Memorial Library Research Consultations!

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Now you can easily set up a Research Consultation with your subject librarian! If you need in-depth assistance in identifying and locating the resources most useful for your project contact your subject librarian! Use the “Schedule an appointment” link in Your Library Subject Specialist box on the LibraryTab in myRedDragon!

Your subject librarians and their subjects:

Other options for getting assistance finding resources for your topic:
  • Research Help desk @ the IRSC
  • Call us @ (607) 753-2590 or (607) 753-2820 during library hours.
  • Email us: libraryemail@cortland.edu
  • Text a librarian during normal reference desk hours by simply sending a text to: 1-607-218-8585.
  • Chat: Find the Chat box on the LibraryTab in myRedDragon!
  • Connect with ASK US 24/7 to chat live with reference librarian 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. (only use this option when we are not available!).

 

Memorial Library Presents the film “THE OTHER CITY”

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SUNY Cortland’s Memorial Library will present a screening of the film “The Other City” on Tuesday, January 28th at 7:00 PM in Sperry 105.

In every city, there’s another city that visitors rarely see. But this other city isn’t just anywhere—it’s in Washington, D.C. The very city that is home to the capitol of the most powerful country in the world has an HIV/AIDS rate that is not only the nation’s highest, but rivals some African countries.

“The Other City” introduces us to the people who live in the shadow of the Capitol but remain almost invisible to the lawmakers and lobbyists who live there. It’s about politics and ideology, corruption and bureaucracy, and an epidemic that grew out of control while few people paid attention or cared.

The screening is a joint effort of Memorial Library and the Cultural and Intellectual Climate Committee (CICC). The CICC is an all-campus committee of faculty and staff appointed by the Provost. Each year members of the Committee choose a theme to frame a year-long series of lectures, discussions, film screenings, and art exhibits. This theme is meant to promote cultural life on campus and help the campus and Cortland community engage in discussions connected to issues relevant to today’s world. This year’s theme is Inter/Action.

HIV/AIDS is a world-wide health issue that affects not only our nation’s capitol  but every community.

Please consider attending.

NEW BOOKS in the Library!

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If you want to hide from the snow: curl up and read a good book! You can find our new titles at the Librarytab in myRedDragon: click the link “New Books at Memorial Library” in the left lower box “Library Links and Resources” and you will find an overview of our latest additions, organized by subject!

You can also browse the new books in the New Book shelves located on the second floor near the Instruction Resource Area (IRA).

Enjoy and stay warm!

Featured Database: Credo Reference

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There is one resource you should keep in mind whenever you are starting a research paper of whenever you just want to find a credible overview of a topic: Credo Reference, a full-text online reference collection of more than 360 titles from over 60 publishers. It features over three million entries from atlases, dictionaries, encyclopedias, guides, and other reference books on a wide range of subjects covering the humanities, sciences, social sciences, and technology. Credo Reference includes more than 10,000 topic pages presenting background information, images, links to articles and suggestions for further reading. Included are images, audio files, maps, video clips, Flash animation, and a dynamic table creation/export feature. The Concept Map helps you develop your research topic by exploring related concepts.

The tools in Credo Reference are designed to help you get started on a research assignment, saving your time by delivering authoritative definitions and steering you to book and journal sources for further reading. Give it a try!

You can find Credo Reference in the Databases by title box on the Librarytab in myRedDragon.

Inter/Action Film Nov. 21@ 7 pm in Sperry 205: “Up Heartbreak Hill”

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Memorial Library contributes to the Cultural and Intellectual Climate Committee’s Inter/Action theme with a screening of the film “Up Heartbreak Hill” next Thursday, November 21 at 7:00 PM in Sperry 205.

“Up Heartbreak Hill chronicles the lives of three Native American teenagers in Navajo, NM — Thomas, an elite runner, Tamara, an academic superstar, and Gabby, an aspiring photographer — as they navigate their senior year at a reservation high school. As graduation nears, they must decide whether or not to stay in their community — a place inextricably woven into the fiber of their beings — or leave in pursuit of opportunities elsewhere. Up Heartbreak Hill examines the ways in which we define ourselves, and the broader issues surrounding what it means to be Native American in the contemporary world.”

It played at the 2012 Cleveland International Film Festival and aired in July 2012 on the PBS series “P.O.V.” Have a look at the trailer on YouTube: “Up Heartbreak Hill”

The screening is sponsored by Memorial Library, the Cultural and Intellectual Climate Committee (CICC), the Native American Studies Committee and the Auxiliary Services Corporation.

 Please consider joining us next Thursday evening!

Featured Database: Historical Abstracts

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Historical Abstracts is a great database to find scholarly articles for your research papers on the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the presents, including world history, military history, women’s history, history of education and much more. This database provides selective indexing of historical articles from thousands of journals in a wide variety of languages from more than 90 countries and database includes book citations, dissertations and theses, and coverage extends to related disciplines such as archeology, anthropology and sociology.

In addition to standard search features, Historical Abstracts with Full Text allows for searching by time period, a major advantage given the extensive range of its coverage.

You can find Historical Abstracts on the Library tab in myRedDragon in the box Databases by Title. Also check out the History Research Guide for additional resources on your topic!

Featured Database: Environment Complete

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Environment Complete is an EBSCOhost database that specializes in journal articles and monographs from the subject areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution and waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, and urban planning.  Environment Complete provides full text for over 600 of the most heavily-used journals in these disciplines, and contains over 1,772,000 records total.  The database’s holdings go back to the 1940s, and include articles from over 1500 domestic and international titles.  Monograph coverage includes full text from sources like the Encyclopedia of World Environmental History.

You can find Environment Complete on the Library tab in myRedDragon in the box: Databases by title.