Happy Halloween!

Have a safe and fun Halloween! 

From your friendly SWC Library superheroes.

Free workshop today!

Join us for a 30-minute free workshop about Lexis-Nexis at the Library!

When: Thursday, October 29, noon
Where: L-244
What: Learn the basics about finding legal information and other great resources in Lexis-Nexis
Who: Open to all SWC students -- ask your instructor if you can receive extra credit for attending

This Thursday: Lexis-Nexis

Click on the schedule above for more information about upcoming workshops.

Website of the Week

Talk about snail mail...circa 1924. Photo courtesy Calisphere.

Calisphere - http://calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/

Calisphere, a project of the University of California Libraries, is an open source platform that allows digital collections from California's public and academic libraries, archives, and museums to be shared. Collections that have used products such as Omeka, Content DM, or Archivists' Toolkit for data management, can "dump" the data into Calisphere to make collections easier to browse and search. 

Calisphere organizes the information into collections that include images, documents, letters, artwork, diaries, videos and audio recordings...and is a great place to search for primary sources.  There are currently over 4000,000 images, texts and recordings available, and the collection continues to grow. 

A list of contributing institutions is included, and collections can be searched by title or theme.  Once you search for a particular institution's collection, you can refine your search within the collection by title/keyword, type of item, and even decade.

Happy searching!

Review by Tanya Carr, SWC Librarian

What is Lexis-Nexis?

Join us for a 30-minute free workshop about Lexis-Nexis at the Library!

When: Thursday, October 29, noon
Where: L-244
What: Learn the basics about finding legal information and other great resources in Lexis-Nexis
Who: Open to all SWC students -- ask your instructor if you can receive extra credit for attending

This Thursday: Lexis-Nexis

Click on the schedule above for more information about upcoming workshops.

Have a question?

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Available for all SWC students

What are you doing Thursday?

Join us for a 30-Minute Thursday Workshop at the Library!

Learn about how to research for that upcoming paper. Click on the schedule to see more about each workshop.

This Thursday: Primary Sources

Offered at noon every Thursday until November 19, each session will cover a research topic in thirty minutes, including Primary Sources, Finding Articles, and Lexis-Nexis.

No need to sign-up, just be on time! Ask your instructor if you can receive extra credit for attending.

See you at the Library on Thursdays.

Unidos Por La Causa: The Chicano Experience

Unidos Por La Causa: The Chicano Experience in San Diego

http://library.sdsu.edu/exhibits/2010/10/UnidosPorLaCausa/index.shtml

The actual exhibit is currently available for viewing at the City College Library.  It has traveled around to multiple locations over the last couple years including SDSU and the Logan Heights branch of San Diego Public.  I believe it is scheduled to stay at City through spring 2016.

A bilingual interactive online exhibit can be viewed here:

http://library.sdsu.edu/exhibits/2010/10/UnidosPorLaCausa/index.shtml

Unidos Por La Causa: The Chicano Experience in San Diego is "a display of photographs, art, and historic documents illustrating the early years of the Chicano movement for social justice and civil rights in San Diego. The exhibit includes a rich and vivid presentation of a selection of 62 movement-related posters and broadsides produced in the 1960s and 1970s promoting anti-war marches, UFW protests, student conferences and many other cultural and political events, demonstrating the movement's struggle for equal education and its resistance to injustice."

The online version includes some videos.  Meanwhile, both the online version and the actual exhibit include many primary documents.  They are both very comprehensive and impressive.  Carve out some time to take a look at one or the other, or both!

Review by Nate Martin, SWC Librarian

Improved accessibility at the Library

First Floor, SWC Library

We are pleased to announce we have a new automatic door on the first floor of the Library! The door leads to the Telemedia Department and to Multimedia Equipment Check Out services.

The improved accessibility is a welcome addition to this area of the building, which supports both foot traffic and the transportation of many types of mobile equipment.

Stop by the Library and take a look!

Website of the Week

StanfordEncyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP)
http://plato.stanford.edu/

The SEP is an online encyclopedia of Philosophy. The SEP is also an outstanding philosophy encyclopedia that rivals the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Authors of SEP entries have PhDs in philosophy and are acknowledged leaders in their field who have published on their subject in peer-reviewed journals and books.

Founded in 1995, the SEP was initially developed with funding from the NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) and the NSF (National Science Foundation). Open access to the Encyclopedia is supported by many university libraries and library consortia.

Each entry has information needed to cite the article.  Here is an example:

Quong, Jonathan, "Public Reason", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2013 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = .

The SEP has over 1500 articles that are written in an easy to read but authoritative manner. Entries are not only useful for research but make for highly enjoyable reading. Here are titles of recent articles:

Philosophy of Architecture [September 9, 2015]

Zhu Xi [September 3, 2015]

Idealism [August 30, 2015]

Agency [August 10, 2015]

The Phenomenology of the Munich and Göttingen Circles [August 3, 2015]

Conservatism [August 1, 2015]

Computational Complexity Theory [July 27, 2015]

Action-based Theories of Perception [July 8, 2015]

Belief Merging and Judgment Aggregation [July 8, 2015]

Natural Theology and Natural Religion [July 6, 2015]

Perceptual Experience and Perceptual Justification [June 17, 2015]

Measurement in Science [June 15, 2015]

Word Meaning [June 2, 2015]

Fallacies [May 29, 2015]

Christian von Ehrenfels [May 28, 2015]

Giambattista della Porta [May 19, 2015]

Reconciliation [May 11, 2015]

Science and Chinese Philosophy [April 28, 2015]

Review by John Stanton, SWC Librarian

Enroll now! LIB 110 begins October 23

Want to be a better researcher? Enroll in our one-credit course, LIB 110!

