New Trial Database! Global Issues in Context

Global Issues in Context is a new electronic resource that offers global perspectives on issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues.

It's on trial for a short time, take a look today!

Many full text articles have audio

Articles in WilsonWeb databases are available in audio format. Click on the HTML option for an article then look for the Listen button on the left hand side. Science Resource Center lets you hear a document read aloud by a computer-generated voice. Look for the audio player dashboard, which lets you control the audio.

Find those databases, and others, on our Articles from Magazines, Journals and Newspapers page.

Welcome Back!

The CCBC Libraries would like to welcome students, faculty & staff, back to school for the upcoming spring semester!

Remember, you can ask a librarian 24/7 with the AskUsNow service. Go ahead and ask!

Social Science Journals available on trial

The following five journals will be available in The Social Sciences Reading Room until the end of March 2009:

Archaeologies
Society
Theory and Society
Urban Forum
VOLUNTAS

Web Guide for New Administration.

The State Library Resource Center at Pratt Library just launched a new comprehensive web guide providing information on President-elect Obama as well as up-to-the-minute news on the inauguration.

When is the Library Open?

We are open our regular times through exam week. But the times they are a-changin'!

From December 15 - 23 we will be open:
Monday - Friday 8:30-4:30

We will be closed from December 24 - January 4.

Then January 5 - February 1 we will be open:
Monday - Thursday 8:30-7:30
Friday 8:30-4:30

LexisNexis Academic database - try it out!

LexisNexis Academic is one of the most widely-used databases in academia.

You can access over 6,000 news, business, and legal sources. The outstanding news coverage includes deep backfiles and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources. Use the included Company Dossier module to retrieve detailed company information and financial performance measures or identify and compare companies matching specific criteria. This product also provides access to the renowned Shepard's Citations® service for all federal and states court cases back to 1789.

CCBC Library is considering the purchase of this product to replace some of our other databases. Please try it out and tell us what you think.