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The Inside Cover
SCD and Online Student Edition of Library Newsletter
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December 2007 |
Volume 1, Number 4 |
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‘Tis the season to be @ your library
Whether your library is here in Midway or at another location, it is the season to be at the library. Finishing up a paper, figuring out how to cite a source, studying for finals, or just trying to get motivated to do anything, your library is the place where it all happens.
It’s also time to read The Inside Cover with news just for you. Be sure to scroll to the bottom to read the Finals Week poem written by your own Pulitzer Prize-waiting author, Sarah Kaip.
--The Library Staff
Singing in the rain
Sarah Kaip, reference librarian and native Oregonian, is carrying a new tune all the way to rainy Olympia, Washington, where she accepted a librarian position with South Puget Sound Community College. Says Sarah of leaving: “It’s been pure bliss working as your librarian. There’s not a soul in sight that I didn’t enjoy getting to know—everyone from the peppermint-chomping horses to the ubiquitous squirrels to the top dogs in admin, but especially the students.”
Sarah’s last day will be December 21. Going away gifts of raincoats and umbrellas will be gladly accepted.
Database spotlight: ATHENA
It’s as mighty as a Trojan warrior with the allure of a Greek goddess—it’s your online library catalog!
The catalog is used to find books, videos, CDs, reserves, and to find out which journals we subscribe to. It does not contain articles. Search tips:
You can learn more about how to search ATHENA in the “Finding books” module of the MILTON online tutorial. http://eagles.midway.edu/library/MILTON/Welcome%20Module%206.htm
How to cite a site
If you need some extra help citing your sources, you might benefit from visiting one of two excellent websites.
1) http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/ from Ohio State University, scroll down to the middle of the screen. You’ll see a heading for “Citation Style Guides” with links to APA, MLA, CBE, Turabian, and Chicago. In addition, at http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/les7/guide.html you can learn how to cite Net sources, including websites, electronic articles, blog entries, emails, and message boards.
2) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ Highlighted in the last newsletter as an online writing center, if you click on “Research and Citation” on the right side of the screen, it will open several links. Look for “APA” and “MLA.”
Book exchange
Holiday break is a time to clear the air and clear the shelves. Come back from break with an armful of your hopefully-already-read books for our library book exchange. We’ll take fiction, fiction, and more fiction. If you’re in the library, feel free to pick one up for your holiday break as well.
New library homepage
A thriving library with a boring website is no match. So, Sarah created a new library homepage going live in mid-December. A whole new look with new resources and links.
What is a webliography?
A webliography is an annotated bibliography on the web of websites pertaining to a particular subject.
There you have it, and we have it too at http://eagles.midway.edu/library/subjectguides.htm .
The equine, education, humanities, and psychology webliographies were updated in November thanks to Carrie Lewis and Cathy Reilender. The business and nursing webliographies were updated in October. Science and critical thinking will be updated in December.
Finals week and holiday library hours
Finals Week, December 11-13, regular hours December 14, 7:45 to 5:00 p.m. December 15 and 16, closed December 17—21, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. December 22—January 1, closed January 2-4, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. January 5-6, closed January 7, regular hours resume
Helpful handouts available from the librarian…
Email Sarah at skaip@midway.edu to get a copy of any of the following handouts. She can email them as attachments or send them through the mail.
Finals week poem
“Twas the week before finals, When all through the library Students were studying Using methods that vary; Finishing up projects Was first on the list Before they settled down With finals in their midst.
Most were sleepy But none went to bed, While visions of A’s Danced in their heads. Cell phones were ringing And music was heard, Still they kept reading For every last word.
The books were shelved On the 2nd floor with care, In hopes that patrons Would one day find them there. Citation style guides Are what students wanted; ‘Cause threats of deductions Continuously haunted.
Google’s the choice For researching courses But the librarian says, “Find scholarly sources.” Peer-reviewed journals Are what instructors want Searching EBSCO databases Is the most promising jaunt.
With Cathy in her office And I in my space, We’d just helped a student Use a database, When out of the lab There rose such a chatter, I sprang to my feet To see what was the matter.
Away from my office I flew like a flash, Just as I thought, A computer had crashed. Printing, copying, email, fax, Helping patrons to simply relax.
Papers are due And exams are near But with library services There’s nothing to fear. To students I say, “Just do your best. Happy holidays to all, And to all a good test.”
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