We are excited to have a new Book Drop Box for patrons to use when the library is closed. It’s located outside the College Center doors on the parking lot side of the building.
2. Annual LRC Reference Statistics (July 2006 ― June 2007)
Below are some numbers from our annual reference statistics which reflect group and one-on-one instruction we provide to students (and staff & faculty) who are conducting research for their coursework.
A large part of our instruction is dedicated to helping students use our electronic databases which house the periodical and ebook collections.
Purchasing electronic research tools, like our databases, allows us to more efficiently serve the research needs of multiple, on-campus and remote users. It also provides us with the added challenge of teaching students how to use and understand these new technologies and their application for college-level research.
Questions answered at the reference desk
4806
Information literacy instruction sessions
167 sessions attended by 3242 students
Database usage
242,997 searches (averaging over 600 uses/day)
95,072 full-text documents or music clips retrieved
Some of the more unique collections are listed here:
Business & Company Resource Center
Company histories & profiles, rankings, investment reports, chronologies.
ChiltonLibrary.com Automotive repair information for car owners.
These other Specialized Collections:
Agriculture
Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture
Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine
Communications & Mass Media
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Issues
Pop Culture
Criminal Justice
Home Improvement
War and Terrorism
Diversity Studies
Insurance and Liability
Religion & Philosophy
Environmental Studies and Policy
Military and Intelligence
Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure
Off-Campus Access to LRC Databases requires login using your library card and employee ID numbers. Follow this path: LRC homepage / Off-campus Databases/ Login / InfoTracWeb
Documents, software, photographs, films, lectures, oral histories, and more.
More amusement for the Technophile: You may also want to visit the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine where you can view past versions of web pages ranging in date from 1996 to a few months ago. 85 billion web pages are archived here, and this project is ongoing!
Aristotle / B485 .A75 2004 dvd Behind a mask / PS147 .B44 2002 dvd Beloved / PN1997 .B45 1999 dvd Bowling for Columbine / HV7436 .B69 2003 dvd CDC & U.S. Department of Education collaborate to help schools prepare for possible terrorism / HV6432 .C33 2002 v/c Death of a salesman / PS3525.I56 D4 2002 dvd The education challenge - preparing students for a changing world 2006 model schools conference / LB2822.82 E38 2006 dvd The English patient / PN1997 .E6431 2004 dvd A farewell to arms / PS3515 E37 F3 2005 dvd George Orwell / PR6029.R8 Z639 2004 dvd The hours / PN1997.A23 H6828 2003 dvd The immune system / QR181 .I452 1989 John Updike in his own words / PS3571.P4 Z66 2003 dvd Like water for chocolate / PN1997 .L55 2000 dvd [Moyers on America] Capitol crimes / JK1118 .C27 2006 dvd [Moyers on America] Is God green? / BL65.E36 I7 2006 dvd [Moyers on America] The Net @ risk / TK5105 .N48 2006 dvd A passage to India / PN1997 .P37 2000 dvd Persuasion / PN1997 .P4715 1999 dvd Possession / PN1997.2 P68 2002 dvd Race: the power of an illusion / GN 269 .R33 2003 dvd Recognition of illness associated with chemical exposure / RA1226 .R43 2004 v/c Waging peace a year in the life of Caledonia Junior High / LB3013.3 .W33 2001 dvd
BOOKS
Education
ADD-friendly ways to organize your life / RC394.A85 K653 2002 Communication for the classroom teacher / LB1033 .C64 2007 Teaching Web search skills : techniques and strategies of top trainers / ZA4230 .N68 2006
Science & Medicine
Caring for women cross-culturally / RT86.54 C365 2003 Deadly cultures : biological weapons since 1945 / UG447.8 D43 2006 Health care job explosion! : high growth health care careers and job locator / R690 .D36 2006 History of liquid propellant rocket engines / TL783.4 .S88 2006 How everyday products make people sick : toxins at home and in the workplace / RA1213 .B53 2007 Introduction to the study of dinosaurs / QE861.4 M37 2006
Social Science
The bipolar handbook : real-life questions with up-to-date answers / RC516 .B87 2006 Cashing in with content : how innovative marketers use digital information to turn browsers into buyers / HF5548.32 S295 2005 Digital person : technology and privacy in the information age / KF1263.C65 S668 2004 Drugs and society / RM301 .W58 2006 Economics uncut : a complete guide to life, death, and misadventure / HB74.P8 E337 2005 The national interest in international relations theory / JZ1320.3 .B87 2005 No more letting go : the spirituality of taking action against alcoholism and drug addiction / HV4998 .J39 2006 Nurturing child and adolescent spirituality : perspectives from the world's religious traditions / BL625.5 N87 2006 Race manners for the 21st century : navigating the minefield between Black and White Americans in an age of fear / E185.615 .J297 2006 Rising above sweatshops : innovative approaches to global labor challenges / HF5549.5.E45 R57 2003 Six thinking hats / by De Bono, Edward / BF441 .D385 1999 Social problems / by Kornblum, William / HN59.2 K66 2006 Taking sides. Clashing views in abnormal psychology / RC454 .H34 20 Taking sides. Clashing views on social issues / HN59.2 T35 2007
