Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Take a look at our Research Guide on Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage, found by visiting our website, http://www.sunywcc.edu/library and clicking on Research Guides

TRANSFER NIGHT--MARCH 31st -- STUDENT CENTER LOUNGE--3:00-7:00PM

MLA CITATION WORKSHOP

MLA Works Cited headaches? Get fast relief at the Academic Support Center, Writing Tutorial Workshop, March 24, 2011 @ 11am.

APA CITATION WORKSHOP

American Psychological Association Citations Got You Down???

Come to the APA Citation Workshop!!

Sign in at THE WRITING TUTORIAL, ground floor of the Library

THURSDAY, MARCH 10th, 2011 at 11:00am

February is African-American History Month

The theme of this year's African American History Month is "African Americans and the Civil War." The event honors the tens of thousands of patriots who enlisted in the United States Army and Navy from the time of the Emancipation Proclamation in September 1862 to 1865.

To find out more, click on the link below to the Library LibGuide 

 African American and the Civil War

Want more?  Check at the library display on the first floor!!

Student Support Services Award

Graduating in May? If the Library or the Academic Support Center contributed to your academic success, then apply for the Student Support Services Award:

Click on the link below
Student Support Services Award Application

Tutoring at the Extension Centers

Click on the link below to find the schedule for tutoring at extensions for the Spring 2011 semester.

Extension CentersTutoring Schedule

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE

The final exam schedule is now available.

Click the link below to see the details.

http://www.sunywcc.edu/academics/final_exams/exam_scheds.htm

Celebrate the Freedom to Read

Click on the link below to learn all about Banned Books Week

Banned Books Week - September 26-Oct. 3, 2010 - LibGuides at Westchester Community College Library

Gateway Center Opens

The Gateway Center, an innovative endeavor to address the emerging trends that challenge our future, opened this Fall, and classes began on September 7.



The Gateway Center will house the college’s Business Programs, Professional Development Center (which provides workforce training to local companies and their employees), Modern Language Programs, International Student Services, English Language Institute (the county’s largest English as a Second Language educational resource), and the Volunteer Center.  The Center also includes a cafe, auditorium and conference rooms.

Traces of the Trade

"First time film maker Katrina Browne makes a troubling discovery - her New England ancestors were the largest slave trading family in U.S. history. She and nine cousins retrace the Triangle Trade from Rhode Island, to Ghana, to Cuba. Step by step, they uncover the vast extent of Northern complicity in slavery and gain powerful new perspectives on the black/white divide. The film is intended as a catalyst for dialogue, education, and action through screenings in communities and classrooms."

Visit the following link http://researchguides.sunywcc.edu/tracesofthetrade to discover reviews, books, websites and articles on and about the film.
This guide, as well as many others, can be found on the library's website under Research Guides.

Congratulations to Marge Glusker

For outstanding contributions to libraries and literacy, Dr. Marjorie Glusker, Vice President and Dean, Division of Continuing Education and Community Services at Westchester Community College, will receive the National Library Week Recognition Award today at the Westchester Library System’s 19th Annual Books and Authors Luncheon.

Placement Testing Schedule - 2010

Click on the link below for the Spring 2010 placement testing schedule

Placement Testing Schedule--SPRING 2010

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, VISIT THE TESTING CENTER WEBSITE: www.sunywcc.edu/testingcenter

BANNED BOOK WEEK

Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read
September 26−October 3, 2009

Source: ala.org
Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States.

Intellectual freedom—the freedom to access information and express ideas, even if the information and ideas might be considered unorthodox or unpopular—provides the foundation for Banned Books Week. BBW stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints for all who wish to read and access them.

The books featured during Banned Books Week have been targets of attempted bannings. Fortunately, while some books were banned or restricted, in a majority of cases the books were not banned, all thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, booksellers, and members of the community to retain the books in the library collections. Imagine how many more books might be challenged—and possibly banned or restricted—if librarians, teachers, and booksellers across the country did not use Banned Books Week each year to teach the importance of our First Amendment rights and the power of literature, and to draw attention to the danger that exists when restraints are imposed on the availability of information in a free society.

Banned Books Week is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association; American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression; the American Library Association; American Society of Journalists and Authors; Association of American Publishers; and the National Association of College Stores. It is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE

Spring 2009 FINALS SCHEDULE can be found at:

http://www.sunywcc.edu/exams

GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!!!

FREE RESEARCH SERVICE to all WCC EMPLOYEES

Searching for information on a new course, curriculum or research project?

Working on your doctoral dissertation or master thesis?

Making a speech or presentation of any kind?

Publishing?

Free Interlibrary Loan Service to all WCC employees.

Resources that are not available at the WCC Library
can be requested through this nationwide online service.


Both services can be accessed online through the Library homepage at
http://www.sunywcc.edu/library


Or Contact

Una Shih
Professor/Librarian
Research and Interlibrary Loan
Harold L. Drimmer Library, Room 207
Westchester Community College
75 Grasslands Road
Valhalla, New York 10595
(914) 606-6573
Una.shih@sunywcc.edu



2/09

READ ALOUD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

READ ALOUD in the LIBRARY

December 10, 2008

11:00am - 1:00pm

ALL ARE WELCOME TO COME AND LISTEN!!

IF YOU WISH TO READ, SIGN UP IN THE lIBRARY

Refreshments will be available

LIBRARY CAFE ARRIVES!!!!

The NEW LIBRARY CAFE, LOCATED IN THE LIBRARY STUDENT LOUNGE, is NOW OPEN, serving coffee and other goodies.

The Library Student Lounge is located in the area right before you enter the Library.

Service is available Monday, Tuesday and Thursdays from 9:00 - 12:30pm.

THE CITATION CONSULTANT IS IN!!!

What is it & how do I do it?

Prof. Ray, from the library, will be here every Thursday
to answer your questions on MLA documentation.

When: Thursdays
Date: Beginning February 7, 2008
Time: 11:00a.m. - 1:00p.m.
Location: Writing Tutorial

HELP STUDENTS AVOID PLAGARISM!!!

ANTI-PLAGARISM RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY FOR FACULTY AND STUDENTS

For Students and Faculty

• Citation Format Guides overhauled
• MLA and APA
• Available online and in print
  

For Faculty: Plagiarism Workshop

• 1-hour class in the library or in your classroom
• Sign up on “Library Instruction Request Form” or at the Library
• Review materials available
• Quizzes to measure learning outcomes available
• PowerPoint Presentation available for you to use
  

For Students: in the Writing Tutorial

• “Citation Consultant” Librarian available 11-1 Thursdays
• MLA Formatting Workshops
• Works Cited pages: Feb 14 & Apr 10
• In text citation: Feb 21 & Apr 17