tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:31:25 +0000educationeconomics politicsfilmscool toolsartrecipesbookssciencehistoryculturehttp://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)Blogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-8778217438561895769Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:18:00 +00002011-11-10T15:31:25.983-06:00It seems so significant that the numbers are all the same. If you believe in numerology, you might be inclined to attach special meaning to the date. Certainly a lot of people have tried to at various times in history when calendar sequences have seemed particularly fraught with implications. Life's Little Mysteries offers a run-through of various interpretations. Psychology offers another answerhttp://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2011/11/11-11-11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-515492753985288923Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:37:00 +00002011-07-25T16:37:35.943-05:00economics politicsAs the deadline for adjusting or eliminating the debt ceiling approaches, the political conversation intensifies, economists weigh in, and the media senses another headline opportunity. But what is the U.S. debt ceiling and what does the August 2 deadline refer to? Before looking at the debt ceiling, let's look at the debt itself. The total or gross federal debt refers to the "outstanding debt http://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2011/07/understanding-us-debt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-2120133437160265369Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:04:00 +00002011-07-19T09:17:24.792-05:00culturefilmsbooksJuly 14 at midnight the final Harry Potter film hit theaters nationwide, marking the end of an era of storytelling and the maturity of a generation of readers and viewers who grew up with the young wizards and witches of Hogwarts. In celebration, the library blog points you to some engaging resources from around the web. A great starting point is the Harry Potter wiki, which includes detailed http://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2011/07/farewell-to-harry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-548254980398532043Fri, 04 Mar 2011 23:10:00 +00002011-03-07T11:29:56.314-06:00Context. It is the crux of information literacy. In order to understand something, we need to understand the situation from which it springs, the perspective from which it is presented as well as the one from which we view it. This may be more true now than it has been for the last 100 years as our understanding of objectivity and subjectivity have grown and developed, fundamentally altering our http://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2011/03/context.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-7420137014025119448Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:20:00 +00002011-02-18T11:39:35.424-06:00Traditionally, when Americans think of Egypt, they think of King Tut and mummies, pyramids, ancient pharaohs and the Sphinx. Recent events, however, have made many realize that this sense of Egypt as a nation of the past is as misleading as thinking that American history stopped with the drafting of the Constitution. So this edition of the library blog will provide you with resources to help you http://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2011/02/dateline-mideast.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-6301865829653895412Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:50:00 +00002010-12-07T15:15:15.443-06:00As the semester winds down, it seems like a good opportunity to take a look at some ways you can occupy yourself over break and locate interesting material for classes in the spring. Let's take a look at some sources for free, high quality video available online. Please note that in preparing this list I have avoided some of the more familiar sources that primarily provide brief clips of programshttp://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2010/12/beyond-youtube-free-video-online.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-6516955845494539272Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:36:00 +00002010-11-24T13:30:40.608-06:00The Thanksgiving holiday marks the beginning of Shoppers Gone Wild, the annual rite of consumerism that begins with Black Friday and only ends with the after-Christmas sales. Whether or not you become part of the American retail engine that engages this weekend, its history and elements are intriguing. Time magazine runs down the history of Black Friday in this article, explaining how the term http://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2010/11/shopping-gone-wild.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-9057138284944202906Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:34:00 +00002010-11-16T09:41:19.726-06:00educationAs it gets toward the end of the academic term, it seems like a good opportunity to look over one of the thorniest academic and ethical problems -- plagiarism. With the advent of the internet, plagiarism assumed a whole new aspect in academia as the ease of the "copy" and "paste" functions made it so much simpler to manipulate blocks of text, not to mention artwork and other media. This http://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2010/11/plagiarism-identify-theft-of-mind.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-7716491867312039210Thu, 04 Nov 2010 21:44:00 +00002010-11-05T08:56:07.426-05:00November has been set aside as time to increase Americans awareness of Native American Indian cultures and history. And cultures is in this case the appropriate term since there is no single "American Indian" identity, but many different peoples who come together under that general designation. Chief Illiniwek For many in downstate Illinois, the mention of the word "Indian" is most likely to http://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2010/11/illinois-native-american-heritage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-6653004081266362413Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:13:00 +00002010-10-26T20:02:10.520-05:00For those of you who saw the Holy Homework, Batman! Comics in the Classroom! presentation at in-service, the powerpoint is now available online. It includes a useful, partially annotated bibliography for those interested in exploring the subject further. You can access the presentation through the Faculty Information link on the Library's Home Page, where you will also find information on how tohttp://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2010/10/comics-brave-new-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-5577561384497437948Tue, 19 Oct 2010 01:48:00 +00002010-10-25T11:06:14.265-05:00This week the DACC Library Lines takes a look at the origin of everything, by taking a look at the what various realms of knowledge have to tell us about the creation of the universe and the origin of existence, and how those realms of knowledge co-exist with one another. ScienceScience has long investigated the way that universe came into being. For a simple straightforward explanation of the http://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2010/10/creation-universe-and-everything.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-4111727380555205754Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:50:00 +00002010-09-27T17:01:27.040-05:00The last week in September is the one set aside by the American Library Association, the American Booksellers Association, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and the Association of American Publishers to draw attention to the issue of of book censorship through Banned Books Week. The DACC library has set up a display to raise awareness of the issue in the hallway in Clock http://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2010/09/ban-good-book-lately.