E-Books at Chabot College Library

Since last year, Chabot College Library has begun getting subscriptions and purchasing databases and platforms that provide E-Books. Here is an introduction to three products that are available to you:

Pop Culture Universe searches reference books, encyclopedias, biographies, and collections of essays on various aspects of popular culture from around the world, from the early twentieth century to the present. Provided by renowned publishers such as Greenwood and Praeger, this collection, written by scholars of many different fields, demonstrate a quality that Wikipedia can never compare. Whether it is research on film studies, cultural anthropology, the youth culture, trends in art or music, or biographies of well-known figures of the day, this is an excellent resource. The total of the collection amounts to around 370 titles with over 400 volumes, and includes over 5,500 book chapters AND over 19,000 detailed encyclopedia entries.


Gale Virtual Reference Library is a platform for you to access many different reference E-books. The Library has purchased so far 71 different titles, totaling to more than 200 volumes which includes research in the Social Sciences, the Sciences, Literature, Business, Law, Careers, and Education. Also contains analyses and statistics of the hot topics of the day.

Salem Literature and Salem Health are different platforms which contain titles that the Library has purchased in print, of which the Library is also given free online access. Salem Literature contains book-length critical analyses of individual authors such as Toni Morrison or individual works such as I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Salem Health contains encyclopedias on various aspects of human health.

Where do I find them? All products are available on our Databases page where you click on Magazines, Journal Articles and Newspapers. You can also find them at our developing E-Books page (currently in progress).

Have a Research Paper and Don't Know What to Do?! Attend a Last Minute Workshop!

Chabot Library Celebrates Earth Day

Chabot Library celebrates Earth Day with great recent books on hot environmental topics such as climate change and environmental justice. Look at the book covers on the right, click on them, and learn what's being featured on our Contemporary Reading Shelves this month!

Also, in honor of Chabot's Earth Day teach-in event, Toxic Town, the Library has updated its research guide on possible future power plants in Hayward as a robust libguide

So be conscientious of your surrounding environment and learn more @ The Library!

Author Appearance - April 15, 2010

Bring a brown bag lunch for “College Hour” with Professor Francisco Jiménez, author of Breaking Through and The Circuit , who will discuss his writings and how they relate to themes presented in Bless Me Ultima.

Francisco Jiménez emigrated with his family to California from Tlaquepaque, Mexico, and as a child he worked in the fields of California. He is currently the Fay Boyle Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Santa Clara University.

Jobs Workshop March 10th and 11th, Noon to 1 p.m.

Haiti Film Screening: The Agronomist

Zinn, Salinger and Leal Remembered @ the Library

Last week's email conversation about the passing of three iconic figures in their respective circles prompted the Library to create a display installation for each. The exhibits showcase the life and work of Howard Zinn (1922-2010), J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), and Luis Leal (1907-2010). Our goal is to bring this dialog to the student and inspire them to conduct library research related to each installation!

Note: Displays are located in front of the old circulation desk (across from the current desk)

NEW MLA Handout at Chabot

Chabot Library is proud to announce the new, updated handout to the MLA Works Cited format. Now corresponding to seventh (2009) edition, the new handout is your resource for quick reference to cite different instances to online database articles, books, periodicals, audiovisual materials, and Web sites. Copies of the new handout are available at the reference desk (in a celestial blue color) and at: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/cited.html

Library Reserves

This is just a reminder to all of you that we will place any of your teaching materials on reserve here in the library. However, we don't purchase textbooks for this purpose. You need to provide us with one of your extra desk copies.

We've had several students in the library recently asking for their textbooks that some of you may have said to them that we would have in the library. We don't! You are our only source for these books.

Please pass the word on to your part-time colleagues that may not receive this email.

Just stop in the library and ask for the form Chabot College Reserve Book Request at the Circulation desk. They will be placed on reserve in your name and class.

Help us to better serve your students.

Library Orientations

The Chabot College Librarians offer orientation sessions during each semester, including the summer, covering basic library and research skills. We customize each orientation based on the given assignment.

Whether your students are required to write a report, a critical essay, or a research paper, the librarians will show them how and where to begin. We will make sure they don’t get lost in the overwhelming sea of information. They will learn about:

· Organization of the Chabot College Library
· Finding Books Using the Online Book Catalog
· Finding Articles Using Periodical Indexes
· Internet Resources
· Research Strategies and Techniques
· Selection and Evaluation of Sources
· Citation Formats

Use the attached Orientation Request form today to schedule an orientation for your class. Or, you can submit the online Library Instruction Form for Faculty that can be found at http://www.ushosttech.com/chabot/library/request.cfm. We need a minimum of one week’s notice in order to schedule and prepare for your session. Please include a copy of your assignment.

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.