MCC Library Newsletter

Toward the end of the semester the circulation period will be shorter because all books must be returned by the end of the semester.  The semester end due date was Friday, April 27th.  Books cannot be checked out again until May minimester and you have to be taking minimester courses to have checkout priveleges.

To read all of the library’s borrowing policies, see our page called “Borrowing from the Library.”

Have you heard of National Library Week? This year it is celebrated from April 15 - 21, 2007. However, the MCC Library prefers to celebrate libraries all month long. Please come by the library to see our exhibits in celebration of libraries during National Library Month.

We are holding a giveaway during this month for MCC students only. Stop by the library front desk to enter this drawing to win one of two MAC cash awards ($10 deposited to your campus funds). The drawing will be held on Monday, April 23.

Also at the front desk we will periodically be giving away candy, pens, pencils, book marks and stickers.

We have two opportunities for you to celebrate libraries in writing at the front desk by answering these two questions: What is your first memory of a library? and Why do you love your library? You can also send comments to our suggestion box at http://www.mclennan.edu/library/lib/suggest.html.

We have selected books for our display covering such topics as books, reading, writing, poetry, fiction, and libraries. Please come by the book display located at the front of the library. You can also browse the selected titles in the online catalog.

On the afternoon of Tuesday, April 17th, we will be serving cake and punch in the library for everyone at MCC.

Also on Tuesday, April 17th, 5 MCC faculty members will be reading selections from original fiction in the LTC Rotunda at 1:00 pm. The event will run until 2:45 pm. The faculty members scheduled to read are: William Matta, James McKeown, George Wilhite, Charlotte Laughlin, and Kay Moser. All MCC faculty, staff and students are welcome, as well as anyone in the Waco-McLennan County area.

Thomson Gale is providing FREE access to trusted, relevant and easy-to-use online resource from April 15th to April 21st, in honor of National Library Week.

Between April 15 and 21, go to http://www.accessmylibrary.com/libraryweek

Naxos Music, Jazz and Spoken Word Library are now working. No login is required on campus, but a user’s MCC username and password are required for logging in off-campus.

From Wednesday, April 11, 2007:

Due to a technical error at Naxos’s site, our 3 Naxos Online products (Naxos Music Library, Naxos Jazz, and Naxos Spoken Word Library) are temporarily inaccessible. They hope to have the problem fixed by tomorrow. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Free Gale Databases during National Library Week (April 15-21)

Thomson Gale is providing FREE access to trusted, relevant and easy-to-use online resource from April 15th to April 21st, in honor of National Library Week. Go to http://www.accessmylibrary.com/libraryweek.

Celebrate Poetry at the MCC Library

To find 20^th Century Poetry
Use our two databases from TexShare
Go to the Library Homepage
Click on Article Databases
Select Literature and Humanities
Locate 20^th Century Poetry (Chadwyck-Healey)
At the Poetry collection homepage
Select either American or English

Celebrate Libraries

LibrarySpot Feature: National Library Week
A tribute to libraries and librarians around the world.
www.libraryspot.com/features/libweekfeature.htm

Quotations about Libraries and Librarians (IFLA)
http://www.ifla.org/I/humour/subj.htm

Visit a local library

McLennan Community College Library http://www.mclennan.edu/library

Waco-McLennan County Library http://www.waco-texas.com/city_depts/libraryservices/libraryservices.htm

TSTC Waco Library
http://walib.tstc.edu

Baylor Libraries
http://www.baylor.edu/lib/splash.php

netLibrary’s April 2007 eBook of the Month is entitled Caesar in Gaul and Rome: War in Words by Andrew M. Riggsby (University of Texas Press, 2006).  To access the netLibrary eBook of the month, go to the library home page and select netLibrary from the Quick Research Links.  The cover of the book will be displayed in the lower right corner of the screen with a link to access to book.

Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk: Guidelines for Clinically Based Risk Management. To access this eBook, go to the library home page, click on Article Databases and select P for the first letter of the database called PsychiatryOnline.