Monday, June 30, 2014

July is National Ice Cream Month!

July is National Ice Cream Month. In observance of one of my favorite deserts (no matter the flavor,) I wanted to provide our readers with a little information about ice cream. Made of frozen cream or butterfat, milk, sugar and various flavors; ice cream was derived from ice desserts that Marco Polo was exposed to in China. By the 1670s, Italian cooks made the treat from both water and milk ice recipes. In the U.S., ice cream was manufactured in Philadelphia. One may enjoy a bowl or treat such as the ice cream soda (invented in 1874) or a cone. After WWII, scarcity of dairy caused a shortage of ice cream manufacturing. A video clip about this disastrous shortage is available via the link below. Although the manufacturing process has changed (to include additives and preservatives for many popular brands,) the concept of a creamy and cool treat. While we’re enjoying the summer heat, let’s take time out of our busy summer schedule to cool off  by eating a spoonful, bowl or cone of ice cream!



By, Alydia Sims

Monday, June 9, 2014

130,000 new ebooks!


The library is happy to announce that we now have access to 130,000 new ebook academic titles.  This Ebsco academic collection is supplied by PASCAL until June 2017.  This collection is funded by the SC Lottery funds.

Example of the titles are:

·         Creating Jazz Counterpoint: New Orleans, Barbershop Harmony, and the Blues; Hobson, Vic.

·         The President's Ladies: Jane Wyman and Nancy Davis; Dick, Bernard F.

·         The Tolerance Trap: How God, Genes, and Good Intentions Are Sabotaging Gay Equality; Walters, Suzanna Danuta.

·         Dilemmas of Adulthood: Japanese Women and the Nuances of Long-term Resistance; Rosenberger, Nancy Ross-Project Muse.

·         Seismic Japan: The Long History and Continuing Legacy of the Ansei Edo Earthquake;  Smits, Gregory-Project Muse.

·         The Hermit's Hut: Architecture and Asceticism in India; Ashraf, Kazi Khaleed-Project Muse.

·         The Global Organ Shortage: Economic Causes, Human Consequences, Policy Responses; Beard, T. Randolph-Osterkamp, Rigmar.-Kaserman, David L.

·         The Global Limits of Competition Law; Sokol, D. Daniel.-Lianos, Ioannis.

·         The Future and Its Enemies: In Defense of Political Hope; Innerarity, Daniel-Kingery, Sandra

·         The Failed Promise of Originalism; Cross, Frank B.

This collection is integrated into our MegaSearch option.  It is also highlighted as one of our featured resources on the library home page at http://library.tctc.edu/ . The Featured Resources link will take you directly to the collection.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

A New Database for Students!

The Tri-County Technical College library recently acquired a new database called NetAdvantage. Students taking courses that will require the acquisition of business-related information will find this database extremely helpful. The database offers direct access to Standard & Poor’s products, such as industry surveys, stock reports, corporation records, The Outlook, and mutual fund reports.

NetAdvantage offers many many benefits to students. An ability to access Standard & Poor’s research, data, commentary on stocks and funds is available to students. Additionally, students can access private company information and hard to find data on more than 85,000 companies that are not publicly traded. Biographies of corporate executives are also available to students, through this database. Data from this resource can also be downloaded into spreadsheets.

The students at Tri-County Technical College now have access to a wonderful business database. We are thrilled to be able to offer it to the students attending the college!