Leisure Reading - June 2008

New Books: Leisure Reading Collection

June 2008

Title	Author	Campus
The broken window: a Lincoln Rhyme novel	Deaver, Jeffery	Cato
Death and honor	Griffin, W.E.B.	Central
Eighth shepherd	Thoene, Bodie	Central
The enchantress of Florence: a novel	Rushdie, Salman	Cato
Fearless	Palmer, Diana	North
Fearless fourteen	Evanovich, Janet	Cato
Married lovers	Collins, Jackie	Central
Moon Shell Beach: a novel	Thayer, Nancy	Harris
Nothing to lose: a Jack Reacher novel	Child, Lee	Harper
One in a million	Roby, Kimberla Lawson	Harris
Plague ship: a novel of the Oregon files	Cussler, Clive	North
Resolution	Parker, Robert B.	Levine
Rogue	Steel, Danielle	Levine
Sail: a novel	Patterson, James	Central
The sand castle	Brown: Rita Mae	Levine
This charming man	Keyes, Marian	Harris

Library Offering Drop-in Classes for Students

It’s term paper season for CPCC students. The Library will be offering the following drop-in classes during the end-of-semester rush. Each class provides specific examples and a chance to apply the skills addressed. Seats are available on a first-come first-served basis.

Questions? Contact Amy Burns at x6106 or email amy.burns@cpcc.edu.

Intro to Library Research

Central Library Rm. 205 — Monday June 30th, 2:30 - 3:30

Did you know that as a CPCC student you have access to over 20,000 eBooks, thousands of magazines and academic journals, as well as almost every article printed in the New York Times from 1851 to present day? Learn how to access them and empower yourself!

MLA Style & Avoiding Plagiarism

Central Library Rm. 404 — Wednesday July 9th, 3:30 - 3:30

What is the fine line between borrowing an idea and stealing it? This class will address that question and introduce attendees to using MLA style citations in academic papers. Examples of plagiarism and proper citation formats will be provided.

Academic Reference Books Available Online

Titles like The Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health, and others used to only exist in print, but many of them are now online and available through the CPCC Library website.

These reference works have been through the publishing process and are professionally edited for factual errors — they’re a great resource for background information on a particular topic. We subscribe to a few different collections of online reference titles. Check the links below for titles available in each collection. These resources can also be found in the “Find-an Article” section of the library website. If you are off-campus you will prompted to enter your SNAP ID and password for access.

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Offers 25 specialized encyclopedias on topics from art to animal sciences.

Greenwood Digital Collection

This collection has a emphasis on history and literature.

Britannica Online

General encyclopedia with enhanced features, such as access to magazine and journal articles.

Oxford English Dictionary

Provides definitions to over 500,000 words, access to over 2.5 million quotations, pronunciation, spellings, and etymology.

May 2008, New Library Materials

Get out your preferred reading aid — bifocals, monocles, contact lenses, or just a good old pair of eyes. We’ve got a TON of new materials for you at CPCC Libraries. Our new titles run the gamut on a wide variety of subjects.  Some titles from the list: Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy through Jokes, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, and College Majors and Careers : a Resource Guide for Effective Life Planning.

Get the complete list of new materials acquired in May 2008 in handy PDF format HERE.

CPCC Libraries Summer Hours

Regular Schedule beginning May 19, 2008
(for info on holiday hours click here)

Central Campus

Monday - Thursday 7:30am - 8:00pm
Friday 7:30am - 5:00pm
Saturday - Sunday closed

* All regional campuses below are closed for lunch between 1-2pm.

Cato Campus

Monday - Thursday 9:00am-6:00pm
Friday - Sunday closed

Cato Law Library

Monday - Thursday 12:00pm-8:00pm
Friday - Sunday closed

Levine Campus

Monday - Thursday 9:00am - 6:00pm
Friday - Sunday closed

North Campus

Monday-Tuesday 9:00am - 6:00pm
Wednesday-Sunday closed

Harper Campus

Monday-Thursday 9:00am-6:00pm
Friday-Sunday closed

Harris Campus

Wednesday-Thursday 9:00am-6:00pm
Friday - Tuesday closed

Check out the leisure reading titles coming this summer!

