March is Women’s History Month

Women Inspiring Innovation through imagination, is the 2013

theme. We will recognize American women's outstanding contribu-

tions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathe-

matics (STEM). “Women need apply.”

http://www.stemconnector.org/100women

April

Earth Day 2013: The Face of Climate Change The Library has many books, videos, and magazines on climate change, the environment, and how to care for planet earth. These will be highlighted throughout the month. On Monday April 22, we will air the Earth Day interactive digital photos sponsored by the global “Face of Climate Change.”

Poetry Month: NPCC 5th annual Student Poetry Contest, co-sponsored by the Communications Arts Dept. and the Library. Featuring Poetry with an Earth Day Theme. Contest deadline March 29. Winners Poetry Reading @ the Library Wed. April 17, noon. Check the library for contest details.

What’s new @ the Library?

EBSCO eBook Community College Collection

Database Trial through March 30, 2013

Over 45,500 ebooks focused on the academic and trade information needs of the community college.

Right Click on the box below and open the hyperlink to give it a try. Be sure to let us know what you think.

March/April 2013 Sara Seaman, editor Library Newsletter

July - Dec. 2012

Library Stats

100 library presenta-

tions to 2029 students

3836 items circulated

903 Videos circulated

22,374 Database

searches

34,558 Gate count one-

way July—Dec.; average

288/day

62 equipment loans

The new ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States Online

Edition is now available @ the NPCC Library. Look for it in our

“Research Center” Databases.

The ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States is the au-

thoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social,

political, and economic conditions of the United States. Great for

answering all kinds of questions and finding statistics to support

your research papers on any topic.

14 new foreign films have just been added to our collection

from Film Movement’s 2012 selections. These are critically

acclaimed award-winning independent and foreign films.

Checkout our growing collection today.

Featured Database:

Proquest Statistical Abstract

Just in - International Film Festival Winners

New Magazine Subscriptions

American Police Beat

Criminal Justice Magazine

The Economist

How

Laboratory Medicine

Pottery Making Illustrated

Print

Shop Notes

The Sun

The Week

Woodsmith

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TIP FOR ONLINE

OFF CAMPUS

1st click the Off-campus

Access and login to get

access to all our databases

and ebooks when away

from campus.

The Library subscribes to 184 magazines and journals and 11 newspapers. We keep most titles for a year, and use the online databases for researching back issues of thousands more titles. Requests for new titles are always welcomed.

“I need a really good book to read this weekend. What can you recommend? “ You’re in luck! Kristin has stocked up on the latest winners in Young Adult fiction. She’ll be glad to suggest some fascinating reading. htttp://www.ala.org/yalsa/best