Getting a little tired of “googling” everything hoping to find relevant information? Try using CPCC Libraries Del.icio.us bookmarks!
Each time one of our librarians finds a particularly interesting and useful website, we save it – so you can use it! Tagging each website in Del.icio.us creates a group, so you can find your topic of interest by searching or just clicking the ‘tag.’
Try it!
CPCC Libraries featured resource of the month for February is Nursing Resource Center. This database is an excellent source of information for nursing and allied health students, providing access to a wide array of content needed for research papers and basic nursing theory overviews, including access to sample care plans, multimedia content, and full text reference. The easy to understand presentation of information also makes it a first-rate source for anyone seeking reliable health information about diseases, conditions and medications.
Nursing Resource Center may be accessed here or from the Research Databases section of the library website. A video tutorial on how to use the database is also available.
For more information about Allied Health resources that the library has to offer, check out the new Allied Health Research Guide!
CPCC Libraries featured resource of the month for January is Credo Reference. This database contains over 600 encyclopedias, dictionaries, and atlases covering a wide range of subjects from literature, to law, to science and more. All titles are full-text searchable. Credo also offers the ability to seamlessly search within other library resources such as the CPCC Library Catalog and Academic Search Premier, making it a great place to begin your research.
Credo Reference can be found in the Research Databases area of the library website.
CPCC Libraries featured resource of the month for November is Safari Tech Books Online. Safari Tech Books Online provides access to the most reliable and current collections of technical, creative, digital media, and business management e-books from leading publishers. You can search across the full text of 50 titles made available by the CPCC Libraries, as well as browse books by category to research a technical topic.
Safari Tech Books Online is located in the Research Databases area of the library website. You may also access the specific books located in the Safari database by doing a keyword search in our Online Catalog for “Safari books online”.
Need a Safari book not subscribed to by CPCC Libraries? Please contact Doug Short.
CPCC Libraries featured resource of the month for October is Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints is an extremely useful source for reliable information about current events. It contains a number of different resources relating to major social issues, including differing viewpoints, magazine and journal articles and relevant statistics. Opposing Viewpoints is located in the Research Databases area of the library website.
The library has also put together an online video tutorial with instructions on using this resource. This tutorial and others are located in the Quick Tutorials section of our website.
CPCC Students and faculty have access to Mango Languages through October 20th, 2010. The library is considering purchasing this resource. Give Mango a try and let us know what you think! Contact Kimberley Balcos (kimberley.balcos@cpcc.edu) with questions or comments.
Mango is an online language learning system that teaches real conversation skills for practical communication. Through fun and engaging interactive lessons, Mango makes learning a new language fast, easy and incredibly effective. Choose from 36 guided language experiences, 14 English as a second language experiences, and different levels of fluency.
Mango’s lessons copy the way people learn when surrounded by a foreign culture – through practical conversation. Every lesson incorporates all 4 conversational components (Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Grammar and Culture), each of which is critical to your ability to communicate in a foreign language. At the same time, you’ll be increasing your ability to actually USE what you learn, with a variety of critical thinking and memory exercises. As you listen to and repeat after native speakers, you’ll learn more than just words and phrases. You’ll learn how those pieces can be rearranged and combined to make new thoughts and new conversations.
The Mango system is completely web-based and remotely accessible, so you can learn anywhere you have an internet connection.
Earlier this summer we introduced EBSCOhost Mobile, a version of EBSCOhost databases that is optimized for the smaller screens of smart phones and other mobile devices. Now you can access trustworthy research articles from nearly anywhere!
Check out a video of EBSCOhost Mobile in action.
This resource can be found in the Research Databases section of our website in the A – Z List of Databases.
Starting this month, CPCC Libraries will be profiling a different electronic resource every month. For September, our featured resource is Literature Resource Center. Literature Resource Center is an excellent source for authoritative information about literature and authors. It features reviews of literary works, literary criticism, author biographies and full-text entries of thousands of poems, short stories and plays. Literature Resource Center is located in the Research Databases area of the library website.
Here are just a few of the items found in Literature Resource Center:
The library has also put together an online video tutorial with instructions on using this resource. This tutorial and others are located in the Quick Tutorials section of our website.
CPCC students, faculty and staff now have free, online access to MyiLibrary eAudio Books, a collection of approximately 1300 audio books, which are compatible with most iPods and MP3 devices. The entire collection focuses primarily on language learning audio books, classic literature, history, and biography. A sampling of the available titles include Julia Child’s My Life in France, Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, and Stephen King’s Shawshank Redemption. Languages learning titles include Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
MyiLibrary is always available through the Research Databases section of our website. Need help? Watch a video tutorial on how to download and transfer an eAudiobook to an iPod.
Welcome new students and welcome back to returning students! Libraries are located on all CPCC Campuses. Check our website for hours and locations. CPCC Libraries offers many resources and services to help you succeed.