MCC Library Newsletter

Writing Papers?
Don’t forget that the Writing Center (SC 222, 299-8356) is available to assist students:

1. Help with class essays, research papers, academic writing, letter writing, and resumes
2. Aided instruction through computer tutorials and ESL/ESOL software
3. Word processing help

The library has copies of the MLA and APA style guides; check out a copy for 2 hours to use in the library. 

Visit the library’s links to online style guides at http://www.mclennan.edu/library/help/citation.html.

Printing in the library
If you are a new student at MCC and are planning to print or make copies in the MCC Library for the first time, you must use your activated Highlander OneCard to pay for prints and copies with money deposited to your campus funds.

End of Semester Book Due Dates
Any circulating books checked out on or after Sunday, November 25 will be due Friday, Dec. 7, 2007.  The last day to check out books is December 6, 2007, but the book will be due the following day, Friday, Dec. 7, 2007. 

(The due date for faculty and staff is Dec. 14, 2007.)

Library Hours during the end of the semester
Library hours will remain the same throughout the rest of the fall semester. 

December Minimester
During the December Minimester, the library will be closed from Dec. 15 to January 6.  The library’s web site and online databases will be available to December minimester students and the Ask a Librarian email service will also be available. 

The MCC Library’s Internet Sites by Subject are hosted on an ad-free wikispaces site at http://mccintsub.wikispaces.com. 

You can search the MCC librarian collected and recommended internet sites or browse the subject areas listed: Quick Reference, Search the Internet, Free Article Databases, Multimedia Sites, News and Weather, Periodicals on the WWW, Texas, Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Biography, Business, Computers and the Internet, Education, Fashion and Cosmetology, Fine Arts, Geography and History, Government, Health Sciences, Nursing and Consumer Health, Humanities, Law, Science and Mathematics, and Social Sciences.

The library’s hours surrounding the Thanksgiving holiday are as follows:

Tuesday, Nov 20 we will close early at 5:00 pm.
Wednesday,  Nov 21 - Saturday Nov 24, the library will be CLOSED.
Sunday, Nov 25, we will resume normal hours from 3:00 - 9:00 pm.

Please view the entire library hours calendar at http://www.mclennan.edu/library/lib/hours.html.

Have a happy and safe holiday!

Casa de Café, an annual event celebrating the artistic and literary talents of MCC students and benefiting Storybook Christmas, will be held in the LTC Rotunda on the third floor on November 14 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM.

Entries from the Stone Circle will be presented. Musical entertainment and refreshments will be provided.

Admission is $2.00 per person or a new children’s book and $10 per class.

This event will benefit Storybook Christmas, a joint effort with the Central Texas Literacy Coalition and the Waco Tribune Herald. The aim of Storybook Christmas is to give at least one new book to every child in McLennan County grades 3-10 who does not have a book of their own.

The NetLibrary Ebook of the Month is entitled Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism by Howard Schwartz.

“Schwartz, a renowned collector and teller of traditional Jewish tales, illuminates the previously unexplored territory of Jewish mythology. This pioneering anthology is essential for anyone interested in the Hebrew Bible, Jewish faith and culture, and world mythology.”

To access the NetLibrary Ebook of the Month, go to the library home page and click on Quick Links and then NetLibrary. Click on book located in the lower right corner of the NetLibrary screen.

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The PsychiatryOnline Ebook of the Month is entitled Medical Illness and Schizophrenia edited by Jonathan M. Meyer, M.D., and Henry A. Nasrallah, M.D.

“Developed to fill a critical gap in the literature, Medical Illness and Schizophrenia is an important volume for any clinician who encounters patients with chronic severe mental illness. In addition, it serves to underscore the need to provide integrated medical and psychiatric care to this vulnerable population.”

To access the PsychiatryOnline Ebook of the Month, go to the library home page and click on Articles, Research & More. Then select PsychiatryOnline from the drop down list.