Between Semester Hours Spring 2017

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Our hours at the Cedar Rapids branch between semesters. Our Iowa City branch will be open their normal hours. Come on by!

Sat., May 12th  –  Sun., May 13th	CLOSED
Mon., May 14th – Thurs., May 17th	8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Fri., May 18th	8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Sat., May 19th – Sun., May 20th	CLOSED
Mon., May 21st	Resume Normal Summer Hours

 

NOTE: Campus now closes at noon on Fri.
for the summer.

Normal Summer Hours for Cedar Rapids:

Mon. – Thurs. 7:30 am – 9:00 pm

Fri.  7:30 am – 12:00 pm

Saturday and Sunday Closed

Normal Summer Hours for Iowa City:

Mon. – Thurs. 8:00 am – 8:00 pm

Fri. 8:00 – – 12:00 pm

Saturday and Sunday Closed

Kirkwood Library Services will be closed on Saturday and Sunday until Fall Semester at both branches.

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New Books: Odds and Ends 47

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From time to time, when we get a collection of related books into the library we like to share a list on a particular topic, but lately we’ve had some books  come in that are too good not to share, even if they don’t fit with a particular theme. These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson, Call Number: 170 P485t

The Adult Learner: Some Things We Know by Robin J. Fogarty and Brian M. Pete, Call Number: 374 F655a

Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by Safiya Umoja Noble, Call Number: 025.042 N752a

The Animals Among Us: How Pets Make Us Human by John Bradshaw, Call Number: 636.088 B812a

Bad Girls from History: Wicked or Misunderstood? by Dee Gordon, Call Number: 305.409 G662b

But I Love Him: Protecting Your Teen Daughter from Controlling, Abusive Dating Relationships by Dr. Jill Murray, Call Number 306.73 M982b

Capitalism Without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy by Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake, Call Number: 338.5 H349c

Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko, Call Number: 813.54 S583c

Caring for Autism: Practical Advice from a Parent and Physician by Michael A. Ellis, Call Number: 618.92 E475c

Comets: Nature and Culture by P. Andrew Karam, Call Number: 523.6 K181c

The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris, Call Number: 618.92 B959d

Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone by Richard Lloyd Parry, Call Number: 952.05 P265g

High and Dry: Meeting the Challenges of the World’s Growing Dependence on Groundwater by William M. Alley and Rosemarie Alley, Call Number: 628.1 A435h

History Comes Alive: Public History and Popular Culture in the 1970s by M.J. Rymsza-Pawlowska, Call Number: 973 R995h

Inspiring and Creative Ideas for Working With Children: How to Build Relationships and Enable Change by Deborah M. Plummer, Call Number: 155.4 P735i

Introducing Japanese Popular Culture, Edited by Alisa Freedman and Toby Slade, Call Number: 306.095 I619

Introduction to Social Media Marketing: A Guide for Absolute Beginners by Todd Kelsey with Brandon Lyon, Call Number: 658.8 K299i

The Little Book of Black Holes by Steven S. Gubser and Frans Pretorius, Call Number: 523.8 G921L

Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy by Tressie McMillan Cottom, Call Number: 378.73 C851L

Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief by Jordan B. Peterson, Call Number: 150.1 P485m
NOTE: From the author of The Case Against Education: Why the Education System is a Waste of Money.

Oil (2nd ed) by Gavin Bridge and Philippe Le Billon, Call Number: 338.2 B851o

The Practice of Islam in America: An Introduction, Edited by Edward Curtis IV, Call Number: 297.097 P895

The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your PH.D. Into A Job by Karen Kelsky, Call Number: 378.12 K299p

Saving Beauty from the Beast: How to Protect Your Daughter From an Unhealthy Relationship by Vicki Crompton and Ellen Zelda Kessner, Call Number: 362.88 C945s

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo, Call Number: 305.8 O529s

Stars and Planets: The Complete Guide to the Stars, Constellations, and the Solar System by Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion, Call Number: 523 R547s

Tears of Salt: A Doctor’s Story by Pietro Bartolo and Lidia Tilotta, Call Number: 610.92 B292t

Textbooks in Academic Libraries: Selection, Circulation, and Assessment, Edited by Chris Diaz, Call Number: 025.2 T355

Think Before You Like: Social Media’s Effect on the Brain and the Tools You Need to Navigate Your Newsfeed by Guy P. Harrison, Call Number: 302.302 H319t

What Smart Students Know: Maximum Grade, Optimum Learning, Minimum Time by Adam Robinson, Call Number: 378.17R658w

What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know by Joan C. Williams and Rachel Dempsey, Call Number: 650.1 W724w

Where Am I Eating? by Kelsey Timmerman, Call Number: 338.19 T584w

Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.

