Adobe® Digital Editions software offers an engaging way to view and manage eBooks and other digital publications. Use it to download and purchase digital content, which can be read both online and offline. Transfer copy-protected eBooks from your personal computer to other computers or devices. Organize your eBooks into a custom library and annotate pages. Digital Editions also supports industry-standard eBook formats, including PDF/A and EPUB.
Click on Download Now and follow the directions. After installation, the Setup Assistant wizard prompts you to activate Adobe Digital Editions (you must be online during this process). During activation, you have the option to authorize your computer with an Adobe ID. If you don't have an Adobe ID, creating one is free and only takes a minute. The Adobe ID enables you to transfer items protected by digital rights management (DRM) between up to 6 computers or devices and restore them after a data loss or system reinstallation. Return to Activation Screen and enter your new Adobe ID (your email address) and password. Visit the Adobe® Digital Editions online library to browse and download free sample items including complete books as well as preview chapters from leading publishers.
In ebrary, you can Download an entire document as an e-book in Adobe® Digital Editions. Check here for directions. Note: when the download dialog box opens, you will probably have to Browse your computer for Adobe® Digital Editions in order to open the ebook.
In Ebsco ebook collections (netLibrary), you will see a Download (Offline) link, set the checkout period for the item, then open with Adobe® Digital Editions. Check here for directions.
To read a chapter in from an ebook in PsycBOOKS, save the pdf on your computer. Open Adobe® Digital Editions, in Library View, click on Library | Add item to library.
In ATLA Monographs, save a range of pages into a pdf, save it on your computer. Open Adobe® Digital Editions, in Library View, click on Library | Add item to library.
ABI/Inform Complete features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.
Proquest Biology Journals provides access to a wide range of biology topics including some of the most popular information resources for users in academic, government and public research environments.
Things you can do:
Things you cannot do:
Directions:
If you have an problems, please contact us at the library (619) 201-8747 or by email.
That should do it. If you see problems, Undo the sort and look for formatting errors. Use the Show/Hide icon (Ctl+*) to show hidden paragraph marks and other formatting symbols.
WARNING: A paragraph mark (what happens when you hit ENTER) will tell Word that that is the end of the citation and will sort each line as a separate entry. Using Hanging Indents to fix this.
Creating Hanging Indents.
Bible Gateway
The Bible Gateway is a tool for reading and researching scripture online -- all in the language or translation of your choice! It provides advanced searching capabilities, which allow readers to find and compare particular passages in scripture based on keywords, phrases, or scripture reference.
Bible Study Tools
Bible Study Tools gives Christians of any age and at any stage the opportunity to read, study, understand, and apply the Bible to their lives. With free devotionals, study guides, helpful articles, and rich personalization functions, visitors to Bible Study Tools will be able to make the most of their Bible study time, and unlock its meaning for their lives in new and important ways.
Blue Letter Bible
BLB includes 18 Bible versions, commentaries, audio/visual, lexicons and dictionaries, maps, etc. The KJV includes Strongs Concordance, Thayer's Dictionary, etc.
HCSB Study Bible
The HCSB (Holman Christian Standard Bible) Study Bible has been carefully developed and designed for study Bible readers with more than 15,000 study notes, 290 word studies, 141 photographs, 62 timelines, 59 maps, 24 articles, 16 illustrations and reconstructions, 15 charts, 3 Bible reading plans, and much more.
NetBible (new) & NetBible (classic)
The NET Bible ™ Learning Environment offers the most comprehensive set of free resources available online, including commentaries, articles, word studies, original biblical languages and cross references all integrated into a system that empowers you to carefully study the Word of God and to prepare your teaching lessons quickly.
Unbound Bible
Multiple versions, many languages, able to display parallel versions. Hosted by Biola University.
YouVersion
YouVersion provides interactive access to 41 translations of the Bible and includes customizable reading plans, social networking, and the ability to sync your account between your computer and mobile phone.
