Library Editions October 2013 Vol. 23 Issue 1

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Points of Interest · A/V borrowing · New e-books · Chemistry database · Chat service

Inside this Issue SciFinder database.…...2

New staff………………..2 Ask-the-Librarian.……...2 Research assignments..3 Mobile e-book transfer..4 Book club……………….4 Banned Books Week.....5 Book awards…………...6 Web sites……………….7

From the Dean Borrowing Audiovisual Materials in MOBIUS An ever-increasing amount of information – covering educational interests as well as informational needs – is being produced in a wide range of audiovisual and electronic formats. MOBIUS, the statewide library automation consortium, has come of age and now provides audiovisual (AV) lending in addition to books.

Librarians in the state of Missouri have been discussing the expansion of material lending for some time. When the MOBIUS Board in May 2013 approved a statewide Audio Visual Loan Policy, the SCC Library decided to be an earlier adopter. As of fall 2013, SCC began lending DVDs, videocassettes, and compact discs from the library’s circulating collection. Items are checked out for a 10-day period of time which includes travel time to and from the library (quick turn-around time is the norm for these formats). These items are non-renewable.

What have we loaned or borrowed? Some of the popular titles have been: 

André Rubliov

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Downton Abbey: Season 2

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Manon: Opéra Comique en Cinq Actes

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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James Levine

Prior to requesting it will be important to specify the format needed (e.g., CD, VHS, DVD) to insure that the A/V item you request will play on your equipment. If in doubt, seek consultation with a reference librarian at 636922-8620 or http://www.stchas.edu/library.

Lost or damaged MOBIUS AV items will incur a charge of $120 per item.

So whether you are faculty, staff, or student and you want to borrow audio or visual materials to support life-long learning you can count on MOBIUS. That’s priceless.

Stephanie D. Tolson Dean of Learning Resources & Academic Support

New e-book collection The library recently acquired a collection of 138,000 e-books in a wide range of subject areas including Art, Business and Economics, Education, History, Language and Literature, Medicine, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Social Science, and Technology and Engineering.

E-books can be accessed on or off campus through the library catalog or by clicking E-books from EBSCO on the library database page. E-books can be viewed online or checked out and read offline on your computer or mobile device. See p. 4 for more information on transferring an e-book to a mobile device.

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SciFinder database SciFinder, a collection of chemistry and related science information, has been added to the library’s online databases. SciFinder includes:

“More than 56 million chemical substances may be searched by chemical name, structure, Registry Numbers, and molecular formula.”

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Chemical Abstracts (CAPLUS, bibliographic data, 1907-present)

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Registry (chemical structures, biosequences, and names, with associated property and spectral data)

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CASREACT (single and multistep organic reactions, 1840-present)

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CHEMLIST (regulatory information on chemicals)

He’s baaaaaack!

This is Andrew Stout’s second time around working at the SCC Library Circulation Desk. He previously worked here in 2012 and recently returned this past May.

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CHEMCATS (commercial availability of chemicals from major suppliers)

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MARPAT (generic Markush chemical structures from patents)

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MEDLINE (biomedical literature, 1946present)

You can search more than 33 million references by topic, author, CAS Registry Numbers, patent number, and CAS abstract number. More than 56 million chemical substances may be searched by chemical name, structure, Registry Numbers, and molecular formula. You can also conduct substructure searches for substances and more than 42 million organic reactions. To use SciFinder, you must create an individual account by registering with your SCC e-mail address.

lynne Robinson, and A. S. Byatt. His sports passion is the St. Louis Cardinals. Stop by and say “hi” to Andrew!

Ask the librarian Need to contact the library and don’t want to use the old-fashioned phone or e-mail? You can now chat with us online using the “Click to chat” link on the library home page. Chat services are available during library hours.

Andrew and his wife Stefanie have been married for five years and have two children, Adelaide and Charles. He has a B.A. in philosophy from Lindenwood University and an M.A. in theological studies from Covenant Theological Seminary.

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Andrew enjoys reading and writing about theology and literature. His favorite authors include Charles Williams, C. S. Lewis, Mari-

You can also text us at 636-922-5SCC (5722).

Effective library research assignments Creating library assignments that challenge students and advance the objectives of the course can be difficult. Effective library/research based assignments have a well-defined purpose behind them and develop research and critical thinking skills. Your library liaison can help with creating assignments that are meaningful to students and meet your course objectives.

