January 2019
Announcements:
Library Open House - Jan 30th
Join us to celebrate the recent renovations to the library!

We invite the RHEC community to visit the library on Wednesday, January 30th to view the improvements made to our space. The library has new desks, study areas, chairs, carpet, and even a fresh coat of paint on the walls!

Refreshments will be available throughout the day, as well as giveaways, including a free 16GB flash drive for anyone who comes in. There will also be a drawing for a "Cozy Winter Reading Set," containing a mug, tote, reading journal, socks, and candle.
New Books
Featured new additions to our print collection:

  • Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over by Nell Painter
  • American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse
  • A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived by Adam Rutherford
  • The Noma Guide to Fermentation by Rene Redzepi
  • The Flavor Thesaurus: A Compendium of Pairings, Recipes and Ideas by Niki Segnet
  • The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte

Featured Resource:
Safari Books Online
Safari Books Online is an e-book database covering thousands of titles in technical fields such as computer science, information technology, software development, engineering, digital media, and more. We currently have access to over 35.000 e-books in this one database alone. Titles include everything from manuals on Java, HTML & CSS, mobile development, and CompTIA, to how-to guides for Adobe products, Microsoft Office, and digital photography.

How to access: if you're using the RHEC network, via wired connection or wi-fi, you automatically have access.

This Month's Book Display:
Citing Your Sources
Citing sources correctly is one of the most important aspects of academic writing. Failing to credit an article or book that's contributed to your research is plagiarism.

Citation may seem like a daunting task, but using a guide can make it much easier. Whether you need help with APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian, or additional styles, the library has guides to put you on the right track.

Research Tip:
Using Truncation & Wildcards

Truncation and wildcard symbols are used when search terms could have multiple spellings or various endings. This broadens your search results and keeps you from missing out on relevant results.

The truncation symbol is represented by an asterisk (*). It is added to the end of the root of a word in order to search all forms of that word

Example:

Typing educat* will retrieve results for:
educat ion
educat or
educat ional
educat ed
educat ing


The wildcard symbol is usually represented by a pound sign (#). Occasionally databases also accept a question mark (?). The wildcard symbol is used to replace a single character within a word in order to find multiple spellings.

Example:

Typing wom#n will retrieve results for:
wom e n
wom a n

Try using the truncation and wildcard symbols in your next database search to expand your results!
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