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July 17, 2008
Beginning August 9, 2008, the library will be closed on Saturdays.
The Library Catalog and databases will still be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week at http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm .
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June 10, 2008
Finished - Flickr.com Picture Pool: Twelve Months at RTC Library
We've just finished posting pictures of one year in the life of RTC library at Flickr.com. We want to give our patrons a preview of the library, to allow them to make our acquaintance before they walk in the door. It can be found at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8906334@N05/
Pictures include the old library in the basement of the J building, breaking ground for the TRC and the library as it is today. There are pictures showing library instruction, new books and videos added to the library, the library archives and much more.
Please come and see us at Flickr.com.
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June 6, 2008
One year of Educational Media.
Click here to see the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth issues of Educational Media, RTC Library's online newsletter on great multimedia for your classroom. Issue ten looks at "soft skills" - those interpersonal skills workers need to thrive in the workplace. Issue eleven looks at videos and DVDs on teaching skills - how to give an exciting lecture, how to grade effectively and fairly, and teaching students with disabilities. And issue twelve looks at all the wonderful new titles we bought this year.
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March 25, 2008
GreenFILE, a database of environmental journals, added to the database page.
We've added a link to the GreenFILE, a free database on environmental issues from EBSCO, to the Library's database page. It looks at journal articles and government reports on subjects from alternative fuels to global warming.
You can try out this resource by going to the RTC database page at http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm. Just scroll to the bottom and look for GreenFILE under "Free Databases".
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January 3, 2008
Two More Titles Added to RTC Library's Gale resources.
RTC Library has acquired two new Gale titles:
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Biotechnology: Changing Life through Science
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Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health – 2nd edition.
These are electronically available to our patrons through the RTC database page. Just click on the "Gale Encyclopedias" link (and, if you're off campus, log in.)
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January 2, 2008
EbscoHost Visual Search Has A New Look.
EbscoHost's visual search has a new look. Now you can choose between seeing your search and results in columns or blocks. When you open EbscoHost and click on the "Visual Search" tab, you will see a tutorial on how to read these new options. If you're ready to search, you can skip the tutorial.
EbscoHost is available to our patrons through the RTC database page. Just click on the "EbscoHost" link (and, if you're off campus, log in.)
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October 31, 2007
World Almanac Added to the RTC Database Page.
We've added a new database! Now you can search Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs (World Almanac and Book of Facts, World Almanac of the USA, World Almanac of US Politics and the World Almanac for Kids) on our database page.
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September 17, 2007
New! Microsoft Office 2007 on the Library Computers.
The Library computers now feature Microsoft Office 2007. Word, PowerPoint, Excel and the other programs have a brand new look. For more information, see this Microsoft page, Get Started with the 2007 Microsoft Office System.
This new software version includes new file extensions. For example, the default Word extension is now .docx instead of .doc. When you save a document in Office 2007, it will save the document in the new format unless you select a different one. If you save a document using the .docx format (or .pptx or .xllx) and then try to work on it on a computer with Word 1997-2003, the older Office version will not recognize the file.
Microsoft has created a software package which should allow the older version of the software to recognize the new file format. For more information about this software see Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats page.
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August 7, 2007
Wireless Network Service Interruption.
The Library wireless network will be unavailable due to software upgrades, from Friday, August 10 through Friday, August 24, 2007.
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August 2, 2007
A New Look for the Library Catalog.
We've changed the look of the library catalog. Click here or go to http://renton.library.ctc.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=first to see our new, sleeker look.
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June 20, 2007
Twelve Months at RTC Library
We are beginning to post pictures of life in RTC library at Flickr.com. We want to give our patrons a preview of the library, to allow them to make our acquaintance before they walk in the door.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8906334@N05/
This month, we've posted establishing shots - the library as it is today. In later months we will post other pictures showing the old library, the construction of the TRC, the start of the new quarter, and some of the resources available at the library.
Please come and see us at Flickr.com.
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June 1, 2007
Oxford Reference Online Resources Added!
RTC Library has acquired new electronic resources from Oxford University Press; over 150 handbooks, encyclopedias and dictionaries available to our patrons through the RTC database page or through RTC's online catalog. To access them through the database page, just click on the "Oxford Reference Online" link (and, if you're off campus, log in.) New titles include:
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Dictionary to the Body
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Dictionary of the Internet
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Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English
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An A-Z of Food and Drink
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Food and Fitness: A Dictionary of Diet and Exercise
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Oxford Companion to American Law
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Visual English Dictionary
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World Maps
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Dictionary of Ecology
And many more!
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April 19, 2007
New Gale Resources Added!
RTC Library has acquired new Gale encyclopedias and dictionaries - electronically available to our patrons through the RTC database page. Just click on the "Gale Encyclopedias" link (and, if you're off campus, log in.) New titles include:
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Encyclopedia of Education
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Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
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National Survey of State Laws
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Enfermedades and Trastornos de la Salud (Human Diseases and Conditions)
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Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
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Gale Encyclopedia of Science
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Child Development
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Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology (2nd ed.)
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Psychologists and Their Theories for Students
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February 9, 2007
Educational Media on Safety.
Click here to see the eighth issue of Educational Media. This issue looks at videos and DVDs teaching safety in the workplace.
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September 12, 2006
Now Available - The Latest Issue of Educational Media.
