The Library Newsletter
February, 2006
HUGE / WONDERFUL / FREE - Audio Visual Viewing and
Downloads Available Online
Two
online resources - etvStreamlineSC
and Annenberg Media – now provide library users with educational movies, video clips, audio clips,
graphics, and supportive educational tests, lesson plans, teacher’s guides and
activities.
etvStreamlineSC
You
can now get free streaming video for viewing and for copying into power point
presentations. This site provides 40,000+ downloadable video clips and 16,000
pictures correlated to
Annenberg Media
Annenberg Media (accessible from the library’s database page or at http://www.learner.org/ ) is now offering
its huge selection of videos for free online viewing. Thanks to
To locate videos, go to the Blue Bar located
near the top of the home page and search by Discipline, Grade, or
Keyword. The first time you click on the VoD
Icon, a registration form will pop up. You may then view any video at any
computer that has Microsoft Windows Media Player and a broadband connection (no
dial up). NOTE: Unlike etvStreamlineSC, the
contents of Annenberg Media may not be copied
Annenberg Media also offers the Annenberg Channel, a satellite based distributor of workshops, lectures,
instructional programs on professional development for teachers. The Annenberg Channel can also be accessed online.
There are also free, online classroom resources that supplement the site’s videos.
InfoTrac Revamped
– PowerSearch Added
You may have noticed that InfoTrac
has undergone a major overhaul. Search screens have been simplified and
look cleaner. Search results generate a list of subject heading hyperlinks on
the left side of the screen that let you quickly narrow the focus of year
search without having to think of another search term. Search results may also
be limited by clicking on format buttons (Magazines and Journals, Reference,
News, and Multimedia) at the top of the page.
A new function, InfoTrac PowerSearch, gives users the
ability to search across multiple InfoTrac
databases in a single search giving users access to over 17 MILLION articles at
one time. This is only available through the InfoTrac link at the
library’s database page. There you can select any combination of nine InfoTrac
databases to search at one time. (Eight other InfoTrac databases are excluded.)
Should you wish to know more about PowerSearch, go to: http://www.gale.com/Technical/index.htm.
There are now 17 separate InfoTrac databases. Users can click on InfoTrac at the library’s home page to
see a list of all databases, or go directly into a specific database from the
library’s database page.
Databases
Provide Full Text Linking, But Complicate Citing Sources
Many of the library’s
databases now provide full text linking to other databases. For instance if you
search the MLA International Bibliography
for articles on Shakespeare, you will find lots and lots of citations, but no
full text. That’s because the MLA
International Bibliography has no
full text. However, it is now smart enough to communicate with the library’s other
databases, and if it determines that another database contains the full text to
that citation, it will provide a hyperlink to that article.
That is wonderful news for
finding
Students
may or may not know that they have gone into another database.
Even
if they know they have gone into another database, they may not know which one
they are in.
URLs from printouts are
unreliable. Those on HTML documents seldom identify the database (though they
might identify the vender). PDF documents may not even have a URL.
Citing
Library Databases Using APA
Have
you noticed how long URLs are getting? Here is a typical one from Academic Search Premier. How would you
like to retrieve that? http://web11.epnet.com/citation.asp?tb=1&_ug=sid+EE59ECF4%2D6619%2D490A%2DAA40%2DB26D062CC3E6%40sessionmgr6+dbs+aph+cp+1+E2F5&_us=frn+1+hd+False+hs+True+cst+0%3B1%3B2%3B3%3B4+or+Date+fh+False+ss+SO+sm+ES+sl+0+dstb+ES+mh+1+ri+KAAACBTB00048733+DB9C&_usd=0000&_uso=tg%5B2+%2D+tg%5B1+%2D+tg%5B0+%2D+db%5B0+%2Daph+hd+False+clv%5B0+%2DY+op%5B2+%2DAnd+op%5B1+%2DAnd+op%5B0+%2D+cli%5B0+%2DFT+st%5B2+%2D+st%5B1+%2D+st%5B0+%2Dlibrary+mdb%5B0+%2Dimh+4CAA&cf=1&fn=1&rn=1
There is a better way.
