veronica and Theresa