SUMMER HOURS

May 18th - May 26th

Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 5:00pm

Friday 8:00am - 12:00pm

SUMMER SESSION I and II

May 26th - July 31st

Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 7:00pm

Friday 8:00am - 12:00pm

August 3rd - August 7th

Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 5:00pm

August 10th - Sept 4th

Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm

CLOSED WEEKENDS until September 8th

HOLDIAY CLOSINGS

May 25th - Memorial Day

July 3rd - Independence Day

Sept 7th - Labor Day

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE

Spring 2009 FINALS SCHEDULE can be found at:

http://www.sunywcc.edu/exams

GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!!!

What Today's College Students Say About Conducting Research in the Digital Age

A report of preliminary findings and analysis from student discussion groups held on 7 U.S. campuses in Fall 2008, as part of Project Information Literacy.

To read the entire report, go to:

http://projectinfolit.org/pdfs/PIL_ProgressReport_2_2009.pdf

Britannica vs Wikipedia

For 241 years, it's been the gold standard of reference books, a premium-priced digest of the world's accumulated knowledge. Now it's being overwhelmed by an eight-year-old online upstart authored by amateurs and available at no charge.

Click on the link below to find out

How can Encyclopaedia Britannica survive in a wiki world - The Boston Globe

Community Colleges Boom in Recession
Record Numbers of Students, Laid-Off Workers Drawn to Cheap Tuition, Job Training

By Susan Donaldson James
ABCNews.com

03/03/09

California college freshman Stephanie Parks dreamed of attending an expensive, private four-year college with an annual price tag of $50,000, but her parents made her settle for Sonoma State, "a cheaper alternative at one-third the cost," she said.

But when the recession hit colleges hard at the end of last year, Parks was astounded to learn she could only be guaranteed enrollment in one two-credit course for the spring semester.

To continue reading this article, http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6968514

PLAGIARISM is a form of theft. It could get you dismissed from the College.

Click on the link below to access and play the LIBRARY FLASH TUTORIAL
"YOU QUOTE IT, YOU NOTE IT'

http://www.sunywcc.edu/library/flash_tutorial/index.html

Choose a player, and in 10 minutes you will not only learn how to avoid plagiarism, but you'll also pick up some good research tips!!!

You can also access the tutorial from the Library Homepage, under TUTORIALS.

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



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