Monthly Archives: December 2011
Library Hours for Holiday Break
The Library will have the following hours over the Holiday Break and Winter Term:
Holiday Break Hours
Mon., December 19: 8:30am – 4:45pm
Tue., December 20: 8:30am – 4:45pm
Wed., December 21- Mon. January 2: Closed
Winter Term Hours (January 3, 2012 – January 24, 2012)
Monday- Thursday: 8:30am – 4:45pm
Friday: 8:30am – 4:00pm
Saturday- Sunday: Closed
Exception: On Thursday, January 12th, the Library will be closed.
Text Us will be unavailable whenever the Library is closed. If you need research help when the Library is closed, please consult our online FAQs or use Ask Us 24/7 Chat to IM a librarian at one of our partner institutions.
For full hours listing, see Library hours page.
Happy holidays and see you in the New Year!
Library Pick Me Up
FREE COFFEE IN THE LIBRARY!
Thurs. Dec. 15th, there will be free coffee, tea, & bagels on the 2nd floor of the Library from 8pm to 10pm. This event is sponsored by Student Affairs.
So come take a study break, get your caffeine on, and celebrate the end of the semester!
Image from Mediaonsugar.com
(Please remember to keep the Library spaces clean while you are having fun.)
Senior Projects Due 12/16/11 for December Grads
If you’re graduating in December 2011, your Senior Project is due Friday, December 16th.
This year, Senior Project and Capstone submissions are done entirely online through Moodle. See the TLTC’s help page for directions on submitting your project.
Note: If you are submitting a video project, you still have to submit the media file on a disc to the Library for archival purposes. See this FAQ on Formatting Projects with media files. (Online submission of video projects in Moodle is planned for May 2012.)
For more information, see Senior Projects FAQ, ask a librarian, or email TLTC@purchase.edu
Book of the Week- 12/12/11- Provost’s Picks
Looking for something to read over the holidays? The latest “Provost-It Notes” email from Provost Barbara Dixon included these reading recommendations from Purchase College faculty. Click the titles to see the record for that item in the Library Catalog or to request it from Interlibrary Loan. If you’re traveling for the holidays, you can always try your local public library as well. And of course, books make great presents for anyone on your list (hint, hint!).
Holiday Reading Recommendations:
Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson (Barbara Dixon, Provost)
Oil!, by Upton Sinclair (Suzanne Kessler, Dean of Library Arts & Sciences)
Cleopatra: A Life, by Stacy Schiff (Ken Tabachnick, Dean of School of the Arts))
Regeneration Trilogy, by Pat Barker (Ronnie Halperin, Chair of Natural & Social Sciences)
No Future Without Forgiveness, by Desmond Tutu (Ravi Rajan, Director of Art+Design)
Conquistadora, by Esmeralda Santiago (Louise Yelin, Chair of Humanities)
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance, by Edmund de Waal (Louise Yelin, Chair of Humanities)
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, by Eric Foner (Louise Yelin, Chair of Humanities)
The Tiger’s Wife, by Téa Obreht (Louise Yelin, Chair of Humanities)
So, what’s on YOUR holiday reading list? The Library would love to know! Leave a Comment below!
Need help with that bibliography?
If you have questions about putting the finishing touches on your final paper– i.e. finishing your references list or bibliography– the Library can help!
Check out our Citation Guide under “How Do I Guides…?” on the Library homepage. This guide has links to citation manuals in all the major citation styles (MLA, APA, Chicago) as well as some minor ones (AAA, ASA)!
The Citation Guide also has instructions on how to get started with a Citation Manager like Zotero, EasyBib, or Refworks,– a piece of handy software that can save citations and generate bibliographies for you automatically.
Need to know how to format a citation for a specific source? What about how to cite a blog, website, video, book with two authors, or a tweet?) Here are some online citation manuals other students have found helpful:
- The Purdue Owl
- Valencia College Citation Guide (for Electronic Sources)
- Purchase College Learning Center (see handouts for MLA & APA Bibliographies)
Finally, sometimes virtual tools just don’t cut it. If you need to talk to a real, live librarian about citing your sources, see a reference librarian or chat with a librarian* any time, day or night, via Ask Us 24/7.
