MCC Library Newsletter

NetLibrary will provide access for one month beginning October 1 to the Ebook entitled
Capitalism as if the World Matters by Jonathon Porritt (revised edition, 2007).’

“In this substantially revised and updated edition with a new foreword by Amory B. Lovins, Jonathon Porritt—Prime Minister Tony Blair’s chief environmental advisor—tackles the most pressing problems of our time and extends his powerful and controversial argument by suggesting new actions in a tightly argued and highly accessible book. New material includes in-depth coverage of the United States and the politics of climate change, the state of environmental debate and the massive upsurge in religious engagement with climate and the environment.”

To access the NetLibrary EBook of the Month, go to NetLibrary’s home page and click on the link to the current free EBook located on the lower right corner of the screen.

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PsychiatryOnline is offering during the month of October access to an electronic book entitled Clinical Manual of Geriatric Psychiatry (2006).

“Drs. Spar and La Rue review the effects of aging on cognitive performance, including clinical presentations of memory loss and medication-induced symptoms of mental disorder. They offer practical guidance to help the clinician not only diagnose and treat these conditions but also address such issues as evaluating competency for informed consent.”

Locate the section on the lower left of the PsychiatryOnline main page labeled “EBOOK OF THE MONTH” and click on the link to download the PDF of the free ebook. To get to PsychiatryOnline from the library’s website, go to http://www.mclennan.edu/library and select “Articles, Research & More.”  Then scroll down the drop down list to locate the link to PsychiatryOnline.

NewsBanks’s Full Text Texas Newspapers includes all major Texas newspapers in a searchable full text database:

Waco Tribune-Herald (TX)  (12/10/1999-Current)

Abilene Reporter-News (TX)  (5/21/2003-Current, selected coverage from 12/12/2002)

Amarillo Globe-News (TX)  (6/20/2002-Current)

Arlington Morning News (TX)  (4/1/1996-1/12/2003, 1/1/2000-4/3/2001 unavailable)

Austin American-Statesman (TX)  (1989-Current)

Beaumont Enterprise, The (TX)  (2001-Current)

Corpus Christi Caller-Times (TX)  (4/20/1993-Current)

Dallas Morning News, The (TX)  (1984-Current)

El Paso Times (TX)  (1/1/1999-Current)

Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX)  (1991-Current)

Graham Leader (TX)  (11/04/02-Current)

Houston Chronicle (TX)  (1985-Current)

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (TX)  (6/6/2003-Current)

Midland Reporter-Telegram (TX)  (3/10/2001-Current)

Plainview Daily Herald (TX)  (5/3/1996-Current)

Quick DFW (Dallas, TX)  (11/10/2003-Current)

San Antonio Express-News (TX)  (1990-Current)

Victoria Advocate, The (TX)  (1999-Current)

To get to this database, go to the Library Home page and select NewsBank (TX) from the drop down labeled “Quick Links.”

The library has initiated subscriptions to the following resources (listed on the web site at Articles, Research & More)

1.  eBrary

• over 19,000 electronic books
• multiple viewers can look at the same book at once
• records are listed in the library catalog soon
• You must install the Ebrary Reader upon first use (all computers in the library have the Reader installed for Internet Explorer and Firefox)

2.  Anthrosource

• Current issues and archives for 15 American Anthropological Association publications
• Includes American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Anthropology and Education Quarterly, and Medical Anthropology Quarterly

3.  Webster’s Dictionary Unabridged

• Search in main entries, etymology, function, definition, ,verbal illustration, synonymy paragraph, and author quoted
• Includes a word game search: crossword, homophone, rhyme, and jumble

4.  ScienceDirect College Edition Health & Life Sciences E-Journals

Please contact me or your library liaison if you have questions or comments about the changes to the library web site or our new subscriptions. 

The Ebrary Reader Plug-in, the software required to use our new eBook database, is currently being installed on all library computers. Please see the library techs, desk staff, or librarians to find out which computers are currently installed with the necessary Ebrary reader plug-in.

To use Ebrary from home, you will first be prompted to quickly install this Ebrary Reader. Please go to the Ebrary site for instructions in Internet Explorer and Firefox. The recommended version of Internet Explorer is version 7.