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• AccessScience update

  AccessScience added new content in May and June. New briefings include:

  • Dog domestication may have occurred first in Siberia
  • Equine herpesvirus outbreak spreads among horses in Europe
  • Flat pasta that morphs into 3D shapes when cooked may help the environment
  • Puzzlingly simultaneous star formation patterns across dozens of distant, isolated dwarf galaxies
  • Voyager probe detects signal that allows continuous measurement of interstellar medium
  • Whitest white paint reflects more sunlight and keeps surfaces cooler
  • Neurotoxin identified in mysterious deaths of eagles in the southeastern United States
  • Peatland carbon storage affects global climate
  • Possible explanation for the Great Dimming of Betelgeuse

  New and updated articles include:

  • Aldol addition and condensation
  • Digital image processing
  • Bioinformatics
  • Marijuana
  • Pharmaceutical chemistry

  New videos and animations include:

  • Hubble and the Bermuda Triangle of Space
  • Unweaving the Rainbow of Cosmic Light
  • Does Sugar Cause Diabetes?
  • What Are Forever Chemicals?

  

  July 13, 2021 • Collection Updates • Views: 2407

• Films on Demand update

  Films On Demand added 655 new videos in April, May, and June. Take a look!

   

  

  July 1, 2021 • Collection Updates • Views: 347

• The Reference Shelf update

  If you’re looking for extensive, unbiased coverage of social issues and topics in the news, check out the Reference Shelf series. You’ll find print copies on our shelves and most are also online at Salem Online. The latest three titles are:

  • Policing in 2020
  • Food Insecurity & Hunger in the United States
  • National Debate Topic, 2021-2022: Water Resources

  

  Get the facts and have an informed opinion!

  May 20, 2021 • Collection Updates • Views: 1355

• AccessScience update

  AccessScience added new content in March and April. New briefings include:

  • First sessile deep-sea community found on a hard substrate below Antarctic ice shelf
  • Forward osmosis allows using untreated water for renewable hydrogen production
  • Group of small black holes found in dense star cluster support theory of black hole evolution
  • Non-combustible and recyclable foamed plastic insulation
  • Two coexisting mitochondrial genomes found in tuataras
  • Water on Mars may be trapped within the planet’s crust
  • Initial results from the Muon g-2 experiment challenge the standard model of particle physics
  • Intestinal wound healing impaired by fungi
  • Ocean eddies may slow global sea-level rise, new climate model shows
  • Physicists use spinning black holes to search for dark matter
  • SARS-CoV-2 variants are a growing concern
  • Scrap tires upcycled to graphene for strengthening concrete and reducing enviroeconomic burdens

  New and updated articles include:

  • Opioid
  • Psychophysics
  • Astronomy
  • Common cold
  • Conifer
  • Genetically modified organism (GMO)
  • Mutualism

  New videos and animations include:

  • Discovering Exoplanets From Transits
  • How the First Stars Transformed the Universe
  • Henrietta Leavitt: The Woman Who Measured the Universe
  • The Achievements of Edwin Hubble

  

  May 6, 2021 • Collection Updates • Views: 2339

• Films on Demand update

  Films On Demand added 494 new videos in February and March. New videos cover topics including the Black church, American life during the pandemic, and the skeletal system. Take a look! As always, let us know if you have any questions: library@dctc.edu.

  

  

  April 14, 2021 • Collection Updates • Views: 252

• New languages available in Gale resources

  Gale has recently updated their translations to include Haitian Creole, Nepali, and Swahili! There are over three dozen languages available for most Gale articles and e-books. Look for the translation symbol above an article to view which languages are available for that article or book.

  If you need help navigating any online library resources, please ask! We are here to help. Our email address is library@dctc.edu.

  March 30, 2021 • Collection Updates • Views: 392

• Free books

  Please see the latest spreadsheet of Library discards and contact Naomi if you’d like any of them for your department. These include books on accounting, architecture software, medical coding, and fire and electrical codes.

  March 24, 2021 • Collection Updates • Views: 887

• AccessScience update

  AccessScience added new content in January and February. New briefings include:

  • Bats are mostly unaffected by zoonotic viruses they harbor
  • Faster-charging batteries for electric vehicles
  • Hudson River tidal marshes in New York are rising faster than sea level
  • New insights into alpha particle formation
  • Pulsar timing discrepancies hint at low-frequency background gravitational waves
  • Vibration-sensing beak organ found in ibises, kiwi birds, and sandpipers
  • Hydrochlorofluorocarbons with no known uses detected in the atmosphere
  • Mathematical approach called emulation speeds up atomic nuclei simulations
  • Newly identified whales in the Gulf of Mexico and Indian Ocean
  • Potential use of mRNA vaccines to prevent multiple sclerosis
  • Robot rover Perseverance lands on Mars
  • The United States can reach zero net emission of carbon dioxide by 2050

  New and updated articles include:

  • Motion
  • Work
  • Diels-Alder reaction
  • Electric field
  • Naval weapons

  New videos and animations include:

  • Grain Grading by Sieving
  • Moisture Meters for Grain Testing
  • Near-infrared Transmittance (NIRT) for Grain Testing
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) in the Grain Inspection Lab
  • Dockage Tester for Determining Impurities in Grains
  • Measuring the Bulk Density of Grains

  

  March 4, 2021 • Collection Updates • Views: 2216

• The Chronicle of Higher Education

  
  

  Just a reminder that the Library provides online access to The Chronicle of Higher Education, including:

  • articles from every issue since 1989
  • coverage of topics such as student success, technology, and equity & diversity
  • data, statistics, and analysis
  • newsletters, advice, virtual events, job listings, and more

  Check out The Chronicle today!

  

  February 24, 2021 • Collection Updates • Views: 3339

• 4,059 new e-books!

  EBSCO added 4,059 new titles to their e-book collection in January. These are available freely to all DCTC students, faculty, and staff! Here is a spreadsheet of all the new titles if you’d like to browse through it. These are a few titles worth noting; click on the image to go straight to the book:

  

  

  

   

  If you have any questions about these or any other e-resources, please reach out to us at library@dctc.edu. We’re here for you!

  February 23, 2021 • Collection Updates • Views: 384