Leisure Reading Coming This Summer

Title	Author	Month
Careless in red: a novel	George, Elizabeth	May
Death and honor: an Honor Bound novel	Griffin, W.E.B.	June
Devil may care (the new James Bond novel)	Fleming, Ian	May
Fearless	Palmer, Diana	June
Fearless fourteen: a Stephanie Plum novel	Evanovich, Janet	June
Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull	Rollins, James	May
Married lovers: a novel	Collins, Jackie	June
Master of the delta: a novel	Cook, Thomas H.	June
Moon Shell Beach: a novel	Thayer, Nancy	May
Nothing to lose: a Jack Reacher novel	Child, Lee	June
Odd hours	Koontz, Dean R.	May
Off season: a novel	Siddons, Anne Rivers	June
One in a million	Roby, Kimberla Lawson	June
Phantom prey	Sandford, John	May
Plague ship: an Oregon files novel	Cussler Clive	June
Resolution	Parker, Robert B.	June
Sail	Patterson, James	June
Secrets: a novel	Deveraux, Jude	May
Shadow command: a novel	Brown, Dale	June
Skeletons at the feast	Bohjalian, Chris	May
Tailspin: an FBI thriller	Coulter, Catherine	June
The broken window: a Lincoln Rhyme novel	Deaver, Jeffery	June
The enchantress of Florence: a novel	Rushdie, Salman	June
The front	Cornwell, Patricia Daniels	May
This charming man: a novel	Keyes, Marian	June
When men become gods (Mormon polygamist Warren Jeffs, his cult of fear, and the women who fought back)	Singular, Stephen	May
Fatal vows: the tragic wives of Sergeant Drew Peterson)	Hosey, Joseph	July
Hit and run: a novel	Block, Lawrence	July
The sand castle	Brown, Rita Mae	July
Swan Peak: a Dave Robicheaux novel	Burke, James Lee	July
At first sight: a novel of obsession	Cannell, Stephen J.	July
Say goodbye	Gardner, Lisa	July
Silent thunder	Johansen, Iris	July
Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne sanction	Lustbader, Eric Van	July
Killer view	Pearson, Ridley	July
Rules of deception	Reich, Christopher	July
Tribute	Roberts, Nora	July
Moscow rules: a novel	Silva, Daniel	July
Rogue	Steel, Danielle	July
The last patriot: a novel	Thor, Brad	July

April Leisure Reading list

New Books: Leisure Reading Collection

April 2008

Title	Author	Campus
The Bin Ladens: an Arabian family in the American century	Coll, Steve	Cato
Bulls Island	Frank, Dorothea Benton	Levine
Certain girls: a novel	Weiner, Jennifer	North
Friday nights: a novel	Trollope, Joanna	Harper
Girls in trucks	Crouch, Katie	Central
Hold tight	Coben, Harlan	Central
The last lecture	Pausch, Randy	Central
Lavinia	Le Guin, Ursula K.	Levine
Lost men: a novel	Leung, Brian	Harris
The miracle at Speedy Motors	McCall Smith, Alexander	Cato
Quicksand	Johansen, Iris	North
Santa Fe dead	Woods, Stuart	North
Shakespeare’s wife	Greer, Germaine	Central
The south beach diet supercharged: faster weight loss and better health for life	Agatston, Arthur	Central
The third angel: a novel	Hoffman, Alice	Harris
Twenty wishes	Macomber, Debbie	Harris
Where are you now?	Clark, Mary Higgins	Central
The whole truth	Baldacci, David	Levine
Winter study	Barr, Nevada	Levine
Zapped: a Regan Reilly mystery	Clark, Carol Higgins	Cato

CMS Book Drive Continues…

Many thanks to anyone who participated in last week’s Book Fair to provide children in CMS Achievement Zone Schools with books! We’re still collecting books for the drive, and the CPCC Bookstore is helping out.

The Central Campus Bookstore is currently offering a selection of recommended children’s books for the book drive. A collection bin for donations is available right next to the display of children’s books for easy drop-off of donations. Please consider stopping by the bookstore before May 15th and contributing to the county’s efforts.

Mecklenburg County, including CPCC, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, and Communities in Schools, is working together to provide children in CMS Achievement Zone Schools with books. Studies have shown how important books in the home can be to improving reading skills and fostering a lifelong love of reading. If you are interested in donating to the book drive, a list of suggested titles is located here. Any donated materials can be dropped off at the bin in the bookstore or be sent to Jennifer Arnold, Central Campus Library, LR 406.

Donations Needed For CMS Book Drive

Mecklenburg County, including CPCC, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, and Communities in Schools, is working together to provide children in CMS Achievement Zone Schools with books. Studies have shown how important books in the home can be to improving reading skills and fostering a lifelong love of reading.

As a part of this effort, the public library has arranged for a Book Fair with Barnes & Noble Bookstores April 21st through 27th. A percentage of the total purchases will be returned to the public library to purchase books to distribute to CMS students before the end of the school year. Purchases must be made with the voucher found here. Please feel free to forward this on to family and friends!

If you are interested in purchasing books to donate to the book drive, a list of suggested titles is located here. Any donated materials can be sent to Jennifer Arnold, Central Campus Library, LR 406.

Look for more information on the book drive coming soon!

New Titles Available for Earth Day

Thinking about how you can go green this Earth Day? The CPCC Libraries have resources to help you out. Here are just some of the books and DVDs we offer on topics like the environment, energy efficiency, and climate change:

Books:

• True Green: 100 Everyday Ways You Can Contribute to a Healthier Planet
• Green Living: The E Magazine Handbook for Living Lightly on the Earth
• Big Green Purse: Use Your Spending Power to Create a Cleaner, Greener World
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
• The World Without Us
• Science 101: Ecology
• Earth Then and Now

DVDs:

• National Geographic’s Human Footprint
• How Do I? Energy Efficiency
• National Geographic’s Six Degrees Could Change the World
• History Channel’s How the Earth was Made
• NOVA/Frontline’s Global Warming: What’s Up with the Weather?
• History Channel’s Life After People
• History Channel’s A Global Warning?
• A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash

Search the library catalog for for information on the location and availability of any of the above titles.

EBSCO, one of the library’s databases vendors, is offering free access to an environmental database, GreenFILE, at www.greeninfoonline.com. GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well.