Collection Updates
Category

• AccessScience update

  AccessScience added new content in July and August. New briefings include:

  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak
  • Food waste and sustainable practices
  • Europe’s summer 2022 heat wave
  • Neutron beam experiments rule out a candidate for dark matter
  • Silvopasture as an agricultural practice may reduce climate change

  New and updated articles include:

  • Boundary-layer flow
  • Flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)
  • Quantum computation

  New videos and animations include:

  • Constructing Vaccines
  • DNA Replication
  • Electron Transport System and Formation of ATP
  • Generalized Transduction
  • Glycolysis
  • HIV Replication

  

  September 23, 2022 • Collection Updates • Views: 3713

• Films on Demand update

  Films On Demand added 151 new videos in July and August. Take a look!

   

  

  September 6, 2022 • Collection Updates • Views: 1822

• Opposing Viewpoints update

  Opposing Viewpoints is constantly adding and updating coverage of current events and social issues, perfect for students writing argument papers. Here are some new and recently updated topics:

   

  • Ableism
  • Abortion
  • Addiction and Chemical Dependency
  • Arms Trade
  • Birth Control
  • Breastfeeding
  • Cancer
  • Concealed Weapons
  • Eating Disorders
  • Esports
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Inflation

  • Marijuana
  • Midterm Elections
  • North Korea
  • Nutrition
  • Peer Pressure
  • Police Reform
  • School Reform
  • Suicide
  • Teen Suicide
  • Transgender Equality
  • Twitter
  • Women in the Workplace

  September 2, 2022 • Collection Updates • Views: 2453

• New titles

  Check out the new books and videos we added to our collection over the summer break. Here are a few of the new titles:

    
    
    

  September 1, 2022 • Collection Updates • Views: 2467

• 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!

  

  August 29, 2022 • Collection Updates • Views: 4163

• LearningExpress Library update

  LearningExpress Library recently added a whole bunch of new practice tests:

  • CLEP® Financial Accounting Practice Exams 1 & 2
  • 12 DSST® Practice Tests:
    • Business Ethics and Society Practice Tests 1 & 2
    • Ethics in Technology Practice Tests 1 & 2
    • Foundations of Education Practice Tests 1 & 2
    • General Anthropology Practice Tests 1 & 2
    • Math for Liberal Arts Practice Tests 1 & 2
    • Principles of Finance Practice Tests 1 & 2
  • GMAT® Practice Tests 3 and 4
  • LSAT® Practice Tests 3 and 4
  • Praxis® Mathematics (5165) Practice Tests 1 & 2
  • Microsoft Office 365: The Basics

  You’ll need a LearningExpress Library account to access these resources, but it’s free to register if you haven’t already. Any questions? E-mail library@dctc.edu!

  July 19, 2022 • Collection Updates • Views: 1086

• AccessScience update

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

  • Biogas from dung holds promise for cleaner energy in India
  • Dragonflies use physical mechanics and neuromuscular signals to right themselves during flight
  • Aggressive behavior toward rival group members increases activity in the brain’s reward circuit
  • New polymer made from limonene and sulfur waste absorbs mercury pollution from water

  New and updated articles include:

  • Coulomb’s law
  • Electrical impedance
  • Kirchhoff’s laws of electrical circuits
  • Malaria
  • Parallel circuit
  • Switching theory
  • Wheatstone bridge
  • Carbon monoxide
  • Fluid mechanics
  • Glial cell
  • Infection
  • Nephron

  New videos and animations include:

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Bacterial Spore Formation
  • Bacterial Transformation
  • Biofilm Formation
  • Bacterial Conjugation: Transfer of Chromosomal DNA
  • Processing of Gene Information: Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes

  

  July 19, 2022 • Collection Updates • Views: 3666

• 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:

  • UFOs
  • Mental Health Awareness
  • U.S. National Debate Topic: 2022-2023, Emerging Technologies & International Security

      

  Get the facts and have an informed opinion!

  July 11, 2022 • Collection Updates • Views: 2071

• Films on Demand update

  Films On Demand added 341 new videos in April, May, and June. Take a look!

   

  

  July 5, 2022 • Collection Updates • Views: 1745

• New titles

  Check out the new books and videos we’ve added to our collection since April. Here are a few of the new titles:

    
    

  May 17, 2022 • Collection Updates • Views: 2383