February 9, 2012
Build a Body!
Want to test or practice your knowledge of anatomy?
Spongelab's Build-A-Body lets you build a body one system at a time.
This free site won a National Science Foundation Award. You can find it at:
http://www.spongelab.com/slxdev/interactives/buildabody/en/whole/index.html
POSTED BY RTC LIBRARY AT 10 AM
February 3, 2012
No Classes February 7 - RTC
Library Will be Open Reduced Hours.
There will be no classes at RTC on February 7, 2012. The library
will be open, but on a reduced schedule. The library will open at
12PM, and close at 4PM that day.
But our online databases are
always open! Visit them at:
http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm
We will open at the regular time
and on the regular schedule on February 8, 2012.
POSTED BY RTC LIBRARY AT 10 AM
January 26, 2012
New at RTC Library - Exuberance: The
Passion for Life.
In this new book, Kay Redfield Jamison examines the human
quality of exuberance.
"Exuberance not only drives people onward, it sustains
them in times of drought. David Levy, the discoverer of more than twenty
comets, had to wait nineteen years to find his first one. Why, after a
thousand hours of watching the skies to no avail, did he keep on looking?
"The point of the search for comets," he says, "is that I love searching for
comets."" (Page 185.)
Exuberance: The Passion for Life can be
found in the books stacks at 152.42 JAMISON 2005.
Questions? Call us at (425)
235-2331 .
POSTED BY RTC LIBRARY AT 2:30 PM
January 26, 2012
ProQuest Down For Maintenance Feb 4-5.
ProQuest database will be down for maintenance between
7PM February 4 and 7AM February 5, 2012.
ProQuest offers over 2400 journals and magazines in full
text - just what you need for your research papers and presentations. To
access it, go the RTC database page at
http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm and click on ProQuest.
If you're off campus, you will be asked for your student
number and your last name in order to log in.
Try ProQuest today - it will make your research life
easier.
Questions? Call us at (425)
235-2331.
POSTED BY RTC LIBRARY AT 2 PM
January 23, 2012
RTC Library is an Affiliate Member of the National Network of Libraries of
Medicine.
RTC library offers resources
to members of the general public with health related questions. These
resources include our public computers with journal
article and internet access, books (on health and illness, physiology and
anatomy, medications, diets and wellness), and reference help.
Do you have a medical question you want to research?
Come and see what RTC Library has to offer.
POSTED BY RTC LIBRARY AT 12 PM
January 13, 2012
RTC Library Will Be Closed Monday Jan 16th for Martin Luther King Jr.
Holiday.
The library will be closed on Monday, January 16, in
observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. We will reopen at
the regular time, 7AM, on Tuesday, January 17.
But AskWA, the 24 hour a day chat reference service and
the library databases are open 24 hours day, even on holidays. Just go to
the library home page and click on the big ASKWA logo for chat help, or to
http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm to reach our
databases.
POSTED BY RTC LIBRARY AT 8 AM
January 3, 2012
New Library Books for the New Year
Did you resolve to read more in the New Year? If
so, consider these new titles at RTC Library:
Brain works: The mind bending science of how
you see, what you think, and who you are. By Michael S. Sweeney.
Call number: 153 SWEENEY 2011.
The filter bubble: What the Internet is hiding
from you. By Eli Pariser. Call number: 004.678 PARISER 2011.
Moneyball. (The book the 2011 Brad
Pitt movie was based on.) Call number: 796.3570691 LEWIS 2004.
POSTED BY RTC LIBRARY AT 11 AM
December 16, 2011
New ProQuest and Gale Virtual Reference Library Search Screens
ProQuest, which offers journals and magazines on every
subject from anatomy to zoology, has a new look. You can limit your
search to only business journals or only health journals, or search
everything. Try it at
http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm today. While you're
there, stop by Gale Virtual Reference Library. They have also changed their
look.
POSTED BY RTC LIBRARY AT 10 AM
December 12, 2010
Interim Hours Begin December
16.
RTC Library will be open during
between Fall and Winter quarters. Our interim hours will be:
The
library databases and
the reference chat service,
AskWA, are always
available to help you when the library is closed.
