Welcome Back! It's a New Decade!

And the semester is in full swing today. The Library is open and our current hours are available at: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/hours.html

Online Chat Reference

New services include our Online Chat Reference. Now on the Library home page and at the times indicated, you can get real time online reference from one of our librarians. Look at the third column and type in your question at the bottom of the box!

Searchpath 1.2 and Lots of Other Tutorials

The Library is proud to announce Searchpath 1.2, the new version of a six module tutorial that will teach you how to use both print and online resources effectively. Each module lasts from 15 to 45 minutes long, depending on the lesson.

In addition, we now have many new tutorials that will teach you how to log into databases from off campus, search the Library Catalog and EBSCOhost, effective tips on Emailing and printing articles from databases, and further tips on how you can become a savvy researcher on EBSCOhost. Please take a look at our tutorials, and then if you have any questions, as always, contact a librarian.

Stay tuned for more on more new services available just for you at the Library, and upcoming events!

Happy Searching!

Where is Project MUSE?

As you know, all state funded institutions in California have been suffering by budget cuts. While the Library believes you should have as many resources online as possible, we did not have the funds to renew this important database for the 2010. This means for the Spring semester full text articles for Project MUSE are not available. As Project MUSE was a unique subscription as we had what was called "perpetual access," once the DVD-ROMs are available around June, we will have copies of all articles up to 2009 from our past database subscription in that format (a librarian would then retrieve an article for you). Unfortunately, we will not receive these DVD-ROMs until likely June.

If your instructor asks you to use Project MUSE, search in one of our other many current database subscriptions instead. They are available at: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/dblist.html

EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite has articles similar to what you would find in Project MUSE and for literary criticism, use Literature Resource Center.

If you still need to use Project MUSE, the CSU East Bay Library currently subscribes to it. You will need to be on the CSU East Bay campus, itself, to use it, however.

LGBT History Month @ the Library

Starting this week, the Library will be featuring in its Contemporary Reading Shelves, National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) History month, which is celebrated every October in the United States. We feature books that tell the history and biographies of key individuals, including those who have fought for LGBT rights to the present. The Contemporary Reading Shelves are located behind the main desk of the Library. Walk behind the desk to scope the shelves of books to browse and check-out! We also have a smaller display across from the Reference Desk next to the print station. Below are some additional resources.

GLBT History Month: a website that celebrates a notable member of the LGBT community.

There have been a lot of news out there about LGBT rights this month.

US Senate moves to include sexual orientation under hate crime legislation (AP Story)

Obama promises to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy

New bill introduced to restrict Federal funds for states that restrict adoptions based on sexual orientation.

If you have any other stories or resources to add, please comment below!

Welcome Back Chabot!

The Fall Semester is in full swing and we have some exciting announcements to make! Currently the Contemporary Reading Shelves have a great selection of books and audio-visual materials celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. You can browse the collection online by going to our virtual bookshelf. Pick out a title you like and come check it out at the library.

We also have 2 new librarians at Chabot. Welcome to Pedro Reynoso, the new Outreach and Instruction Librarian. We also welcome Julian Prentice, who is here temporarily as the Information Literacy and Technology Librarian. Both librarians can be found in office 117, at the reference desk, or in a classroom orientation.

Remember to follow these directions to access the article databases from off campus.

A friendly reminder that food is not allowed in the library and cell phones should be on silent. Thank you for your cooperation and stay tuned for more library news!

What's Happened with the Library Catalog?!

Chabot Library is still using the same catalog but now adopting a more user friendly look. In the coming months, the Library Catalog will slowly transform so that you can find the books that you need more swiftly and easily.

For now, all the features of the catalog, how to look up books, find the call number, find subject headings, and request books from Las Positas are the same as before. To learn more take Module 3 of the Searchpath Tutorial. While the screen captures may look a bit different, you are for now, still doing the same things!

Error to Be Corrected in June

The number of hits from the Library home page is since April 3, 2007, not May 18, 2009. The Library home page was last updated on May 18, 2009. This information will be corrected on the page itself on June 15.

Opinions By/Articles About Sonia Sotomayor

LexisNexis has set up pre-set searches on finding key articles about Supreme Court Justice nominee, Sonia Sotomayor.

If you are off campus, enter your username and password to then view the articles.

Opinions by Sotomayor

Articles on Sotomayor in U.S. News and Wires

More Newspaper Articles on Sotomayor

Law Reviews (Includes Articles on Sotomayor and her Judicial Opinions)

The Library Features Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month!

Check out our Contemporary Reading Shelves for books highlighting the rich history and culture of Asian and Pacific Islanders in the United States and the world. Included are the following great works of Literature:

Collections

Aiiieeee!: An Anthology of Asian American Writers

Bamboo Shoots in the Rain: Contemporary Stories by Women in Taiwan

Because of the Rain: Korean Zen Poems

Echoing Song: Contemporary Korean Women Poets

Going Home to a Landscape: Writings by Filipinas

Night, Again: Contemporary Fiction from Vietnam

Returning to a Borrowed Tongue: Poems by Filipino and Filipino American Writers

12 Philippine Writers

Works by Authors

Cao, Lan. Monkey Bridge

Chai, May-Lee. Hapa Girl

Chin, Justin. Gutted

Chin, Marilyn. Dwarf Bamboo

Dali Lama. A Policy of Kindness

Golden, Arthur. Memoirs of a Geisha

Hagedorn, Jessica. Dogeaters

Hagedorn, Jessica. Dream Jungle

Hayslip, Le Ly. When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman’s Journey from War to Peace

