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College & Research Libraries News

 

November 2020

 

This C&RL News table of contents alert is sponsored by OverDrive. Sponsorships of C&RL News table of contents alerts are paid advertisements. The products, services, and opinions advertised by the sponsor are not endorsed by ACRL or ALA.

The November 2020 issue of College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News) is now freely available online.

 

Features

THE WAY I SEE IT
Aubrey Iglesias. "Stop, reflect, replace: Renovating our foundation for inclusive participation."

 

Rachael Elrod and Brittany Kester. "Diverse BookFinder: BIPOC collection development for children’s and young adult collections."

 

Jennifer Kirk. "What is in those compact shelves? Auditing and quantifying a government documents collection."

 

SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION

Sandra Aya Enimil. "Liberating digital collections: Rights review of digital collections at the Ohio State University Libraries."

 

Cynthia Hudson-Vitale and Rebecca Miller Waltz. "Caring for our colleagues: Wellness and support strategies for remote library teams."

 

Suzanne Gray, Bill Marino, Amanda Nichols Hess, and Beth Wallis. "An exchange could do you good: Hosting informal meetings to foster academic librarians’ work at nearby institutions."

 

Julie Marie Frye, Sarah Carter, Ashley Hosbach, and Leanne Nay. "Continuing a love affair after a separation: Ways to promote books for World Book and Copyright Day."

 

PERSPECTIVES ON THE FRAMEWORK

Andy Foskey and Amanda Roper. "Constructing authority: Using the ACRL Framework to connect with underserved students."

 

Departments


David Free. "In the News."

 

David Free. "News from the Field."

 

Wendi Kaspar. "C&RL Spotlight."

 

Carrie Russell and Kevin Maher. "Washington Hotline."


Joni R. Roberts and Carol A. Drost. "Internet Reviews."


Ann-Christe Galloway. "People in the News."

 

Gary Pattillo. "Fast Facts."

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Most Read Articles

 

The following are some of the most read articles on C&RL News online in October 2020.

 

Kanwal Ameen, Clara M. Chu, Spencer Lilley, Ana Ndumu, and Jaya Raju.

"Multiple ways of knowing: Global perspectives on academic libraries re-imagining systems of knowledge."

(October 2020)

 

Carissa Tomlinson and Danya Leebaw.

"Reflections: Middle management during the pandemic."

(October 2020)

 

ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee.

"2020 top trends in academic libraries: A review of the trends and issues affecting academic libraries in higher education."

(June 2020)

 

Sara Sharun and Erika E. Smith

"Educational development partnerships and practices: Helping librarians move beyond the one-shot."

(October 2020)

 

Dawn Stahura.

"ACT UP for evaluating sources: Pushing against privilege."

(November 2018)

 

Jamie Wittenberg.

"New dimensions in data management: Understanding sharing and reuse practices for 3-D data."

(October 2020)

 

Angiah L. Davis.

"Using instructional design principles to develop effective information literacy instruction: The ADDIE model."

(April 2013)

 

Shamika Dalton and Michele Villagran.

"Minimizing and addressing implicit bias in the workplace: Be proactive, part one."

(October 2018)

 

Quanetta Batts, Kian Flynn, Elliott Stevens, and Anuradha Vedantham.

"Starting early: High school students in paid internships at academic libraries."

(October 2020)

Digital Library

Open Educational Resources (OERs)
Online subscription: eBooks and eJournals


SCC Digital Library:  Password: discovery
A webliography of SCC's subscribed reference sources in specialized subjects. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.

Gale Ebooks: Password: discovery
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.

Gale Reference Virtual Databases: Password: discovery
Gale offers a variety of resources for education, lifelong learning, and academic research. Whether you are looking for peer-reviewed articles; full-text magazines, newspapers, and eBooks; primary source documents; and videos or podcasts, Gale puts the right vetted content and tools at your fingertips!


eJournals:

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). It is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.

Online Journal and Research Databases for Academics (Free). A resource of 101 Free Online Journal and Research Databases for Academics. 

Philippine eJournals (PEJ). It is an online collection of academic publications of different higher education institutions and professional organizations. Its sophisticated database allows users to easily locate abstracts, full journal articles, and links to related research materials. 


