Escondido Center Renovation

Have you noticed? The Escondido Center Tower stands no more.  The tower was torn down on Dec. 8, as part of an overall renovation of the Escondido Center.  A new tower, as shown in the drawing below, will be constructed by March, 2013. Demolition of the front exterior is continuing and is also expected to be completed by March.  The Admissions office is now located in EC-10, across from the TLC.  Students and staff are encouraged to use the side entrance next to the TLC.

Create Citations Easily with EasyBib



 

Create and manage citations with EasyBib, available on the library’s home page.  With EasyBib you can create citations in MLA, APA or Chicago style.  In many cases, if EasyBib recognizes the title or web address for a source, it can automatically create a citation for you.  You can save and manage citations for multiple projects by registering with EasyBib or logging on with your Facebook, Google, Yahoo, AOL or OpenID accounts.  For tips on using EasyBib, see Palomar Library’s  EasyBib LibGuide. EasyBib also has a mobile app for your iPhone or iPad or for your Android device.

American History Databases

Have a history paper to write? Or maybe you’re just a history buff. Check out the library’s history databases, available through the library’s web site. Click on Articles and then the Arts & Humanities tab. From off campus log on with your student ID and eServices password. Staff log on with their email username and password.

• America: History and Life Full-Text
  This database covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present, with selective indexing for 1,700 journals from 1955 to present and full-text coverage of more than 200 journals and nearly 100 books.
• Sources in U.S. History: American Revolution
  This resource contains digital copies of primary source documents — personal accounts, pamphlets, monographs, congresses, speeches, maps — produced during the period covering the American Revolutionary War, from 1763 to 1783.
• Sources in U.S. History: The Civil WarThis collection of over 500 digitized primary-source documents spans the length of the Civil War and includes personal narratives and memoirs, pamphlets and political speeches, sermons and songs, regimental histories and photograph albums, legal treatises and children's books.  It covers battles, politics, religion, the experiences of leaders and common soldiers, the home front, causes, and consequences. It also covers special areas of study, including Southern history, African American history, medical history, history of technology and more.
• European Views of the Americas 1493 to 1750
  This database is an index of European works that relate to the Americas. Created from the authoritative reference source “European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed in Europe Relating to The Americas, 1493-1750,” this database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.

Are You Registered to Vote?

Make your voice heard! Oct. 22 is the deadline to register in California to vote in the 2012 presidential election. Not sure how to register or where to vote? These sites can help you research the candidates and issues, as well as explain how to register and where to vote.

• SmartVoter
• Project Vote Smart
• Voto Latino
• Rock the Vote
• California Secretary of State - California Elections and Voter Information

Need a voter guide in a language other than English? Click here to download guides in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese or Korean or call a toll-free voter assistance hotline.

Are You a Fashionista?

Or maybe you need to research fashion, dress or cultures from around the world.  The library has two fashion databases – FashionSnoops and the Berg Fashion Library.    

FashionSnoops shows the latest styles and trends from leading designers in Paris, London, Tokyo, the US and other fashion centers.  FashionSnoops is a leading global forecaster of fashion trends.  

The BergFashion Library database is excellent for researching history and current fashions from around the world.  It offers nearly 70 full-text eBooks, including the ten-volume Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion.  Full of color images and authoritative articles, this database will be useful to anyone studying fashion, anthropology, art history, history, museum studies, and cultural studies. 

To access these, click on Articles on the library's home page, then click on the Arts & Humanities tab.  From off campus, log on with your student ID number and eServices password.

New Content in Intelecom

Intelecom, a digital repository of educational clips, just got better by adding an additional 350 clips from National Geographic to its collection. These educational clips are great for instructors and students. Faculty can use them in the classroom or embed them in Blackboard. Students can benefit by using them as additional tutorial support.

New clips are available in the following disciplines: Anthropology, Astronomy, Atmospheric Sciences, Botany, Chemistry, Earth Science, Geography, Oceanography, and Zoology.

Students and faculty can access Intelecom from the Palomar College Library website. Click on Articles. For remote access, a Palomar College login is required. If you have additional questions, please contact Tamara Weintraub, Databases and Serials Librarian.

Ebsco Database Research on Mobile Devices

EBSCO databases now autodetect when a user is on a mobile device. There is no need to switch interfaces manually any longer. This change makes searching from your phone one step easier. If you have never tried library research from your phone, perhaps now is the time to attempt it. From a WIFI connected mobile device, go to the Palomar College Library website, and click the Articles tab. Select any database with EBSCO in parentheses to enjoy the autodetect mobile device feature. Palomar College e-services id and password are required for remote access.
If you have any questions, please contact Tamara Weintraub, Serials and Databases Librarian.

