Course Materials, Spring 2012

Welcome Back All!

I hope that over break you've taken more naps, seen more films and listened to more music than I did. Many of you know the drill by now, but, so as to introduce library procedures to new students and revisit them for old, know that many of your instructors have asked us to make available copies of the textbooks and other materials you'll need to absorb for your classes. These copies are kept behind the Circulation Desk, which is on your right as you enter the library. To find out if we have course materials you need, ask at the Circulation Desk or go to our online Library Catalog at

http://sirsi.palomar.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/?ps=BD0vHljKtp/0/3440030/60/502/X 

and click on Reserves (on gray horizontal bar at the top.) You can search by instructor's name, course number, or course title.

Food for Thought, Winter Break, 2011-12

Read in order to live.

GUSTAVE FLAUBERT

Letter to Mlle de Chantepie, June 1857

Highly Recommended Research Site

We're nearing the semester's end, yet again, and I urge Palomar students to check out an invaluable resource for your final papers and projects; it's called Opposing Viewpoints (link below), and it allows you to browse 5 million high-quality, pro/con articles on a wealth of "today's hottest social issues," such as: cyber-bullying; the local food movement; the federal budget deficit; and much more.
The site also offers 70,000 images, with a link to Google Image Search; podcasts, statistical tables, charts and graphs, plus, it can store your research!

http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/?userGroupName=cclc_palomar

Images on The Great Depression

The Great Depession was a period of American history when many struggled for survival. To see iconic art of this time such as Dorthea Lange's powerful photographs of migratory cotton pickers, or Bernice Abbott's photographs of urban life in Manhattan, visit ARTstor. Students and faculty can access these and many other images on the topic conducting a basic search using the term "depression."

ARTstor is not only for fine arts students. Images from it can be used to enhance non-art projects, by supplementing a paper or presentation. Palomar students and faculty may access this database by clicking the link above, or on the Library's Arts and Humanities database web page. Palomar College e-services login is required off-campus. For more information, contact Tamara Weintraub, Collection Management/Subscriptions Librarian.

New Books, November 2011

Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World,
by Tom Rand, 2010

The editors of Rand's beautifully illustrated work urge us to "imagine it's the year 2050 and your grandkids ask you, 'Tell us again what you did when the Earth was getting hot?' What are you going to tell them?"
Each chapter of the book explores one of the leading clean technologies and shows how it can "help save our world for future generations."



The Filter Bubble: What the internet Is Hiding from You, by Eli Pariser, 2011

"Eli Pariser is worried. He cares deeply about our common social sphere and sees it in jeopardy. His thorough investigation of Internet trends got me worried, too. He even taught me things about Facebook. It's a must-read."
-- David Kirkpatrick, author of The Facebook Effect

New Online Resource

Videatives, a new online resource with streaming videos available through the library databases!

Videatives is a web-based streaming service of over 200 short video clips demonstrating scenarios in child development and education. Each video is accompanied by supporting, explanatory text. Together, the visual and textual documents map theory to practice, and generate theory from practice for students and practitioners through demonstrations of children's interactions with others and their environment.

These resources are perfect for Escondido faculty involved in Child Development courses and students using the EJA library or working at the Child Development Center. You can access this database on the Library’s Behavioral Sciences database web page (Palomar College e-services login required off-campus) or by clicking on this link.

For more help, please contact Tamara Weintraub, Collection Management/Subscriptions Librarian.
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EJA Library Getting a New Look!

The Escondido Center Library is getting a new look!!
Thanks to funding from the Ernest J. Allen endowment the Library at Palomar College’s Escondido Center is being remodeled. The remodel will result in the Library and ESC200 laboratory being redesigned into a single learning space. Unfortunately the bid requires that we completely remove the entire collection and all our furnishings, so we must close before the end of the semester to allow our contractor access.
Our Library will close for remodeling as of May 10th! We expect to reopen in early July (this date is subject to the contractor’s timetable). Select library services will be available from our temporary home - Room 500E in the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC)!
Librarians at Escondido will continue to provide Reference service. This includes helping students identify books and articles for homework and research needs as well as assistance with citation and resource evaluation. Library instruction sessions will be held in the TLC Conference room (500B). Faculty are encouraged to continue requesting Library Instruction in person or via our online form (the preferred method).

Our Library Technicians will process return of library materials, accept payment for fines and provide access to our textbooks and Reserve collection. Students will continue to have access to the collection at our San Marcos location and can request materials be transferred to Escondido from there.
Please contact Library Department Chair, Linda Morrow, or Branch Services Librarian, Marlene Forney, if you have any questions.