Do You Know About Your Library Account?

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Did you know that you automatically have a library account?

Your library account gives you all kinds of information. It shows you what you currently have checked out and gives you a chance to renew. It tells you what we have for your contact information and gives you a chance to edit it. It lets you save searches or create a list of items for our catalog (like books I want to read). It shows you what you have on InterLibrary Loan and renew them.

Access your account by going to the library website and then click on the top link just to the right of the rotating picture. Then log in with your k-number and your Eaglenet password.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Links to Some of The Books Recently Added to the Collection:

Amazon’s List of Best Art Books from 2017

Dinosaurs, Early Mammals, and Early People

Earth Day

Education and Teaching

Grant Wood AEA Professional Improvement List

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One Small Step – Space and Astronauts

Our Special Display This Month

Check out our displays of Humor Books and Books For Earth Day

EVENT – national Library Week

National Library Week falls in April each year. This year we collected all the kind words people included on our faculty survey. We appreciate it!

EVENT – EXTENDED HOURS FOR FINALS

Check for our extended hours around finals.

Research and Teaching Tips

Get a specialized LibGuide tailored for your class or your assignment to help your students get started with their research.

There has been a shift in the philosophy and the ideas behind MLA citation.

Want a Specialized LibGuide for an assignment to help your students find stuff?

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Want to schedule time in the library or for us to come into your class?

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What if the library doesn’t have a book you want?

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And remember you contact us at the library any time by phone, e-mail, chat, or stop on by! We’re always glad to see you! Look for the next issue of our newsletter. And remember you contact us at the library any time by phone, e-mail, chat, or stop on by! We’re always glad to see you! Look for the next issue of our newsletter.

Library Spring Break Hours 2018

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Both branches of the Kirkwood Community College Library will have special hours over Spring Break. Please check that we are open before you make a special trip. Our article databases and eBook collections will remain available online 24/7.

The hours below are for the Cedar Rapids branch. The Iowa City branch also will be open 8-5 M-F over spring break. They will be open their normal hours Sat., March 10th, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm, but closed Sat., March 18, 2018.

Sat., March 10th	8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Sun., March 11th	Closed
Mon., March 12th – Fri., March 16th	8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sat., March 17th	Closed
Sun., March 18th	3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Mon., March 19th	Resume Normal Hours

Over Break Hours 2017-2018 Part 2

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Both branches of the Kirkwood Community College Library will have special hours between the semesters. Please check that we are open before you make a special trip. Our article databases and eBook collections will remain available online 24/7.

The Cedar Rapids hours are listed below.

The Iowa City location hours are different starting the week of Jan. 8th. From Mon., January 8 – Thurs., January 11 they will be open 8am – 9pm and on Fri., January 12th they will be open 8am-5pm. Then they will be closed over the weekend, but open 8am – 9pm on Martin Luther King Day.

 

Wed., Jan. 3rd  – Fri., Jan. 5th	8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sat., Jan. 6th  – Sun., Jan. 7th	Closed
Mon., Jan. 8th  – Wed., Jan. 10th	8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thurs., Jan. 11th	Closed
Fri., Jan. 12th	8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sat., Jan. 13th – Sun., Jan. 14th	Closed
Mon., Jan. 15th  –            Martin Luther King Jr Day	11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tues., Jan. 16th	Resume Normal Spring Hours

New Books: Paranormal Happy Halloween!

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Stop by the Cedar Rapids Library to check out our Halloween Display! Our theme is discover a crime or search out the paranormal. We’re sharing the paranormal books below and some true crime. We weeded and updated our paranormal collection this year so we have quite a few new ones. Whether you’re dealing with our “victim” as a crime victim or a ghost, we hope that you come and haunt both our libraries.

These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.

Special thanks to Kyle Winward of Central College, who had put together and shared a list of paranormal books that included some of these.

How to Properly Receive Ghosts
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1921-08-21/ed-1/seq-53/
Check out other cool historic newspaper from the Library of Congress’ newspaper archive.

