Doyle Library Hours - Final Exams Weekend

Due to final exams, Doyle Library will be open extended hours this weekend. Doyle Library hours will be:

Saturday, Dec. 15 - 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Sunday, Dec. 16 - 12:00 Noon - 8:00 P.M. (Media Services will be closed.)

Mahoney Library will observe regular weekend hours.

No ProQuest & SIRS Databases During Part of Final Exams Weekend

Saturday, December 15, 7:00 P.M. - Sunday, December 16, 7:00 A.M.

No ProQuest or SIRs databases will be available during this period, due to upgrades on the ProQuest computers.

Please plan ahead!

List of Works Cited? NoodleBib Is Here!

So you have to include a List of Works Cited at the end of your term paper, and you're finding it all a bit confusing? Now you don't have to figure it out yourself! Try the Library's latest tool, NoodleBib.

With NoodleBib, you type in the information about your source (author's name, title, publisher, date, etc.), and NoodleBib will format it for you in the correct order with the correct punctuation for either the MLA Style or the APA style of list of works cited, whichever your instructor requires. Nothing could be simpler!

NoodleBib lets you save your work as you go along and come back to it later, until you've finished your List of Works Cited. You can even save different lists of works cited for different classes at the same time.

To use NoodleBib, you'll need to set up a free account.

Are you on campus? Set up your account here.

Off campus? Log in with your regular SRJC User Name and PIN, then set up your NoodleBib account.

Once you have a NoodleBib login ID and password, you can use NoodleBib anywhere.

Makers of America

A photo exhibit of American Immigrants
Doyle Library, second floor exhibit cases.

Europeans, Africans, Mexicans, Asians, Central and South Americans, and many other ethnic groups have contributed to the  physical, intellectual, artistic and spiritual development of the United States.

Between 1790 and 1925 more than 35 million people left their homelands for the New World. Whether they came here to escape poverty or to avoid political persecution, whether they came willingly or unwillingly, all have contributed to the creativity and dynamism that has built American into a prosperous and powerful country.

This exhibit shows the faces of some of these contributors—the Makers of America.  

The Silent Generation of California

Dr. Kevin Starr gives the 2007 Doyle Library Lecture

Friday, November 9, 7:00 P.M.
Lecture: Newman Auditorium
Reception: Doyle Library, 4th floor reading room

Come spend an evening with visiting scholar, Kevin Starr, noted historian and author, currently Professor of History at the University of Southern California. His talk will chronicle the challenges facing the generation between the "Greatest Generation" of World War II and the Baby Boomers.

Considered to be the leading expert on California history, Dr. Starr was awarded the 2006 National Humanities Medal for his lifetime of work chronicling the state as a scholar, a journalist and a historian. In addition to his lifetime of achievementsand awards in the realm of history, Dr. Starr served as City Librarian of San Francisco from 1973 - 1976 and as California State Librarian for ten years. Upon his retirement from the State Library in 2004, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger named him State Librarian Emeritus.

Check the SRJC Library catalog for books by Kevin Starr.
Check the Library's online databases for articles by Dr. Starr.

Veterans' Day Holiday - Library Hours

On Monday, November 12 (Veterans' Day holiday), the Mahoney Library, on the Petaluma campus, will be closed. Doyle Library, on the Santa Rosa campus, will be open from 12:00 Noon until 5:00 P.M. Both libraries will observe regular weekend hours.

North American Theatre Online Unavailable
Saturday Evening, November 10

Saturday, November 10, 4:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M..

The North American Theatre Online database will not be available during this period, due to maintenance and upgrades on the publisher's computers.

Please plan ahead!

All Library Databases Unavailable from Off-Campus
on Monday Morning, November 12

Monday, November 12 (Veterans' Day holiday), 12:00 Midnight - 10:00 A.M.

No library databases will be available from off campus during this period, due to upgrades on the SRJC computer systems. Databases will still be accessible from on campus during this time. Check library hours for times.

Please plan ahead!

Jane Austen!

