What are Open Educational Resource (OER)? How do they benefit students and faculty? How are they being used at BC3, and how do you find and incorporate them into a BC3 course? Read more.....
Reference databases are
A great place to start your research
Provide definitions, introductory information, facts, vocabulary/keywords, names
Preferred over Wikipedia by your instructors
Include citations for your bibliography!
Collection of encyclopedias, reference databases, issue topic databases
ProCon.org - web source that focuses on the pros and cons of controversial issues.
Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes scholarly literature across an array of disciplines including peer-reviewed academic journals and books, conference papers, theses and dissertations. Some of the resources are freely available full-text, others you will need to request using the library's Article or Book Request Forms.
Native American Heritage Month
Join us as a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma tells the story of the Choctaw Code Talkers. The 19 Choctaw soldiers were the first to use their native language to confuse the enemy, making a marked difference in the outcome of World War I.
The virtual talk will take place on Thursday, November 6 @12:45PM.
Friday 8:00am-4:00pm
Librarians are available and ready to assist with research or technical questions. Stop by the library or contact us by Email: library@bc3.edu or by using the Ask/Request/Schedule options in the menu below.
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Day of the Dead Celebration
Help us celebrate and remember our deceased loved ones by bringing in a photo or memento of them to place on the library's Day of the Dead altar.
Wednesday, October 29-HFLC Upper Level
Travel to Japan with Julie
Did you also know that Japanese trains are famous for their extreme punctuality and will often apologize for delays of even a few seconds?
Julie visited the East Asian island nation back in the spring
and will be sharing photos and anecdotes from her trip there.
Tuesday, September 30 @ 12:45PM in Heaton 232
OR virtually via GoToMeeting
The BC3 Library has flipped several of its magazine subscriptions like Time, Sports Illustrated, National Geographic, and the Atlantic Monthly to a digital format called Flipster.
Explore, download and read magazines any time on your mobile devices
Access using your myBC3 login.
Get the Flipster app today.
Hispanic Heritage Month Talk
Join us as we welcome Dr. John Gronbeck-Tedesco, author of
Operation Pedro Pan: The Migration of Unaccompanied Children from Castro's Cuba.
The virtual talk will take place on
Thursday, October 30 @12:45PM via GoToMeeting
In alignment with BC3's Mission and Goals:BC3 Library Mission StatementThe BC3 Library is dedicated to providing information resources, both print and electronic, to support College curriculum and to meet the information needs of students, faculty, and staff. The Library will promote information literacy through formal classroom instruction, individual reference service, and online instructional training modules. The Library will welcome community citizens to use its services, resources, and facilities. The Library will provide a supportive, student-centered environment for individual and collaborative work. |
Library Faculty and StaffLaurie Eytel, Circulation Secretary, x8246Jessica Welter, Acquisitions Secretary, x8293Jean Shumway, Librarian, x8296Julia Tulba, Librarian, x8292Martin Miller, Dean of Library Services, x8210 |
