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Winter Break
What are your plans for the winter break? Now that finals are over and you have some free time, get outside and have some fun! Be sure to check out the winter activities and safety display in Memorial Library if you’ll be in the area over break. We have a map of local ski resorts,…
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SIRS and the Common Core
The database SIRSResearcher (Social Issues Resources Series) has a new feature that allows users to search for resources that fit the Common Core Standards. When you open the SIRS database, look for the “Common Core Correlations” link along the top of the page. Click this link for drop-down menus that let you select specific states…
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More New Databases in the Library!
Entrepreneurial Studies Source This database provides the academic researcher as well as the student with the latest insight on topics relevant to entrepreneurship and small businesses. Subjects covered in the database include: Business Planning, Communications, Innovations, Management, Marketing, Organizational Behavior, Product Development, Raising Capital, Risk Taking and more. LGBT Life with Full Text contains all of…
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New Databases in the Library!
The library provides access to two new databases! They are available in the A-Z listing of databases on the Library Tab. Applied Science & Technology Full Text (Wilson) Covering a wide variety of applied science specialties—from acoustics and aeronautics, to neural networks and nuclear & civil engineering— Applied Science & Technology Full Text provides full-text…
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TMC Science Common Core Displays
The TMC’s display cases are featuring science resources that tie into the Common Core. Topics for the Elementary level include animals and weather, while the High School display features biology and physics. A variety of formats are represented: informational nonfiction, textbooks, and hands-on materials such as games and kits. There are also accompanying online resources…
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Instructional Technologies and Design Services News – NOVEMBER 2012
Accessibility Month November is Accessibility Month! ITDS along with the Technology Accessibility Advisory Committee are offering several opportunities to get you up-to-speed on making your publications and documents accessible. Every faculty and staff member that uses technology to impart information is responsible for ensuring accessibility to all users. We’re providing a page of accessibility tutorials,…
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TMC Online Guide
The Teaching Materials Center now has an online presence! This online guide contains information about the many collections in the TMC, including descriptions and call numbers, as well as tips on how to search the catalog for these materials. There are also links to online journals, videos, databases, and websites. These websites include lesson plan ideas, children’s literature, standards,…
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Project Muse is now available!
The Library has access to Project Muse! It is available in the A-Z listing of databases on the Library Tab. Project Muse ( standard collection) offers full-text current and archival articles from scholarly journals from major university presses covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more.…
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Early Journal Content in JSTOR
Journal content in JSTOR published prior to 1923 in the United States and prior to 1870 elsewhere, freely available to anyone, anywhere in the world. This “Early Journal Content” includes discourse and scholarship in the arts and humanities, economics and politics, and in mathematics and other sciences. It includes nearly 500,000 articles from more than…
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Streaming Video Databases
Did you know the library has subscriptions to four streaming video databases? American History in Video is a collection of newsreels, archival footage and important historical documentaries. Education in Video provides a collection of streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers including supplementary materials to aid in use in classroom discussions and assignments.…