VOL. 27 ISSUE 1 OCT. 2017

Open Textbook

Library

Over the summer

MOBIUS joined

over 600 colleges

and universities in

the Open Textbook

Network to pro-

mote “access, affordability, and stu-

dent success through the use of

open textbooks.” The Open Text-

book Network manages the Open

Textbook Library which comprises

over 350 open textbooks in sub-

jects including business, computer

science, education, art, music, liter-

ature & writing, communications,

philosophy, math, medicine, natural

sciences, social sciences, and stu-

dent success. Over 700 faculty re-

views of the books are also availa-

ble. As a member of MOBIUS, text-

books are freely available to SCC

faculty and licensed under Creative

Commons. Get started now by

viewing the textbooks available at

https://open.umn.edu/

opentextbooks/.

New Collection of

Library Databases

The library has acquired a subscrip-

tion to a new collection of data-

bases through the Gale Access

Program. The package includes

current library databases Opposing

Viewpoints in Context, Literature

Resource Center, and U.S./World

History in Context, plus many oth-

ers:

Academic OneFile

(emphasis on journals)

General OneFile (magazines)

Newsstand (newspapers)

Biography in Context

Global Issues in Context

World Scholar: Latin America

and the Caribbean

Litfinder

Business Insights: Global

Tablebase

Health & Wellness Resource

Center

Science in Context

GREENR (Global Reference on

the Environment/Energy/And

Natural Resources)

For the complete list of library data-

bases, visit https://www.stchas.edu/

academics/library/databases.

“The Network has been invaluable;

by pooling knowledge and resources,

we benefit from the expertise of the

growing network and don’t have to

go it alone or reinvent the wheel.”

Karen Williams

Dean, University of Arizona Libraries

Contents

Library Databases………1

Open Textbook Library…1

From the Dean…………..2

New Directions

Periodicals……………….2

Research Guides……….3

Scientific Databases……3

Book Club………………..3

Stephen King……………3

National Book Award…...4

Web Sites………………..5

Banned Books…………..6

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New Directions for Higher and Adult Education

The SCC Library subscribes to the New Directions series of periodicals that

includes:

New Directions for Adult & Continuing Education

New Directions for Community Colleges

New Directions for Higher Education

New Directions for Institutional Research

New Directions for Student Services

New Directions for Teaching & Learning

All series are available in print in the library and online through Academic

Search Premier. The most recent four issues of each series are only available

in print. You can set up an email alert to find out when a new issue becomes

available that will include the issue’s table of contents. To create an alert, you

will first need to set up an account in EBSCO (Academic Search Premier).

Next, click Publications at the top of the page and search for the title. Once

you click the title, click “Share” and then “Email Alert.” For the complete in-

structions on creating a journal alert, visit https://tinyurl.com/yd9pkban. If you

need assistance, contact a librarian!

From the Dean

Over the course of a semester, students and faculty often visit the SCC library.

There one finds friendly staff to assist with reference questions, checking out

materials, logging on to computers, and much more. How many of you know

that the library provided fitness too? Last year, three FitDesks were added to

the library’s information commons area near the Help Desk, thanks to a Well-

ness Grant. These bikes are not for a strenuous workout. They are there for

the people who would like to move a bit while reading a book, checking their

Facebook page, or listening to music on their iPhone. No matter whether you

are student, faculty, or staff, you are welcome to try one out in the library. In the

near future, two more FitDesks will be added to the offering in the ACE Tutor-

ing Center in the Social Sciences Building (SSB). FitDesks make balancing

your time easy. You can go at your own pace, and the machine keeps track of

your progress. So, don’t miss out. Stop by the library or ACE Tutoring and try

one out.

Stephanie D. Tolson, Dean

Learning Resources & Academic Support

3D printing coming

soon to the library!

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Between the Covers

Book Club

Join the Multicultural Committee at

2:30 in the Information Commons

at the library for the final two book

club meetings of the semester:

Oct. 25: Things We Lost in the Fire:

Stories

by Mariana Enriquez

Nov. 29: Bad Feminist: Essays

by Roxanne Gay

All students, faculty, and staff are

welcome. Enjoy coffee, snacks,

and a giveway at every meeting!

“All Work and No Play Makes

Jack a Dull Boy:” Take a Break

with Stephen King

Adaptations of

Stephen King

books into tv shows

and films have been

all the rage lately. If

you’ve seen It, Mr.

Mercedes, The Mist,

or The Dark Tower,

and you can’t get enough of the

master of horror fiction, the library

has you covered! Check out our col-

lection of Stephen King books and

videos.

