You can ask away anytime of the day!

Check out what Palomar's student paper, The Telescope, had to say about our Ask-A-Librarian service. Their Jessica Walls reports on interviews with Librarian Laurie Hope (one of our EJA librarians!!) and students that the 24/7 Reference service is worth using. The full story appears in the January 19th issue, both on The Telescope's online portal and on the front page of the print edition.

New Books - November 2009

The EJA Library has newly purchased books and videos that may help you learn more about your paper topic!

If you're researching the increasing problem with obesity in the United States, check out our new book Suicide by Sugar. Author Nancy Appleton has written several books on health, including Lick the Sugar Habit.

For those who might want to better understand issues that impact people living close tot he Mexican border read Lynn Stephen's Transborder Lives.

Writing about how popular culture represents minorities who were part of the greatest generation borrow our copy of Spike Lee's film adaptation of the James McBride novel Miracle at St. Anna,

To search all new titles purchased by Palomar College, click this link.

New Database: Credo Reference

The Library has obtained a subscription to Credo Reference. This is a full-text online reference collection that includes over three million current entries from hundreds of dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases. It covers a wide range of subjects in all disciplines, and even contains a measurement conversion tool. Click here for a complete title list.

Credo may be accessed by clicking the above hyperlink or from the Library’s database web page where you can find more information about this and all our other databases at (Palomar college e-services or network login required off-campus).

North County Times (NC Times) reporter Morgan Cook wrote a nice article on the Grand Opening of Palomar College's Teaching & Learning Center (TLC). The Center is located at the College' Escondido Center and has been in operation for the Fall 2009 semester. However, the community wide celebration to launch the TLC took place Wednesday afternoon September 16th from 4:00-7:00 pm.

Featured on the front page of the Local section in their Thursday September 17th issue the article was accompanied by a great photo of Linda Morrow. Those who enjoy the intimacy of the Escondido Center campus will remember that Ms. Morrow was Branch Services Librarian at the Ernest J. Allen Library from 2005-2008. Linda now serves as the Public Services Librarian and this year was elected Department Chair.

To see informal photos from the opening visit this Flickr link.

New periodical at EJA Library: Surfer

Take a peek at our new magazine subscription, Surfer, for a refreshing break between classes. Full of award winning photos, interviews with surfing greats and tips for new surfing destinations this monthly publication is worth your time. Browsing the pages of Surfer just might inspire you to register for Introduction to Oceanography (OCN100) or the Physical Eduction Department's surfing classes (PE120 & PE121).

Published monthly, current issues are on the Ernest J. Allen Library Periodical shelves at the Escondido Center.

There are 3 new databases available from the library this semester!
(Remember if off-campus, you must login with your Palomar e-services/network login)

* History Resource Center
Integrates 17 reference sources from various publishers (e.g. Gale, Macmillan, Scribner,etc.) with full-text articles from over 100 academic journals. Includes primary source documents, some native language documents and even a few Microfilm Collections. There are also a high percentage that never have been available electronically in the United States before. Historical news sources, 500 maps, 1,000 images.

* Biography Resource Center
Contains more than 422,000 biographies on more than 335,000 people from around the world and throughout history. It combines more than 135 frequently consulted Gale biographical databases with nearly 300 full-text periodicals.

* LegalTrac
LegalTrac provides indexing for more than 1,500 major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty publications, Bar Association journals and international legal journals, including more than 200 titles in full text.

More information about these and other databases are available by clicking the "Databases/Articles" link from the library homepage or by going to the Library home page. Please contact Tamara Weintraub, Collection Management/Subscriptions Librarian, with any questions, comments, or recommendations about our electronic resources.

The President’s Associates have granted funding to provide a limited amount of book loans to students who are financially unable to purchase a required textbook for their class. Applications are available only at ST-17(near the Student Services Building). Students will need to fill out the application completely and have either their professor OR counselor sign it and turn it back in to the office. At this time, due to overwhelming demand, only one textbook per student will be loaned out this semester.

Additionally, the Associates have provided funding to the Library to purchase many of the core textbooks for students to use at the Library to complete their homework. The books must be used at the Library and cannot be taken home. Currently there are about 200 textbooks available between the San Marcos and Escondido library locations.

Escondido Center's Ernest J. Allen Library (EJA) purchases textbooks exclusively for classes taught at Escondido.

Textbooks are listed in the online catalog. Click here to view the catalog. If you do not see yours, please drop by or call us (760-744-1150, ext. 8113) to find out if your textbook is available.