Questions? Call us at (425)
235-2331.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 9 AM
December 1, 2011
New Looks for ProQuest and Gale Virtual Reference Library
Two of RTC Library's databases will soon have a new look.
ProQuest, a great source of journals and magazines on
health, education, psychology, the culinary arts and much more, and Gale
Virtual Reference Library, offering many encyclopedias, are changing their
looks, and offering new features. We'll have more information here on these
changes closer to the new year.
If you'd like to try the "classic" interface now, just
go to the RTC Library database page at
http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm .
POSTED BY RTC LIBRARY AT 2 PM
November 22, 2011
Thanksgiving Desserts
We saved the best for last: desserts!
Paris Sweets: Great Desserts from the City’s
Best Pastry Shops. Call 641.84 GREEN 2002. Including Baked Apple
Tart, Chocolate-Thyme Cake, and Bacchus (with golden raisins, almond and
cocoa layers, and a dark chocolate glaze.)
The Robert Rose Book of Classic Desserts.
Call #641.86 ROBERT 1997. Harvest pie (with apples, mandarin oranges, pears
and raisins), Almond Ricotta Cheesecake,
and Chocolate Pecan Pie.
The Sweet Melissa Baking Book.
Call # 641.86 MURPHY 2008.
Fluffy Coconut Cake with Passion Fruit Filling, Double Dark Chocolate
Cherry Cookies, Peanut butter Truffles.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 9 AM
November 18, 2011
Great Vegetable Recipes for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a great time to try new vegetable
recipes. Try these great cook books:
Vegetables. This Culinary Institute of
American title includes such recipes as Madeira-Glazed Portobello Steak
Sandwiches, Cheddar Corn Fritters and Moroccan Carrot Salad.
Call # 641.65 VEGETAB 2007r.
Chez Panisse Vegetables.
Call # 641.65 WATERS 1996 c.2.
Recipes from the famous Chez Panisse restaurant, including Spicy
Coleslaw, Roasted Wild Mushroom Salad with Parmesan, and Sweet Potatoes with
Lime and Cilantro.
If those don't appeal, come and look at our cookbook
collection, or take a look at the recipe websites listed on the Library's
Culinary LibGuide.
http://libguides.rtc.edu/content.php?pid=161308&sid=2087599
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BY RTC LIBRARY AT 10 AM
November 10, 2011
AskWA Down Briefly Starting Saturday 11/12
Ask WA, the online reference chat service where you can
get answers 24 hours a day, will be down briefly between 11PM, Saturday,
11/12, and 2AM Sunday 11/13.
Not familiar with Ask WA? If the library is open,
you can always give us a call with your questions. But if we're closed, or
if you’d prefer to use a chat service, then try Ask WA. To access Ask WA, go
to the bottom of the Library Home page. You’ll see a graphic that looks like
the state of Washington.
Click on that picture and you’ll be taken to a page that offers a chat
reference form. (It also offers an email form, if you want to ask a question
via email, or our phone number, if you decide you'd like to call us
instead.)
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 10 AM
November 9, 2011
More Great Cookbooks
Your guests for Thanksgiving are dairy-free and gluten free.
What to serve? Try Gluten-Free, Wheat-free & Dairy-free
Recipes, Call # 641.5638 CHEETHA 2007.
Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's
Farmers' Markets includes great recipes like Cinderella Pumpkin
Soup Baked in the Pumpkin and Golden Pepper and Yellow Tomato Soup.
Call # 641.5973 MADISON 2002.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 10 AM
November 9, 2011
Auto Repair Reference Center Has a New Look
Auto Repair Reference Center, your guide to car repair
procedures, service bulletins, recalls, videos on how your car systems work,
and much more, has a new look.
The new ARRC database now has a quick one-screen tool to
find the car you want to research. To try out ARRC's
new look, go to
http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm
and chose Auto Repair Reference Center.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 9 AM
November 4, 2011
New Menus for the Holidays
Tired of the same old turkey, and don't want to join the
deep-frying brigade? Try someone else's holiday tradition.
