Library Open May 4

Do you have to get a little extra studying in before finals? Do you have a class project to complete? If you need a quiet place to study, the Mildred Johnson Library will be open on May 4 from 1:00 - 5:00 pm. Staff will be available to help out with finding those last minute materials, or you can find a quiet corner and work in peace.

Or, you can call the Service Desk at 701-671-2618 or email us at ndscs.library@ndscs.edu and someone will help you find your answer.

Good morning, everyone!

 

We want to support and include all students and staff and truly let each of you know that “You Belong Here”.  Therefore, the EduStations Online Tour & Survey is up online allowing you to partake from afar for a chance to win the Nook Simple Touch Reader.  Just go to the Mildred Johnson Library Home Page at the following link and complete the brief tour and survey.

 

http://www.ndscs.edu/academics/services/library/

 

Please note we welcome all your ideas as students, staff, employees, and faculty.  We want to support you in your journey of learning and educating, as we all do both daily.  Feel free to contact us with your questions and ideas.  If you have any EduStation concepts you would like to see implemented I would love to hear them!

 

Learning should feel limitless…

 

Enjoy this snowy April Thursday & Happy National Library Week from all of us at the Mildred Johnson Library!

 

Tina

Good morning, Students, Staff, Faculty, and Administration!

Happy National Library Week to you!

All of you as current employees and/or students are eligible to register to win the Nook Simple Touch Reader. Simply come to the Library anytime starting today, Tuesday at 1:00, to Friday at 4! Stay as little or as long as you like. All you have to do is quickly visit 6 EduStations promoting learning tools at stations.

What are the EduStations you ask? Great question! EduStations are various stations with various learning tools, some simple like a portable easel, some big like the Apple TV and iPads. Either way they are the beginning of many stations to come that facilitate and supplement learning. They are driven by you the learner in conjunction with you the educator.

Students and Faculty – The stations are set up as curriculum-based learning tools to assist in your journey at NDSCS and further support that “You Belong Here”. You have input to the station. Would you like certain apps for your classes? Is there a board game that reinforces learning in your curriculum area? Are there models you would like the library to purchase to be available to students during library hours to extend what you already have or supplement what you don’t? Staff and students alike can use the Apple TV and iPads Station for small group discussion allowing you to mirror the iPad to the TV monitor to utilize apps, share a presentation, etc.

Wahpeton & Fargo Staff, Faculty, and Administration– This is also for you! Mango is showcased. Mango is an interactive language program with 44 languages that allows you to log in from anywhere with your library card and has unlimited simultaneous users allowing you to cross off “learn a foreign language” on your bucket list.

If you would like a tour, ask for Tina and I will give you one if I am available Tuesday at 1:00 through Friday at 4:00!

The EduStationsare just in their beginning and YOU have input into where they go! We welcome your input: put your ideas on the survey, call me, email me, stop by…we are waiting to hear from you!

Come join us to celebrate!!

Tina Grenier

Come celebrate with us…

The Mildred Johnson Library is proud to celebrate National Library Week, April 14-19, 2013.  We invite you to share in the celebration throughout the week.  In particular, on Tuesday April 16^th  in the afternoon from 1 to 4 pm in the afternoon we will be initiating the beginning of EduStations featuring EduTools.  Educational learning stations to “learn by doing” for NDSCS students, staff, and faculty to use to promote learning!  Did we mention if you visit all the stations plus take a survey, you can register for a chance to win a NOOK Simple Touch Reader!

The EduStations are:

·        Curriculum Topic areas including 3-D Learning Tools (Featured area is Allied Health)

·        Dry Erase Easel for collective/individual creative brainstorming.

·        Interactive Games – Board games for social interaction.

·        Mango (an interactive language program) allowing you to learn up to 41 languages with ESL components.

·        The Barnes and Noble Nook for check-out.

·        Last, but not least, the Apple TV & iPads (3) allowing you to wirelessly connect to a station and have small or large group discussions.

o   Utilizing the Apple TV and iPad a sample training will be demonstrated with Overdrive.

·        Other ideas are in motion and suggestions are encouraged!

From 3-D curriculum-related learning tools to an Apple TV and iPad accessibility, the stations are in early development and will grow based on your suggestions, needs, and wants.  Please contact Tina Grenier for additional ideas at 701-671-2612 or Tina.Grenier@ndscs.edu.  In the meantime, check out the stations that are up!

Note:  A video will be available online in conjunction with the survey Wednesday April 17^th for NDSCS Fargo and those otherwise unable to attend in person.

Research Guide Updated

Are you familiar with the Research Guide to Nursing Resources ?  This is a Guide specifically for our nursing students, focusing on assignments and materials for class assignments.  It has recently been updated to include information on MedlinePlus and links to the new mobile app.  It can help you keep in touch with trusted health information from the experts at the National Library of Medicine.

http://ndscs.nodak.libguides.com/nursing

APA Citations now available from Films on Demand

APA Citations

Films On Demand now features APA citations for every video on the platform. Users can toggle among the radio buttons to select either Modern Language Association (MLA), Chicago Manual of Style , or American Psychological Association (APA) style. The citation will automatically change depending on the selected format. These dynamic citations make it a breeze for researchers to include videos in bibliographies for reports and papers.

