Library Newsletter – Spring 2023

January 23 - 26: Early pickup for Textbooks 'n' Technology from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM in the Village V-26. Tell your students!

Research Orientations for Student Success

Research orientations are a great way to introduce students to college research. Specialized instruction is offered to help students:

Reduce library anxiety
Understand the research process
Locate and evaluate books, articles and reputable websites
Recognize scholarly vs. popular articles
Utilize NoodleTools, a citation generator

We offer online synchronous and on-campus orientations in either your classroom or in The Village, V-7.

Textbooks 'n' Technology: One ZTC Option

Textbooks 'n' Technology (TnT) is a library program where students can borrow textbooks, Suface Gos, laptops, hot spots and graphing calculators for the entire semester. If your textbook is not represented in this collection, contact%20us to bring your class onboard!

For faculty who would like to advertise TnT to their students, we created the following blurb for you to copy, edit and paste into your syllabus.

Free Textbooks, Graphing Calculators and Surface Gos from the Library

Follow these instructions on borrowing free textbook(s) for this class. Our textbook is [put textbook title, author]. The book is being loaned on a first come, first served basis, so it is important to go to the library during the first week of class if you want a free textbook for the semester.

Go to the library located in the Village, V-26 to pick up your textbook. Have a photo ID and our course name ready. You can't check out library material without a photo ID.
The library also lends out Microsoft Surface Gos, Chromebooks, Dell laptops, hotspots, and graphing calculators on a first come, first served basis.

Library Databases: Another ZTC Option

The library is your partner in ZTC. We continue to investigate options in making content from our collection, both print and electronic, freely accessible to students.

To that end, the library has created instructions on how to embed database content directly into your Canvas courses. Streaming media, scholarly articles, newspaper articles and other resources can be used to create ZTC content. By embedding this content into Canvas, your students will be able to easily access it without having to login to the databases.

To start, look for content in the streaming media databases or articles in EBSCO or Gale databases.

For streaming media, go to Databases (Find Articles) > All Database Types > Streaming Videos.
Search for content in the databases. Once you have found a film, visit the WVC Online Faculty Resources course in Canvas and navigate to Faculty Library Resources. From there, you will see detailed instructions by database.
For articles, go to Databases (Find Articles) > All Vendors/Providers and choose EBSCO or Gale. Once you find articles, follow the instructions on the Faculty Library Resources module to embed the articles.

NOTE: If you are unable to access the WVC Online Faculty Resources in Canvas, contact Whitney%20Clay or Max%20Gault for access.

Research Help

Two ways your students can contact the library for assistance:

In-Person Research Help

Librarians are available at the Research Help Desk in V-25 or by calling 408-741-2029.

Monday	9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Tuesday	9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Wednesday	9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Thursday	9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Friday	9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Complete a Research Help Form

Students can request research assistance using our Research Help Form to describe the help they need (assistance with locating articles and books, citation assistance, finding books, checking out a print book, etc.). A librarian will get back to them.

Students can also request a printed book directly from OneSearch. Library staff will let you know when the book is ready for pick-up.

Research Help Form

Visit Us in the Village

Library Village Locations

V-21 to V-24	Study Rooms with white boards
V-25	Research help, study tables and desktop computers
V-26	Book Checkout Desk, printing and study tables

Library Liaison

Did you know that every subject taught at WVC has a Librarian Liaison? Librarians can help you incorporate library resources within your courses and tailor research guides on specific topics. Faculty who meet with a Librarian Liaison can earn flex credit!

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