Integrating Library Resources into Your Blackboard Courses

For Faculty:
Check out our online guide, Integrating Library Resources into Your Blackboard Courses, to find out how to create direct links to JSRCC Library’s online: course & subject guides, databases,  full-text articles, and full-text books.  

For more information on creating links to these resources or to schedule a one-on-one consultation, contact Denise Woetzel (email: dwoetzel@reynolds.edu / phone: 523-5325).  The Library will also be offering sessions in the future on integrating library resources into Blackboard through JSRCC’s Professional Development workshops.

Our Reference Librarians will also work with you in finding appropriate online resources to supplement your Blackboard courses.  Contact the Reference Desk for more information (Downtown: 523-5333, Parham: 523-5329).

Study Skills & Academic Success

Students needing help with study skills, can find resources quick and easy through the library’s online Study Skills & Academic Success guide.   Find books & web sites on study skills such as: note taking, reading comprehension,  test taking, time management, and writing.  The guide also provides information on where to seek help on campus.  To access the guide from the library’s home page, click on Subject Guides, then click on Study Skills & Academic Success .  For more information on this guide or assistance in locating study skills resources, please contact the Reference Desk.

Happy Pi Day

Need something to celebrate? March 14 is Pi Day. Go figure.  Also, it is Albert Einstein’s birthday. Tomorrow is the Ides of March.

So–eat some cake for Dr. Einstein. Eat some pie in appreciation of circles. Be well-rounded. Exercise circular logic. Quote a little Julius Caesar. Or — since this is a library blog — read an Einstein biography. Enjoy a Shakespeare play. Brush up on your math skills.

English 111 Argumentative Research Paper

Are you looking for current interesting topics? Visit our campus libraries to see what’s new! 

Anti-Arab Racism in the USA    

E184.A65 S35 2006 Downtown

Lockout: Why America Keeps Getting Immigration Wrong When Our Prosperity Depends On Getting It Right   

JV6483.W83 2006 Parham    

Mexican Illegal Aliens: a Mexican American Perspective 

E184.M5 C36 2006 Parham

 

Cars and Culture: the Life Story of a Technology  

TL15.V65 2006 Western

Cars In America (Opposing Viewpoints series)  

TL23.C3655 2006 Parham

Terror on the Highway: Rage on America’s Roads  

TL152.35 E25 2006 Parham

 

Chew on This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Fast Food    

TX370.S35 2006  Parham 

Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies  

QP141.S5365 2006 Downtown

The Omnivore’s Dilemma: a Natural History of Four Meals  
GT2850.P65 2006   Downtown/Parham/Western 

Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Environmental Issues  

GE170.T35 2006 Western  

Sustainable Energy and the States: Essays on Politics, Markets and Leadership

 TJ807.9.U6 S87 2006 Western                                             
Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth                                                  
QC981.8.C5 F438 2006 Downtown/ Parham

  

Encyclopedia of Religious Freedom   

Reference BV741.E47 2003 Parham
Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power 

KF5060.M373 2006 Parham

Is American Society Too Materialistic? (At Issue series)  

HC110.C6 I79 2006 Parham

Magic in the Air: Mobile Communication and the Transformation of  Social Life                                                                   
HE9713.K38 2006 Parham                                                       
Same-Sex Marriage (Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America series)                                                                
HQ1033.P47 2006 Parham

Targeting Autism   
RJ506.A9 C63 2006 Downtown/Parham

Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America       
R726.C637 2006 Downtown/Parham

 

Did you know?  Links to excellent CQ Researcher articles on controversial social issues are now included in VCCSLinc, the online library catalog!

 

Use keyword search: cq researcher  to locate these research articles available at all 3 campus libraries. From the VCCSLinc results screen, click on the external link on the right to access the full article from the CQ Researcher database.  When you click on any library database link from off-campus, you will get a VCCS logon screen.  Type in your Blackboard username & password to access the database and article.

 

CQ Researcher Database URL: http://library.vccs.edu/license-bin/linker.plx?cqpress

           

Worldcat.org–Find a book anywhere

Need to find a particular book in a hurry but can’t find it in the first library you check? Check a lot of local libraries with one quick search by going to Worldcat.org! Just enter a title, subject, or person in the text box and you will be given a list of books and the libraries who own them. Localize your search by typing in a town and state, and not only will you see the libraries nearby who own that book, but clicking on the title will take you directly to that library’s own catalog so you can see the location and availability.  And it’s free. You can register on the site if you like but it isn’t required. How cool is that?

But wait, there’s more.  Item records now include a “Cite this Item” link that provides bibliographic citations in five common styles: APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA and Turabian. Displayed in a separate pop-up window, the citations follow the reference standard for each style.

SIRS Database – Spotlight on Women’s History Month

 

Check out the articles & web site links from the SIRS database that spotlight the historical, political, and cultural influences of notable women who have occupied significant roles in American history.  For more information or assistance in using the SIRS database, contact the Reference Desk.