Click here to see the seventh issue of Educational Media. This issue looks at videos and DVDs teaching basic mathematics, writing, computer and interpersonal skills.
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June 22, 2006
Now Available - The Latest Issue of Educational Media.
Click here to see the sixth issue of Educational Media. This time the focus is on job hunting resources available in RTC Library and on the web.
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June 20, 2006
Coming Soon - A New Number for Logging into the RTC Library Databases from Off-Campus.
Starting with Summer Quarter, 2006, when you log into the RTC databases from off-campus, you will be using your RTC student number, rather than your RTC Library number.
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March 30, 2006
Now available - Another issue of Educational Media.
Click here to see the fifth issue of Educational Media. Find out about some RTC library services you may not have know about before.
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September 19, 2005
RTC Library Adds 3 New Databases.
RTC Library has added three new online databases!
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Ethnic NewsWatch – Now as part of ProQuest, you can search Ethnic NewsWatch. This database covers over 200 magazines and newspapers from the US’s ethnic and minority communities. Sample titles include: Tundra Times (Native American), Arab American News, Asian Week, Boston Irish Reporter, and Black Professional. Many titles are in English and Spanish.
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Alt-Press Watch - Also new, as a part of ProQuest, you can search over 180 magazines from alternative and independent presses. Sample titles include: Alternative Press Review, GEO: Grassroots Economic Organizing, Mouth: Voice of the Disability Nation, Social Anarchism, and Youth Today. These titles are selected to offer different opinions and viewpoints from the mainstream press.
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CultureGrams is a database that offers information on the culture of over 180 nations, covering such topics as education and family life, dating and diet, the government, the arts, and the economy. It also includes population statistics, maps, and pictures for each country. Note: this database has an unfortunate habit of reloading when you try to leave. You have to use the History button (the down-pointing arrow next to the green-and-white Back button) to go back to the RTC website – or just type in the URL of the next place you want to visit.)
To see the complete list of RTC Library Online databases, go to http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm .
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September 8, 2005
Web Resources for Constitution Day.
Click here for links to the US Constitution Center and other invaluable sites on the constitution. Also links to lesson plans and other instructor resources for teaching about the Constitution. Other links take you to state constitutions, other national constitutions, and historical constitutions - including the Code of Medina and the Magna Charta.
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August 11, 2005
Now available - The 3rd issue of Educational Media.
Click here to see the third issue of Educational Media. Find out how your RTC peers are using the web to educate their students and build community in the classroom. And learn what DVDs and books RTC Library offers on building websites, education and the internet.
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July 9, 2005
Art in the Technology Resource Center.
Curious about the art in and around the library? Check out the new web page Art in the TRC, at http://www.rtc.edu/library/ArtLibrary.htm
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Friday, May 27, 2005
Coming Soon - Machine translation of ProQuest articles.
In June, 2005, ProQuest will be offering machine translations of articles in its databases. You will be able to request a translation of an article into: Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Russian, Polish, Chinese-simplified, Chinese-traditional, Japanese, Korean, and Turkish.
Machine translation is not a perfect translation. It is a word-for-word translation of an article. It is sufficient to give you the basic meaning of the article.
To get to ProQuest, go to the Library database page (http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm) and click on the ProQuest link.
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Friday, January 14, 2005
Now available - the Special Copyright Edition of Educational Media.
Click here to see the second issue of Educational Media. This special issue looks at copyright issues in education. Can you legally show your class that television program you taped last night? How much of that book can you copy for your class? What is the RTC policy on copying copyrighted materials? Refresh your copyright knowledge.
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Thursday, December 30, 2004
New databases added!
The library has added four new Groliers databases.
° Lands and People - descriptions of countries and the culture of their people.
° New Book of Popular Science - articles on science and medical topics
° Encyclopedia Americana
° Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Please come to our database page and try out this wonderful new source.
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Wednesday, November 3, 2004
Off-campus users of the Library databases: Browser requirements to view Ebscohost databases will be changing in 2005.
If you use RTC library databases from Ebscohost - either HealthSource or Auto Repair Reference Center - you will need to make sure your browser meets the following standards. The following message is from Ebscohost:
"Please note that effective January 1, 2005, EBSCOhost ... will have new minimum browser requirements:
- Netscape 7.x
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
- Macintosh minimum requirements: Safari 1.2x or Netscape 7.x "
Firefox by Mozilla will also be supported. If you want to view "text only" the requirements will not change .
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Friday, October 1, 2004
Educational Media - a newsletter about multi-media use at Renton Technical College - debuts.
Click here to see the first issue of Educational Media. This issue includes articles on how Noreen Light (Dispatch), John Mundy (Ford ASSET) and Marcia Arthur (ESL) use a wide variety of multimedia tools for their classes. It also includes information on campus multimedia resources, and videos, DVDs, and audiotapes carried at Renton Technical College Library.
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Thursday, July 29, 2004
Library web site logs 50,000 visit
On Thursday, July 29, RTC Library registered the 50,000th visit to its web page. The page, which debuted in September, 2003, has been up for less than a year.
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Friday, June 11, 2004
Welcome to RTC Library's Blog!
This is Renton Technical College Library's News and Announcements page.
We hope you'll check back on a regular basis and see what's new at the
Library.
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