We’ve been busy throughout the month of October adding new materials to our collections for the entire CPCC community to enjoy. Among them is a book titled Running with the Rhinos : Courageous Leadership for a Complex World.
Sounds interesting, eh?
Check out the rest of the titles on our new materials list for October 2008.
Our you can browse our new materials from past months.
If you take an English class at CPCC chances are you will be asked to find literary criticism on a specific work. Whether you need it for an assignment our are just interested in what someone with a doctorate in literature thinks of your favorite novel, we’ve got just the resource for you! It’s called Literature Resource Center and is accessible through the Find an Article section of the Library website. Literature Resource Center contains articles, literary criticism, and biographies on over 90,000 authors, including playwrights and poets. This resource is available to you free as a CPCC student and can be accessed from on-campus or off-campus with your SNAP ID.
Need some assistance? A short video tutorial on using Literature Resource Center can be found in the Quick Tutorials section of our website or feel free to contact us.
Titles like The Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health, and others used to only exist in print, but many of them are now online and available through the CPCC Library website.
These reference works have been through the publishing process and are professionally edited for factual errors — they’re a great resource for background information on a particular topic. We subscribe to a few different collections of online reference titles. Check the links below for titles available in each collection. These resources can also be found in the “Find-an Article” section of the library website. If you are off-campus you will prompted to enter your SNAP ID and password for access.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Offers 25 specialized encyclopedias on topics from art to animal sciences.
This collection has a emphasis on history and literature.
General encyclopedia with enhanced features, such as access to magazine and journal articles.
Provides definitions to over 500,000 words, access to over 2.5 million quotations, pronunciation, spellings, and etymology.
Get out your preferred reading aid — bifocals, monocles, contact lenses, or just a good old pair of eyes. We’ve got a TON of new materials for you at CPCC Libraries. Our new titles run the gamut on a wide variety of subjects. Some titles from the list: Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy through Jokes, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, and College Majors and Careers : a Resource Guide for Effective Life Planning.
Get the complete list of new materials acquired in May 2008 in handy PDF format HERE.
Many thanks to anyone who participated in last week’s Book Fair to provide children in CMS Achievement Zone Schools with books! We’re still collecting books for the drive, and the CPCC Bookstore is helping out.
The Central Campus Bookstore is currently offering a selection of recommended children’s books for the book drive. A collection bin for donations is available right next to the display of children’s books for easy drop-off of donations. Please consider stopping by the bookstore before May 15th and contributing to the county’s efforts.
Mecklenburg County, including CPCC, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, and Communities in Schools, is working together to provide children in CMS Achievement Zone Schools with books. Studies have shown how important books in the home can be to improving reading skills and fostering a lifelong love of reading. If you are interested in donating to the book drive, a list of suggested titles is located here. Any donated materials can be dropped off at the bin in the bookstore or be sent to Jennifer Arnold, Central Campus Library, LR 406.
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Thinking about how you can go green this Earth Day? The CPCC Libraries have resources to help you out. Here are just some of the books and DVDs we offer on topics like the environment, energy efficiency, and climate change: |
Books:
DVDs:
Search the library catalog for for information on the location and availability of any of the above titles.
EBSCO, one of the library’s databases vendors, is offering free access to an environmental database, GreenFILE, at www.greeninfoonline.com. GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well.
Over the month of March we’ve added over 200 items to the Library’s collection. The list is too long to post here in its entirety, and is available in PDF format here. A small sample of our newest titles include —
Interested in any of the topics you see here? Try searching CLICK, the Library Catalog for more titles.
We strive to make the materials at all CPCC Libraries available to you no matter what campus you frequent. Did you know that we can deliver books from any campus library to the library nearest to you? What a time-saver! For instructions on using this service click here.
Another time saving service the we offer is online book renewal. For instructions on renewing a book online click here.
There’s a new way to search CPCC Library materials called All-Search. All-Search allows CPCC Library users to search our library catalog for books, multiple magazine and journal databases for articles, and some pre-selected websites from one search box, eliminating the need to repeat the same search in each resource. All you need to do is enter your search terms and pick one or more categories to search. Librarians have assigned the most relevant resources to each category to make it easier for you to find reliable information faster.
All-Search can be found in the “Find-an-article” section of the Library web site. For a quick video tutorial on using All-Search click here. This resource is available from on-campus and off-campus, with the use of your SNAP ID.
New Books: Leisure Reading Collection
January 2008
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Title |
Author |
Campus |
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The appeal |
Grisham, John |
Levine |
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Beverly Hills dead |
Woods, Stuart |
Central |
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Bleeding Kansas |
Paretsky, Sara |
Harper |
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Blood dreams |
Hooper, Kay |
North |
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Blue heaven |
Box, C.J. |
Harris |
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Capitol conspiracy: a novel |
Bernhardt, William |
Harper |
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The commoner: a novel |
Schwartz, John Burnham |
Harper |
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Duma Key |
King Stephen |
Central |
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The genotype diet |
D’Adamo, Peter |
Levine |
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Hand of evil |
Jance, Judith A. |
Central |
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Homecoming |
Schlink, Bernhard |
Levine |
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How not to look old: fast and effortless ways to look 10 years younger… |
Krupp, Charla |
Harris |
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Last call |
Grippando, James |
Cato |
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Light of the moon |
Rice, Luanne |
Harris |
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One more sunrise |
Landon, Michael |
North |
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Plum lucky |
Evanovich, Janet |
Harper |
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Preferred lies: a journey into the heart of Scottish golf |
Greig, Andrew |
Central |
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The secret between us |
Delinsky, Barbara |
Cato |
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The senator’s wife |
Miller, Sue |
Central |
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The shooters |
Griffin, W.E.B. |
Cato |
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Sin no more |
Roby, Kimberla Lawson |
Harper |
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The 6 sacred stones |
Reilly, Matthew |
Central |
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The Sweet Potato Queens’ guide to raising children for fun and profit |
Browne, Jill Conner |
Central |
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T is for trespass |
Grafton, Sue |
Central |
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The Venetian betrayal: a novel |
Berry, Steve |
Central |