The Olympic Lounge will back in operation in honor of our Paralympic Athletes
“It’s not over ‘till it’s over!” Olympic fans rejoice!
The Olympic Lounge will back in operation in honor of our Paralympic Athletes.
Visit the library during regular library hours March 12th – 21st to enjoy the competitions and celebrate these talented athletes. There are more medals to be won and more cheering to be done!
February 22-27, 2010 is Freedom to Read Week in Canada.
Did you know that Harry Potter, The Golden Compass, The Handmaid’s Tale, To Kill a Mockingbird, Maxim for Men, Of Mice and Men, The Bible, Huckleberry Finn, Lord of the Flies, Catcher in the Rye are all titles which appear on the list of challenged books and magazines in Canada?
This selective list provides information on more than 100 books and magazines that have been challenged in the past decades. Each challenge sought to limit public access to the books in schools, libraries, or bookstores. Some challenges were upheld; others were rejected.
Freedom to Read Week provides an opportunity for Canadians to focus on issues of intellectual freedom as they affect your community, your province, our country, and countries around the world.
All poster images are provided from:
Freedom to Read. “Freedom to Read Poster Gallery”. Image from Freedom to Read Poster Gallery. http://www.freedomtoread.ca/default.asp ( 25 Febraury, 2010).
The Library is the place to be during the Olympic Games!
Top Ten Medal Leading Countries (current as of Feb 16, 2010)
With the Olympics well underway be sure to drop by during regular library hours, from Feb. 12 thru 28th to stay abreast of all the Olympic action!
Visit the NC Libraries Olympic Lounges, curl up on our comfy seating and watch your favorite sport, check the latest score or cheer on your favorite team. Enjoy the book displays, decorations, “predict the winners” contest and more! The Library is the place to be during the Olympic Games.
NOTL Olympic Lounge
WC Olympic Lounge Viewing Station
The comfy couches of the WC Olympic Lounge.
Supplementary Resources : del.iciou.us Bookmarks
NC Delicious Bookmarksis a social bookmarking website, which means it is designed to allow you to store and share bookmarks on the web, instead of inside your browser.
Examples of Books OurOntario.ca Government Documents Collection: Access over 24,000 government documents from the collection of the Ontario Legislative Library, with new documents being added quarterly. You can find documents by typing in your search words in the search box, or by browsing lists of titles, a list of the ministry/agency, authors, subjects, or years.
The Alzheimer Society was founded over 30 years ago to help people affected by Alzheimer’s disease. The Society consists of a national office, 10 provincial organizations and more than 140 local groups across the country.
Project Gutenberg is the place where you can download over 30,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone or other device. Most releases are in English, but there are also significant numbers in many other languages. Currently, the non-English languages most represented are: French, German, Finnish, Dutch, Chinese, and Portuguese.
ibiblio is a “collection of collections,” and hosts a diverse range of publicly available information and open source software, including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies.
The National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC) is a non-profit organization founded in 1985 to provide information and resources on eating disorders and food and weight preoccupation.
Free Trial: Scott’s Directories
- Free trial of Scott’s Directories [ Start Date: 02/01/2010to End Date:02/15/2010]
All Scott’s company records are confirmed, revised, and edited annually for the highest possible level of accuracy. Scott’s Directories is a valuable tool that can be used to locate the name,address,phone,fax,email,websites,budgets,funding,publications,contacts,executive listings,membership numbers,founding date and description of the activities of Corporate, Medical or Government organizations.
Scott’s Directories Include:
Scott’s Corporate Directories
Canadian Medical Directory
Directory of Canadian Healthcare Personnel
Canadian Dental Directory
Canadian Pharmacists Directory
Scott’s Medical Experts Directory of Canadian Associations
Directory of Canadian Schools
Directory of Canadian Municipalities Scott’s Government Index
NC Libraries Group Study Rooms
- Students hard at work in one of the ten NOTL Study rooms.
All of the NC Libraries study rooms are WiFi ready and the WC students pictured here make the most of it!
GROUP STUDY ROOMS
The Group Study Rooms are a perfect spot to gather with classmates to discuss course curriculum, organize group presentations or prepare for exams.
Did you know?:
Group study rooms are available at both the Welland Campus and the Niagara On The Lake Campus and can be booked up to a week in advance.
How:
Simply approach the circualtion desk and request the time you would like to book the study room (max 2 consecutive hrs per group) and we will do our best to accomodate. Each Study Room has a white board and white board markers which also can be signed out at the circualtion desk.
Database Trial: ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source and CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Niagara College Libraries has organized the trial of two Nursing and Allied Health databases. Links to access ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source and CINAHL Plus with Full Text have been added to the trial section of our “Search by Database“ page. Niagara College Libraries would love to hear your thoughts and comments on these databases so that we can make an informed decision on behalf of our students and faculty. Your insights are valued and can be sent to library@niagaracollege.ca
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source provides users with reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more. This versatile database is designed to meet the needs of researchers at healthcare facilities as well as nursing and allied health programs at academic institutions. ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source provides abstracting and indexing for more than 850 titles, with over 715 titles in full-text, plus more than 12,000 full text dissertations representing the most rigorous scholarship in nursing and related fields.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text also provides indexing for over 4,175 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 2,000,000 records dating back to 1981. Offering complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses’ Association, CINAHL covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. In addition, this database offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters. Searchable cited references for more than 1,300 journals are also included.
Open For Business: A New Semester and A Friendly Reminder About Your Niagara College Campus Libraries
- N.Y. Library On Opening Day (LOC)
As of Monday, January 11th our regular winter hours are as follows (unless posted otherwise):
Monday to Thursday 8am to 8pm
Friday 8am to 5pm
Saturday – Closed
Sunday 1pm to 5pm
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Also, be reminded of all the services that the Niagara College Campus Libraries has to offer:
If you are a student (full-time, part-time, continuing education, and apprenticeship) and have a Niagara College Student Card then you have access to:
Borrowing books, DVDs, reserve materials, feature films, paperbacks and magazines
The Library computer labs, printers, photocopying and binding services (some fees applied)
Book multimedia equipment for classroom presentations and projects, on or off campus
Group study rooms
Subject specific reference help
and much, much more……….
Drop by today!
Ebsco presents : Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series
Now Available on Ebsco: Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series
Niagara College Libraries are pleased to announce that Ebsco’s Business Source Complete now includes a business video collection with 55 videos from the Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series, at no additional charge.
The series features engaging video lectures from renowned professors and experts at the HarvardBusiness School. All lectures are captured from executive education programs, and offer groundbreaking ideas, insightful research, and practical advice on management issues.
The videos contain a table of content allowing the selection of a specific topic. Most lectures provide a transcript in PDF format.
Enjoy one today!
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