Library Webpages Feature Pride and Prejudice

In honor of this year's SRJC Work of Literary Merit, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, the SRJC Library offers a set of webpages leading to information about the author, her life and times, her novel and various themes featured in the novel.

The WOLM webpages link to articles in the Library's online databases, as well as to selected websites related to the author and her novel. They list all the books and photocopied articles which are on reserve in the Doyle and Mahoney libraries for students who are researching and writing about Pride and Prejudice, and the list all of the English Department's WOLM lectures and events, including lectures, exhibits and even an English Country dance at which dances from Jane Austen's time will be taught to all who are interested in learning about them.

Check out the Pride and Prejudice WOLM webpages in the Library's Internet Reference Collection and the Jane Austen exhibit in the Doyle Library, second floor display cases.

New Library Exhibit

Celebrate the Performing Arts: Watch Great Classical Performances

Doyle Library, fourth floor
September 18 – November 6

You're not familiar with classical music or dance? Take this opportunity to learn by watching some great performances in the Doyle Library.

Watch a video of the San Francisco Opera production of Mefistofele (Mephistopheles). Listen as Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor for the San Francisco Symphony, explains the music of Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Stravinsky in a PBS series called Keeping Score. Watch some of the greatest ballet stars of all times (Mikhail Baryshnikov, Margot Fonteyn ... Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev) in ballets like The Nutcracker and Swan Lake.

And browse our collection of books and music compact discs on opera, symphony and ballet which are currently gathered on the Doyle Library fourth floor, near the video display.

Labor Day Weekend Library Hours

No Textbooks?

Can't buy your textbooks yet? Here are a couple of options:

Library Course Reserves
Book Loans
If Bookstore Is Out of Your Book

Library "Course Reserves"

The Library has SOME class textbooks. You can check the library catalog to see if we have yours.(Look under "Course Reserves.") If your textbook is here, it is probably "on reserve" for your class, which means you will probably have to use the book inside the library for a few hours at a time so that everyone in your class gets a chance to use it.

Associated Students' Book Loans

• Maximum loan is $150.
• To apply, you must be a member of the SRJC Associated Students. (Membership fee is $13.)
• To apply for a loan you must attend a book loan workshop.
• BEFORE THE WORKSHOP: Print the A.S. Book Loan application form ( http://www.santarosa.edu/for_students/student_affairs/forms.shtml ), fill it out and submit it to the Student Affairs Office 24 hours before you attend the book loan workshop.
• Workshops are scheduled:

• Santa Rosa campus - Student Affairs Office
  Mon. - Thurs.	12:00 Noon - 1:00 P.M. 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
  EXCEPT Tues. Aug. 21 & 28	1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
  Petaluma campus - Mahoney Library
  Thurs. Aug. 23 & 30	1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
  Petaluma campus--Questions? See Deborah Wooten in Room PC 193A .

Bookstore Out of Your Textbook?

If the SRJC bookstore has run out of your textbook, you might be able to get a copy from:

Get Used Books

This very small bookstore, located at 1620 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa (next to Starbucks) carries SOME SRJC textbooks. Some copies are used; some are new. You can call them at (707) 545-3675 to find out if they have your textbook.

Online book stores

Many online bookstores sell textbooks, some new, some used and many at discount prices. Here are just a few online textbooks sellers:

• Amazon.com New & Used Textbooks - Buy & sell your textbooks; special 2 day shipping on some orders
• Bigwords.com - Compares prices at many online textbook stores.
• Half.com (from EBay)
• For others, check Google for online textbook sellers.

New Online Databases Have Arrived!

This summer, the SRJC Library adds two new databases to its existing database collections.

North American Theatre Online Plus contains the full texts of thousands of plays by North American authors, including plays by black, Asian, Latino and women playwrights. In addition, this database includes information on people, theaters, productions and theater companies, as well as images, floor plans, playbills, posters, and other ephemera, from the 1600s to the present. The database is a goldmine for students of literature and theater arts.

The CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics offers a wealth of data on the properties of organic and inorganic compounds. This classic library reference book will be useful for research in the fields of pure and applied sciences, engineering and technology.

Check out the new databases on the Library's "Articles & Databases" web page.