Cannell Library: The Blog

The Cannell Library has a new crop of online encyclopedias available through the Gale Virtual Reference Library database. Check them out!

Encyclopedia of Counseling
Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology
Encyclopedia of Global Health
Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change
Encyclopedia of Obesity

Check back in January 2009 for these two additional titles:

• Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior (to be available in both print and electronic format)
• Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery

And the best part is they can be accessed from anywhere with internet access at a time and place that is most convenient for your research needs! If you are using this database from off-campus, you will need your Clark ID number.

Cannell Library will be closed in observance of Veteran’s Day on Nov 11th.  We will resume normal business hours on Wednesday, November 12th.

Cannell Library and the Clark College Art Department unveiled the college’s new Digital Visual Resources Collection. To date, more than 5,600 art department slides and images have been digitized for the collection, creating a database that is available to all members of the Clark community with a Clark ID #. We are grateful for the generous, anonymous donation to the Clark College Foundation, which provided the funds to purchase Contentdm, digital collection management software. This collection has the potential to become a comprehensive repository of images and data about just about anything, including college artwork and statuary, grounds features, facilities, college archival documents, newspapers, and yearbooks.

Over the summer break a new “red” printer was installed in the open computer lab on the first floor of Cannell Library. Students have been requesting the option to print double-sided and now it’s here. The printer is set to print double-sided as a default and we encourage everyone to use this option to save paper.

Fine-tune your nonverbal intelligence, with What Every BODY Is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People. “Joe Navarro, a former FBI counterintelligence officer and a recognized expert on nonverbal behavior, explains how to “speed-read” people: decode sentiments and behaviors, avoid hidden pitfalls, and look for deceptive behaviors. You’ll also learn how your body language can influence what your boss, family, friends, and strangers think of you.” (amazon.com)

Call #: BF637 .N66 N38 2008

If you are anything like me, the mere mention of physics makes your brain hurt. That theory is too deep for me. Or so I thought until I looked at one of the library’s new books, The flying circus of physics by Jearl Walker. Walker takes the theories of physics and illuminates/illustrates them with fun everyday examples. For instance, is it better to walk or run through rain when you don’t have an umbrella. Take a look and see what you can learn.

Hamlet, anyone? If you love theatre, we’ve got just the thing for you!

Theatre in Video contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world’s leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, in streaming video - more than 500 hours in all. This relsease contains 279 titles, representing hundreds of leading playwrights, actors and directors.

Cannell Library has purchased a one-year subscription on a trial basis. Give it a try and let us know what you think. Thumbs up? Thumbs down?

Theatre in Video allows 3 users at a time. If you’re denied access, please wait a few minutes and try again.

In Women and Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny, Suze Orman “presents a concrete five-month “save yourself plan” for financial repair, starting with setting aside checking and savings accounts, fixing one’s credit rating, saving for retirement, setting up a will, purchasing home insurance” … and more.

“Bestselling author and host of her own CNBC show, Orman encourages women to “give to yourself as much as you give of yourself”.” (Publishers Weekly)

Call #: HG181 .O75 2007

Go to www.suzeorman.com for related material.

The Cannell Library is proud to unveil our new and improved artwork display! We have added six panels with Robert W. Service’s poem,“The Cremation of Sam McGee.”  Service’s words are brought to life in 12 acrylic panels painted by local artist Quentin N. Robbins.

The original artwork was donated to the library in 2003. Be sure to come by and see this colorful and amazing display of art.