END YOUR PAPER– AND THE SEMESTER– IN STYLE.!
*you might be helped by a librarian at another university that cooperates with Purchase College Library, but they know lots about citation too!
Faculty Colloquium Wednesday 12/7/11 at 5pm
See what your professors/colleagues have been up to! Ahmed Afzal (Anthropology) and Laura Kaminsky (Music) will present their research tonight, Tues. Dec. 7th, in the Buffer Room at 5pm.
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Reminder ~ Faculty Colloquium this Wed., Dec. 7, at 5:00 p.m. in the Buffer!
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Writers Center Holiday Reading & Reception: 12/8/11 4pm
The Purchase Writers Center is sponsoring a Holiday Reading & Reception. Come one, come all!
CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS
READING & RECEPTION
sponsored by
The PURCHASE WRITERS CENTER
When: Thursday December 8 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Where: Neuberger Museum Study
Writers Center Fellows Suzanne Chazin, Clark Collier Cooke, and Marilyn Johnsonwill read from and talk about their current projects.
Suzanne, a resident of Chappaqua, is the award-winning author of three novels and numerous essays, magazine pieces, and short stories. She is collecting and transcribing oral histories of Latino/a immigrants in Westchester and writing a police procedural featuring an immigrant protagonist.
Clark, a Mamaroneck native who recently earned an MFA from University of California, Riverside, is working on a novel-in-stories, Two Cannibals, One Corpse. It chronicles the lives of Westchester’s underworld – a world of hustlers and addicts, ex-cons, and soon-to-be killers.
Marilyn, in her second year as Senior Fellow, will talk about her work in progress, a book about archaeologists and archaeology.
Finally, in addition to snacks provided by a Purchase College Affiliates grant, representatives from Toadlilly Press, a Westchester independent poetry publisher, will be on hand to talk about internship opportunities for students and poetry publication opportunities for all.
Learn more and like the Writers Center on Facebook.
(*blurbs and bios in this blog post are courtesy of Marilyn Johnson & Louis Yelin)
Staying Sane (and Safe) During Finals
It’s the last couple weeks of the semester. The Library is open late, and you’re planning to hunker down in a study carrel for a long night. It’s a stressful time of year for everyone, but here are some tips that can help you make it to the end:
1. Don’t be shy–Ask Us for help! Librarians are here to help you at the reference desk, on the phone, and by email. You can also Text Us at (914) 873-1711 or chat online with a librarian 24 hours a day, using Ask Us 24/7 chat.
Got writing questions? The Learning Center in the Student Services Building has writing tutors who can help!
2. Take breaks: Make sure you get up to stretch, take a quick walk, or revive yourself with snacks from the library vending machines. Unwind by browsing our DVD, CD, Graphic Novels or Popular Reading collections on the First Floor.
3. Don’t leave your laptop unattended: If you take a break, make sure you take all your valuables (phones, laptops, wallets) with you. Theft can happen within seconds. Why take the risk? Never leave your personal property unattended in the library.
4. Save, save, save: There’s nothing worse than losing hours of work on a 15 page paper because you forgot to save. Save your work every 10 minutes or so. If you’re using a Library computer, never save your project to the desktop–it will disappear when you log off! Use a combination of methods like these:
- Save to a USB drive
- Email your project to yourself once per hour
- Go to the Cloud! Use a program like Dropbox or Google Docs to save your stuff online. (It’s free, secure, and accessible from anywhere!)
5. Be respectful: We all get stressed at finals, but try to be courteous to your peers studying around you. This means respecting the Quiet Zones on the Second Floor, Lower Level (Basement), and Computer Lab 1004D. This also means cleaning up your scrap paper, coffee cups, snack wrappers and other trash.
Help us keep the tradition of 24/5 Hours alive for future semesters!
