MCC Library Newsletter

NetLibrary: The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means by George Soros (PublicAffairs, 2008).

To view the netLibrary eBook of the Month, go to the library home page, click on Quick Research Links and choose netLibrary from the list.  The eBook will be accessible from the lower right corner of the netLibrary home page.

To view the PsychiatryOnline eBook of the Month, go to the library home page, click on Articles, Research & More and choose PsychiatryOnlinefrom the list.  The eBook will be accessible from the lower left of the PsychiatryOnline home page.

The library has acquired three new electronic resources beginning January 2008.

1. Oxford English Dictionary Online: The OED is recognized as the authority on the evolution of the English language. The contents of the OED provides the meaning, history, and pronunciation of more than half a million words in past and current use. The online version provides access to the 2nd edition of the OED plus contents of the additions published between 1993 and 1997 and quarterly revisions. For more information about the benefits of the online OED, visit the publisher’s FAQs. You will find links to this database in the following locations on the library web site: 1) Where Do I Start? Encyclopedias & Reference, 2) A-Z List of Article & Research Databases, and 3) Databases by Type: Encyclopedias & Reference.

2 . Cambridge Collections Online, including The Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics and The Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture. You will find links to this database in the following locations: 1) A-Z List of Article & Research Databases, 2) Databases by Subject: Literature & Humanities, Literary Biography and Religion and Philosophy and 3) Databases by Type: Electronic Books.

Descriptions from the publisher’s site: “The Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics collection offers over 1500 comprehensive and accessible essays on major authors, periods and genres, written by experts and designed for student readers. For
the author Companions each writer is placed in literary and historical context; their major works are analysed, either in separate chapters or grouped according to theme, and their influence on later writers assessed. The generic and topical Companions cover periods of English literature such as Old English or the Victorian Novel, and literary
genres such as Modernism or Greek Tragedy, giving the student vital contextual information about political, social, religious and artistic relationships. The Companions to Classical Civilisation examine key periods and aspects of the civilisations of ancient Greece and Rome.”

“The Cambridge Companions series offers specially-commissioned collections of essays which are intended to serve as reference works for an inter-disciplinary audience of students and non-specialists. Addressing topics and figures ranging from Plato through Kant to Habermas, and philosophical movements such as the Scottish Enlightenment and German Idealism, this online collection contains over 1000 downloadable essays taken from the Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture (more than 100 volumes).”

3. Acceda Noticias (Newsbank): Provides online access to the complete full-text of more than 50 Spanish-language newspapers, newswires, magazines, and transcripts from major US cities and Spanish-speaking countries including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Spain. All content was written originally in Spanish, rather than translated from other languages. You will find links to this database in the following locations: 1) A-Z List of Article & Research Databases, 2) Databases by Subject: Languages, and 3) Resources by Subject: Spanish Language Resources.

If you are attempting to search one of the MCC Library’s Gale databases (Gale Virtual Reference Library, Literature Resource Center, Health and Wellness Resource Center, Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Scribner and Twayne’s) when using Internet Explorer version 7, you may notice that the individual database screen does not load.

Until this problem can be resolved, you will need to hit Refresh (F5) on your IE7 browser once after trying to get into the database.  You may also choose to use an alternate browser, such as Mozilla, Opera, or Netscape.

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.

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. 

Effective August 20, 2007, a few changes were made to the library website, in an effort to improve the use of key features of the library’s online services.

The most notable change was to reword the link “Article Databases” to “Articles, Research, & More.” In addtion, the “Articles, Research & More” page has changed to include drop down boxes with links to all of our subscription databases (replacing the ABC links to the list).

Here is a brief summary of other notable changes you may want to be aware of as you begin research this semester or direct students to the library website for course assignments:

Left

• “Quick Research Links” reworded to “Quick Links” and moved above the Book Search box
• “Quick Book Search” reworded to “Book Search“
• Added link to “Renew Your Books Online“
• Placement of section “About the Library” and reordered items for prominence of “Information for Students” and “Services for Faculty”
• New page, “Suggest a Library Purchase” has replaced “Collection Development Policy” (which is included on the new page)

Middle

• “Finding Information” reworded to “Find & Search“
• Improvement of “Where Do I Start” page to include most common research resources
• Rewording of Find Books (Online Catalog) to “Books (Online Catalog)“
• Rewording from “Article Databases” to “Articles, Research & More“
• Moved “Access from Home” to this section
• Move and reworded section from “Useful Internet Sites” to “Find Internet Sites“
• New site for  Internet Sites by Subject using a free wiki.
• Added link to “Evaluating Web Sources“
• Moved “Library Help” to top right next to Find & Search
• New site for Library FAQs is searchable using a free wiki.
• Reworded links under “More Libraries” to
  • Search the Library of Texas
  • Use Interlibrary Loan
  • Get a TexShare card

Please let us know of any feedback you may have regarding the library’s website by using our online Suggestion Box or by sending an email to Kristen Cook.

Ebsco’s Academic Search Complete Now Part of the TexShare Core Collection

*Academic Search Complete supercedes Academic Search Premier.  The library will be replacing all links to Academic Search Premier with Academic Search Complete in time for the beginning of the fall semester.

Description: By far the world’s most numerous collection of active full-text peer-reviewed journals, Academic Search Complete includes indexing for 9,000 journals, with full text for 5,500 of those titles.

Academic Search Complete contains full text coverage in animal science, anthropology, archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, history, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women’s studies and zoology.

Content Includes:
9,000 Abstracted and indexed journals
5,500 Full text journals
Full text for numerous active peer-reviewed journals

To search Academic Search Complete, go to
http://proxy.mclennan.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=a9h

Or choose Article Databases A to Z list and locate the link to Academic Search Complete.