OCLC now only provides catalog entries of resources. Full text resources are no longer available through OCLC. Students should use WilsonWeb in place of OCLC.
Google provides a daily trivia question that encourages users to improve their online-searching skills. A new question is provided every day -- search on Google to find your answer, then submit it in the box provided. A fun way to practice Internet searching skills! Find the "A Google A Day" question on the Additional Resources page. Happy searching! NetLibrary, the school's e-book collection, has recently been integrated with the EBSCO databases. NetLibrary now has the same look and design as the EBSCO databases, but the content is the same. Search and read entire ebooks exactly as you did before! Both the Danbury and New London schools have online library catalogs now. This allows students to search the library collections on the computer. Links to these catalogs can be found in the main tool bar under "Online Catalog," and your respective school's campus. I've purchased two new books for the library that deal specifically with finding jobs using the Internet as a search tool. Job-Hunting Online is a general Internet job-searching book. The other book outlines how to use social media and networking sites to your advantage in your job search: How to Find a Job on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Other Social Networks. Both books will be featured in the library this month. Check them out! Attention smartphone users: If you have a cellphone with Internet capabilities, the EBSCO databases are now available for searching on your phone! If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, simply add the EBSCO App to your device. If you have another type of smartphone, click either of the following URLs to get mobile access: http://m.ebscohost.com/ http://search.ebscohost.mobi/ These links will allow you to search the EBSCO databases from your smartphone. Two new websites have been added on the "Additional Resources" page under "Computer Resources." IEEE is the website of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. IT is a technology-related website that provides thousands of downloadable documents. ScienceStage is a multimedia website providing videos, audio files, images, and documents from a wide variety of disciplines (including medical, business, legal, IT, This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. In honor of this, a collection of rich Civil War resources has been gathered and put online. If you are interested in the Civil War, these sites provide photographs, letters, newspaper articles, books, and many other primary sources from the time. The website can be found here: American Civil War Resources The 2009 edition of Payroll Accounting by Bernard Bieg and Judith Toland is now in the library. Catalog number 657. The new edition of Business Ethics Now by Andrew Ghillyer is now available. Catalog number 174. One of our students recently donated a large number of fiction books to the "bring a book; borrow a book" shelf in the library. Look for these books: The Cider House Rules Star Wars Indiana Jones Catch-22 And by authors: Ken Follet John Grisham Clive Cussler J.A. Jance Kay Hooper And many more! These books are for anyone to read and share. They can be taken out, but everything is on the honor system: bring the book back, or replace it with something else. |  Lauren MengesI am the Librarian at Ridley-Lowell Business & Technical Institute. I received my Bachelor's Degree in English at Lafayette College in Easton, PA, and I received my Masters in Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh. I work primarily at the Binghamton Campus, but am available for assistance to students and faculty across campuses. My goal is to create a library that students and staff alike will find useful and informative. The purpose of this blog is to provide easy access to what is happening in your very own library. ArchivesOctober 2011 CategoriesAll |
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