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Featured
Databases
Two
databases were recently added under the Articles and Databases
section of the Library webpage:
Ebscohost Academic Search Premier
contains full-text peer-reviewed articles for nearly 4600
titles, and indexing for 3000 more. Premier covers journals in biology, chemistry,
education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology,
religion & theology, sociology, etc. If you want scholarly or
peer-reviewed articles, this database is a good place to
start. (Click Ebscohost to find Academic Search
Premier in their list.)
Journal Finder
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Does
Parkland have full-text access to Quarterly
Review of Distance Education?
Does the Library have the journal Nursing Times?
Journal
Finder is a "one-stop" shop that will let
you know. Input
the title you are seeking and Journal
Finder will tell you which database has it full-text,
then link you into the database. Or it will tell you that the Parkland Library owns it
and link you to our online holdings list, so you can see which
years we have.
A
New Lease on Reading for Fun
When we buy books for the Parkland Library, our primary
mission is to support the curriculum. But we also get a lot of
requests for popular fiction and other leisure reading. Our
dilemma: how to use library funds wisely to support these
diverse needs.
Enter our new leased book program!
For a reasonable annual fee, a company called Baker &
Taylor provides us with a monthly
allowance of about 100 books. We don't actually own them, and
we send old ones back for fresh selections each month. We can
have that new book you've been hearing about, and when the
buzz fades, we trade it in for the next big thing.
Look
for this collection in our main floor Reading Lounge under the
"Best Sellers" banner. You can borrow these using
your Parkland ID just like other library books. If you have an
author you'd like us to look for when we make our monthly
selections, let us know through our Suggestion
Box.
Old
Timers
Staff members of the Library's Technical Services unit
recently observed milestones. In May Nancy Bode
attended the College's Recognition Banquet. Beginning at
Parkland in 1978,
she was recognized for twenty-five years of service to the College. September marked the employment
anniversaries of Virginia Stout (25 years) and Janet
Wilkinson (22 years).
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Paperback
Exchange
We
invite you to stop by the Library and browse the Paperback
Exchange, a self-service, mostly fiction, book
exchange available to anyone who wants to take (and/or leave)
a gently read paperback.
Simple to do: Select one or two books
at a time from the display near the Service Desk. These
books are not part of the permanent book collection, so there
is no check out, no due date, and no fines! Simply
return the book when you're done, and/or exchange one of your
own paperbacks for one of ours. (While we encourage you
to return paperbacks from this collection, donations and
returns are not required in order to take part.)
The selection of books changes, and
feedback for this exchange has been overwhelmingly
positive. The next time you're planning an R & R
break, visit the Paperback Exchange at your Parkland Library.
Conference
Presenters
Faculty members
Raeann Dossett,
Information Services Librarian, and Beth Eisenhauer, Reading
Instructor,
will present at the ninth annual Learning
Community conference
in Kansas City, Missouri, in November.
Library Hosts
Scholar
The Library will be host to
Rirhandzu Mhinga, a participant in the Mortenson Center's
associate program for international librarians. Ms. Mhinga will
spend a few days at Parkland learning about our Library and role
in academic services.
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