News!  

Join Spencer, the Library's Super Searcher, and one of our friendly librarians to explore the library's databases. No registration required. All sessions will take place in the Library Classroom.

Open to ALL students, staff, faculty and administrators.

• October 12th, 12:15-1:00
  Learn more about Academic Search Premier, SocIndex, Communication and Mass Media, PsycArticles, Business Source Premier and GreenFile.
• October 21, 3:00-3:45
  Learn more about Lexis Nexis
• October 26th, 12:15-1:00
  Learn more about Proquest Research Library, ABIInform, Nursing & Allied Health Source, and Proquest Newspapers.

Spencer hopes to see YOU there!

The Fall 2009 issue of the Library Newsletter, 'Check it Out!' is now available. Visit the Library's Newsletter Page for more information and to view past issues.

Did you know that hundreds of documentaries and informative television shows are available online for you to view FOR FREE? You can watch full length episodes of PBS series at http://video.pbs.org. This site includes shows like Nature, Hostory Detectives, News Hour with Jim Lehrer, and Nova. Caught up in the recent Julia Child craze? Watch original episodes of The French Chef with Julia Child at http://video.pbs.org/feature/90/.

SnagFilms.com has over 800 documentaries from both established filmarkers and novice documentarians who have an important story to tell. You can view the videos from their website and then "snag" it to post to a blog or social netowkr, or grab the html code for your own website. Check out their Most Discussed videos, like "The End of America" with Naomi Wolf, "Close Encounters: Proof of Alien Contact", or "What Would Jesus Buy".

Become a fan of the Library on Facebook! We'll keep you up to date on events, new books, interesting websites, fun facts, and even help with assignments. Log on to your Facebook Profile and search for Evelyn Field Library to become a fan. Not on Facebook? That's ok! You can still view our page at http://tinyurl.com/libonfacebook and bookmark it for next time.

Safari Books Online contains thousands of titles from leading publishers in computer science and technology. You can access all of these titles right from your office or home computer, or from any of the campus computer labs. More than 70 titles were recently added, including these titles that can help you on your path to computer geekdom! If you are off-campus, you will need to log in with your G# and password when prompted to access these titles.

• Hacking: The Next Generation
• Sexy Web Design
• The Principles of Successful Freelancing
• The Social Factor: Innovate, Ignite, and Win through Mass Collaboration and Social Networking
• Sams Teach Yourself YouTube in 10 Minutes
• Sams Teach Yourself Facebook in 10 Minutes
• ActionScript for Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds
• Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics, Fifth Edition
• Programming in C, Third Edition

For more online books, visit the Databases page on the library website (http://library.raritanval.edu/databases) and select Safari Books Online from the alphabetic listing.

The Library would like to announce the addition of the Proquest Nursing & Allied Health Source Database. The database provides information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine in the following formats: full text journals, evidence based resources, dissertations, and systematic reviews. Topics covered include cytology, nursing, nutrition, oncology, physical therapy, radiography, dietetics, pediatric care, pharmacology, public health and radiology. The database includes abstracting and indexing for more than 850 titles, with over 715 titles in full-text. Journal coverage includes Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, Physical Therapy, Journal of Rehabilitation, and Clinical Laboratory Science.

The database may be accessed from the library's database page from either on or off-campus. G# and password required for off-campus use.

The Citation Help pages for both MLA and APA style have been updated to reflect the most recent editions of both style manuals. The new design of the pages makes it easier to find the format for whatever source you are citing. Instructions for citing sources within the body of your paper and formatting a Works Cited page are also included.

MLA style is based on the new MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th Edition. APA style is based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition.

A one-page (double-sided) handout of the most common citations for each style can be printed by selecting the Print Version link on the upper right hand side of both webpages. Happy citing!

Welcome to all new and returning students from the library staff! Whether it's your first time on campus or your hundred and seventy-eighth, we hope you'll stop by the library and check out all that we have to offer!

• Remember that you can have a student ID card made in the library, and an ID is required to check out library materials.
• We have an excellent collection of bestsellers and award winning books on display near the Check Out desk. Pick up something to read for fun before the semester really gets you bogged down!
• Already stressed out? Unwind with a DVD this weekend, like Gran Torino or Revolutionary Road. We have both, and many more DVD's, for a lot less than your cable On Demand - because they're FREE!
• Desperately need to update your Facebook status? We have computers available too! Be sure to Become a Fan of Raritan Valley Community College while you're on there…and maybe check your Lion's Den for important emails while you're at it.
• Don't forget we have 2 floors! Head upstairs to the Quiet Study area when you need to get away from the ringing cell phones and constant chatter.

Have a great semester and we hope to see you all soon!

The library now subscribes to Credo Reference, a full-text online reference service that includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, quotations, and many other sources of factual information from a variety of top publishers. Credo Reference is an excellent place to begin researching an unfamiliar topic, or to look up quick facts, definitions, quotations, maps, images and more. Some interesting reference works available in Credo include:

• Chambers Film Factfinder
• A Biographical Dictionary of Dissenting Economists
• The New Food Lover's Companion
• The New Wine Lover's Companion
• Notable American Women
• Chambers Book of Speeches
• Conspiracy Theories in American History
• Divided by a Common Language
• Eurojargon
• Natural Medicine Instructions for Patients
• Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought
• Guide to Seashells of the World
• Contemporary Youth Culture: An International Encyclopedia
• Pop Culture Arab World! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle

Credo Reference can be accessed from the library's Databases page and can be used off-campus by RVCC students and staff. Search by keyword from the homepage, or click Find a Book to see a list of titles available. This feature allows you to browse the Table of Contents for a specific book. Bookmark Credo Reference for all of your fact-finding needs!

The Library will not open until Noon on Wednesday, August 26th.