Call Number: PB Nes Title: A Monster Calls Author: Patrick Ness, et. al

Call Number: 001.94 C593u Title: Unexplained!: Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena (3rd ed) Author: Jerome Clark

Call Number: 001.944 8931b Title: Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend Author: Joshua Blu Buhs

Call Number: 001.944 L922a Title: Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids Authors: Daniel Loxton and Donald R. Prothero

Call Number: 001.944 R333s Title: Searching for Sasquatch: Crackpots, Eggheads, and Cryptozoology Author: Brian Regal

Call Number: 130.973 B143p Title: Paranormal America: Ghost Encounters, UFO Sightings, Bigfoot Hunts, and Other Curiosities in Religion and Culture Authors: Christopher D. Bader, F. Carson Mencken, and Joseph D. Baker

Call Number: 133.109 A977h Title: A History of Ghosts: The True Story of Seances, Mediums, Ghosts, and Ghostbusters Author: Peter H. Aykroyd, Angela Narth, and Dan Aykroyd

Call Number: 133.129 L477m Title: Mysterious Midwest: Unwrapping Urban Legends and Ghostly Tales from the Dead Author: Adrian Lee

Call Number: 133.4 O984 Title: The Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic Author: Owen Davies

Call Number: 299 S915w Title: Witchcraft: A Secret History Author: Michael Streeter

Call Number: 301.21 B971s Title: Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft Author: Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum

Call Number: 345.744 B167s Title: A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience Author: Emerson W Baker

Call Number: 500 R332w Title: Weird Science and Bizarre Beliefs: Mysterious Creatures, Lost Worlds, and Amazing Inventions Author: Dr. Gregory L. Reece

Call Number: 530.11 C624b Title: Build Your Own Time Machine: The Real Science of Time Travel Author: Brian Clegg

Call Number: 576.8 A398 Title: Aliens: The World’s Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Author: Jim Al-Khalili

Call Number: 576.839 C319e Title: Earths of Distant Suns: How We Find Them, Communicate With Them, and Maybe Even Travel There Author: Michael Carroll

Call Number: 576.839 W734a Title: All These Worlds Are Yours: The Scientific Search for Alien Life Author: Jon Willis

Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.

Labor Day Weekend 2017

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In honor of Labor Day Weekend Kirkwood Library Services hours at BOTH locations will be:

• Friday, September 1st – Open Normal Hours
• Saturday, September 2nd – Open Normal Hours
• Sunday, September 3rd – Closed
  
• Monday, September 4th – Closed
  
• Tuesday, September 5th – Resume Normal Hours

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From time to time, when we get a collection of related books into the library we like to share a list on a particular topic, but lately we’ve had some books  come in that are too good not to share, even if they don’t fit with a particular theme. These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.

1000 Details for Living Interiors, Call Number: 747 O585

Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler, Call Number: 303.483 D537a
NOTE: A privileged few have lived in stark contrast to the hardscrabble majority. Conventional wisdom says this gap cannot be closed. But it is closing – fast.

The Aisles Have Eyes: How Retailers Track Your Shopping, Strip Your Privacy, and Define Your Power by Joseph Turow, Call Number: 658.834 T956a

American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains by Dan Flores, Call Number: 591.509 F634a

Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras, and Ella Morton, Call Number: 910.41 F654a

Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most Storied Hospital by David Oshinksky, Call Number: 362.11 O826b

Best Kept Boy in the World: The Short, Scandalous Life of Denny Fouts, Muse to Truman Capote, Gore Vidal, and Christopher Isherwood by Arthur Vanderbilt, Call Number: 306.74 F782b

Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X by Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith, Call Number: 796.83 R646b

Bombs, Bullets, and Politicians: France’s Response to Terrorism by Christophe Chowanietz, Call Number: 363.325 C552b

The Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams, Call Number: 294.3 B916

Cyberphobia: Identity, Trust, Security, and the Internet by Edward Lucas, Call Number: 364.16 L933c

Dragonholder: The Life and Dreams (So Far) of Anne McCaffrey by Todd McCaffrey (her son), Call Number: 813.54 M121d
NOTE: The landmark fantasy writer.

The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice by Patricia Bell-Scott, Call Number: 973.917 B435f

Golden Legacy: The Story of Golden Books by Leonard S. Marcus, Call Number: 070.508 M322g

The Great Equalizer: How Main Street Capitalism Can Create an Economy for Everyone by David M. Smick, Call Number: 338.973 S639g

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communication, Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohllben, Call Number: 582.16 W846h

In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives by Kenneth C. Davis, Call Number: 306.362 D262i

The Mechanical Horse: How the Bicycle Reshaped American Life by Margaret Guroff, Call Number: 303.48 G981m

The Missing JFK Assassination Film: The Mystery Surrounding the Orville Nix Home Movie of November 22, 1963 by Gayle Nix Jackson, Call Number: 364.152 J128m

Please Make This Look Nice: The Graphic Design Process by Peter Ahlberg, Call Number: 745.4 A285p

The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs (2nd ed.) by Gregory S. Paul, Call Number: 567.9 P324p

The Science of Stress: Living Under Pressure by Gregory L. Fricchione, Ana Ivkovic, and Albert S. Yeung, Call Number: 155.9 F897s

Sex, Drugs and Asperger’s Syndrome: A User Guide to Adulthood by Luke Jackson, Call Number: 618.92 J134s

Sounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music by Anna Beer, Call Number: 780.9 B415s

The Story of Design: From the Paleolithic to the Present by Charlotte and Peter Fiell, Call Number: 745.409 F463s

Talent Development Around the World by Pedro Sanchez-Escobedo, Call Number: 658.3 S253t
NOTE: By our Spring 2017 Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Dr. Pedro Sanchez.

Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything In Between) by Lauren Graham, Call Number: 791.45 G739t

Ten Restaurants That Changed America by Paul Feedman, Call Number: 647.957 F853t

Troubled Refuge: Struggling for Freedom in the Civil War by Chandra Manning, Call Number: 973.7 M283t

Truevine: Two Brothers, A Kidnapping and a Mother’s Quest: A True Story of the American South by Beth Macy, Call Number: 791.35 M177tv

The Vaccine-Friendly Plan: Dr. Paul’s Safe and Effective Approach to Immunity and Health- from Pregnancy Through Your Child’s Teen Years by Paul Thomas and Jennifer Margulis, Call Number: 614.4 T461v

The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar by Matt Simon, Call Number: 578.4 S595w

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O’Neill, Call Number: 005.7 O586w

The Work and Lives of Teachers: A Global Perspective by Rosetta Marantz Cohen, Call Number: 371.102 C678w

Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.

Kirkwood Closed Early Fridays Through July 2017

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The entire Kirkwood Community College system (Main Campus, Iowa City, All Centers inclusive) will be closing on Fridays at noon from now through Friday, July 28, 2017. Both library branches will be included in this closing so until July 28th we’ll now be closed from noon on Friday until 7:30 am Monday morning in Cedar Rapids and until 8:00 am Monday morning in Iowa City. Our online resources will remain available 24/7.  Please include this in your planning. Check out the official word with some more details from Kirkwood.

Starting August 4th we’ll return to our normal Friday library hours (7:30 am – 5:00 pm Cedar Rapids and 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Iowa City). Weekend hours will return starting August 26th.

Thank you for your patience and understanding during this schedule change.

Do You Know About Our Film Databases?

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Did you know that your library now provides access for faculty, staff, and students to two film databases? Kanopy Streaming Video was added in the summer of 2015, while Films on Demand was added in the fall of 2016. Both services provide streaming videos that can be shown in a classroom, watched from home (accessed using K# and password), or even embedded in Talon. Public performance rights are even provided through these two databases.

Kanopy offers “titles from PBS, BBC, Criterion Collection, California Newsreel, New Day Films, Universal Paramount, The Great Courses, Kino Lorber, Media Education Foundation and more.” Films on Demand provides Kirkwood access to their Master Academic Package, Master Career & Tech Ed, Archival Films & Newsreels Collection, Nursing Collection, World Cinema Collection,  Veterinary Collection and Physical Therapy Collection.

However, if you search both databases and cannot find what you need, please let a librarian know. We are glad to purchase a copy that will be housed with the library collection and added to Kirkwood’s “Video on Demand” system provided through Media Services.

 

Do you know about these services available around campus? (Note: It was updated a couple of times since it was originally published most recently February 14, 2017.)

Our trials for Credo and Global Road Warrior still have a week or so yet. Do you have an assignment where your students have to investigate or compare countries? Would Global Road Warrior help with that? Have a project where a specialized encyclopedia could help clarify things to students with Credo? Please look at the sources and let us know if they’d help your students succeed.

It’s Tax time again. Get some basic information.

Look for our annual faculty survey to come out the last week of March. Find our report from last year.

Links to Some of The Books Recently Added to the Collection:

Business

Holocaust

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Presidents

Very Short Introduction Series

Tests

HiSet Formerly GED

Replacements for COMPASS

Our Special Display This Month

During February our displays are for African-American History Month and Books with Movie Tie-Ins

EVENT – SPECIAL HOURS

During Spring Break Week, both Iowa City and Cedar Rapids Kirkwood Library locations will be closed the Sunday before and the Saturday after and be open 8am – 5 pm Monday thru Friday.

Tech Tips

Digital Natives? and Information Literacy

Want a Specialized LibGuide for an assignment to help your students find stuff?

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Want to schedule time in the library or for us to come into your class?

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What if the library doesn’t have a book you want?

Click Here

And remember you contact us at the library any time by phone, e-mail, chat, or stop on by! We’re always glad to see you! Look for the next issue of our newsletter. And remember you contact us at the library any time by phone, e-mail, chat, or stop on by! We’re always glad to see you! Look for the next issue of our newsletter.