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How Can I Ask a Librarian?

The Camden County College community may choose to contact a librarian in several ways:

Tried and true: go to the library or call on the phone:

Blackwood Campus, Wolverton Library: (856) 227-7200, ext. 4408

Camden Campus:  (856) 225-2849 (Robeson Library, Rutgers, 300 N. 4^th St.)

Rohrer Center: (856) 874-6001 (Rte. 70 & Springdale Rd., Cherry Hill)

 

Email: Use the icon at the top of the screen on the website:     http://library.camdencc.edu

 

OR Use the ‘Comments’ option in each box of our online  Subject and Assignment guides

 

 

Private online chat: Type a question in the ‘Talk to Us’ Meebo box on the website when it says “CCC librarian is online.”

 

 Just want to know what we’re up to?

  For library news and updates, read our newsletter, Ab Intra, and our blog, newsnviews, (links on the website), become our Facebook fan, or follow Camden County College Library on Twitter.

 

We look forward to hearing from you!

     

Finding articles on consumer buying behavior

Students often ask where they can find articles on Consumer Buying Behavior.

 

We recommend the article database Academic Search Premier for this topic. On our website (http://library.camdencc.edu), in the box 'Find more articles in 40+ databases...', click on Title, then choose Academic Search Premier from the list. 

 

We suggest these search terms:

Consumer Behavior, male consumers, women consumers, teenage consumers, teenagers as consumers.

You may think of others.

 

So...go to Academic Search Premier  and -
First, enter one of the search terms in the top box.

Then, if the professor has specified particular publications, go down to "Search Options" and scroll down to the Publication box and enter a title such as Business Week. Repeat this step for each of the other search terms and publication titles until you find articles you can use.

 

Notice the other options available to limit your results, such as linked full-text, and date. Using them will ensure that yur result list will contain only references to articles that are available in their entirety for the dates you select.

 

We suggest searching only one phrase at a time.

 

Following these steps should get you on your way!

 

For further assistance, visit us in person, email Ask-the-librarian, phone or Meebo us.

 

(Updated 10-09)

Snapshot Day at Wolverton Library

  The Wolverton Library participated in Snapshot Day last week, sponsored by the New Jersey State Library. We already keep logs about our activities, so it was easy to submit the following numbers for a typical October day:

Door Count: 1715

Book circulation: 67 

Other circulation: 12

Library cards issued: 28

Reference questions: 27

Interlibrary Loan: 3

Library Instruction: 5 classes, 125 students

Next time, even if the State Library doesn't ask for it, we will include activity at the Rohrer-E-Library, and the number of library cards renewed which, at this time of the semester is usually equal to the number of new cards issued. But, a snapshot is a snapshot, and not always framed to be a complete picture.

We also submitted a couple of pictures; coincidentally, our Big Read banner arrived that day!

Become a Library Fan! Visit us on Facebook

The library now has a page on Facebook! You can become a fan of the library by searching Facebook for Camden County College Library, or by going to this address:

 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blackwood-NJ/Camden-County-College-Library/146905880833

(You will need to have a Facebook account.)

 

 

ARTstor – More than art, not a store!

 

Documentary photographs,  

  industrial drawings,

   landscape designs,

  Buddhist monasteries,

   cave paintings

 

– with complete information about each image – downloadable into your PowerPoint for use in class!

    With a license to ARTstor, now celebrating its fifth anniversary, the library provides incredible visual resources to the Camden County College community. Like our other college-wide licenses, ARTstor is available seamlessly anywhere on the College network, and with a valid College Library card from off-campus.

    Register, create your own image folders, and keep up to date by following the ARTstor blog at www.artstor.org/blog.

    ARTstor provides wonderful online Help and FAQs, and librarians stand ready to assist you in using these resources too! Call, email or Meebo us; contact info at http://libraries.camdencc.edu.

 

 

From Doors of Conception, posted to Flickr.com.

ARTstor images are restricted to educational use, so I won't put one here on the public web.

 

 

 

My Reading History is Now Sortable

We suggested activating 'My Reading History' as a way to keep track of the books you've read by favorite authors awhile back. Now that your reading history has grown, you may wish to sort the list by title, author, or date-checked-out.

Your wish is our command! As of last week, 'My Reading History' may be sorted by any column in it. To sort a column, place your mouse in the column heading and click.

BTW, here are two titles from my recent reading history that I recommend:

The Friday Night Knitting Club, by Kate Jacobs

Seabiscuit: an American Legend, by Laura Hillenbrand

Wolverton Library presents "Writing and Selling a Book"

 

Prof. Larry Danks, will speak at the Wolverton Library, Blackwood Campus, on Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at 7 p.m.

The author of five books, Professor Danks will share his experiences with would-be authors. In this seminar, he will outline the process he follows to get his books published, and offer tips on overcoming some of the obstacles.

His current book, Your Unfinished Life is available at the Camden County College Bookstore and through Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and through all leading booksellers @ $14.95.

Bring your copy for him to autograph. They make great gifts!

 

Screen Names for Online Chat Service

Ask-the Librarian recently responded to this question:

Q: Would you be able to tell me the AIM screen name for the library? I would like to add it to my buddy list.

A: I'd be happy to! On AOL Instant Messenger, the library's screen name is cccasklib.

Here are our other screen names for online chat:

Yahoo: cccasklib

MSN: CCCLibrary

Google Talk: cccasklib

        See you online!

Get Full Off-campus Access from Library Website

Camden County College Library cardholders may use any of the online resources licensed by the library from off-campus, free of charge. A current College library card number is required.

The search must originate using the link to the resource from the library website. This activates the access management system. If researchers go directly to EBSCOhost or Science Direct or The Chronicle of Higher Education, for example, that website can't tell that they are affiliated with CCC and will deny them access, or prompt them to pay for articles.

So, from off-campus, go to http://library.camdencc.edu, and click on the resource you wish to use. You will be prompted to enter your name and library bar code number and PIN. If you have not yet created a PIN, just follow the instructions. You will then be routed to the full version of the resource.

If you still have difficulty, please contact the library via phone, email or Meebo. There are a great number of connections that have to be made for this all to work, and sometimes they break down without our knowing it.

Wolverton building open at 7:30 a.m. weekdays for study

 

 

The Wolverton building on the Blackwood Campus will open at 7:30 a.m. weekdays this semester so that students may study or make copies or prints before 8 a.m. classes. Service desks - Lab, Tutoring, Circulation, etc. - will open at 8:30 a.m. as usual.

 

Remember, the building is also open for study on Sundays, noon - 4 p.m. during the semester.