Many of us know the word “Crimea” mainly because of the Crimean War of the 1850s, where Florence Nightingale gained her fame. For more background on the Crimean peninsula and the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Credo Reference has put together an excellent Guide to the Crimea.
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Curious about Crimea?
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Library Receives Muslim Journeys Bookshelf
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New VCOM subject guide
We’ve created a new LibGuide (an online subject guide) for Visual Communications. Here you’ll find links to books, ebooks, articles, films and good websites. There’s also lots of information about how to use the Library and its resources. Comments, questions and suggestions are welcome.
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New research guide for Comp I
Using a service called LibGuides, we have created an online research guide for students of ENGL 1150, or Comp I. This easy-to-use guide has tabbed pages linking you to great information sources for your research papers. Books, ebooks, films, web sites, pro/con databases, info on citation styles — it’s all here! Great for D2L students or as a refresher/reference for those who have already had a F2F library orientation.
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Royal wedding!
The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton fast approaches: Friday, April 29. Here’s a great set of weblinks for all you royals-watchers, courtesy of ipl2, one of our favorite websites.
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Women’s History Month Links
March is Women’s History Month, and we have some excellent, information-packed links from the Library of Congress and other organizations, courtesy of ipl2. Great info for teaching, learning, and writing papers!
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Revolution in Egypt: News and Background
It’s a historic day for Egypt. After more than two weeks of protests in the streets of Cairo, President Hosni Mubarak has resigned, ending 30 years of iron-fisted rule. Will Egypt now get the democracy its people seek? Who will fill the vacuum left by Mubarak’s departure? What led to this popular uprising? For either up-to-the-moment news and historical background, here are some great websites:
Live news stream from Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera News: Spotlight on Anger in Egypt
Multimedia coverage and features about the protests.
BBC coverage of the events in Egypt, with print stories, video (including a live stream), and interactive maps.
Up-to-the-moment news from the New York Times, including print stories, video, slideshows and interactive map and a timeline of the Mubarak presidency.
Background on Egypt:
BBC News — Egypt Country Profile
Historical information and facts.
World Factbook — Egypt Country Profile
General information, data, maps and more from the U.S. government.
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Global Entrepreneurship Week
During Global Entrepreneurship Week (Nov. 15-19), young people across six continents will explore their potential as self-starters and innovators by sharing ideas and inspiration. This year DCTC is getting involved, and the Library is helping with books, online videos, and web links.
Digital is dedicated to helping small businesses. We review software and publish a library of resources on everything people need to start and grow a business; from idea and formation to financing, building a website and disaster-proofing systems.
Inside the Library, we’re displaying about two dozen recent books on entrepreneurship, small business and freelancing. These can be checked out. In addition, our online database Films On Demand contains 64 videos on entrepreneurship that you can watch from any computer.
Here too are a few excellent websites on the subject:
- Small Business Administration
- Business.gov (U.S. government business website highlighting entrepreneurship this month)
- James J. Hill Library‘s Business Stages for Entrepreneurs
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We have Banned Books!
Banned Books Week, sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA), celebrates the freedom to read and the First Amendment. Librarians stand against censorship and for free and open access to information.
ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom maintains a list of hundreds of books that have been banned from library shelves or challenged. Here are some that the DCTC Library owns:
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Animal Farm by George Orwell
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
Celebrate the week by reading a banned book!
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Video feedback to your students
Jing is a free easy-to-use service that lets you make short screencasts and send them either publicly or privately to your students. For some assignments, it’s a more effective way to give feedback to your students than having to write out comments. This post from the ideaconnect blog has a great real-world demonstration.