Celebrate National Nurses Week - free access to ProQuest

As National Nurses Week approaches, with the theme “Advocating, Leading, Caring,” ProQuest salutes those in this noble and time-honored profession by offering free access to ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source!

Visit their dedicated celebration page for free access to ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source: http://www.proquest.com/go/nursing <http://pull.msg-edu.com/p/1337-F05B/50078774/html003-www.proquest.com-go-nursing.html>

There’s also a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card, simply by completing this sentence:

“What I need to find out for my nursing research this week is ____________.” Email your answer to mailto: nursing@proquest.com <http://pull.msg-edu.com/p/1337-7E53/49976600/html_mailto004-proquest.com.html>  to enter the contest.

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Saturday Hours, May 5, 2012

Mildred Johnson Library will be open from 1 - 5 on Saturday, May 5, for the convenience of students completing projects and preparing for final exams.  Come to the library for a peaceful spot with useful resources.

CINAHL up and running again

In our latest updates on the Library web pages, several links got broken. The link to the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature - CINAHL is now fixed on the page for the magazines and journals.

http://www.nodak.ndscs.edu/academics/services/library/journals

If you are off campus you will be asked for your barcode and password before being allowed to search. Check with the library if you have trouble getting in.

Films on Demand

This summer the Library has added an online film service with many educational films supporting our college curriculum. There is a large segment of Health and Medicine films, many of which might be useful for you in reviewing material. There are over 460 films on Diseases and Conditions, and another 275 or more on Anatomy and Physiology.

The link to Films on Demand is below on the right, and you have been sent the passwords in your NDSCS mail. If you need to ask us for them, be sure to give us your ID number when you call so we can verify that you are authorized to look at the films. Your instructors also have the passwords and will probably be assigning films as part of your classwork.

Welcome

Welcome to all the new students at NDSCS this fall, and a welcome back to those who are returning to the campus. We are glad to have you all here and are ready to work with you to make your college experience a success.

In Nursing and all the health sciences, scholarly and professional materials are necessary for you to complete many reports and projects. This blog has many links to help you, and the LibGuide on Nursing Resources is a quick and easy way to learn more about them. The LibGuides also have a Mobile friendly spot, so you can connect easily no matter where you are.

We wish you all the best for the new academic year.

Updated LibGuide

Have you looked at the Nursing LibGuide yet? This is a work in progress, always updating information as we find it, as well as giving you links to the old standbys. Our newest addition is some tutorials on using the databases. Have you forgotten the hints on searching Cinahl? Go to the LibGuide and watch the Cinahl tutorial. It will remind you of details on finding the best articles you need for your reports.

http://ndscs.nodak.libguides.com/nursing

Saturday Hours this week in Library

We'll be open for studying or finishing up your projects this Saturday, May 8 , from 1:00 - 5:00.

Good luck to those of you getting ready to graduate and study for your Boards!

It's National Library Week

Take a break from studying for exams and completing projects. There are activities in the library this week in honor of National Library Week. Today we have "Guess the Staff", where you can win a prize for correctly guessing which book goes with which staff member.

APA new edition updates

The new version of the APA style manual has been published, and unfortunately it is full of errors and typographical mistakes. APA has sent out the following update to the version, which is useful for you in using the new edition if your instructor requires it.

http://supp.apa.org/style/pubman-reprint-corrections-for-2e.pdf

We hope to have corrected manuals in the library and to get some cheat sheets ready as soon as all this gets figured out.

Research Guide to Nursing

There is now a useful Research Guide to Nursing materials, in our library, in our databases, and on the web. The link is http://ndscs.nodak.libguides.com/nursing

This online guide replaces our printed guide, with lists and links that can be accessed directly from the LibGuide site. This will be updated as materials are received or changed, so you will want to check it out when you have papers and projects. As always, let us know what would be useful for you to have added to the site.

Labor Day Weekend

I know some of you will be working on assignments over the weekend. Of course the Library will be closed until Tuesday morning at 7:30. Also, they will be doing some work on the system on Sunday morning, so the databases may be down until after noon. If you can't get in right away, try again.

Enjoy the last weekend of summer!

Nursing Libraries

Here is the link to a Blog page from Nursing Schools.net It lists many free libraries and similar connections useful for their free material. You will want to check out some of them when doing your research.

http://www.nursingschools.net/blog/2009/100-useful-online-libraries-for-nurses-and-nursing-students/

Nursing 101

Welcome to the first class of your nursing career! There are many things you will be covering that you will need for your studies, and finding reliable nursing information is one of them. The orientation in the library is designed to help you begin to learn where to find the resources you will need as you go on.

The worksheets for the class are part of your lab grade.

Nursing 102 & The Library

The library orientation for Nursing 102 focuses on Internet documents and how to determine if any materials you find are suitable for reserch papers and other projects in nursing classes. A worksheet with exercises on authority, accuracy, currency and objectivity will help you learn how to evaluate any Internet document. Additional material on using APA format is also a part of the session.

The worksheet points are included in your lab grade and are due at the end of the week after the session.