Like Chicken Stuffed with Oranges, or Norwegian Christmas
Bread, from Holiday Cooking around the World, Call #
641.568 HOLIDAY 1988c.
Or Jalapeno-Cornmeal Biscuits or Sautéed Pears from
The Holidays, Call # 641.568 HADUMU 1986.
These are just two of the hundreds of cookbooks in RTC
Library's collection.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 10 AM
November 4, 2011
Library
Holidays in November.
The library
will be closed on:
- November
11, 2011 for Veteran's Day
- November
24 and 25, 2011, for Thanksgiving.
But our online databases are
always open! Visit them at:
http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm
POSTED BY RTC LIBRARY AT 8 AM
November 4, 2011
ProQuest Down For Maintenance Nov 5-6.
ProQuest database will be down for maintenance between
7PM November 5 and 7AM November 6.
ProQuest offers over 2400 journals and magazines in full
text - just what you need for your research papers and presentations. To
access it, go the RTC database page at
http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm and click on ProQuest.
If you're off campus, you will be asked for your student
number and your last name in order to log in.
Try ProQuest today - it will make your research life
easier.
Questions? Call us at (425)
235-2331 .
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 8 AM
October 31, 2011
The Washington State Open Course Library Releases 42 New Courses Today
Want to see how other faculty teach Accounting or Anatomy
or College Prep skills? And earn your students' undying gratitude by
keeping textbook costs at $30 or under? Visit the
Washington State Open Course
Library website to see the 42 new open sources classes made available
today! You can modify them to suit your needs or use them as is.
(http://www.opencourselibrary.org/)
What's the RTC connection? RTC Media Librarian Laura
Staley and RTC Director of Research and Development Christopher Johnson worked on these courses.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 10 AM
October 31, 2011
Return of the Cat Tiara
"Conversations and Confrontations" -
also known as "the cat tiara" - has been cleaned and repaired and returned
to RTC Library. It is now on display on the east library wall.
Want to learn more about the art at the TRC? Check
out the TRC Art page. Questions? Call us at (425)
235-2331.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 10 AM
October 28, 2011
Do You Know How Many Cookbooks RTC
Library Carries?
The answer is "a lot." With Thanksgiving
approaching, we thought you might want to know that.
For
the next several weeks we'll be highlighting some of
our many wonderful cookbooks, with the hope that it will inspire the many
fine cooks among us.
New Tapas: Culinary Travels with Spain's Top
Chefs. With such recipes as Mushrooms in Parsley Sauce and Pumpkin,
Chestnut, Feta cheese and Pomegranate Salad, and wonderful photos of
animated chefs and fabulous Spanish scenery. Call # 641.812 DUNLOP 2002
500 Best Sauces, Salad Dressings, Marinades &
More. Deep Dark Truffle Sauce, Strawberry Salsa, and Carmel Rum
Fondue, and much more. Call # 641.814 GEARY 2009.
Want to check one of these out? Want to find a recipe? Questions? Call us at (425)
235-2331.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 7 AM
October 21, 2011
ProQuest Learning: Literature
RTC Library has a new database on authors, your favorite
books new and old, and everything literature. It's called ProQuest
Learning: Literature.
To see it, visit the RTC database page,
and click on the ProQuest Learning: Literature link.
http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm
Questions? Call us at (425)
235-2331.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 7 AM
October 13, 2011
More than 4,000 science and technology
books free!
At the bottom of the RTC database page,
http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm , look for the link
titled National Academy Press.
Click that link to visit the site where the NAP, the
publisher of the books authored by the US National
Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of
Medicine, and the National Research Council has made more than 4,000 of
those books available free as PDF files.
You can find works on medicine and nutrition,
transportation, psychology, and much more.
Questions? Call us at (425)
235-2331.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 7 AM
October 11, 2011
ProQuest Down For Maintenance Oct
22-23.
ProQuest database will be down for maintenance between
7PM October 22 and 7AM October 23.
ProQuest offers over 2400 journals and magazines in full
text - just what you need for your research papers and presentations. To
access it, go the RTC database page at
http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm and click on ProQuest.