All-in-One: Bible Versions and Translations
The All-in-One Biblical Resources Search is divided into the following six sections: Bible Versions and Translations, Greek New Testament, Biblical Resource Sites, Ancient World & General Academic and Religion.
We also loaded the latest version of e-sword & Google Chrome.
To learn more about the creation of Google Chrome, here's The Chrome comic book, by Scott McCloud.
On Saturday, January 29, the tour comes to the Balboa Theater (Horton Plaza) in San Diego for two performances. According to the website, there is a student discount .
Here's an interview with McLean.
If you haven't read the Screwtape Letters in a while, check out a copy from the library: Call Number: 235.4 L673s.
The site has been tilted more towards the English language than towards the dictionary as an end in itself. Search results move from simple lists to visualizations/timelines. They can also be filtered according to a number of categories, allowing you to start off with big numbers (e.g. all English words derived from Italian), and reduce them by steps down to small, significant subsets (e.g. all English words derived from Italian from the field of Music which are first recorded in English in the 18th century). That's 167 words, starting with adagio.
Other new features include pages (updated each quarter from the dictionary data) on the OED's most-cited authors and texts, plus links to other online resources—such as the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography—offering more on those who've shaped the language. There's also an ‘Aspects of English’ section, a series of descriptive articles on language, past and present, which will be updated regularly.
Perhaps the most important new feature involves the Historical Thesaurus to the OED, published in book form in 2009. The entire text is now integrated with the OED Online, so that you can follow semantic links throughout the dictionary. Go to the OED's entry for utopia, for example, and follow the Thesaurus links to the entries for heaven (Old English), Cockaigne (c1305), El Dorado (1596), nonesuch (a1618), Fiddler's Green (1825), never-never land (1900), the Big Rock Candy Mountain (1917), etc. ‘Utopia’ means different things to different people!
As ever, the core of the dictionary is its content. But with the new web site this content is opened up to an extent we couldn't imagine ten years ago when the OED first went online.
A valuable index for libraries, scholars and individuals interested in European works that relate to the Americas. This database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.
Psalm 69:30 "I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving."
Psalm 95:2 "Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song."
Psalm 100:4 "Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name" (NIV).
George Washington inaugurated the first Thanksgiving day, November 26, 1789, under the new Constitution. Abraham Lincoln made it an official national holiday in 1863 on the fourth Thursday of November.
What follows is George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation from October 3, 1789.
By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation.
Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor-- and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.
Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be-- That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks--for his kind care and protection of the People of this Country previous to their becoming a Nation--for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his Providence which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war--for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed--for the peaceable and rational manner, in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted--for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed; and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which he hath been pleased to confer upon us.
and also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions-- to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually--to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed--to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord--To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the encrease of science among them and us--and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.
Given under my hand at the City of New York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789.
Go: Washington
For more about our national documents for Thanksgiving Day, go to the National Archives Celebrates Thanksgiving with a collection of presidential proclamations, documents and photographs.
To all our students who are active military, reservist, or retired, "Thank you for your Service."
Accessing eAudio books. You can get to the complete list from NetLibrary (under Research Databases).
Titles include:
I add websites to Delicious using student and faculty recommendations, reviews in journals, etc., & pure serendipity.
Some of my favorite sites are:
American Memory -- from Library of Congress.
Making of America -- a digital library of primary sources in American social history primarily from the antebellum period through reconstruction
Christian Classics Ethereal Library -- A digital library of hundreds of classic Christian books selected for edification and education.
Check out PhysOrg.com, an internet news portal that provides the latest news on science, or other Science websites.
Today's libraries are like the new phones. They fulfull their traditional roles and then add more.
Each week I am going to feature a different aspect of our library: databases, websites, techniques for research -- a "more" that you might find useful.
Today's featured resources is: OAIster.
