Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center trial over this weekend!!!

Hi MSCTC Students and Faculty,

This weekend, you have the opportunity to try a database that we are considering. The database is Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center by Gale/Cengage Learning. To go to this database, click here.

Please direct any comments you may have about the usefulness of this resource to Perry Werner.

For help using this resource, please contact your campus library.

Thanks~
Carrie

New Tools on the Blog!

Hi Everyone,

We've added two new things to the blog:

1) Access to the MSCTC library catalog via the MnPALS Plus search interface-just at the top of our right column
2) The MSCTC Library Follower area at the bottom of the right column-let others know you read the MSCTC Library World Blog.

If you want to bookmark/favorites/etc. the alternative library search screen, please use http://plus.mnpals.net/?library=CTC as the main address. For those of you who prefer to use the old catalog search interface, that is still available at http://msctc.mnpals.net/! As always, if you have any questions about searching with the catalog, contact your campus library-or use any of our Meebo widgets.

If you want to request a book via InterLibrary Loan (ILL), please use the old catalog search interface at http://msctc.mnpals.net/.

20 Best Websites To Download Free EBooks

From our Friends at the Librarians Internet Index:
20 Best Websites to Download Free E-books
August 2008 annotated list of websites where you can download books for free. Some sites listed focus on computer programming, Shakespeare, government texts, technology, and other subjects. Reader comments provide suggestions of additional sources. From a blog with tips for tech users, designers, and bloggers.
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/20-best-websites-to-download-free-e-books/

Bookshare.org Library Now Free to All U.S. Students with Qualifying Disabilities

Bookshare.org believes that people with print disabilities deserve the same ease of access to books and periodicals that people without disabilities enjoy. The Bookshare.org library provides print disabled people in the United States with legal access to over 40,000 books and 150 periodicals that are converted to Braille, large print or digital formats for text to speech audio. More about Bookshare.org
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