The course is only 8 weeks long, and it begins on October 23. It meets Fridays 8:45 am - 10:35 am and is transferable.

Beginning Today -- Orientations for Online Students

Join us for a free, one-hour orientation!

Where: L-244, Library Classroom
When: Three sessions are offered - choose one

• Thursday, October 15, 5:30 pm -6:30 pm
• Friday, October 16, 12 pm - 1 pm
• Saturday, October 17, 10 am - 11 am

What: We will go over what you need to know as an online student, including the basics of navigating your courses in Blackboard, the course management system.

No need to sign up, just be on time! See you there.

Join us tomorrow!

Want to improve your research skills? Join us for one (or more) of our 30-Minute Thursdays at the Library!

Tomorrow we are offering a half-hour workshop on Finding Articles. Free, online, full-text articles are available to SWC students. These articles aren't otherwise available for free on the internet -- learn how to take advantage of this amazing resource!

Click on the schedule to see more about each workshop. They are offered at noon every Thursday until November 19. No need to sign-up, just be on time!

Taking an Online Class?

Join us for a free, one-hour orientation!

Where: L-244, Library Classroom
When: Three sessions are offered - choose one

• Thursday, October 15, 5:30 pm -6:30 pm
• Friday, October 16, 12 pm - 1 pm
• Saturday, October 17, 10 am - 11 am

What: We will go over what you need to know as an online student, including the basics of navigating your courses in Blackboard, the course management system.

No need to sign up, just be on time! See you there.

Want to be a better researcher?

Enroll in our one-credit course! The course is only 8 weeks long, and it begins on October 23.

Website of the Week

Eat Wild – http://www.eatwild.com/

Whether you are interested in getting the more nutrition from your food, or ensuring farm animals are treated humanely, or want your food to be raised in an environmentally friendly manner, the Eatwild.com website has something for you!

“Eatwild.com is owned and operated by Jo Robinson, an investigative journalist and New York Times bestselling author who specializes in science-based health information. Jo has been investigating the differences between wild plants and game and the foods in our supermarkets for the past 15 years.”

I found the website by looking for sources for grass-fed beef, because I have heard so much about the bad environmental effects of feed lots, to say nothing of the unpleasant surroundings for the cattle themselves.  I also worry about eating meat from animals raised with too many antibiotics and steroids.  The Eat Wild site began by specializing in information about pasture raised animals but has expanded to include information on organic and locally produced fruits and vegetables as well. Jo includes many charts and graphs and articles from other ‘experts’.  She also provides links to numerous other websites which can provide additional information.

Do yourself a favor and check out the Eatwild.com website today!

Review by Ann Willard, SWC Librarian

Join us TODAY at noon!

Want to improve your research skills? Join us for one (or more) of our 30-Minute Thursdays at the Library!

Today we are offering a half-hour workshop on Primary Sources. What is a primary source? How can you find a primary source? This workshop is useful for many different types of classes at SWC... check with your instructor to see if they offer extra credit for attending!

Click on the schedule to see more about each workshop:

Offered at noon every Thursday from October 8 - November 19, each 30-Minute Thursday workshop session will cover a research topic in thirty minutes, including Primary Sources, Finding Articles, and Lexis-Nexis.

No need to sign-up, just be on time!

See you at the Library on Thursdays.

Check It Out

October 2015 is Disabilities Awareness Month!

Did you know in the Library’s glass display case on the upper floor that there's a great title honoring this theme to check out? It is called, Disability and Identity : Negotiating Self in a Changing Society. It was written by Rosalyn Benjamin Darling and published in 2013. Its call number is: HV1568 .D367 2013.

This book can be found through the SWC Library’s Search the Library Catalog webpage. Just type in the title in the search box and you can find it in the results list.

This book discusses the relationship between societal views and the self-conceptions of people with mental and physical impairments. Disability and Identity examines how resilient people with disabilities are in the face of social and material barriers while describing what it means to be “different” in a changing society.

 Come to the library to see more Disabilities Awareness-related titles on display this month.

Cheers!

Review by Arnold Josafat, SWC Librarian

30-Minute Thursdays start this week!

Want to improve your research skills? Join us for one (or more) of our 30-Minute Thursdays at the Library!

Click on the schedule to see more about each workshop:

Offered at noon every Thursday from October 8 - November 19, each session will cover a research topic in thirty minutes, including Primary Sources, Finding Articles, and Lexis-Nexis.

No need to sign-up, just be on time! See you at the Library on Thursdays.

Disabilities Awareness Month

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA).

Want to know more? Stop by the Library to visit our display of resources about Disabilities Awareness Month.

Have a question?

Ask us now!

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