According to the Publication Manual of
the American Psychological Association, page 278, “aggregated databases” do
not need a URL in the citation. Instead, the writer should include a retrieval
statement such as this – “Retrieved
Check Out the Library Web Page
Thanks
to
xReferPlus
The following electronic
titles have been added xReferPlus:
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Collins Irish Dictionary
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law
Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk
Dictionary
Oddbins Dictionary
of Wine, Blooomsbury
The
Who's Who 2006 and Who Was
Who 1897-2005
Microfiche Printers
The library’s microfiche
printers have gotten, well, old. The repairman has
Help with Microsoft Office Can Be Found at NetLibrary
Need
to know how to do a Mail Merge? Create a Power Point presentation? Design a
Brochure? Create a Password Secure document? Try NetLibrary. The following books are part of the library’s 18,000+
online collection and were found by searching in NetLibrary under the topic “Microsoft Office”. They are an example
of the kind of help you can get online on just a single topic.
To
access them go to http://www.netlibrary.com If you are not already registered, you may
register online from any campus computer. NOTE: You MUST register from on
campus! Thereafter you may use this resource from anywhere in the world, 24/7.
Microsoft Office Access 2003
Step By Step By Step (eBook)
Microsoft Office Excel 2003
(eBook)
Microsoft Office Frontpage 2003 Step By Step (eBook)
Microsoft Office Outlook
2003 Step By Step (eBook)
Microsoft Office PowerPoint
2003 Step By Step (eBook)
Microsoft Office Project
2003 (eBook)
Microsoft Office System Step
By Step (eBook)
Microsoft Office Excel 2003
(eBook)
Microsoft Office System : Inside Out (eBook)
Microsoft Office Access 2003
Inside Out (eBook)
Microsoft Office FrontPage
2003 Inside Out (eBook)
Microsoft Office Project
2003 Inside Out (eBook)
Administrative Assistant's
& Secretary's Handbook (eBook)
Powering Office 2003 With
XML (eBook)
Mastering Microsoft Office
2003 for Business Professionals (eBook)
Microsoft Office Access 2003
(eBook)
Office 2003 Timesaving
Techniques for Dummies (eBook)
Office 2003 Application
Development All-in-one Desk Reference for Dummies (eBook)
Microsoft Office Word 2003 : Fast & Easy (eBook)
Absolute Beginner's Guide to
Microsoft Office Access 2003 (eBook)
Absolute Beginner's Guide to
Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 (eBook)
Absolute Beginner's Guide to
Microsoft Office 2003 (eBook)
Absolute Beginner's Guide to
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 (eBook)
Absolute Beginner's Guide to
Microsoft Office Word 2003 (eBook)
Absolute Beginner's Guide to
Tablet PCs (eBook)
Faster Smarter Microsoft
Office XP : Take Charge of Your Microsoft Office
Programs--
First Look Microsoft Office
2003 (eBook)
Microsoft Office Word 2003
Inside Out (eBook)
How to Do Everything With Microsoft Office Excel 2003 (eBook)
Microsoft Office Access 2003 : Professional Results (eBook)
Microsoft Office Access 2003 : The Complete Reference (eBook)
Microsoft Office XP : 10 Minute Guide (eBook)
Microsoft Office XP : Fast & Easy (eBook)
Microsoft Office XP 8-in-1 (eBook)
Other helpful books include:
Administrative Assistant's & Secretary's Handbook
Blocking Spam
& Spyware for Dummies
Communication Skills : Stepladders to Success for the Professional
Dealing With Difficult
People: 24 Lessons for Bringing Out the Best in Everyone
Everyday Letters for Busy People :
Hundreds of Samples You Can Adapt At a Moment's Notice :
Invitations
and Resignations, Complaints and Condolences, E-mail and Snail Mail, and More
The First-time
Manager
Get a Grip! : Overcoming Stress and Thriving in the
Workplace
The Myth of
the Paperless Office
Powerful
Communication Skills : How to Communicate With
Confidence
The Library Newsletter
December, 2005 – January, 2006
NEW DATABASES
Professional Development Collection
http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?authype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=tfh
user name –
(Also
available through the library’s web page.)
PDC
provides access to 550 full text education magazines and journals as well as
indexing to an additional 175 titles making it TWICE as big as Education Index
Full Text. It is aimed at teachers, administrators, education students,
librarians and researchers and includes such titles as the Chronicle of
Higher Education, early Childhood Education, Education Week, Journal of
Education, Journal of General Education, and several of the New Directions in
Education series. This database also contains more than 200 educational
reports.
