New Gale Virtual Reference title - Encyclopedia of Drug Policy

Encyclopedia of Drug Policy. Mark A. R. Kleiman and James E. Hawdon, eds. Sage, 2011. 2 vols. in print. Offers broad, concise and readable coverage of United States drug policy, along with some coverage of the drug policies of select other nations. From the introduction: "entries can be grouped into six broad categories: drugs, laws and policies, organizations and individuals, control strategies and their underlying theories, drugs in select countries, and drugs and other social problems." Other titles in the Gale Virtual Reference library look at drug issues from health, addiction, social problems, law enforcement, historical and scientific views.

New Gale Virtual Reference Books!

Encyclopedia of Gender in Media. This "does a remarkable job of providing an orientation to two vast topics--media (film, television, radio, music, reading material, and new media, represented by online sources), and gender (female, male, lesbian, gay, transsexual)--in slightly over 170 entries." [CHOICE, Nov. 2012] While this includes many of the topics one might expect - advertising, the Beauty Myth, television, stereotypes - it also includes blogs, MMORPGs, Reality TV Makeover shows, Facebook, Video Games, and YouTube.

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Encyclopedia of Modern China. Ed. by David Pong. Gale, 2009. Over 900 articles, 2000 pages, nearly 500 authors, hundreds of illustrations including many full-color photographs and 53 primary source documents cover China "... from 1800 to the present; topics range from the daily life of common folks to the ever-changing structure of the banking system that is part of the engine of China’s recent transformation." Rated 'outstanding' by the RUSA and CHOICE and honorable mention for the 2010 Dartmouth prize (the winner was the Encyclopedia of Human Rights, also available from CBC Library).

Double Sided Brochure

This how-to is designed for Word 2007 but all of the instructions work for Word 2010: http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/how-to/Pages/theme-related-brochure.aspx

Once you have created your brochure you may print it in color in the library.  Double-sided or duplex printing in color is not available from NetPrint - you must use the printer behind the Circulation desk:

File > Print
1) Select printer G835
2) Choose to Print on Both Sides Flip pages on short edge

EBSCOhost Mobile

Automatic Mobile Access (for any mobile device)

EBSCOhost Mobile’s new smart technology auto-detects when an user is visiting from a mobile device and auto-directs the user to the same database in a clean, frameless search environment that is much easier to work with on the small screen. (Off campus, you will need to log in with your MyCBC ID and PIN. )

EBSCOhost App (for iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android Phones)

If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch or an Android Phone - there's an EBSCOhost app for that. The advantage of using the app as opposed to using the mobile site is that you can get an authentication key and don't need to log in (when off campus) every time with the CBC Library Database password for 9 month. The tradeoff is that you will have to spend the time to download the app first and get the authentication key following the steps below: 

Step 1: Log in to the CBC EbscoHost website using either the mobile site with your mobile device or regular EBSCOhost with a desktop computer

Step 2:  Click on the link at the bottom of the screen that says 'EBSCOhost iPhone and Android Application'

Step 3: Enter your email address (this must be accessible from your iPhone/Android Phone) to send yourself an email with a link to the app store and an authentication key.

Step 4: From your device, access the email account used in the previous step.

Step 5:  Download the app (If you haven’t already).

Step 6:  Tap the “authentication key” link in your email, which will authorize your device for use with CBC’s EbscoHost databases for 9 months before you'll need to acquire a new key.

They have a help page if you have any difficulties.

Library Database Remote Access

Two ways to find the CBC library database page:

1. Direct link:  http://columbiabasin.edu/library/resources, or 
2. From the CBC home page, hover over "Current Students", look under "Academic Resources" to find the link "library". Click on the link to go to the library homepage, then click on "All Resources (A-Z List)” to see our database list.

Login to library databases:

1. Click on one of the databases such as EBSCOhost, CQ Researcher, etc.
2. If you are off-campus, you will see the following page. Click on "I am a CBC student" or "I am a CBC faculty/staff member".   (Note: This is new starting September 2012.)

3. Log in with your student or employee ID/PIN. The same ones you use to log into MyCBC.
4. Start searching the database!

For more information,  see our troubleshooting page at
 http://www.columbiabasin.edu/index.aspx?page=681


Contacts:
Research Help: 509-542-4890
Library Information: 509-542-4887
Renewals/Fines:509-542-4458

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New CBC Homepage

At midnight on July 31st, 2012 Columbia Basin College switched to a redesigned website.  Our library homepage and resources page have new addresses; in case it is more convenient here are direct links to our most popular databases:

Books

• CBC Library Catalog - provides information about our collection of books, periodicals, audio-visual materials, and other resources. 
• Ebrary - over 26,800 ebook titles

Articles

• EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier - more than 4,600 full-text periodicals, including nearly 3,500 peer-reviewed scholarly journals.
• ProQuest - more than 2,000 full-text periodicals, including several major national and Washington state newspapers, magazines, and nearly 1,000 scholarly journals.

Reference

• Oxford Reference Online - more than 130 general and specialized dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other references covering most academic disciplines and seven foreign languages.
• Gale Virtual Reference - over 70 encyclopedias and handbooks in business, law, history and the social sciences, and medicine.

Should you have any difficulty locating needed library information on the redesigned site please contact CBC Library Reference at 509-542-4890 or library@columbiabasin.edu.

New - Encyclopedia of Adolescence (Online)

The Encyclopedia of Adolescence
Edited by B. Bradford Brown and Mitchell Prinstein. Elsevier, 2011.
Table of Contents | Search

This encyclopedia, 3 volumes in print form, is available online to unlimited numbers of authorized CBC users on or off-campus.  Essays are cross-disciplinary, peer-reviewed and substantial. The volumes have scholarly titles that are not entirely suggestive of the articles within. Volume 1, Normative processes in development, does include articles on brain development and executive function but also adolescent driving, music listening, sleep, nutrition, self-esteem and sexual orientation. Volume 2, Interpersonal and sociocultural factors, has articles on family relationships and social support but also bullying, discrimination, homelessness, media influence, sports, vocational training and youth gangs. Volume 3, Psychopathology and non-normative processes, includes addiction, gambling, learning disabilities, mental and physical diseases, risk-taking, stress, tobacco use, and much more.
Note - while the 'further reading' section in each article includes links you will need to search our catalog or Journal Finder to determine whether or not we have access to the suggested sources - or contact a librarian for help.