Thursday, February 4, 2016

NPR's Book Concierge


Have you heard about NPR's Book Concierge?? It is a book list that you can explore 260 titles recommended by NPR staff and critics. There are 29 filters to narrow down the categories you're interested in, such as Staff Picks, Cookbooks & Food, Eye-Opening Reads, It's All Geek To MeLadies First, Tales From Around The World, etc. Yes, the filters sound very funny, but don't worry, there are familiar names like Mysteries & Thrillers, Nonficition, and Science Fiction & Fantasy!! And they can be combined.

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

R2 Digital Library


We are pleased to introduce a new eBook platform---R2 Digital Library!! The R2 Digital Library offers comprehensive health science collections of medical, nursing and allied health eBooks from key health science publishers.

Friday, January 22, 2016

Open Source Textbooks Resources


Have you heard about Open source textbooks? They are textbooks licensed under an open copyright license and made available online to be freely used by students, teachers, and everyone. Many open textbooks are distributed in either print, e-book, or audio formats that may be downloaded or purchased at little or no cost (wiki).

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Library Curriculum Builder for Moodle


We are pleased to introduce Library Curriculum Builder!! It is a new plugin tool for Moodle that allows instructors to provide access to assigned class readings while maintaining copyright compliance by linking directly from a Moodle course to journal articles, ebooks, and other online resources in our library's databases.

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

College Library & Library Commons Hours


2016 Spring Semester Hours

Mon -Thu: 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Fri: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Sat & Sun CLOSED
(Effective January 19, 2016)

 

Thursday, January 7, 2016

A New Journal Package Arrived!!


We are pleased to announce that the College Library has access to a new journal package; LWW (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins) Nursing and Health Professions Premier Collection. The collection can be searched in EBSCO Discovery or browsed and searched through the "Ovid/Lippincott Journals" link in the Portal (Library Resources - Research).

The collection of top nursing journals used by nurses, nursing students and health professionals, includes the following titles.

Friday, December 18, 2015

Library & Commons Holiday Schedule

Dec. 18 (Graduation): We close at 11:00am.
Dec. 17 - Jan. 18 (Winter Break): We open 8am-5pm Mon-Thu and 8am-4:40pm Fri.
Regular Hours resume Jan. 19 (First day of classes)

CLOSED:
Christmas Eve: Dec. 24
Christmas Day: Dec. 25
New Year's Eve: Dec. 31
New Year's Day: Jan. 1
Martin Luther's King Day: Jan. 18