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One Book 2016: We have a winner!

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Announcing PVCC's Fall 2016 One Book: The Circle , by Dave Eggers Publisher's description: When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users’ personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company’s modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can’t believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential

New Databases Keep on Coming!

VIVA , our statewide library consortium, continues to purchase new databases that all PVCC students, faculty, and staff can now access both on and off-campus.  Check out these additions: Mergent Intellect  - This brand-new database provides extensive information on private  companies, both active and inactive. It also includes Whitepages Pro, which has residential contact information.   Mergent Investext Snapshot  - This database, also known as the Thomson Reuters Embargoed Research Collection, includes authoritative analyses of companies, industries, products, and markets that are written by analysts at investment banks and independent research firms. It can be found as a new tab within the  Mergent Online  platform. Oxford Journals  - We have added 16 new e-journals, which brings our collection to approximately 150 e-journals published by Oxford. Most are in the areas of political science, history, and medicine. Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Collection  - This new ful

What's that I hear? New books are here!

Welcome back to another season of the Spring Semester, episode 2016. All your favorite characters and plot twists are back, from waning post-holiday blues to the occasional blizzard. Best of all, there are new books here at the library, and we’ve got lots of recommendations for you. Looking for the next book in Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles? We have all five: Cinder , Scarlet , Cress , Winter , and Fairest: Levana’s Story . If you enjoy new takes on old tales — everything from cyborg Cinderella to computer hacker Rapunzel — The Lunar Chronicles will be right up your alley. Neil Gaiman also explores fairy tales — and every other sort of wonder tale — in his latest collection of short fiction, Trigger Warning: Short Fiction and Disturbances . The anthology includes a “Nothing O'Clock,” written for the fiftieth anniversary of Doctor Who in 2013; “Black Dog,” a tale from the world of American Gods ; and “The Case of Death and Honey,” a spin on Sherlock Holmes. Still in the

New Database Trial

The VCCS is currently trialing a new database called PrepSTEP™. PrepSTEP™ is a dynamic online platform that can change the lives of students through academic success and preparation for today’s workplace. It is packed with powerful skill-building resources in English, math, and science—for use in self-directed study or as supplemental materials for developmental programs. Students can also build workplace skills, explore careers, prepare for occupational licensing exams, build basic computer skills, and more. On the website, each icon represents a separate center with valuable resources that include interactive tutorials, engaging practice tests, and downloadable eBooks. The trial account is now active and provides access to all of the platform's features. To begin using the site, please follow these steps: 1. Go to the trial site 2. Sign in with User Name: viva@learnx.com Password: password Email Crystal Newell at cnewell@pvcc.edu with any feedback.  T