Links to Virtual Libraries:

General Reference. WWW Virtual Library. One of the first virtual library sites, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of html and the web itself. Includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, geographical sources and others.

Reference and Periodicals. This virtual library provides separate indexes for teachers, kids, teens, parents, librarians and "community." 

Reference Resources. Internet Public library. Maintained by the University of Michigan. Reference works are broken into over twenty sub categories from almanacs to trivia. 

ZLibrary Articles. Part of Z-Library project. The world's largest scienctific articles store of 70,000,000+ articles for free.

ZLibrary.Asia. Part of Z-Library Pro
ject. The world's largest ebooks library that provides 5,173,846 ebooks for free.


Open Educational Resources and Databases:

PHL CHED Connect. It is an online application that contains higher education course materials in text, audio, and video format, and other digital assets that are useful for teaching, learning and research purposes. It expands opportunities for interdisciplinary teaching and learning by allowing instructors to integrate and revise multiple educational resources.

COVID-19 Information Portal (EBSCO)A resource portal that spans a collective knowledge on coronavirus.  The site is being updated daily and all of the content is free to all. 

Education Resources Information Center (ERIC). The Education Resources Information Center(ERIC), of the Institution of Education Sciences, allows you to search by topic for material related to the field of education. Links lead to other sites, where you may have to purchase the information, but you can search for full-text articles only. 

Freelipiniana Online Library.
 Seeks to bring Filipiniana literature to every Filipino in a time when information and education are limited.

HERDIN Plus. Online portal developed by the PCHRD in response to the requirement of the PNHRS that provides easy management and access to health research and related information. 

National Commission of Culture and The Arts (NCCA). NCCA’s homepage is the country’s best site for information on Philippine culture and the arts. Search links for biography of national artists, publications about Philippine culture, art photos and contest announcements, both local and international, including employment opportunities are available. 

Science Open. Functioning as a research and publishing network, ScienceOpen offers open access to more than 28 million articles in all areas of science. Although you do need to register to view the full text of the articles, registration is free. 

Socioeconomic Research Portal of the Philippines.
 The Socioeconomic Research Portal for the Philippines (SERP-P) is an online knowledge resource that contains socioeconomic studies and materials produced by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and other academic and research institutions. 

Starbooks Online! STARBOOKS is short for Science & Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosk Station also known as "LIBRARY IN A BOX" intended to serve as information access portals in key areas in the Philippines.


SCC Digital Library


Electronic Books (ebooks) by Subject Area. Click on the subject to give you the list of ebooks.





Library Connect


Given this current situation, the SCC Library Services Department is one with the college administration to ensure prevention the spread of covid19 in campus. Thus, the library department is providing a huge collection of online subscription, open resources and free databases into a Digital Library,  making it easier for the faculty and students to search specific materials and other references to be used in their online classes.
          
As the delivery of reference services initiated electronically via the internet to library patrons who are outside the physical confines of the library facility, the library also provides Virtual reference services

For inquiries and other concerns, faculty and students can communicate with the librarians without being physically present through the following web tools. The librarians will be happy to respond to your requests within 24 hours.


                    Contact/Ask a Librarian

Philosophy eBooks

Philosophy eBooks Listed by Title


Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (2006). D. M. Borchert (Ed.), 2nd ed. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA. 

Philosophy: Education. (2017). B. R. Warnick & L. Stone (Eds.), Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA. 

Philosophy: Environmental Ethics. (2017). D. Schmidtz (Ed.), Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA.

Philosophy: Feminism. (2017). C. Hay (Ed.), Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA. 

Philosophy: Medical Ethics. (2016). C. M. Klugman (Ed.), Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA. 

Philosophy: Mind. (2017). B. P. McLaughlin (Ed.), Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA. 

Philosophy: Religion. (2017). D. M. Borchert (Ed.), Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA. 

Philosophy: Sex and Love. (2016). J. Petrik & A. Zucker (Eds.), Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA. 

Philosophy: Sources, Perspectives, and Methodologies. (2016). D. M. Borchert (Ed.), Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA. 

Philosophy: Sport. (2017). R. S. Kretchmar (Ed.), Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA. 

Philosophy: Technology. (2017). A. F. Beavers (Ed.), Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA.