March 2019
New Books
Featured new additions to our print collection:

  • Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf
  • Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig
  • American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional cultures of North America by Colin Woodard
  • Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer
  • The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya
  • Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking

Featured Resource:
Hospitality & Tourism Complete
Hospitality & Tourism Complete is an electronic database offered by EBSCO, covering the subjects of culinary arts, food and beverage management, hospitality law, restaurant and hotel administrative practice, and more. The database includes full-text coverage from nearly 500 publications, including journals, magazines, company reports and newspapers.

How to access: if you're using the RHEC network, via wired connection or wi-fi, you automatically have access. If you would like to use this database at home, you may create an account by clicking the Sign In link at the top while connected to the RHEC network. Sign in with your account at home to have full access!

This Month's Book Display:
Culinary Arts
The library focuses the majority of its print collection around the programs offered here at the Center. This month we're highlighting some of the latest additions to our collection of Culinary Arts titles.

Research Tip:
Avoid Limiting Your Searches to Full-Text Only

Is your research paper due tomorrow morning? Then clicking a checkbox to return only Full-Text articles is probably your best bet. But if you have the time, taking advantage of indexes and abstract-only databases can make your research much more comprehensive.

The meaning of full-text is in the name: it's any result from an electronic database that immediately provides the entire text from the article or ebook you need. Whereas indexes provide large searchable records of articles or ebooks, but without giving the full-text. The majority of RHEC Library databases provide both full-text and indexing, meaning if you don't limit your search to full-text only you will also be given results that only provide a description (abstract). Other databases are abstract-only, like Public Administration Abstracts , and will give you a list of suitable articles based on your search, but the full-text must be found elsewhere.

So what do you do if you find an article you want that isn't full-text? First step is to check if you actually do have access to the full-text, but through a different database. You may do so by searching by journal title from the library's homepage. If we still don't have access you can request the article through Interlibrary Loan . We do all the work and the full-text will be emailed to you within 1-2 business days.

It may take a day or two more, but opening up your research beyond just the journals and ebooks we own can make a huge difference in the quality and relevance of the information you find. Especially if your topic is highly specific or specialized. So be sure to start your research early!
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