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Want to know if your CPCC Librarians have added new and exciting webpages to Delicious? You can keep up with each new site added to CPCC Library’s Delicious page by subscribing to the RSS Feed. If you already use a feed reader such as Bloglines or Google Reader simply subscribe to the delicious feed by entering the URL: www.delicious.com/cpcclibrary .

You can also subscribe to have updates to specific tags. For instance, if you just want to see updates to the Current_Interest tags or Art then your URL for the subscription would look like this: www.delicious.com/cpcclibrary/Current_Interest or for Art: www.delicious.com/cpcclibrary/Art .

If you are new to RSS Feeds check out an article on the subject by going to our delicious list and select the tag RSS_Feeds. There is a very clear and concise article describing RSS feeds and several different feed readers. (The article is called RSS Feeds: A Primer) Microsoft Outlook also provides a feed reader.

Online Resources

Trial Access to Safari Tech Books Online

Announcing a special trial of Safari Tech Books Online!

Between March 15 and April 3, CPCC Libraries will be conducting a free trial of Safari Tech Books Online. Safari Tech Books Online provides access to a valuable variety of IT related titles from leading publishers. Titles cover areas such as web design and development, programming, graphic design and more. Our current trial offers access to the full database. Though funding constraints will not allow us to purchase full access once the trial ends, we would choose an option that is more focused on the needs of CPCC students and staff.

On-campus computers will be able to access the trial with no need to login. Those accessing the trial from off-campus should use the following login:

Access Safari Tech Books Online, then choose the “Personal account sign-in” option.
username: remote@cpcc.edu
password: welcome1

New Materials, Online Resources

New Online Reference Collection: Credo Reference

Who you gonna call… when you have a research question?

A librarian’s standby for quick answers was historically the reference collection. Over the last ten years the print reference collection at CPCC has been cut to 25% of its previous size. To fill the gap we have online reference resources that can be accessed from any computer with web access. Find a list of reference resources at in the Research Databases section of our website under Reference.

The newest database that is specific to reference is Credo Reference which contains digital copies of 100 encyclopedias, dictionaries, and atlases covering a range of subjects from literature, to law, to science and more. All titles are full-text searchable. Credo Reference 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. Download a Word document listing all 100 reference titles within Credo.

Events

Library Open House, Week of February 22nd

Don’t miss the Library Open House the week of February 22nd. Visit the library at your local campus and find out about the wonderful services available to you. There will be a drawing for door prizes every day during Open House. You may win an attractive thermal lunch bag.

The days of the Open House are:

Central:  Monday – Friday

Levine, Cato, North, Harper :  Monday – Thursday

Harris:  Wednesday

Events

Free Film Screening – “The Eyes of Me” – Feb. 25

The Eyes of MeSee it here first! PBS film preview of “The Eyes of Me” Thursday, Feb 25th , 10:30am-12pm, Tate Hall. Sponsored by the CPCC Libraries, the Diversity Committee, and Mobilize.org. The 1-hr film will be followed by a 30-minute discussion with Kris Shields, President of North Carolina Parents of Blind Children in Charlotte.

Adolescence can be a fraught time, when young people are dealing with a range of issues such as self-image, acceptance by peers, relations with the opposite sex, and achieving independence. The four teens in the film are coping with these issues while they are also trying to learn to make their way in the world without the benefit of full vision.

Headsets are available for those wishing to follow the film by audio description. Contact Vicky Tsai for advance arrangement at 330-6106 or vicky.tsai@cpcc.edu. Free snacks, drinks, and door prizes.

New Materials, Online Resources

New Literature Criticism Database

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Taking ENG 113? Need sources that offer literary criticism? The CPCC Libraries have added a new research database full of literary criticism called Salem Literature. Using this resource, students can search analytical essays (both classic criticism and original analysis) on authors and works central to literary study.

Included are classic and contemporary authors such as Toni Morrison, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Jane Austen. Classic works covered include Death of a Salesman, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and Joy Luck Club.

In addition, the library has received a set of books that complement this database. These print titles can be found in the Library Catalog. So, you have the option of finding literary criticism in print books and online.

The Library also offers access to two other research databases that focus on this subject area, Literature Resource Center and Literary Reference Center.

New Materials, Online Resources

Art Full Text: Database Trial through Mar. 31st

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In order to better serve the information needs of the college CPCC Library is reviewing a database from H W Wilson called Art Full Text. Using this database students, faculty and staff can view full-text articles as well as access an index to articles in over 500 journals and magazines through March 31st, 2010.

According to H W Wilson Company the database covers 1984 to the present and it “indexes and abstracts articles from 551 periodicals published throughout the world. Full-text coverage for 250 periodicals is also included. Periodical coverage includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Swedish. In addition to articles, Art Full Text indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals.”