If you're off campus, you will be asked for your student
number and your last name in order to log in.
Try ProQuest today - it will make your research life
easier.
Questions? Call us at (425)
235-2331.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 7 AM
September 26, 2011
New Titles at RTC Library.
RTC Library has recently added these
titles to our shelves:
Math For Grownups: Relearn the Arithmetic You
Forgot From School. Call number: 510 Laing 2011
Asian American Communities and Health.
Call number: 362.108995 ASIAN 2009
Crank: Darkness on the Edge of Town. Call
number: Media 362.298 CRANK 2006d
To see more new titles we've added, try the New Books
feature of RTC's catalog at
http://renton.library.ctc.edu/vwebv/newBooks.cgi?sk=renton
Questions? Call us at (425)
235-2331.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 7 AM
September 19, 2011
RTC Library Hours.
Fall quarter has begun, and RTC Library
is open:
Monday - Thursday 7AM - 8PM
Friday
7AM - 4:30PM
The library is closed Saturday and Sunday, but our
databases and chat reference assistance are available 24 hours a day.
Questions? Call us at (425)
235-2331.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 7 AM
September 9, 2011
RTC Library Catalog is Available Again.
After being down for three days for a software update,
the RTC Library catalog is available again.
Search
for books, DVD, and more.
Questions? Call us at (425)
235-2331.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 7 AM
August 24, 2011
New! Flip Cameras for Student, Faculty,
and Staff Checkout.
Want to make a video for a class
project? You can check out a Flip Camera at RTC Library. The library
currently has two Flip cameras available for RTC patron use.
Questions? Call us at (425)
235-2331.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 12 AM
August 17, 2011
New on the Library Computers: Windows 7
and Office 2010
Now loaded on the RTC Library
computers: Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010.
Come try out the latest version of Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Questions? Call us at (425)
235-2331.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 10 AM
August 11, 2011
Interim Hours Begin August 12.
RTC Library will be open during
between Summer and Fall quarters. Our interim hours will be:
The Library will be closed Monday,
September 5, 2011, for the Labor Day holiday.
And remember, the
library databases and
the reference chat service,
AskWA, are always
available to help you when the library is closed.
Questions? Call us at (425)
235-2331.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 3 PM
August 4, 2011
Check Out Free Internet Journals
RTC Library offers its patrons thousands of
high-quality journals through ProQuest and CINAHL with Full Text. But
there are other valuable journals available on the internet - for free!
The
Directory of Open
Access Journals (DOAJ) lists over 5,000 journals in subjects from accounting to
computers to medicine and zoology, and most of the contents of these
journals is free.
RTC links to the DOAJ and other free resources at the bottom of the Library Database page
http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm.
POSTED BY RTC LIBRARY AT 9:30 AM
August 4, 2011
RTC Library Adds New Databases
RTC Library has added three new databases.
History Study Center, SIRS Discoverer, and
ProQuest Learning: Literature.
History Study Center helps students
learn about US and world history by offering them books, magazine articles,
and many pictures on each subject.
To learn more about History Study Center,
or to try all three of these new resources, just go to the Database homepage at
http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm.
The library databases are available 24 hours a day.
If
you're off campus you'll need your 809 number and your last name to log in.
POSTED BY RTC LIBRARY AT 9 AM
July 15, 2011
Reference USA Will Be Down This Weekend
ReferenceUSA, the database that lets you search for
companies by zip code, industry, amount of sales and other measures, will be
down between Friday, July 15, 5PM, and Sunday, July 17, 5PM.
You can still search any of the other RTC Library
databases. Just go to the Database homepage at
http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm.
Remember, they are available 24 hours a day.
If
you're off campus you'll need your 809 number and your last name to log in.
POSTED BY RTC LIBRARY AT 12 PM
July 7, 2011
A New Database on Health
RTC Library is now offering a new database called
ProQuest Family Health. It covers many aspects of family
health from dentistry to nutrition to sports injuries.
