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Winter Break Hours

December 15, 2015 by Amanda VerMeulen

Starting Monday, December 19, the Library and Media Center will have different hours during the winter break. Of course, the Library website is open for business 24/7 if you need access to databases or e-books during the break!

Have a safe and happy break and we’ll see you next year!!!

LIBRARY AND MEDIA CENTER

WINTER BREAK HOURS

(LOBBY BOOK DROP WILL BE OPEN)

December 21-23, 2015: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
December 24, 2015 – January 3, 2016: CLOSED
January 4-8, 2016: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
January 9-10, 2016: CLOSED
January 11-15, 2016: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
January 16, 2016: CLOSED
January 17, 2016: (Library only) 2:00 pm – 9:00 pm
January 18, 2016: (Library) 8:00 am – 9:00 pm (Media Center) 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
January 19, 2016: Library and Media Center return to regular hours

Library & Media Center Hours: Exam Edition

December 9, 2015 by Amanda VerMeulen

Starting Friday, December 11, the Library and Media Center will have extended hours for all the ~~crying~~ studying you need to do to prep for exams.

As an added bonus, Library classrooms 306, 307, and 321 (which is technically a theater, but whatever) will be open for student use through Thursday, December 17, during open hours. So if you can’t find a spot, check the classrooms for open space! And of course there are the 2nd floor study rooms.

Best of luck!!!!!!!!!

Library & Media Center: Fall 2015 Exam Hours

December 11 – December 23

	LIBRARY	MEDIA CENTER
Friday, Dec. 11	8 AM – 9 PM	8 AM – 5 PM
Saturday, Dec. 12	9 AM – 9 PM	12 PM – 3 PM
Sunday, Dec. 13	11 AM –2 AM	6 PM – 9 PM
Monday – Wednesday, Dec. 14 -16	8 AM – 2 AM	8 AM – 12:00 mid.
Thursday, Dec. 17	8 AM – 9 PM	8 AM – 8 PM
Friday, Dec. 18	8 AM – 5 pm	8 AM – 12 noon
Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 19 – 20	CLOSED	CLOSED
Monday – Wednesday, Dec. 21 – 23	8 AM – 5 PM	8 AM – 5 PM

Thanksgiving Hours

November 18, 2015 by Amanda VerMeulen

Image: Evan Amos [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The SMCM Library and Media Center will have reduced hours / be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday (mmmm….pie). The Library website, databases, and ebooks will still be available if you need to some scholarly research to settle an argument around the Thanksgiving table.

Library

Tuesday, November 24: 8am-9pm
Wednesday, November 25: CLOSED
Thursday, November 26: CLOSED (Happy Thanksgiving!)
Friday, November 27: CLOSED
Saturday, November 28: CLOSED
Sunday, November 29: 2pm-1am

Media Center

Tuesday, November 24: 8am-5pm
Wednesday, November 25: CLOSED
Thursday, November 26: CLOSED (Happy Thanksgiving!)
Friday, November 27: CLOSED
Saturday, November 28: CLOSED
Sunday, November 29: CLOSED

Have a safe and relaxing break!

Database Trial: oaFindr from 1science

November 4, 2015 by Amanda VerMeulen

Until November 30, SMCM Library has trial access to oaFindr from 1science.

oaFindr makes finding Open Access articles that are freely available on the internet a breeze. Instead of performing a number of different searches on different sites and different platforms, oaFindr offers one-click access to article PDFs from the search results.

And oaFindr is not just for the Sciences! Use it to find Open Access articles in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences as well.

If you like Google Scholar, you’ll love oaFindr!

Find oaFindr on the O tab on the SMCM Library Databases page.

World Statistics Day & Statista

October 20, 2015 by Amanda VerMeulen

The United Nations has declared October 20, 2015 World Statistics Day. Over the next few weeks, we will be featuring resources available from the SMCM Library related to statistics and data. For more info on World Statistics day, check out https://worldstatisticsday.org/index.html

eMarketer. (n.d.). Methods used for watching video content by U.S. college students in 2011. In Statista – The Statistics Portal. Retrieved October 19, 2015, from http://www.statista.com/statistics/212260/methods-for-watching-video-content-among-us-college-students/.

Happy World Statistics Day! Celebrate in style by checking out the Statista database, an awesome source for statistics available from the SMCM Library.

Statista is a statistics aggregator with over one million statistical facts covering over 80,000 topics, from over 18,000 sources, with over 500 stats added daily (phew!). Not only can you use Statista to get serious stats on industry, health, and society, but you can also find out what the most pirated TV show of 2014 was. (Spoiler: it was Game of Thrones, which apparently costs $6 million per episode to make. WHAT.)

