Dawn Hawley's Blog (9)

Fall is my favorite season. I love the promise of fresh starts and abundance. Every September I get back-to-school butterflies and an almost-irresistible urge to buy myself new shoes. I do the supply shopping for the library, and while I appreciate the efficiency of ordering online, I sometimes wish I could wheel a cart down a library supply aisle, perusing shelves of laminate, cd cases, barcodes, self-inking date chunkers, and labels of every size, color, and purpose. Thank goodness I have sch… Continue

CultureGrams @ the BTC Library, introduced with VoiceThread.

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The November 2008 E-Resource of the Month @ BTC Library is Cinhahl with Full-Text. Check it out! Presentation was created in Powerpoint, recorded and narrated in Camtasia, produced as a wmv file, and published on youtube.com. The quality of the wmv file is much better than the internet version. You may need to turn up your volume. Continue

E-Resource of the Month @ the BTC Library

Refdesk.com "Since 1995, refdesk indexes quality, credible and timely resources that are free and family-friendly." Refdesk is a favorite "one-stop" reference site for librarians. At Refdesk.com you'll find… Continue

E-Resource of the Month @ the BTC Library

Medlineplus MedlinePlus was created by the National Library of Medicine, a part of the National Institutes of Health. It is a free, authoritative health information database which c… Continue

Just took a phone call in the library from a student who was at home trying to figure out where to put in her username and password "to use the BTC website" (her description). It took me awhile to realize that she thought she had to go to BTC's site, then to the Library's pages to do work assigned to her by her instructor (through Sharepoint). She did not understand why she could save her work on campus, but not off-campus. She did not understand how to access the Sharepoint site and how that s… Continue

NOODLEBIB

Noodlebib is an excellent electronic tool for producing bibliographies in MLA or APA citation styles. Log in to Noodletools, create your personal account, then follow the prompts to enter the details for each of the sources you wish to cite. Noodlebib wi… Continue

Introducing Library Elf!

Track your library materials with Library Elf! Library Elf is a FREE resource that helps you manage your library accounts by sending personalized email or RSS feed due date and overdue reminders. Library Elf will also send text mes… Continue

BTC Library's E-Resource of the Month

Do you know anyone at BTC who would like to fine-tune a resume, explore job options, or search for elearning opportunities? Can you think of anybody who would be interested in taking the latest GED, college, civil service, or military exams?

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