To access it, go to the RTC database page
http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm. You can search all the
ProQuest databases at once, or you can click on the Database Selected link
in the upper left-hand corner and chose just ProQuest Family Health.
Remember, it's open 24 hours a day.
If
you're off campus you'll need your 809 number and your last name to log in.
POSTED BY RTC LIBRARY AT 12 PM
June 24, 2011
Cranes!
A thousand cranes - plus a few more - have landed in
RTC Library.
The origami cranes are from the June 9, 2011 Hands On!
Festival. There's still paper in a basket by the crane frame.
Please come in to RTC Library and add a crane today.
Or find out
more about about the Crane project.
POSTED BY RTC LIBRARY AT 12 PM
June 17, 2011
Library Summer Hours
The Library hours will change
slightly between July 5 and August 11. We will be open:
Questions? Call us at (425)
235-2331.
POSTED BY RTC LIBRARY AT 8 AM
May 27, 2011
Recently Acquired Titles on Money and Economics
These are some titles we've recently added on economics
and money matters:
Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World.
Call Number: MEDIA 332.09 ASCENT 2009M
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World. Call
Number: 332.10922 AHAMED 2009
Retirement breakthrough
: the safe, secure way to guaranteed income you can't outlive--in any
economy.
Call Number:
332.024014 DUFF-D 2010
Want to see more new titles? Go to the
New
Books tab of the RTC catalog and click the "Search" button.
POSTED BY RTC LIBRARY AT 8 AM
May 24, 2011
Two Scanners in the Library
Do you need to scan a document to convert it to text you
can email or edit on the computer, or pictures to put in a presentation?
The Library now has two scanners, one on each of the
computers closest to the library classroom.
They are simple to use, but directions are also
posted at each computer. Or just come to the desk and ask us for help.
POSTED BY RTC LIBRARY AT 8 AM
May 6, 2011
Chef Darrell Anderson Culinary Archives Opens!
Chef Darrell L. Anderson was a chef,
restaurateur, and culinary educator in Washington state for over 50
years. He was a president of the Washington State Chef's Association, and
very active in national culinary associations.
He donated his personal papers,
awards, menus and other items to Renton Technical College. These items are
now available to researchers.
A sample of the collection is
available online at Anderson Culinary Archives page. To view the
collection in person, please contact us at (425) 235-2331.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 11 AM
May 5, 2011
Ask WA Down Briefly This
Weekend
Ask WA, the internet chat reference
service that helps you when we're closed, will be down briefly this weekend
from Saturday 11PM to Sunday 1PM.
Want to learn more about Ask WA? Just go to
Finding
Answers to Your Questions and learn all about this 24
hour a day help service.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 10 AM
May 2, 2011
Job Interview Resources
Want to practice for those tough job interviews?
RTC Library has many books and DVDs on the interview process. A few
examples:
-
Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked
Interview Questions. (2010.) Call Number: 650.144 DELUCA 2010
-
301 Best Questions to Ask on Your Interview.
(2010.) Call Number: 615.144 KADOR 2010.
-
Job Interview Phrasebook: The Things to Say to Get
the Job You Want. (2009.) Call Number: 650.144 SCHUMAN 2009.
-
Get That Job. DVD (2002.) Call Number: MEDIA
650.14 GET-TH 2002.
We have many more titles to help you find the job you
want. Come visit us today.
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BY RTC LIBRARY AT 11:30 AM
April
18, 2011
Chef Darrell L. Anderson,
1929-2011
Chef Darrell L. Anderson, who donated the materials for
RTC Library's Darrell Anderson Culinary Archives -
http://www.rtc.edu/library/CulArchives.htm - passed away on April 10,
2011.
Chef Anderson was a restaurateur and caterer, and taught at
the Sea-Tac Occupational Skills Center for 25 years. He was active in
the Washington State Chef's Association and the American Culinary Federation
and, among many other awards, was inducted into the American Academy of
Chefs Hall of Fame in 1996. Chef Anderson was a national advocate of
culinary education, and is fondly remembered by his family, colleagues, and
students.