DATABASE CANCELLATIONS
The library no longer
subscribes to the following databases / online periodicals.
Nature
Value
Line
NEW TRIAL
DATABASES
Smithsonian
Global Sound – http://glmu.classical.com
Access Name : andersoncollege Password:
arioso
Smithsonian Global Sound is a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural
traditions. The collection provides educators, students, and interested
listeners with an unprecedented variety of online resources that support the
creation, continuity, and preservation of diverse musical forms. The database
includes an extraordinary array of more than 35,000 individual tracks of music,
spoken word, and natural and human-made sounds. Click here for details. Trials lasts through the end of January.
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SPORTDiscus – http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?authtype=uid&group=trial&profile=ehost&defaultdb=sph user ID: s9006749 password: trial SPORTDiscus covers sport, physical fitness, exercise, sports
medicine, sports science, physical education, kinesiology,
coaching, training, sport administration, officiating, sport law &
legislation, college & university sport, disabled persons, facility
design & management, intramural & school sport, doping, health,
health education, biomechanics, movement science, injury prevention
rehabilitation, physical therapy, nutrition, exercise physiology, sport &
exercise psychology, recreation, leisure studies, tourism, allied health,
occupational health & therapy, public health and more. This is a
bibliographic database with no full text. Records cover around 700 journals
and go back to 1800. Available through end of January. |
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PROXY
SERVER (OFF CAMPUS ACCESS TO DATABASES)
Need access to the library’s online databases from off
campus? Go to the library’s new proxy server (thanks to the IT Department)
at https://acproxy.ac.edu (Note that the hyperlink begins with https, not http.) Log in using your email user name and password. By using the
Proxy Server you no longer have to go to a different hyperlink for each database
or remember dozens of different usernames and passwords.
ONLINE
NEWSPAPERS
Several online newspapers have extended their
holdings a year or more.
Greenville News at Newsbank (From 1999 on)
Historical
New York Times (1851-2002)
InfoTrac - Custom Newspapers
Full-text
articles from over 100
Christian Science Monitor – (From 1996
on)
New York Times – (From 2000 on)
Times of
List with coverage dates available at: http://www.gale.com/tlist/sb5100.html
The State
(Columbia) at Newsbank (From 1987 on)
Wall Street
Journal (From 1982 on)
GALE
VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY (GVAL)
The database trial is over, and we get to keep some
titles for free, compliments of the SC State Library. Go to the InfoTrac link
at http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/anderson_cl
. GVRL is the last database in the list. The titles provided are:
Arts
Contemporary
Fashion 2nd ed., 2002
International Dictionary of Film and Filmmakers 4th ed., 4v,
2000
Biography
Business
Leader Profiles for Students 2v, 2002
Business
Encyclopedia
of Small Business 2nd ed., 2v, 2002
Environment
Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of
U*X*L Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features 3v,
2004
History
Encyclopedia
of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security 3v, 2004
Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body
Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages 5v, 2004
Gale Encyclopedia of
Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students 4v, 2004
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture 5v, 2000
Literature
Contemporary
Novelists 7th ed., 2001
Contemporary Poets 7th ed., 2001
Medicine
Gale
Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine 2nd ed., 4v, 2005
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer 2v, 2002
Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders 2v, 2002
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine 2nd ed., 5v, 2002
Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health 5v, 2002
Multicultural
Studies
Gale
Encyclopedia of Multicultural
Nation and World
Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the
Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of
the World Vol. 1, 2001
Science
Biology
4v, 2002
World of Earth Science 2v, 2003
Social Science
Encyclopedia
of Population 2v, 2003
The Library Newsletter
October/November, 2005
Hours
Thanksgiving – Close Tuesday, Nov.
22 at
Reopen Sunday, Nov. 27 at
Exams – Open till
Library’s Database Page Improved
Formerly
all EBSCO, ProQuest, and InfoTrac databases went to
redirect pages and then to the individual database. Now all databases links are
direct links.
Off Campus Access to Databases
The IT
Department has created an off campus link to the library’s databases via a
“proxy server”. It is not finished yet, but you can try it at https://acproxy.ac.edu. You will be asked
to supply your username and password (same as email). This will get you to a
very basic page of our databases.
New Databases
InfoTrac:
The (LRC) access biographies, bibliographies, and critical
analyses of more than 125,000 authors from every age and literary discipline.
Scribner Writer's Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600
authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series. Twayne’s World, US, and English
Author series each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual
World&I –
The library now has password free access to this wonderful, three-in-one site. World&I
Journal is for academic libraries. World&I School is for school libraries (and our
education program). There is even a World&I
Homeschool. This site has something for everybody
– current events, academic discussion, multicultural resources, school
resources linked to national and state standards, book reviews, and an
unusually broad global perspective.
Electronic Journal Portal
New this
year is the Electronic Journal Portal,
a service that lets users search, identify, and link to all
the library’s eJournals by individual title,
broad subject area, or database.
If you go
to the site and type in the name of a magazine or journal it will provide a
list of every database containing that magazine or journal in full text, note
the years of coverage, and then provide links to those databases.
You can
also search for a broad subject area such as “Business and Economics”, and then
narrow it down to a specific subject area such as “Food and Food Industries”,
and then even narrower to “Grocery Trade”. The portal will then list all
available magazines and journals appropriate to your topic.
We now have
40,371 eJournals located in over 44 full text
databases (as well as dozens of other databases). While many eJournals are located in more than one database, 21,222 of
these eJournals are unique. Compare this to the 259
current periodicals (paper subscriptions) in the library’s collection.
We hope to
have the link activated on the library’s web page soon
New Free Databases
As part of
the EJP package noted above, the library has been given access to the following
free databases:
Aera SIG Communication of Research
Bioline International
Directory of Open Access Journals
Highwire Press
In the First Person
Making of
Making of American Journals (
PubMed Central
Descriptions
of these databases (and hyperlinks) may be found on the library’s
database
page.
New Trial Databases –
Gale Virtual Reference Library
(GVRL) – http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/scsl_k12s?db=GVRL. The GVRL contains 25 reference
books for both secondary and academic users. This is only a sampling of the
titles available through Gale Publishing. We can add from a title list of hundreds
of online reference books. GVRL is
similar to xReferPlus,
allowing the user to search a single title, a single subject area, all titles,
or any combination of titles. And, of course, it is available from anywhere,
24/7. Here is a list of trial titles
Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of
Biology, 4v, 2002
Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the
Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the World,
Vol. 1, 2001
Business Leader Profiles for
Students, 2v, 2002
Contemporary Fashion, 2nd Ed., 2002
Contemporary Novelists, 7th Ed.,
2001
Contemporary Poets, 7th Ed., 2001
Encyclopedia of Espionage,
Intelligence, and Security, 3v, 2004
Encyclopedia of Population, 2v, 2003
Encyclopedia of Small Business, 2nd
Ed., 2v, 2002
Fashion, Costume, and Culture:
Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages, 5v, 2004
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative
Medicine, 2nd Ed., 4v, 2005
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative
Medicine, 4v, 2001
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, 2v,
2002
Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders,
2v, 2002
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 2nd
Ed., 5v, 2002
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural
Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and
Allied Health, 5v, 2002
Gale Encyclopedia of
International Dictionary of Film and
Filmmakers, 4th Ed., 4v, 2000
Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students,
4v, 2004
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture,
5v, 2000
U*X*L Encyclopedia of Landforms and
Other Geologic Features, 3v, 2004
World of Earth Science, 2v, 2003
For a list
of ALL online titles available from Gale go here.
Trial Online Books
A dozen
other online books are on trial this month through Oxford University Press. No
user name or password needed.
The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
International Encyclopedia of Dance
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the
Reformation
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
The
Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
The Encyclopedia
of the Enlightenment
The
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
The
Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
The
Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America
Encyclopedia of the
Middle Ages
New Periodicals / Name Changes
Applied Physiology
Nutrition and Metabolism
Ignite Your
Faith – (Was Campus Life)
International
Journal of Physical Education
Live Design
– (Was Entertainment Design)
Palaestra
Physical
Educator
Strategies
The Library Newsletter
Summer - September, 2005
Check Out the updated Library Web Page at http://www.ac.edu/academics/library.htm
New
Full Time –
PT – Donna Maher, wife of
Library Collection breaks 100,000
Snapshot of the Library as of
2004-05 Acquisitions Holdings 2004-05 Circulation**
Books 1,724 67,039
7,120
AV 220 5,040 1,310
Microform* 214 7,415 87
Bound Periodicals 111 3,530 240
Software / CDROMS 35 275 38
Subtotal 2,304 83,299 8,795
eBooks 7,140 18,916 114
Total 9,444 101,598 8,909
* Counted as 10 fiche equal one volume
** Does not include Reserve Circulation or Interlibrary Loan or Misc.
New Databases
Ad Critic – This site delivers the best creative
work in the industry, breaking news from the advertising and commercials
production industries, plus features and insights from the editorial staff of
Creativity. User name
Ad Forum - AdForum
offers online search services for (Advertising Firms,
Production Companies
& Directors, Creative Work,
and more).
Furthermore, to help you find and browse great creative work, we showcase award winners,
ads aired on TV during special
events in easily browsable lists. User name library@ac,edu Password
New Trial
Databases –
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database - http://www.childrenslit.com/
(no password needed) This database provides reviews of
200,000 children’s books and links to useful sources. The annual subscription
is $550.00. Trial ends Sept. 30.
International Bibliography of Theater & Dance – Contains 60,000 journal articles, books, dissertations,
etc. from 1984 on. Go to http://search.epnet.com
Then click on EBSCOHost Text Only, then click on International Bibliography of
Theater & Dance. No password needed from on campus.
SPORTDiscus – This database provides indexing to 650,000
articles and 20,000 dissertations going back to 1800 on Sport, Kinesiology,
Nutrition, etc.. The annual subscription is $2,000 for
a single user. Go to http://search.epnet.com
Then click on EBSCOHost Text Only, then click on SPORTDiscus.
No password needed from on campus.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature – Contains indexing/abstracting to articles, books,
dissertations, etc from 1967 to the present. Go to http://search.epnet.com Then click on EBSCOHost Text Only,
then click on RILM. No password needed from on campus
RIPM Retrospective Index to
Music Periodicals – Similar to RILM,
but covering 1800-1950. Go to http://search.epnet.com Then click on EBSCOHost Text Only,
then click on RIPM. No password needed from on campus
EBOOKS AT NET LIBRARY http://www.netlibrary.com/
The library added a special
collection of 122 ebooks over the summer on Education
to support the college’s upcoming masters program. Additionally, it added 7,140
titles on all topics through a group purchase. This brings the library’s total ebook collection up to almost 19,000 volumes. All topics
are covered.
You can select ebooks for purchase just like any other resource through Title Source- TS II, the same source
from which the library buys most of its books. Just go to http://ts2c.informata.com/TS2/ Instructions for using this resource are available in the Library’s folder on the R drive. Call
for password and training.
FAQs
Ebooks
are comparable in cost to normal books.
You
must first register at http://www.ac.edu/academics/library_net.htm to use NetLibrary.
Although only one user can use an eBook
at a time, the average user is through in three hours instead of three weeks as
is the case for traditional books.
You can only print one page at a time.
Ebooks are available 24/7 from
anywhere in the world.
Last year the library circulated 114 eBooks.
xReferPlus – http://www.xreferplus.com
170 full text reference
books in covering 21 subject areas. Search across all titles, subject areas,
single titles, or any combination thereof. Available on and
off campus, 24/7. (Call for off campus password.) Provides
citation examples in AP, MLA, and Chicago Style.
The Bridgeman Art Library Archives contains not only an encyclopedic commentary
on art, but also reproductions of over 400,000 works of art.
New Periodicals
CMYK - This art magazine acts as a juried portfolio for
college majors in design, illustration, advertising, and photography. The
library has also purchased back issues going back years.
Creativity – Comes with Ad Critic database. Creativity is a
stunning large format magazine that covers the hottest trends, people and ideas
in the worlds of advertising and design. You can access this title online at http://www.adcritc.com
User
name
Tidbits
InfoTrac OneFile has grown to over 10,000 full text titles.
Dropped – Value Line Database
Academia,
- This online selection site for library resources is available free at http://www.ybp.com/acad/ . Academia, updated monthly, includes
selection lists of new books, publishing industry news, award-winning titles,
and other