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has a specific, understood purpose

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relates to some aspect of course subject matter or learning objectives

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leads to increased understanding of a subject or the process of locating information related to a subject makes students aware of the variety of information sources and formats teaches students to select and evaluate quality information sources appropriate to their topics

Librarians can meet with you to… 

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make sure the library has the resources needed for students to successfully complete the assignment make sure you avoid some of the common pitfalls of research assignments

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help you include information literacy skills in your assignment

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increase our knowledge of the assignment, so we can be more effective when helping students

“When faculty and librarians work together assignments are more meaningful and better planned, information literacy is integrated into the curriculum, the student develops critical thinking skills needed to evaluate resources, students do better work, and learning expectations are raised” (Albert B. Alkek Library).

To meet with a librarian, please contact the library liaison for your department:

Theresa Flett - tflett@stchas.edu  Communications/Speech  Journalism 

Political Science

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History Geography/Geology

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Engineering

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Business Administration

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Economics/Finance

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Math/Computer Science

Julia Wilbers - jwilbers@stchas.edu  Child Care & Early Education  Education  

English/ Literature Philosophy

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Religion

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Foreign Language

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Reading

Kelly Mitchell - kmitchell@stchas.edu  Art 

Anthropology

Ying Li - yli@stchas.edu  Nursing

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Sociology Criminal Justice

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Psychology

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Human Services

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Music

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Theatre

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Health Information Technology Occupational Therapy Physical Education

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Biology

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Chemistry/Physics

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Transferring an e-book to a mobile device Before transferring an e-book to a mobile device, you will need the following:

“each time you attend a meeting you’re entered into the raffle to win a Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight”

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a supported e-reader

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Adobe Digital Editions installed on your computer

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a valid AdobeID

2. Connect your mobile device to your computer with a USB cable.

3. Turn on the device. If the reader offers it, choose the “Connect” option.

4. Open Adobe Digital Editions. It automatically detects the presence of your device and offers to authorize it with your Adobe ID. 5. Click Authorize Device in the resulting window (at right) and click Finished.

1. Open your downloaded eBook in Adobe Digital Editions. If you have not authorized Adobe Digital Editions with your Adobe ID on your computer, you will need to complete that step first. You will be prompted to enter your

6. After authorization, the device appears as a new bookshelf in your library. Transfer items to and from the device bookshelf by clicking on the book title, then dragging and dropping the title into the device bookshelf.

Between the Covers book club

time for Halloween) and The Hunger Games (right in time for the release of the second film!). In addition to snacks and a book giveaway, each time you attend a meeting you’re entered into the raffle to win a Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight, compliments of the Greensfelder law firm.

The Fall 2013 semester brought with it the return of SCC’s Between the Covers book club! Meetings are held at 2:30 in the Library’s Information Commons on Wednesdays throughout the semester. The book club had a kick-off event on August 28th with food, coffee, and a book giveaway with the first title we discussed, Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris.

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Adobe ID and Password the first time you try to open an eBook with Adobe Digital Editions on your computer.

The book club is looking at a very diverse collection of titles this semester. After Me Talk Pretty One Day we hadThe Walking Dead: Book One (a graphic novel – just in

Between the Covers is a great opportunity to read interesting books and talk with new people from around campus. There is a nice mix of students, faculty, and staff who are participating – and don’t worry, Between the Covers continues for the Spring 2014 semester!

Join us for upcoming book club dates: 12/3 @ 6:30 p.m. – The Hunger Games movie and panel discussion in the SSB Auditorium 12/4 @ 2:30 p.m. – The Hunger Games discussion

Banned Books Week The library recently participated in Banned Books Week displaying graffiti art with the top reasons books are banned, including sex, language, violence, homosexuality, and witchcraft.

Ender’s Game

by Orson Scott Card

offensive language, sexually explicit

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group

Nickel and Dimed: On (not) Getting by in America

by Barbara Ehrenreich

Several faculty and staff were caught reading banned books and had their photos displayed on Wild West wanted posters in the library windows.

drugs, inaccurate, offensive language, political viewpoint, religious viewpoint

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group

“the top reasons books are banned [include] sex, language, violence, homosexuality, and witchcraft.”

The following books have been challenged and/or banned in 2012-213: Looking for Alaska

by John Green

offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group

Fight Club: A Novel

by Chuck Palahniuk

violent nature, explicit undertones

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky

anti-family, drugs, homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited to age group

A Child Called “It”

by Dave Pelzer

offensive language, violent nature

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Award winners Nobel Prize in Literature

National Book Award finalists

On October 10, 82-year old Canadian short-story writer Alice Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Check out these books by Ms. Munro at the library:

The 2013 National Book Award finalists were announced in October. Winners will be announced on November 20. For more information on the finalists, visit the National Book Foundation web site.