Chef Anderson is survived by his wife, Catherine, and
four children. He was 81. For more information, please see his
biography.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 9 AM
April
15, 2011
RTC Library HelpZone
Many students have taken advantage of the Library
HelpZone. The HelpZone happens Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the RTC
Library classroom (C-204) from 2:30-4PM. Do you need help with setting
up an email account, working with Word, or finding a research article? If
so, stop by the library and ask for help.
If you can't make one of these
times, ask about scheduling a consultation with a librarian, by contacting us
at librarian@RTC.edu .
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 9 AM
March 31, 2011
New - Microsoft Office 2010!
The library computers are being
updated this week. They will soon offer Microsoft Office 2010.
Come in next week and take a look at the latest version of Word or
PowerPoint!
POSTED BY RTC LIBRARY AT 9:00 AM
March 25, 2011
March 25 - April 1 is Spring Break - And the Library is Open!
It's
Spring Break, but you can still visit the library. Our hours will
be from 8AM to 4PM, Monday through Friday. Regular hours will resume
April 4, 2011.
POSTED BY RTC LIBRARY AT 9:10 AM
March 18, 2011
Books on Starting a New
Business.
Thinking of starting a new business with your new
skills? Take a look at just a few of the books RTC library offers on
starting a new business:
How to start a business in Washington, by Entrepreneur
Press. 2007
Call Number: 658.1109797 HOW-TO 2007s
30-minute social media marketing : step-by-step techniques to spread the
word about your business fast and free, by Susan Gunelius. 2011
Call Number: 658.872 GUNELIU 2011
Small business web sites made easy, by Steven Holzner. 2009
Call Number: 006.7 HOLZNER 2009
McGraw-Hill 36-hour course : business writing and communication, by Kenneth
W. Davis. 2010
Call Number: 651.74 DAVIS 2010
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 9:40 AM
March 11, 2011
New! Mobile Access to the RTC
Catalog
Do you have a phone or tablet with internet?
Would you like to search the RTC Catalog? Now you can.
Try the
RTC
Mobile catalog, and tell us how it works for you.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 8:30 AM
March 4, 2011
Getting Help When the Library Isn't Open.
Are you starting to
think about researching that final project? You can always come to the
library for research help. And if we're closed, you can still get
help, 24 hours a day.
Ask WA is
the 24-hour-a-day chat reference service available to you, too. If the library is
open, you can always give us a call. But if you’d prefer to use a chat
service, then try Ask WA.
To access Ask WA,
go to the bottom of the library home
page. You'll see a picture that looks like this:
Click on
the picture and you’ll be taken to a page that offers a chat reference form.
(It also offers an email form, if you want to ask a question via email, or
our phone number, if you'd like to call us instead.)
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 1:30 PM
February 25, 2011
New! DVDs on Windows 7 and
Office 2010
Have you been thinking of upgrading to
Office 2010 or Windows 7?
Learn about these new software programs
by checking out the DVDs Microsoft Office 2010 for Dummies and
Windows 7 for Dummies. These DVDs run approximately 2
hours, and can be played on your television or your computer.
Want to know what other new titles we have in the
library? Check the
New
Books page of the library catalog. Simply click on the "Search"
button to the books and DVDs we've added in the last month.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 8:30 AM
February 10, 2011
Online Videos Demonstrate
Searching RTC Databases
RTC Library has a new page offering
links to online search tutorials and help sheets for our online databases.
The page, Database Searching Assistance, can be found here:
http://www.rtc.edu/library/DatabaseSearchingAssistance.htm.
You can find tutorials on searching ProQuest, CINAHL
with Full Text, the RTC online catalog, and more. There are also help
sheets - web pages or Word documents with tips - on searching other
databases. For a list of our current databases go to the
RTC Database page.
We'll be adding to these as we create or find more.
Let us know if there is any particular database you would like us to cover.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 8:30 AM
January 28, 2011
Tips for Better Test Taking!
Mid-terms are sneaking up on us. The website
Study Guides and Strategies
offers good advice for preparing for and taking tests. Find tips on
answering true/false, essay, multiple choice tests and more.
