Saturday, June 26, 2010

Pam Crawford Art Exhibit at Wintergreen Arts Center

NMCC instructor Pam Crawford Art Exhibit

At Wintergreen Arts Center

From their website:

An opening reception for mixed-media artist Pam Crawford will be held on Friday, July 2, 2010 from 7-9 pm at the Wintergreen Arts Center. The public is invited to celebrate her opening party and other First Friday Art Walk events held that evening. Her work will be on display in the Barresi Financial Gallery at the Wintergreen Arts Center at 149 State Street in Presque Isle from July 2 through the July 30, 2010. 20% of all sales of work from this exhibit will be donated to the Wintergreen Arts Center.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Library Orientations

Depending on how you view it, library tours and orientations can be stimulating and fun or depressing and boring. At NMCC library we try to make it fun while sharing valuable information you will need to complete class assignments and write your papers.

We really hope that your first visit to the library is enjoyable and that we make you feel comfortable enough to come back often to ask for assistance and to find additional information you'll need to complete your school projects.

Librarians love to help students and we are always interested in the wide variety of topics for student projects. When we work with students, we get to learn something new each day. That is the fun part of our job.

Stop by and let us show you how we can help and how you can learn to be a better searcher and find the information you need. Honestly, this is not your grandmother's library. Libraries today are great resources and we hope you will take advantage of all the library has to offer you.

Friday, June 11, 2010

New CINAHL Search Features

Ebsco just announced a new search limit feature. Now search results can be limited to "nurse as author." This is great news and will be very useful to nursing students. Next time you are using CINAHL check out this new feature. If you have questions, contact a librarian for help.

From Ebsco Support Site:

How do the “written by a nurse” limiters limit my result set in CINAHL products?


There are two limiters of this variety:

  • First Author is Nurse – If this limiter is applied, then you will only retrieve records where it is confirmed that the first author of an article is a nurse, according to credentials noted in the article.

  • Any Author is Nurse – If this limiter is applied, then you will only retrieve records where at least one author is a nurse, according to the credentials noted in the article.

The written by a nurse limiter applies to records from 2009 and forward. Credentials include RN, BSN, MSN, or appropriate degree. As this limiter pertains to non-U.S. journals, the credentials include licensed nurse or appropriate nursing degree in the particular country.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

Episode 72: Wikipedia's Co-Founder Calls for Better Information Literacy

Listen to Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia talk about the pros and cons of using this online encyclopedia.

From the Chronicle of Higher Ed: "Jimmy Wales, a co-founder of Wikipedia, sits down with the Tech Therapy team to discuss the best—and worst—ways to use the online encyclopedia in teaching and research. And he challenges traditional newspapers to adopt some of Wikipedia's practices."

Click here to download and listen.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Turner Library Donation

The Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library just received a generous donation for a library expansion.

See the complete article in the Bangor Daily News.

This is wonderful news and our community is very grateful to the donor.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Apply for a passport or passport card

Did you know that the E. Perrin Edmunds library at Northern Maine Community College is an official passport acceptance agent? You can apply for your passport or passport card at the library

Learn more here.

Stop by the library for forms and additional information.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

One College - One Book

WE NEED YOUR INPUT!
This fall the library will lead a one book reading program. We need your assistance in selecting the book. If you have a favorite read that you think will be great for our project, post a comment and share your ideas.

We are considering the following titles: Three Cups of Tea, Choosing Civility, and The Last Lecture.

Share your thoughts and help us pick a title that everyone will enjoy reading.

Details will follow later this summer.