Did you know the Escondido Center Library has Texbooks?

Grants from Palomar College Foundation President's Associates and the Leichtag Family Foundation make it possible for students to use textbooks in the library. So before you head over to the bookstore, you may want to check to see if the book is at the library, available to use, for free. 

Blurbage, July 2012

The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table. Tracie McMillan. Scribner, 2012.

"To uncover the truth behind how our modrern food system works, McMillan took jobs in a supermarket produce section, a chain restaurant kitchen, and the fields alongside migrant laborers. If you eat, you owe it to yourself to read this masterful book."

                            -- Barry Estabrook, author of Tomatoland

Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion. Janet Reitman. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.

"Inside Scientology goes beyond the celebrities and the scandals -- though they're here -- to find in Scientology a more profound story about 'technology' as an article of faith and faith as a vessel for science, or, at least, science fiction."

                            -- Jeff Sharlet, author of C Street

 
The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water. Charles Fishman. Free Press, 2011.

"After Reading The Big Thirst, you'll never look at a lawn sprinkler, the ocean, or even a glass of tap water the same way again. Consider:

• The U.S. uses more water each day than it uses oil in a year.
• Most of our water use is hidden -- the electricity we use at home requires 250 gallons of water per person each day. A single day's meals for a typical American requires 450 gallons of water.
• Dramatic progress is possible in reimagining water use. The U.S. uses less total water today than it did in 1980 -- despite an economy that is twice as large."

                            -- from the dust jacket

The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love, and Family. Liza Mundy. Simon & Schuster, 2012.

"Mundy has written a visionary, optimistic, inspiring book about the future of gender relations in America... This is the rare book about the future that tells you not only where we're headed but why we should want to arrive."

                            -- Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist    

RIP, Maurice Sendak, You Wild Thing

Sendak will be best remembered for his children's books, but he also developed productions of opera and ballet for stage and television. And in 2003 he collaborated with playwright Tony Kushner to publish a book and an opera called Brundibar, a story about children in the Holocaust. His works, at their core, were about the same thing, as he told NPR in 1993: "Children surviving childhood is my obsessive theme and my life's concern."

Check out Sendak's recent and hilarious appearance on The Colbert Report:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/25/colbert-report-maurice-sendak_n_1231297.html

New ADA-compatible Desk!

       

This excellent table’s legs are positioned towards the rear, which allows wheelchairs to slide fully underneath the unit. Also, the crank at the front of the table permits uses to raise/lower the unit to meet their individual needs, thus accommodating all types of wheelchairs and scooters.

We're truly happy to be able to make our resources more fully accessible to patrons who are not ambulatory.

New Stuff!

Yes, loads of the books in the stacks look like (and/or are) antiques, but please know that we're acquiring new books(and DVD's and e-books and and...) all the time.  We have an extraordinary crew of folks working behind the scenes to make sure our collection is up-to-date, comprehensive, and of specific use to students, faculty and members of the community.
Though we're technically an academic library we have a very extensive collection -- just check out our cookbooks, or horse books, or popular DVD's (new discs include The Way and Midnight in Paris, 2 of my favorites from 2011) or novels, or or...!
Click below for a glimpse of some of our newest acquisitions:

https://mail.palomar.edu/owa/attachment.ashx?attach=1&id=RgAAAACcsaDMUIAGTLASwS9pOic8BwAyB0yAMdv9TZXqC6YRW7vsAdtVIGITAAAyB0yAMdv9TZXqC6YRW7vsAjW8rhzDAAAJ&attid0=EABHUqJCiuKvQLuyLR9%2b%2f%2bJr&attcnt=1

Blurbage, April 2012

Work Your Way Around the World, Griffith, Susan. Crimson Publishing, 2009.
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""Want to travel the world but can't afford to? Written by the world expert on working around the world, this book is crammed with information and tips from people who are out there living their dream. It explains the best job opportunities, how to get work permits, travelling safely and more."

-- from the book jacket


The Real Romney, Kranish, Michael and Helman, Scott. Harper Collins, 2012.
E901.1 .R66 K73 2012

"(The authors) delve searchingly into the psyche of a complex man now at his most critical juncture... They show the remarkable lengths to which Romney has gone in ordder to succeed in politics and business, shrewdly shifting identities as needed, and always carefully safeguarding his public image. For the first time, readers will gain a full understanding of... the kind of man who may be running their country."