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-4883445747143156310Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:44:00 +00002010-09-21T16:05:47.686-05:00After a long hiatus, Library Lines returns to promote the new electronic content that the library has to offer DACC users. Just a reminder: in order to use any of these electronic resources from off-campus, users will need to provide their DACC user ID and password for authentication prior to accessing the database or electronic publication. If you have trouble using these while off campus, http://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2010/09/lots-of-e-resources-to-explore.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-389973300164736245Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:32:00 +00002010-02-25T14:01:12.736-06:00New Hours!The library's hours are changing. Effective March 1, 2010 the library will open at 7:30 Monday through Friday and will close at 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 5 p.m. on Friday. The library will no longer have Saturday hours. Students who need access to a computer lab on Saturdays will be able to use LH 204. As always, a significant portion of the library's resources are available tohttp://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-hours.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-11030248402684433Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:44:00 +00002010-01-19T15:19:34.151-06:00The library is pleased to provide access to several new online resources beginning this January. Two of these add sections to a resource to which the library previously had partial access, The American Mosaic. This resource provides users with a sense of America's multicultural diversity. Previously the library subscribed to the Latino American Experience portion of the American Mosaic, but the http://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2010/01/e-resources-whats-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-8389933435884746804Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:13:00 +00002009-12-11T15:44:49.221-06:00Just in time for Christmas and the end of the semester, when you'll have a little time to play around with new technology over break, it seems like the perfect moment for a round of Cool Tools -- nifty technology you can use to make your work and home life fun.You may remember Wordle from the presentation at in-service. It's the online "toy" that lets you take any text and turn it into a word http://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2009/12/cool-tools-holiday-edition.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-6167603835459869155Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:43:00 +00002009-11-29T18:22:18.166-06:00Many parents are concerned about the safety of vaccines these days, especially the influenza and the MMR vaccines. So it seemed like a good time to offer some solid sources of information on this timely topic.Before examining the vaccines themselves, it's worth taking a look at the illnesses these vaccines target. Vaccine safety has become an issue because this country has not experienced any http://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2009/11/vaccines-digging-for-data.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-4330269279043931340Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:05:00 +00002009-10-28T20:44:28.332-05:00With Halloween almost upon us, it seems appropriate to look into all things spooky and creepy in the spirit of the holiday. The library currently has a display of books and videos ranging from the popular Twilight series to Ghostbusters and Zodiac to get you in the mood for Saturday night's little doorbell ringers. In addition, the library's Pop Culture Universe database (DACC user i.d. and http://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2009/10/fright-night.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-2161065905420247273Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:15:00 +00002009-10-21T13:40:29.477-05:00October is Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender History Month, and the official web site presents a video featuring 31 important icons from GLBT history, including Suze Orman, Zora Neale Hurston, and John Cage. The site also retains the archives of icons since 2006. These include figures as diverse as Florence Nightingale, Michelangelo and Rachel Carson.One critical event in GLBT history was http://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2009/10/are-you-coming-out-tonite.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-3256019044475339673Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:01:00 +00002009-09-10T16:03:22.729-05:00Eight years have passed since those four planes changed the lives of so many Americans on September 11, 2001. Survivors continue to cope, their children grow, rescuers struggle with the physical aftereffects of so many hours spent combing through the wreckage, and the new WTC is finally under construction. But for those not immediately effected by the attacks, enough time has passed that they http://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2009/09/911-how-will-you-serve.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-2143748511328516026Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:17:00 +00002009-09-04T15:41:47.205-05:00Everyone is talking about health care reform, but a lot of people have several misconceptions about various aspects of the conversation. How well do you understand this very complicated issue? You can test your knowledge with either CNN's quick quiz or that compiled by the Friends Committee on National Legislation, or both. (They touch on different points.)Finding Good FactsIf your email has beenhttp://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2009/09/health-care-reform.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-1345728314958611384Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:05:00 +00002009-08-31T14:27:33.358-05:00They were America's version of a royal family; equal parts spectacle and service, scandal and sorrow. And always, always glamor. Love them or hate them, the Kennedys captured the national imagination and held it in a way no other family has. The Bush family may have put comparable numbers of family members in public office, but they will never similar assume place in American culture. And now http://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2009/08/royal-generation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-6360717079698414645Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:49:00 +00002009-07-16T13:25:51.639-05:00historysciencerecipesBuzz Lightyear, whose motto heads this blog entry, is the direct descendant of the Apollo astronauts who 40 years ago made history by truly going where no one had gone before. Apollo 11 launched July 16, 1969 and touched down on the moon on July 20th. If you were alive at that time, chances are you were watching the event on television. Now you can see the event even better than you could then. http://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2009/07/to-infinity-and-beyond.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-4165264120990092924Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:37:00 +00002009-07-02T16:45:49.137-05:00In an ironic riff to royalty, Lady Liberty's crown is open to visitors again this July 4 following several modifications made for safety reasons following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This National Geographic site details the several of the alterations, as well as others that are upcoming, only the most recent in the statue's long history. Want to see what you're missing? This New York Times site http://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2009/07/fourth-of-july-features.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390665817709851677.post-2113010444393818195Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:09:00 +00002009-06-18T11:43:34.120-05:00Iran is much in the news the past few days as the nation struggles to sort out the results of its recent presidential election, as chronicled in this excellent BBC overview. Many Americans may not have any clear conception of a country that for so many years has been associated in their minds with extreme political rhetoric, nuclear energy and hostage taking.Library ResourcesThe library has a newhttp://dacclibrarylines.blogspot.com/2009/06/irans-new-revolution.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. Ruth)0