Citation Workshops In April

The Library will hold two citation workshops this month, both held in the Writing Tutorial on the ground floor of the Library:

WORKS CITED PAGE WORKSHOP - APRIL 15TH - 11:00 -1:00

IN-TEXT(PARENTHETICAL) CITATION - APRIL 22ND - 11:00 - 1:00

New Interfaces for Two Popular Research Tools!

Beginning this summer, LexisNexis Academic will have a new, portal-like interface.

This new format can be accessed here:

http://lib-proxy.sunywcc.edu/login?url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic

Video tutorials are also available: http://www.youtube.com/user/LexisNexisAcademic

Mergent Online, a company research tool, is also rolling out a new format.

The new interface is located here: http://lib-proxy.sunywcc.edu/login?url=http://www.new.mergentonline.com

See the library’s full list of electronic resources:

http://researchguides.sunywcc.edu/content.php?pid=54305&sid=441851

Remember you will need to enter your remote login in from off campus!

8 in 10 Students Turn to Wikipedia for Research

From Campus Technology
By David Nagel 03/23/10

Eighty-two percent of students in higher education turn to Wikipedia for their course-related research. But, according to a new report out of the University of Washington, most are doing it just to give their research a jump start.

Click the link below to read the entire article:
http://campustechnology.com/articles/2010/03/23/8-in-10-students-turn-to-wikipedia-for-research.aspx

Spring 2010 Hours

Monday-Thursday - 8:00 am - 9:30 pm

Friday - 8:00 am - 5:00pm

Saturday - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Sunday - 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Spring Break Hours - March 15th -March 21st

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

Saturday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Sunday 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Closed Easter Sunday

Commencement Ceremony - Thursday, May 20th at 6:00 pm

CITATION HELP

CITATION HELP IS AVAILABLE!!

Citation Workshops:

Creating a Works Cited Page -- February 18 and April 8th

In-Text (Parenthetical) Citations -- February 25th and April 15th

Drop-in help is also available every Thursday from 11-1, beginning Jan. 28th, 2010.

Workshops and help are located in the Writing Tutorial, Ground Floor of the Library.

Intersession Hours

Monday - Friday: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday and Sunday: CLOSED
CLOSED Martin Luther King Day - Jan. 18

Information: 914 606-6965

Reference Desk: 914 606-6960

New Paperbacks in the Library

The WOO-WOO Factor
Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse -- The third book in Stephenie Meyer's best selling vampire love saga

Charlaine Harris -- Four more entries into the Sookie Stackhouse Series – for true blue True Blood fans!
Dead Until Dark (#1)
Club Dead (#3)
Dead to the World (#4)
Dead as a Doornail (#5) “
Already in the paperback collection:
Living Dead in Dallas #2
From Dead to Worse #8
Definitely Dead #6

Other Vamps and things, oh my!

Charlie Huston -- My Dead Body
T. A. Pratt -- Spell Games
The Tarot Café: The Wild Hunt -- based on the Manga best-seller
Art by Sang-Sun Park, Story by Chandra Rooney
Lynsay Sands -- The Rogue Hunter
Already in the paperback collection:
Devil Of The Highlands
The Immortal Hunter
Vampire, Interrupted
Vampires Are Forever

Dean Koontz --  Frankenstein: Dead and Alive – Book 3

Classic Horror Tales inspired by the work of H.G. Lovecraft
Lovecraft Unbound
Already in the paperback collection:
The Dream Cycle of H.P. Lovecraft: Dreams Of Terror And Death
Graphic Classics: H.P. Lovecraft

SF/Fantasy
Susan Kearney--Lucan: The Pendragon Legacy
Already in the paperback collection:
Ultimatum

J. D. Robb -- Promises in Death
Already in the paperback collection:
Origin in Death
Three in Death