New at the Library: Streaming Music in the Library Catalog

Did you know that you could search for streaming audio through NVC Library's catalog? 

Almost 500 works of music from the online database Classical Music Library are included in the catalog now.  Items are identified with the call # E-Music.

Resource Spotlight: CredoReference

Resource Spotlight:  Credo Reference

Wikipedia is convenient but unreliable.  What if you could find a resource with all the convenience of Wikipedia that also has hundreds of credible, academic reference sources. 

Look no further -- the Northwest Vista College Library has Credo Reference!

Celebrate Vista Library Open House

The library would like to thank Dan Smith and his Guitar I and private lesson students for providing acoustic guitar music in the library on November11th as part of the Library's Celerate Vista Open House.  Deon Wilson, James Flores, and Philip Sturdevant drew an attentive audience and provided beautiful background music for students studying in the library.  The Library also provided chips, salsa, and beverages.

Image Courtesy of Jesse Diaz

Celebrate Vista! Library Open House

Library Open House

Wed., Nov. 11th

11AM-1PM

NVC Library

Redbud Learning Center

Live acoustic guitar performances
Student poetry and creative writing readings

Wide variety of salsas & chips to sample

plus

15 minute mini-workshops: 
Power For Your PowerPoint with Jesse Diaz
Room 118 @ 11:30AM
&
Find It Now! with Linda Reeves & Renata Gibson
Room 118 @ 12:30PM

Major Mania: Plan Your Trip

PLAN YOUR TRIP: CAREERS, MAJORS, & TEST PREP

@

Northwest Vista College Library
Phone: (210) 486-4513

CAREERS:  Choose Your Destination
 
Vault Online Career Library - a large resource of career advice, articles, company reports, occupational profiles.


Research Guide:  Careers


Also look for these series:  Careers in focus..., Top careers in two years…, Career opportunities in...., Careers in...., and more


MAJORS:  Choose Your Path


College majors handbook with real career paths and payoffs [electronic resource] : the actual jobs, earnings, and trends for graduates of 60 college majors. E-Book


90-minute college major matcher : choose your best major for a great career

TEST PREP:  Official Documents

Testing & Education Reference Center – Taking a college entrance or licensing exam? Looking for a college or graduate school? Need help finding scholarships? Use this database to search thousands of college and graduate school entries. Identify scholarships that meet their financial needs. Take on-line practice tests and use test prep eBooks to obtain your education goals.
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These resources are just the beginning.  For more information about how the Library can help, visit the Library's table at Major Mania.

Wednesday, Nov. 4th 10AM-2PM, Cypress Campus Center -- Lago Vista

Got Questions? Ask a Librarian!

Ask a Librarian 

The Ask a Librarian feature is back!  Check it out on the Library's Homepage. 

Email us your questions or comments.

And the winner is....

The results of the Library Halloween Decoration Contest are in.  Bragging rights go to the Computer Help Desk!

Congratulations to Jesse Diaz, Brandon Coderre, Cindi Reyes, Guaira Hancock, Michele Ashmore, and LizMichelle Guzman.

Thanks to all the students, faculty, and staff who voted. 

Day of the Dead Art in the Library

Come check out some of the amazing artwork on display here in the library for Day of the Dead.

Here are just a couple of the things we have here for you to check out if you want to find out more:

Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead

GT4995 .A4 B73 2006

The Skeleton at the Feast : The Day of the Dead in Mexico

GT4995 .A4 C37 1991

GPO and Searching for Information

Kudos to Cheryl LaGuardia, Research Librarian at Harvard University for bringing attention to changes that are coming to GPO Access. GPO Access is the site many researchers use to find out information on issues that affect the public in regards to federal government. This is a freebie site and libraries usually post the site in order to help the public become more aware of what is going on at the federal level. Since the majority of individuals work or go to school not very many have the luxuries of time or resources to attend or address live congressional hearings, deliberations and policies that come down the information tube. So, GPO Access is our freebie information tube.

According to information posted by LaGuardia on Library Journal online, GPO Access will now become (FDsys) Federal Digital System. Interesting thing about the change is that GPO Access will become the new system at the end of 2009. That is right around the corner and this change needs to be known by the general population. While the change will occur immediately, collections will be added to the new system piece by piece. Now, having stated that the change will occur at the end of this year GPO Access will continue to function until all collections have been migrated to the new system.

Concerns: how long will this migration take, does research take place simultaneously in both systems, and will the public be notified when the migration is complete?

Stay Tuned.

On Display in the Library

Student-made Musical Instruments:   

Students in Nancy Staples’ Music Appreciation class worked in groups researching, planning, and making a musical instrument.  Students could use any materials to construct their instruments—and they did -- cigar box, muffler, soda can, cookie tin, nuts and washers.  Students made a class presentation about their instrument and wrote a summary of the group’s work. These amazing creations, with a description of the materials used, are now on display in the Reference area of the library. And they actually make …. music? You decide!
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Gay and Lesbian History Month: On display are books and videos spanning a range of topics including legal issues, advocacy, history, and fiction.  Here are some of the items available for checkout at your NVC Library.  These are not electronic books.  The link is to the record in the online catalog.  

http://library.alamo.edu/record=b1146421~S2
 





  http://library.alamo.edu/record=b1334236~S2

                   
 http://library.alamo.edu/record=b1315205~S2


 

Library Halloween Throwdown Pictures

Library Halloween Throwdown

Library Decorating Competition
The service desks - Circulation, Reference and Computer Help - are having a decorating contest.  Drop by the library and vote for your favorite desk---candy included!

Stolen Art, Here in San Antonio!

There is a new exhibit opening this week at the McNay Art Museum -- "Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker" is a collection of paintings that were stolen by the Nazis during World War II. The exhibit will run from October 7 - January 10, 2010.
(TPR story about exhibit)

Check out these items from our library here at NVC to learn more about how Europe's art masterpieces were plundered by the Nazis.

The Rape of Europa (DVD) - N8795.3 .E85 R37 2008







The Rape of Europa : the fate of Europe's treasures in the Third Reich and the SecondWorld War
N8795.3 .E85 N53 1995






Rescuing Da Vinci : Hitler and the Nazis stole Europe's great art : America and her allies recovered - N8795.3 .E85 E37 2006

The Forger's Spell : a true story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the greatest art hoax of the twentieth century - ND1662 .M43 D65 2008

Museum of the Missing: A History of Art Theft - N8795 .H68 2006

Online Information Literacy Modules Are Here!

The NVC Library is happy to announce the much anticipated online debut of

Module 1:  Introduction to Research & the Library Catalog

Learn how to create search strategies for a topic and to use the Library’s online catalog to find different kinds of materials.

Module 2:  Critical Thinking & Online Databases

Learn about the Library’s subscription databases and how to access and use them.

Welcome to Library Lowdown

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