NEW! STAT!Ref / Nursing Database Debuts

We have recent added access to STAT!Ref® (Nursing) online a cross-searchable, healthcare reference that integrates core titles with evidence-based resources and innovative tools in one site. RN Database is a collection of nursing textbooks chosen by librarians to address the needs of nurses and nursing students.  This current collection (2006-2013) features both 22 eBook titles covering a wide range of topics and a nursing procedures video series.

The video series (viewable on any PC or laptop), follow a team of nursing students and their instructor as they perform 90+ nursing procedures in realistic clinical settings. The videos are organized into basic, intermediate, and advanced procedures that enable you to develop and build on a foundation of skills.

Dawn of a New Day @ South LRC

Big, big changes have occurred at our South (Creedmoor) Campus LRC, which is now sharing a great new space within our Student Learning and Success Center.

NEW! NC LIVE eBooks Portal

NC LIVE is pleased to announce a new eBooks Portal webpage available now from the NC LIVE

website.
This new eBooks Portal makes it easier for users to browse and search all of NC LIVE's eBook content. There is also some new FAQ information that explains how to download eBooks from the collections that contain downloadable content.

About the eBooks Portal:
With over 20,000 eBooks spread across six different vendor collections, it can sometimes be difficult for users to explore all of the eBooks NC LIVE has to offer. The new NC LIVE eBooks Portal makes it easier for users to search across the eBook collections, and to explore individual collections that might interest them.

The eBooks Portal gives users easy access to:

• eBooks on EBSCOhost (24,600 titles): includes titles in Literature, Technology, Career & Self Help, how-to books, and more.
• ABC-CLIO (200 titles): includes titles in History, Literature, and more.
• MyiLibrary eBooks (370 titles, approximately 100 are downloadable): includes titles in History, the Social Sciences, Criminal Justice, and more.
• Learning Express Library (194 titles): eBooks on career development topics, test prep, and personal development.
• Open Library: NC LIVE has partnered with the Open Library to offer access to over 200,000 books published between 1924 and 1999. These eBooks cover many subjects and include fiction, young adult, and children's titles.

Dream On, Maurice!

 
Maurice Sendak was widely considered the most important children’s book artist of the 20th century, whose works wrenched the picture book out of the safe, sanitized world of the nursery and plunged it into the dark, terrifying and hauntingly beautiful recesses of the human psyche. He died on May 8, 2012, at the age of 83.  (New York Times)
 

"Children surviving childhood is my obsessive theme and my life's concern."

- Maurice Sendak

(From All Things Considered) 

 

New eBook Releases: SALEM HEALTH

Salem Health brings BOTH print and online access to Salem Press’ award-winning health reference works. The first reference set included is Salem Press’ best-selling Magill’s Medical Guide. In its printed form, the current edition of the Guide ix six volumes and 3,500 pages. 

Magill’s Medical Guide, in its various editions, has been glowingly reviewed by every major reference reviewer. It is a staple in high school, college, public and medical school libraries. The Guide is a perfect mix of accessibility and depth, providing general readers with an authoritative reference source that helps bridge the gap between medical encyclopedias for professionals and popular self-help guides. It is an up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical information suitable for student research as well as use by general readers, including patients and caregivers.

Also available on Salem Health:

    Magill's Medical Guide (MMG)

    Salem Health: Cancer (Cancer)

    Salem Health: Psychology & Mental Health (Psychology)

    Salem Health: Genetics & Inherited Diseases (Genetics)

    Salem Health: Infectious Diseases & Conditions (Diseases)

    Salem Health: Addictions & Substance Abuse (Addiction)

THE ONLINE DATABASE

Virtually all of the content in all our print Salem Health titles is available online, including illustrations and sidebars, indexes, appendixes and other back matter. Cross-references in the form of “See Also” boxes will link directly to appropriate articles. Key terms, used in the body of articles, will link to a complete “Glossary.”  “Further Information” citations are extensive and authoritative. Article citation information is included with every article.

The electronic resource includes extremely flexible search and browsing capabilities. Students and patrons can save articles and searches to personalized logon areas for later retrieval. Search controls by demographic group focus searches as do the categorization of articles into eight major groups:

    Anatomy & Physiology

    Diagnosis & Testing

    Diseases, Disorders, & Symptoms

    Mental Health

    Prevention & Lifestyle

    Social Issues

    Specialties & Health Care Providers

    Treatment & Therapy

Salem Health is a state-of-the-art online reference source that is as up-to-the-minute as you can find.

Focus on Global Religions

On April 11, Dr. Anna Bigelow offered the VGCC educational community a presentation entitled "Religion and the Arab Spring" in which she addressed the role of religion in the current Middle East uprisings commonly referred to as the "Arab Spring."  Dr. Bigelow is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at NC State University.

The VGCC LRC offers the opportunity to continue the discussion by providing a wide variety of print and electronic resources covering global religions and the Middle East.  On our website, this month's Featured Authors & Works showcases Dr. Bigelow and several works covering these topics.  In addition, our highly regarded Gale database Global Issues IN CONTEXT provides current information on Syrian Civil Unrest and Arab Spring and other related topics. 

Great Women...Great Authors

In celebration of Women's History Month, our Featured Authors & Works Page is featuring the writings of women authors from Katherine Boo's powerful behind the beautiful forevers to S.E. (Susan Eloise) Hinton's YA landmark work The Outsiders.