-- from the book jacket

2011 Tax Stuff

Information about 2011 Income Tax Forms:

State of California 2011 Income Tax Forms

Paper forms available at the San Marcos campus library:

540 & 540 A—booklet & forms

540EZ—booklet & forms

Paper forms available at the Escondido Center library:
540 & 540 A—booklet & forms

State of California Franchise Tax Board Website: https://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/search/index.aspx

U.S. Federal Government IRS Income Tax Forms

The Palomar libraries do not have any paper federal income tax forms.
Paper copies of tax forms & booklets can be obtained by mail. Call 1-800-TAX-FORM (800-829-3676) Monday through Friday 7:00 am to 10:00 pm local time – except Alaska and Hawaii which follow Pacific time – to order current year forms, instructions & publications as well as prior year forms & instructions by mail. You will receive your order by mail, usually within 10 days.

Federal income tax forms and information can also be obtained by visiting a Taxpayer Assistance Center (TAC). There is one located in San Marcos at 1 Civic Center Drive. Hours are Mon-Fri- 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Phone (760) 736-7355

U.S. Federal Government IRS Website: http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html?portlet=103

Goodbye(but Hello), Brittanica

A moment of silence, please(at least among those of us who grew up with the venerable tomes:)
After 244 years in print, Encyclopedia Brittanica will cease to publish its multiple-volume, hard-copy version.
Not to despair, though, for the good people at EB will continue to publish their excellent and always up-to-date online version of the great encyclopedia, which can be reached here:
http://www.britannica.com/

For more information, check out this news link:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/encyclopaedia-britannica-ends-print-run-005141357.html

E-Books!

Did you know that the Palmoar College Library has over 11,000 e-books?!

This collection is a magnificent resource. You don't have to leave the comfort of your room, house, bed, cafe table, whatever, to access a book. And you don't have to compete with classmates for 1 or 2 available items to get your project done on time. And no overdue charges!
Know too that we'll be adding to this collection regularly.
Browse our eBooks by following this link: Browse eBooks ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR. SEUSS!!

BLURBAGE

From a few of our newest titles:

Diabetes Rising: How a Rare Disease Became a Modern Pandemic, and What to Do About It, Dan Hurley. Kaplan Publishing, 2010.

"Diabetes Rising takes on the fastest-growing disease in history with a take-no-prisoners attitude. You've got to love the author's pugnacity...Not willing to live with the enemy, he wants to kill it in its crib."
                  -- Chris Matthews, Host of Hardball with Chris Matthews

Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture, Peggy Orenstein. Harper Collins, 2011.

"...And how dangerous is pink and pretty anyway...? Being a princess is just make-believe, after all; eventually they grow out of it. Or do they?"
                  -- from the dust-jacket


Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy, Martin Lindstrom. Crown Business, 2011.

"If you want to learn to cut through marketers' phony health and wellness claims and make smarter desicions about both your body and your money, you need to read this eye-opening book."

                  -- Dr. Mehmet Oz, Coauthor of
                     You: The Owner's Manual

Get to Know This Amazing Citation Tool!

I'm guessing that by now your instructors are challenging you to cite(identify in print) the various sources of information you use for assignments. These sources include books, journal articles, websites, government documents, electronic books, DVD's, and more. Well, please know that the Library has on its own website a link to EasyBib Premium, a citation machine that will help you cite your sources in MLA or APA format. Plus you can use EasyBib Premium to store your sources and keep track of your research notes.  Click here or visit our Research Help page, where the link is found.
And, as always, please never hesitate to ask a Librarian for help using EasyBib, or with any other library-related matter. We're here for you.

HAPPY 200th BIRTHDAY, CHARLES DICKENS!

Research Databases

Waist-deep in homework already? We can help!
We have vast riches of information that you can easily mine -- just go to our website: http://www.palomar.edu/library/ and click on Databases/ Articles.
From there, check out the extensive research links. Our multitude of hugely helpful databases include(and these are just a very small sampling of what we offer):
Opposing Viewpoints: http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/?userGroupName=cclc_palomar
Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/
Newspaper Source Plus: http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/basic?sid=b6d478d5-a198-44e1-999f-e0cde6600530%40sessionmgr110&vid=1&hid=112
Gale Virtual Reference Library: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cclc_palomar?db=GVRL
Oxford English Dictionary: THE definitive record of the English language: http://www.oed.com/

Plus many, many more.
Good luck!

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.