If you'd prefer a DVD, take a look at Taking Math
Tests (MEDIA 371.26 TAKING 2005m) or Taking Essay Tests (MEDIA
371.26 TAKING 2005e). These DVDs are available at RTC Library, in the Media
section.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 9 AM
January 7, 2011
New Titles for a New Year!
These are a few of the new titles now available at RTC
Library:
The Resume and Cover Letter Phrase Book. A
2011 guide to phrases to use when networking, contacting potential
employers, following up on interviews and more. Call number: 650.142 SCHUMAN
2011
Bake Me I'm Yours...Cupcake Celebration. Want to
know how they create those work-of-art cupcakes? This book
demonstrates the techniques you'll need. Call number: 641.8653 SMITH
2010.
Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking
Techniques. 2nd edition. You've heard the phrase "Think outside
the box", but how do you do that? This book teaches you "how to think like a
genius." Call number: 650.019 Michalk 2006
For more new titles, drop by RTC Library, or go to the
New
Book tab of our catalog and click "Search".
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 9 AM
December 17, 2010
A New Look for ProQuest.
Starting in early January, the database ProQuest will
have a whole new look. You will be able to limit your search by broad
subject categories such as “Health and Medicine” or “Business”. You will
also be able to select what you want to retrieve: interviews, cover stories,
evidence based healthcare, essays, and more.
The new interface will work best with these browsers:
Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher, FireFox 3.6 or higher, Google Chrome, and
Safari 4.
Keep an eye on this blog – we’ll let you know when the
new look is available.
Questions? Contact us at 425
235-2331.
1/7/2011 UPDATE: We
have postponed the change to the new ProQuest interface. We will delay
implementation until the new interface meets the needs of our patrons.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 9 AM
December 16, 2010
Interim Hours Begin December
17.
RTC Library will be open during
between Fall and Winter quarters. Our interim hours will be:
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Monday - Thursday - 8AM - 4PM,
except Thursday Dec 23, when we will close at 3PM.
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Friday, Saturday, Sunday - Closed
The
library databases and
the reference chat service,
AskWA, are always
available to help you when the library is closed.
Questions? Call us at (425)
235-2331.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 9 AM
December 10, 2010
No More Magill's Medical
Guide-But We've Still Got Lots of Great Online Medical Information.
Due to low usage, the Library is
canceling our subscription to Salem Health-Magill's Medical Guide. But
we still have many excellent online resources that will answer your health
questions.
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Gale Encyclopedias have
articles on diseases, medications, treatments and much more.
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Nursing Reference Center
includes information on diseases, diagnoses, and best practice
guidelines.
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Credo contains over 500
encyclopedias and dictionaries, many of them on health topics.
They can all be found on the
RTC Database page.
Questions? Contact us at 425
235-2331.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 12 PM
December 2, 2010
Available in the Library: GrantStation.
Interested in writing a grant for
a non-profit or educational institution? The library
now has a new electronic resource called GrantStation to help you
find potential grant makers, and write up that grant.
GrantStation can only be used in
the library. Stop by the Reference desk and ask us to log you in.
Questions? Contact us at 425
235-2331.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 9 AM
November 17, 2010
The library catalog will be
down Saturday, November 20.
The library catalog will be down
for system maintenance on Saturday, November 20, 2010, from 8AM to 8PM.
Patrons won't be able to renew their items online, or search for books and
videos in the library catalog.
The online databases - ProQuest,
CINAHL, and more - will still be available.
Comments or
questions? Email us at librarian@RTC.edu,
or call us at (425) 235-2331.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 10 AM
November 12, 2010
Thank you, RTC Library Web
Page Users!
Thanks for being one of 750,000
people who have clicked on an RTC Library web page since it went up in 2003.
The web page has evolved over the
years, but we've worked to keep it immediately useful to the students,
faculty and staff who come looking for books, articles, and web sites they
can use for their studies.
Do you have any comments or
questions? Email us at librarian@RTC.edu,
or call us at (425) 235-2331.
POSTED
BY RTC LIBRARY AT 10 AM
Last updated: 11/30/11
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