Art Images at Delgado

Prepared by Andrew Lopez

On Friday 10/19/2012, Arts & Humanities Librarian Andrew Lopez presented "Finding Art Images in Periodicals and Elsewhere" as part of the faculty and staff development LINK lecture series.

Here is a list of the resources presented:

• Library Research Guide for Art: http://dcc.libguides.com/art
• Finding images in art journals via Academic Search Complete
• Finding images in art journals via Arts & Sciences Collection (JSTOR)
• Finding images in Oxford Art Online
• Finding images in Credo Reference
• Finding images in ARTstor

The ARTstor interface

A number of exciting conversations were started between faculty about ways in which they use art and art images in their classrooms. Instances of students needing art images were reviewed, and it was also mentioned that the library maintains a large collection of art books, which are also an excellent source for art images and ideas.

Please stay tuned next semester for a follow-up presentation that will focus exclusively on organizing and exporting special image collections with ARTstor.

A PDF of the handout is available here. 

Ways to Celebrate National Book Month

Prepared by Adriene S. Jones

Sometimes reading seems like drudgery when it’s always connected to schoolwork.  Well, you may still have to read the pages assigned by your English teacher, but during the month of October, celebrating National Book Month could make reading more exciting.  Check out these fun ways to celebrate:

·         Donate a book and get a free cookie from the Great American Cookie Company.  Click here for details.

·         Discover E-books.  Click here to access Delgado’s E-book collection.  If prompted for a user name and password, enter the username and password for your Delgado email account.

·         Attend story time at your local public library.  Click on the links below to see story time schedules for nearby public libraries.

o   St. Tammany Parish (Covington, Slidell)

o   New Orleans (City Park, West Bank)

o   West Jefferson

o   Jefferson (East)

o   Additional library schedules for the Jefferson Public Library system

·         Catch up on your reading list or start a new one.  Click here to get started with this year’s National Book Foundation finalists.

·         Read a book then watch the movie.  There are many great movies that are even better books: The Hunger Games, Harry Potter Series, The Secret Life of Bees, Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings, The Help, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Little Women.

·         Download the Reading Rainbow iPad App for free or watch clips of the television show Reading Rainbow on YouTube.

·         Visit the DCC Covington Library and participate in the National Book Month Celebration Contest.

However you decide to spend National Book Month, hold on to the books that make you think, question, explore, cry, and laugh because they are worth celebrating.

West Bank October Display

Cemeteries & Ghosts

At the West Bank branch of the Delgado Community College Library, you can visit another "Cemeteries and Ghosts!" display, with even more fun Halloween decorations and resources for the upcoming holiday! In addition to resources on New Orleans cemeteries, Japanese demons, and Greek ghosts, you can see the cutest wicked witches, skeletons, owls, and more! Come by to take a look, and see what frightful information we can offer.

West Bank October Display

National Book Month Celebration

Prepared by Adriene S. Jones

The Covington library is celebrating National Book Month! Starting this Wednesday and continuing throughout October, come by the Covington library to tell us about your favorite book and enter to win a reusable bag filled with bookmarks.

October Display: Cemeteries and Ghosts!

Prepared by Jude Morrissey and Cynthia DuBois

Excerpts from Spoon River Anthology

 Just in time for Halloween, the library presents "Cemeteries and Ghosts!", displays and a resource guide sure to provide fright and delight.

Displays include excerpts from Spoon River Anthology and the final resting place of our as-yet-unnamed friend, currently enjoying a moment's peace with a good book (Spoon River Anthology, naturally).

More information about cemeteries, ghosts, Halloween, and local seasonal events can be found at the Research Guide. Enjoy!

Enjoying a Moment's Peace

Periodicals

Periodicals Room

Prepared by Jaleesa DeLavallade

Perhaps you need journal articles for an assignment, or maybe you simply like to flip through magazines in your spare time between classes. The library has an extensive collection of newspapers, journals, and magazines in a variety of formats. You can find them in print, online, on microfilm and on microfiche. 

Microfilm, Microfiche, and Readers

You can access the microform collections in the Periodicals room, located just inside the main library. Microfilm is a roll of film with  images of newspaper or magazine content on it. Microfiche contains the same type of material, but it is a flat piece of film. Either can be viewed using a microfilm reader, and Delgado has two readers. It can be very interesting to see newspaper articles from long ago. Delgado has the Times-Picayune on microfilm going back to January 8, 1900. You can look at them for an assignment or just out of curiosity. It is interesting to look up the dates of important events to see what was said about them at the time. For instance, you can read about the opening of Delgado as a trade school for men, or even the first moon landing.

The library also has a great number of popular periodicals on microfiche that we don’t have in print. Some titles include The New Yorker, Time, and People (originally called People Weekly), and there are many more. Lots of these are up to date subscriptions. The microfilm/microfiche readers allow you to print what you are looking at for 10¢ per page.


To search this collection, go to the library’s home page and click the expanded search link:

Select Expanded Search

Search by key word or periodical title

For those who prefer to use print magazines or to access them on the computer, the library has a great deal on offer. There is a broad range of topics covered in print and online, numbering into the thousands. The print magazines and journals include titles like National Geographic, Bon Appetite, Motor Trend, and The Journal of Nutrition.  

The library gets the Times-Picayune delivered daily in addition to several other newspapers. The subscriptions we have for this year at City Park are in the same room with the microfilm and microfiche. The library also has access to many thousands of magazines, journals, and newspapers through its subscription databases. These include Sports Illustrated, Esquire, and Entertainment Weekly.

Find Databases: Electronic Journals A to Z

The easiest way to search the online periodicals is with the library's many databases. One can also select the Databases tab on the library’s home page and click on Electronic Journals A to Z. This will bring you to a page where you can choose to search electronic periodicals by title or subject.

Library Reserves

Books on Reserve in the Library

Prepared by Jaleesa DeLavallade

Reserves are textbooks, or other course materials, that instructors ask the library to hold so they are available for students. Most Reserves are available to be checked out for two hours for in-library use only. But the loan time depends on instructor specifications. Reserves can be read on-site in the library, or small sections of their contents can be copied. There is a copy machine available in the library.

Some Reserves for the Culinary classes

Copies cost 10 cents if you pay with cash or coins. Alternatively, if you have added money to your Delgado I.D. using one of the P.H.I.L. stations around campus (small black boxes attached to the wall), copies only cost 5 cents.

If you want to know if your instructor put anything on Reserve for your class, such as the textbook, you can ask the instructor, ask in the library, or search in the library's catalog. On the library website, there is a link to the Reserve Desk.

Click Reserve Desk on the library website to search for Reserves

From the online Reserve Desk, you can search by instructor name, course number (i.e. BUSL 250), or course name (i.e. Legal Environment of Business).

Search by instructor name, course number, or course name

Instructors that wish to place something on Reserve should fill out the Reserve Request Form and bring it to the library.