Hongo, Garrett. Volcano: A Memoir of Hawaii

Hwang, David Henry. M. Butterfly

Jen, Gish. Mona in the Promised Land

Jen, Gish. Who’s Irish?: Stories

Jin, Ha. Waiting

Kingston, Maxine Hong. The Woman Warrior and China Men

Lee, Chang-Rae. A Gesture Life

Lee, Gus. China Boy

Lee, Gus. Tiger’s Tail

Lee, Li-Young. The City in Which I Love You

McGunn, Ruthanne Lum. The Moon Pearl

McGunn, Ruthanne Lum. Thousand Pieces of Gold

Min, Anchee. Empress Orchid

Mirikitani, Janice. Love Works

Mirikitani, Janice. We, the Dangerous

Mori, Toshio. Unfinished Message

Murakami, Haruki. After Dark

Murakami, Haruki. Norwegian Wood

Murayama, Milton. All I Asking for is My Body

Oe, Kenzaburo. The Crazy Iris

Okada, John. No-No Boy

Pham, Andrew. Catfish and Mandala

Rodgers, Richard and Oscar Hammerstein. Flower Drum Song

Tan, Amy. The Bonesetter’s Daughter

Tan, Amy. The Hundred Secret Senses

Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club

Tan, Amy. The Kitchen God’s Wife

Tan, Amy. The Opposite of Fate: A Book on Musings

Xinran. Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet

Yee, Chiang. The Silent Traveler in Japan

Yee, Chiang. The Silent Traveler in San Francisco

Yep, Laurence. The Rainbow People

Yep, Laurence. The Star Fisher

Yoshikawa, Eiji. Taiko

Cuba: What Now, What's Next-- Find Out at the Library, May 6, at 1 p.m.!

Cuba: What Now, What’s Next?

The U. S. and Cuba have waged a “cold war of the Caribbean” for nearly half a century. But a change to this political and economic stalemate seems imminent.

Please join several Chabot faculty and other recent travelers to Fidel Castro’s island for a “Report on Cuba” in the Chabot Library, Room 107 A and B, Wednesday May 6 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Chabot historian Rick Moniz has led 18 trips to Castro’s tropic of socialism, most recently over this semester’s Spring Break.

Moniz and members of the Spring Break delegation will discuss their experiences, reflect on recent political developments and share their stories and photos.

All Chabot faculty, staff and students are invited to attend and take part in a Q & A.

For Library resources go to our Resource Guide at: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/FacesOfCuba.htm

Update On Our Trial Databases

We at the Library are hoping that you are enjoying our current database trials. To view them, go to: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/TrialDatabases.htm

As of today, we have a brand new trial to JSTOR. JSTOR is a scholarly journals database that contains archives of famed journals, sometimes going all the way back to the early twentieth century. It works only on campus and it will be running until May 15. We will not be able to get any subscriptions to it in the near future, but if we ever do, we would only be getting a portion of the current trial.
To go directly to the trial, from any computer at the Chabot campus, go to http://www.jstor.org

In the meantime, we have finished our databases budget for the following academic year and we will be subscribing to the following starting on July 1, 2009. Two of which we hope to have for a long time to come and one we will have for sure until June 30, 2010.

Pop Culture Universe
We received an overwhelming positive response to this product and we know it will be used. This database searches full-text reference and other books on American and World Popular Culture from the 1900's to the present. Our current trial runs until June 1.

CQ Researcher
While we have had an online subscription to Facts on File Issues and Controversies since 2001, we have gotten frequent requests to ALSO have CQ Researcher online.
And we've listened. Now, students will be able to get the premium in-depth research done weekly of the topics of the day. The well-detailed reports are studied also by newspaper and magazine editors and reporters from across the country as well as Congressional staffers. The Library is proud to say that this great resource that we've always had in our Reference room in print, will now be available online to students who can access them from their homes. Now, all our online courses have access to this well valued resource! The current trial runs until April 25.

Biography Resource Center
For a number of years, the Library has been evaluating and considering a biographies resource, and Gale's Biography Resource Center is definitely one of the best online resources currently available. We will definitely be having a subscription on this last product from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, due to a unique offer we received from the vendor. After that date, as this is an expensive product, we will be anxious to hear from you as to your thoughts about the product and if you believe it will be in heavy enough use to justify its cost. Current trial runs until May 8.

For thoughts about our trials, about the future of Biography Resource Center, and other databases you would like us to consider (or consider again the next time a trial comes up), please let us know. Contact us!

And again, any databases we currently are trialling are always linked at: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/TrialDatabases.htm In many cases, you need to contact us or come to the reference desk to get usernames and passwords that are unique to the trials. Information is stated on the page.

Chabot Library Now Has a Widget for ProQuest Diversity Databases!

Our database vendors are slowly but surely coming up with widgets with search boxes, and ProQuest is the first to provide you the ability to search off campus through our proxy server:

Enter your search terms:

We have added the search widget to our right column. When searching off campus be sure to enter your username and password where it prompts you.

Instructors or students--if you'd like to add this widget to your web page or blog, be sure to read the code on this page or contact us and we will send you the code!

Bobby Seale Speaking Today at the Library at Noon!

The Associated Students of Chabot College in cooperation with the Black Student Union would like to invite faculty, staff, and administrators to come hear Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panthers, Civil Rights Activist and Revolutionary speak about "African-American community Unity and Constitutional Democratic Civil-Humans Rights for All Citizens And All Earth's Humanity" in the Library, April 15th, 2009 at 12:00 pm. Q & A and Reception will be followed.

Speaker autographing books & DVD's for sale

Items to be sold:

" Seize The Time" by Bobby Seale - $18.95

Black Panther Party Reconsidered - $22.95

DVD

"Public Enemy" - $16.95

Hope to see you all there for this informative, educational, and historic event !