Studying for the NCLEX?

This time of year, I find that Periodicals is full of Nursing students who spend their entire day in the library. (Don’t forget to check out the Learning Commons! Reserve a group study room here.) For those of you who are studying for the NCLEX exam, here are some good materials:

Mosby’s comprehensive review of nursing for the NCLEX-RN examination 20th ed. (2012, on reserve, catalog record)

Saunders Q&A review for the NCLEX-RN examination 5th ed. (2012, in the reference section, catalog record)

NCLEX-RN : strategies, practice, and review 2011-2012 ed. (in the reference section, catalog record)

New books at Sullivan Library! Just in time for Spring

The World for Ransom: Piracy is terrorism, terrorism is piracy (online catalog)

Attacks on cargo ships along the Somali coast by maritime thieves have recast the image of piracy for the twenty-first century. Gone is the faded sepia image of Captain Kidd and buried treasure. In its place are gangs of seaborne brigands with rocket launchers, who bear a striking resemblance in appearance and actions to terrorists.

As jurist and historian Douglas R. Burgess Jr. argues in this compelling study, the case for linking piracy and terrorism goes much deeper than shared imagery. In fact, from a legal standpoint piracy may offer civilized society the key to fighting international terrorism.
Drawing both from historical examples and the present-day situation in the Gulf of Aden, Burgess proves that piracy and terrorism are the same crime. – Description from the publisher.

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Yoga and scoliosis : a journey to health and healing (online catalog)

They have left us here to die : the Civil War prison diary of Sgt. Lyle Adair, 111th U.S. Colored Infantry (online catalog)

Wired and mobilizing : social movements, new technology, and electoral politics (online catalog)

Basics of web design: HTML5 and CSS3 (online catalog)

GO! with Microsoft Office 2010. volume 1 (online catalog)

Art Exhibit @ Sullivan Library

The Dominican College Division of Arts & Sciences, in conjunction with the Vytlacil Campus of the Arts Students League, will be presenting an exhibit titled, “Turning: The nature of spring.” This exhibit will be held in the Sullivan Library on the Dominican campus from March 25 through April 20. Several professional regional artists, associated with the prestigious Art Students League, will present works with a theme of spring and renewal.

Opening Reception

Wine and cheese will be served.

Sunday, March 25

2:00 – 4:00PM

Art Exhibit Dates

March 25 – April 20

RefWorks and PubMed workshops next week!

RefWorks

Tuesday, March 20  from 5:45 to 6:45 PM  

Designed for the more serious scholar, this APA & MLA citation service includes RefShare for group collaboration, RefGrabIt for pulling bibliographic information from websites, and Write-N-Cite, a Microsoft Word plugin to help you cite your paper as you write it. You can also export citations directly from EBSCOhost and other databases to create your reference list/works cited page.

PubMed

Friday, March 23  from 5:45  to 6:45 PM

Learn how to effectively navigate the National Institute of Health’s archive of biomedical and life sciences literature. This will be a hands-on workshop covering the basic features and tools for new users.

Register at: http://www.tinyurl.com/2012Workshops

Please note Registration is required by 12PM the day of. Workshops with no registrations at that time will not be held. Don’t miss out on a wonderful opportunity!

Did the moon sink the Titanic?

The April issue of the the magazine Sky & Telescope has an interesting article regarding the sinking of the Titanic and how the moon may have played a very pivotal role. Exceptionally strong tides might have been the culprit that caused abnormally large ice bergs to break off in January 1912. The tides were caused by a lunar perigee (the moon being at the closest point to the Earth) one day after recording a full moon. This combination of factors caused the breakage of ice.

These ice bergs would then appear in the shipping lanes of the north Atlantic by April.

If you wish to read the entire article, the April issue of Sky & Telescope is available within the Periodicals room of the Sullivan Library. It is also available electronically in the Gale Databases — once you are in Gale, choose Academic OneFile. The title of the article is “Did the moon sink the Titantic” — you’ll have an easier time finding it if you leave off the question mark at the end.

 

EBSCOhost workshops next week!

Sullivan Library Workshops

EBSCOhost

Monday, March 5  from 3:45 to 4:45 PM

Thursday, March 8  from 5:45 to 6:45 PM

Featuring one of the most used databases here at Dominican, this workshop is not to be missed! These databases offer articles (journal, magazine and newspaper) as well as electronic books.  Specialty databases are available for the health sciences, psychology, education, and business – or set your sights on Academic Search Elite, a general database perfect for everyone!

As with all workshops, everyone is welcome to attend! Register for this and other Spring 2012 workshops here:

http://www.tinyurl.com/2012Workshops

Please note registration must be made by 12PM the day of. Workshops with no registrations at this time will not be held.