Check out the following finalists at the library:

Dear Life: Stories (2012)

Too Much Happiness (2009)

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

by Lawrence Wright

Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 18611865

by James Oakes

Runaway (2004) The Lowland: A Novel

by Jhumpa Lahiri

Selected Stories (1996)

Open Secrets (1994)

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Boxers

by Gene Luen Yang

Saints

by Gene Luen Yang

Pulitzer Prize winners The 2013 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced in April. For more information on winners and finalists, visit the Pulitzer Prize web site. Check out these winners at the library: Fiction The Orphan Master’s Son: A Novel

by Adam Johnson

History Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam

by Fredrik Logevall History The Barbarous Years: The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675

by Bernard Bailyn Biography Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

by Tom Reiss General Nonfiction Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

by Gilbert King

Interesting Websites Collins Dictionaries http://www.collinsdictionary.com

“[This] site is built upon ten dictionaries and two thesauri: a dictionary plus thesaurus for American English, and another for British/worldwide English, along with dictionary pairs for working be-

tween English and each of four other languages--French-to-English, Englishto-French, and the same for German, Italian, and Spanish. The top menu bar features Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Translator, Words and Language, and Word Games. Dictionaries allows a choice of five languages, and features an audio icon for pronunciation of terms found in the dictionary or thesaurus. Translator allows entry of text from three dozen languages, with translation into any of the other 35 languages; it supports the dictionary and thesaurus. Among other features of interest are recreational ones such as social media tie-ins, new coinages, and scrabble/crossword tools.

Collins Dictionaries is an outstanding resource for general audiences and language studies.”

— W.P. Hogan, Eastern Michigan University

Open States

Blank on Blank

http://openstates.org

http://blankonblank.org

“Open States gathers data from the official legislative sites of the 50 states, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico. It offers comparative searches nationwide by subject or by legislator, a browse feature by individual state, and a box for searching hometown addresses. Browsing by state leads to an overview page with links to legislators, committees, recently introduced or passed bills, and sessions covered. Most state data goes back to the 2009 session. Legislator pages are full of information, for example, committee assignments, bills sponsored, voting records, and excerpts from media. Other features include contact information and district maps. Research-

“David Gerlach, a former television news producer and print journalist, wanted to rescue untold stories from obscurity and make them available in a way that informs and entertains. His

ing legislation by clicking on the Bills tab leads to full texts and to filtering options (bill status, session, chamber, bill type, sponsor, and broad topics). Selecting a bill number from a results list reveals its status, sponsorships, vote breakdown, the actual bill text, and supporting documents. Users may search bills with similar topics between states and create a free account to follow bills, track lawmakers, or receive up-to-date material on legislative issues.”

— M. M. Strange, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse

brain wave resulted in Blank on Blank, a multimedia nonprofit site started in 2011 that solicits, collects, and archives unpublished taped and digital interviews submitted by print journalists, nonfiction authors, and documentary filmmakers.

According to the website, the mission is to ‘curate and transform unexpected interviews with icons and everyday Americans.’ Once a raw recording is received, a 4-6 minute edited version of the audio interview is created. It might include music, storytelling, graphics, and animation--essentially it is a new multimedia product for viewing and/or listening. The pages listing contributing interviewers (e.g., Allen Ginsberg, Jonathan Alter) and the 60 interview subjects (e.g., Jim Morrison, Barack Obama, Bob Marley's dietician) illustrate the nature of the project. From an entertainment perspective, these pieces are great fun to watch or listen to.”

— P. Mardeusz, University of Vermont All reviews were adapted from CHOICE Reviews Online (http://www.cro2.org/)

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First ipod sold (2001)

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Lorne Michaels born (1944)

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The Origin of Species published (1859)

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King Tut tomb discovered (1922)

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“Nat King Cole Show” TV premiere (1956)

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James Naismith (inventor of basketball) born (1861)

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Peanut Butter Lover’s Month

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Cookie Monster’s birthday

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X-ray discovered (1895)

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Berlin Wall opened (1989)

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Auguste Rodin born (1840)

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Whoopi Goldberg born (1949)

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Aaron Copland born (1900)

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Georgia O’Keeffe born (1887)

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Great American Smokeout Day

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Calvin & Hobbes first published (1985)

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Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (1863)

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Robert Kennedy born (1925)

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Ella Fitzgerald wins Apollo Amateur Night (1934)

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Assassination of President John F. Kennedy (1963)

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Life Magazine debuts (1936)

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Joe DiMaggio born (1914)

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Casablanca premieres (1942)

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Jimi Hendrix born (1942)

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Thanksgiving Day

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Louisa May Alcott born (1832)

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Mark Twain born (1835)

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Veterans Day