Curriculum Mapping

The TCTC library subscribes to a database called AccessScience! This database provides a wealth of information to both students and faculty members. For faculty members, curriculum maps were recently created. Curriculum maps are designed to guide faculty to highly relevant and engaging content for college courses. They take popular subject matter, for example chemistry, and break it down into subtopics. 

Each subtopic then links to information within AccessScience! Tables, graphs, diagrams, photos, animations, and videos are linked via these curriculum maps for faculty members. Presently, AccessScience! has curriculum maps for the following topics: Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Computing Databases, Discrete Mathematics, Engineering Structural Analysis, and Physics. A sample curriculum map can be found at this link http://www.accessscience.com/for-faculty/biology . Direct links can be created for students from this database, to provide easy access to the content. 

The demands of providing quality content to students, in a manner that is attractive, requires the usage of databases that present information in fun, informative ways. AccessScience! is aware of the demands required by both universities and students. Its curriculum maps are one resource now available to faculty members, as they develop lessons that are both informative and attractive for today’s college students.

By Michele Gregg

Library Hours and Closed Dates for 2014

Library closed
January 1, 2014	New Year's Day
January 20	MLK
May 26	Memorial Day
July 4	Independence Day
September 1	Labor Day
November 4	Fall Break
November 27-28	Thanksgiving
December 23-Jan 1	Christmas
Library Open 7:45  to 5 (Branches closed)
Jan 2 and 10, 2014	End of winter holiday
February 25	Professional Development Day
March 17-21	Spring Break
July 3	July 4th holiday
July 28 to Aug 18	No Classes
October 7	Professional Development Day
November 3	Fall Break
November 26	Thanksgiving holiday
December 8 to 23	Winter break

Learning Express Library 3.0

Spring semester started with a new and improved version of LearningExpress Library. LearningExpress Library 3.0 provides access to practice exams for test preparation, courses, and ebooks on many vocational and academic topics. Enhancements to the product include easy-to-use navigation, timed and untimed test modes, and individualized study plans. It is also touch-enabled and tablet-ready for tablet users. In preparation for the new 2014 GED Test, this product will also be updated to meet the new specifications. To take full advantage of what this wonderful tool has to offer, a user must create his free account. All that is needed is a valid email address. A personal account creates a storage space for an individual collection of selected learning materials. A user with his own account can return to his materials via his personal account again and again and continue where he left off.

Written by, Kultida Dunagin