On top of being crammed full of all kinds of stats, Statista provides attractive graphs (like the one at the beginning of this post) that you can incorporate into your paper or presentation!

Statista is available through the SMCM Library Databases page libguides.smcm.edu/databases

Hispanic Heritage Month: Film & Literature

October 2, 2015 by Amanda VerMeulen

September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month. Throughout the month we will be featuring resources available from the SMCM Library. For more info check out hispanicheritagemonth.gov

For the final post in our National Hispanic Heritage Month series, we’re featuring a few great books and films available from the SMCM Library. You can always find more excellent books and films by Hispanic writers and filmmakers by searching the SMCM Library Catalog.

Books

This Is How You Lose Her, Dominican-American writer Junot Díaz’s collection of short stories focusing on love in it’s myriad forms was a finalist for the 2012 National Book Award. This Is How You Lose Her comes preloaded on library Kindles, available for 2 week check-outs at the circulation desk.

If you enjoy Díaz’s short stories, check out his Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, available in a glorious, physical print copy in the SMCM Library Popular Reading section.

Films

Looking for an interesting look at the lives of everyday people? Americano As Apple Pie is a two-part documentary series looking at Latino culture in the United States, from big cities to small towns. The series looks at the Latino influence on American culture from entertainment to politics.

If you prefer fantasy, check out Pan’s Labyrinth, Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s 2006 dark Spanish-language fairy tale. Set in Spain after the Spanish Civil War, Pan’s Labyrinth uses stunning visual effects to tell a story of loss, rebellion, and empowerment that blurs the lines between what is real and what is imagined.

Both Americano As Apple Pie and Pan’s Labyrinth are available in the SMCM Library DVD collection for three-day check outs.

Wanted: Your Opinion About the Library

September 29, 2015 by Amanda VerMeulen

Image: Love Sign by David Robert Bliwas on Flickr [https://flic.kr/p/4qr6Kw]

Have you ever been in the library and thought, “It sure would be awesome if the library had/was/did [fill in the blank]?” Well, this semester is your chance to share all your brilliant ideas and opinions about the SMCM Library!

ANTH 306 (Principles of Applied Anthropology) is collaborating with the SMCM Library on a research project to understand how students (that’s you!) do research and use the library to create a better library experience for everyone. (YAY!)

Have an opinion? Want to share it? Join a focus group and/or be on the look out for ANTH 306 students tabling outside the Great Room where you can participate in quick exercises looking at different areas in the library and how they are used.

Want more information? Interested in participating in the project? Contact Meghan Lang at mtlang@smcm.edu

Book Sale Oct. 6 & 7!

September 29, 2015 by Amanda VerMeulen

Brace yourselves, the book sale is coming…

The annual library book sale is next Tuesday and Wednesday, October 6 & 7. We will be selling books from 9am-4pm, rain or shine outside the entrance to the library. We have books in a range of subjects, so come early and often to get your favs!

Book Prices are $0.50 for paperbacks and $1.00 for hardcovers. Cash only! Sorry no OneCard, debit or credit cards 🙁 [Thankfully there’s an ATM conveniently located in the library lobby. Coincidence or conspiracy????? You decide.]

Hispanic Heritage Month: HAPI

September 25, 2015 by Amanda VerMeulen

Suramérica by Carlos Adampol Galindo (CC BY-SA 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/36CEAz

HAPI (Hispanic American Periodical Index), a non-profit project of the Latin American Institute at UCLA, provides access to hundreds of thousands of article citations.

Topics range from political, economic, social issues, to the arts and humanities from journals published around the world focusing on issues effecting Latin America and the Caribbean.

HAPI has over 300,000 citations with over 170,000 links to full text from over 675 journals going back to the 1970s.

HAPI is available through the SMCM Library Databases page libguides.smcm.edu/databases

Hispanic Heritage Month: Journal of Latino / Latin American Studies

September 18, 2015 by Amanda VerMeulen

“Mural panoramico” by Farisori; Photo of “Presencia de América Latina” by Jorge González Camarena, at Universidad de Concepción, Chile (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Do you know JOLLAS? The Journal of Latino / Latin American Studies, co-edited by Dr. Jonathan Santo and Dr. Ramón Guerra at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal, focused on, you guessed it, issues related to the Latino experience in the U.S. and throughout Latin America. Each issue is centered on a theme, creating a diversity of scholarship across multiple topics and and areas of study. You can read about everything from Feminist Chicana research methodology, to self-esteem in Latino adolescents, to socio-emotional development in Latin America.

Access to JOLLAS is available through the SocIndex with Full Text database, from 2003 to the most current issue (Sept. 2015).