As the anniversary

of the assassination

of President Kenne-

dy approaches, pick

up 11/22/63—both a

book and tv series!

Lib(Research)Guides

In the past year the SCC Library

obtained a subscription to Lib-

Guides, a content management

system that allows librarians to or-

ganize resources and share infor-

mation. Currently we are using it to

create research guides for general

subjects (e.g., citation guides, fake

news, women in science) and spe-

cific courses (e.g., Digital Photog-

raphy, Music Appreciation). For the

complete list of research guides

currently available, visit the library’s

Resources & Support page and

scroll down to Guides & Tutorials.

Contact a librarian if you are inter-

ested in having a research guide

created for your assignment or

class!

New Scientific and

Medical Databases The library recently

subscribed to

Scientific and

Medical Art

(SMART) Image-

base, which allows

the download of

“thousands of medical illustrations,

videos, interactive tools, and mono-

graphs of anatomy, physiology, em-

bryology, surgery, trauma, patholo-

gy, diseases, conditions and other

topics.” The library also upgraded to

CINAHL Complete (Cumulative In-

dex to Nursing and Allied Health Lit-

erature), giving students and faculty

access to 1,450 full-text journals.

Getting ready for the eclipse

The red, white, & blue on

display

National Book Award Longlists Announced The 2017 National Book Award longlists for non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and young people’s litera-

ture were announced in early September. Winners will be revealed Nov.15. Below is a list of nomi-

nees currently available at the SCC Library. For the complete longlists, visit the National Book

Foundation (http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2017.html).

Non-Fiction

Poetry

Young People’s

Literature Award-Winning Children’s Books

2017 Caldecott Medal 2017 Newbery Medal

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FINALIST

FINALIST

To recommend materials for

the library, please contact the

library liaison for your depart-

ment:

Ying Li

Nursing

Health Information

Management

Occupational Therapy

Physical Education

Biology

Chemistry

Physics

Theresa Flett

Communications/Speech

Journalism

Political Science

History

Geography

Geology

Engineering

Business Administration

Economics

Finance

Math/Computer Science

Julia Wilbers

Child Care & Early

Education

Education

English/Literature

Foreign Language

Philosophy

Religion

Reading

Kelly Mitchell

Art

Music

Theater

Anthropology

Human Services

Psychology

Sociology/Criminal Justice

Interesting Web Sites

Refugee Phrasebook

https://

www.refugeephrasebook.de/

“Refugee Phrasebook is an

open collaborative project to

provide important vocabulary

to refugees. It assembles im-

portant phrases from various

fields and encourages design-

ers and experts in the field to

improve on the material. The

phrases now include a broad

range of topics, from a simple

‘Hello’ to ‘I need to see a doc-

tor,’ covering a general set of

phrases as well as sentences

for juridical and medical

needs.”

Persuasive Geography: The

PJ Mode Collection

https://

persua-

sivemaps.library.cornell.edu/

“This is a collection of

‘persuasive’ cartography:

more than 800 maps intended

primarily to influence opinions

or beliefs—to send a mes-

sage—rather than to com-

municate geographic infor-

mation. The collection reflects

a variety of persuasive tools,

including allegorical, satirical

and pictorial mapping; selec-

tive inclusion; unusual use of

projections, color, graphics

and text; and intentional de-

ception. Maps in the collection

address a wide range of mes-

sages: religious, political, mili-

tary, commercial, moral and

social.”

1963: The Struggle for Civil

Rights

http://civilrights.jfklibrary.org/

“Explore 1963: The Struggle

for Civil Rights to learn the

inside story of key events in

civil rights history. By examin-

ing primary source material

from the Kennedy Library, you

can enter into the tumultuous

year of 1963, and discover

civil rights history through the

words and actions of the peo-

ple who lived it. As you listen

to press conferences, exam-

ine letters from civil rights

leaders and U.S. citizens of all

ages, see photographs of pro-

tests and the violence that en-

sued, and view film footage of

the peaceful March on Wash-

ington, you will witness the

complexity of this historical

period, including the variety of

perspectives and attitudes that

existed at that time.”

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Artwork courtesy of the American Library Association, ala.org/bbooks/NLW-Top10

The Office for Intellectual Freedom compiles the Top Ten Most Challenged Books list by documenting public

challenges and censorship reports submitted through the Office. On average, ten percent of challenges result

in the removal of the book. The Library Bill of Rights states that libraries should “challenge censorship in the

fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.” For the first time in Top Ten history

a book was challenged because of its author (Bill Cosby)—for sexual allegations against him.