Wednesday, July 1, 2009

10 Reasons to Pick a Community College


10 Reasons to Pick a Community College, by Lynn F. Jacobs and Jeremy S. Hyman

"With family budgets now under the microscope, community colleges have become attractive alternatives to the more expensive four-year colleges and universities. There are many reasons that nearly half of American undergraduates choose to start their higher education in a community college. Here are the top 10..."

President Obama at the Annandale Campus today!

President Obama will be at the Annandale Campus today, hosting a town hall meeting on health care reform. For more information, and to find out how to participate in the meeting via Facebook and Twitter, see the White House blog.

According to the blog:

We'll not only be monitoring all of those conversations closely during the
event and looking for ways to incorporate your feedback into the conversation,
but following up after the event in the coming days to get to as many questions
as possible from the ones the President couldn't get to, and to address
follow-up questions to his answers there.

Friday, June 26, 2009

Make your commute more interesting with audiobooks!


Travelling for the holidays? Long flight? Are you spending way too much time travelling between work, school, and clinicals? Why not download an audiobook from NOVA's OverDrive and make the time fly? Find fiction and nonfiction, classics and bestsellers. Now compatible with most Apple devices, including iPod, iPod Touch, and iPhone! (for a list of compatible devices, click here.)

By the way- Overdrive has music and videos, too!

To use Overdrive Audiobooks:



- Mouse over Books & More, and click on eBooks

- Select Overdrive Audiobooks

- From the Getting Started sidebar (far left), click on the Quick Start Guide

- Download and install your free software (remember, off-campus computers only)

- Check-out, download and enjoy!

- Log in using your VCCS username and password (the same one you use for MyNOVA, Blackboard, and PeopleSoft)

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

New bestsellers in the library...



Here are the latest bestselling fiction and nonfiction titles available in the MEC Library (click on the titles to see reviews & ratings on Amazon.com):

Fiction:
Dark Places, by Gillian Flynn
Dead and Gone, by Charlaine Harris
My Father's Tears, by John Updike
Shanghai Girls, by Lisa See
Swimsuit, by James Patterson
Wicked Prey, by John Sanford
Nonfiction:
Resilience, by Elizabeth Edwards
Call MEC Library at (703) 822-6684 to reserve any of these titles. Enjoy your summer reading!

Friday, June 12, 2009

Tips for Success: Take advantage of delivery service from all seven NOVA libraries!

Don't forget- as a student or faculty/staff member at NOVA, you can request books from any NOVA campus library and have them delivered to whichever campus is most convenient for you.


To request books or DVDs/videos:


1) Simply do a search in the online library catalog, leaving the drop-down menu under Select College on Northern Virginia CC. This tells the catalog to search all seven NOVA libraries.




2) When you see the book you want, look at the Campus column, and click on the link for the campus that owns the book:






3) On the next screen, click on the link that says Request this item.



4) You will be prompted to log in. Use the same username and password that you use for myNOVA.



5) Be sure to select the campus to which the item(s) should be sent:

It usually takes 2-3 business days for items to make it from one campus to another. Don't forget to bring your NOVACard for check-out. Books can be returned to any NOVA library.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

New bestsellers in the libray...


Reading for fun? It may seem like an impossibility during the fall and spring semesters, but summer is here and it's time to relax a little. Stop by and check out the newest arrivals!

(call MEC Library at (703) 822-6684 to place a hold on any of these titles)

Friday, May 22, 2009

Haiku Stu!

Congrats to Stu Nickerson, MEC Nursing student, for winning the 2009 National Library Week Haiku Contest! MEC Library was pleased to present him with a $50 Barnes & Noble gift card. We received many great entries- check back in the coming days for more Haiku poetry from your fellow students.

Stu's winning haiku:

Quiet study room


Peaceful place to focus on


Things I need to know


Educational Support Services Dean Ruth Stanton
presents Stu Nickerson with his Barnes & Noble gift card.