GOT
LIBRARY?
Top 10 reasons why VCCS faculty
(and their students) should be using the library
Library resources and services common to VCCS colleges
Name
10. Academic Search
Complete
Info
Example
Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database.
The Role of Women in
More than 5,500 full-text periodicals AND over 4,600 peer-reviewed
Horror Movies
journals.
9. Library Services
Books: take them home
Interlibrary loan: almost any book from almost anywhere
Reserves: books, articles or learning objects
Library as personal learning space (desk, study room, peace and
quiet)
Students love textbooks
on reserve!
8. LRC Live
24/7 Instant Chat Service with a librarian while classes are in session.
Staffed with VCCS Librarians and librarians from around the nation.
Need help formatting that
works cited page at 2
AM? No problem!
7. Instruction
Library Orientation
Finding credible sources
Creating citations/bibliographies
Evaluating resources
Video technology training
Accessible through Blackboard.
Indexed, closed captioned, shareable.
Library Scavenger Hunt
ABCD Test
Cite it Right
6. Atomic Learning
Need help with APA
formatting? Look no
further!
VCCS New Faculty Seminar, November 14th, 2014
Loftan Miller, Coordinator of Library Services, Downtown Campus, Reynolds Community College (lsmiller@reynolds.edu )
http://vccs.libguides.com/az
5. Films on Demand
4. Overdrive
6000+ streaming documentary films.
TED, BBC, Films for the Humanities and Sciences and more.
Embed into BlackBoard or show in class.
Indexed, searchable.
A media collection containing audiobooks, videos, and music.
Collection includes over 1000 audiobooks.
Titles can be downloaded on your home computer, portable device,
or burned to a CD.
Dental Assisting Videos
When You Are Engulfed in
Flames
3. American History in Video
Provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the
study of American history.
2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion.
Content includes commercial and governmental newsreels, archival
footage, public affairs footage, and other important documentaries.
Universal Newsreels,
November 14, 1955
2. Opposing Viewpoints in
Context
A true, one-stop research shop!
Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary
documents, and credible websites!
Current topics
Full-text academic journal, magazine, and newspaper articles
Connect people, information and technology
Research consultations
Informal support for students (resources, other departments)
Tech help: format paper, embed video in PowerPoint, printing, etc.
Makes finding a research
topic easy!
1. Librarians
Lunch and Learn Library
Style!
VCCS New Faculty Seminar, November 14th, 2014
Loftan Miller, Coordinator of Library Services, Downtown Campus, Reynolds Community College (lsmiller@reynolds.edu )
http://vccs.libguides.com/az