It is described as "A union catalog of more than 19 million records representing digital resources from more than 1,000 contributors." What this means is that it is a specialized Worldcat.org tool free to locate Open Access digitized books, dissertations, theses, reports, papers, etc.
This subset of Worldcat allows you to search the digital collections on the internet for freely accessible full-text materials on your research topic. This takes you beyond the traditional book, article, website citations in your bibliography/works cited lists and into some interesting sources.
If you have any questions about locating e-books, please contact us at the library.
Detailed View
Default Rankings & Proximity Operator (W5)
PDF Viewer
Fixing the PDF Viewer
If the PDF opens up in a new screen, you can fix this by the following steps:
Open Adobe Reader | Edit | Preferences | Under Categories, select Internet | Web Browser Options | checkmark Display PDF in browser.
Congratulations to our MDivs:
Thomas Pittman -- The Church’s Relationship to the New Covenant
Pierre Rosa -- Holier Brethren: A Biblical Analysis of the Implications of the Charismatic Doctrine in Brazil
Justin Windham -- The Role of Repentance in Salvation
"The National Study of Youth and Religion provides us with a treasure trove of valuable information based on interviews with thousands of emerging American adults."
This research has been evaluated and is available in the 2005 book: Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers by Christian Smith with Melinda Lundquist Denton.
College Library Events
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Come help the College Library celebrate its local authors as they introduce their books and read a selection. The featured authors include Dr. Jon DePriest (Send the light : Team and the evangelical mission, 1890-1975), Dr. Joe Sarnowski (The literary achievement of the American poet Robert Penn Warren : his life-long struggles with morality, myth, and modernity), and James Swezey (The curse of a warrior). Light refreshments follow.
Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 10:30 pm – 1 am
What happens in the library once it closes for the night? Join us and find out. Enjoy an evening of fun, food, and games as the library stays open ‘after hours.’
Keep an eye out for your favorite professor as they encourage you to read books.
To view a short demonstration of this new feature, click here.
For the group Barna identifies as Mosaics (18-25), 58% consider Easter to be religous, while just 37% tie it with the resurrection of Jesus, which shows "the increasingly secular mindset of young adults."
As opposed to
Demographics n. : The characteristics of a population (for example, gender, age group, education...).
Pew Research Center has come up with a quiz asking, How Millennial Are You? This generation has become more than a date-range of births and more of an attitude toward life, be you 17 or 70.
5 Best Free Tax Tools. ABC News has a video that might be of help at this time of tax preparation, and they go beyond just filing your return.
To subscribe to Microsoft @ Home or Microsoft @ Work, scroll down to the News section, and sign up for an email or RSS feed.
Influenza (free) Evidenced based Information portal.
"Due to Pandemic H1N1 Influenza (formerly known as Swine Flu) and concerns about the 2009/2010 flu season, the EBSCO Publishing Medical and Nursing editors of DynaMed™, Nursing Reference Center™ (NRC) and Patient Education Reference Center™ (PERC) have made key influenza information from these resources freely available to health care providers worldwide.
The editorial teams will monitor the research and update these resources continuously throughout the upcoming flu season."
All you have to do is click on the result (it is added as you go to the website) or drag the result to the Search Pad bar on the (upper) right of the screen. If you have a Yahoo! account you can also save, email & share your research and notes.
"With the new authority file, users can browse the books of the bible in canonical order and drill down to the chapter, then verse level. Selecting an entry at the book, chapter, or verse level will execute a search for all records indexed with that book, chapter or verse. EBSCO has also added an expanded scripture reference searching for records indexed with a scripture range.
For example, if a user selects Acts in the new scripture authority and drills down through Chapter 1 and elects to search Verse 5, they will return records indexed with Acts 1:5, as well as records indexed with Acts 1:1-11 or Acts 1:1-15:35. .... The old way was a a flat scripture authority file that displayed scripture references in alphabetical order and required users to search for exact scripture references indexed in a given citation."
Go to ATLA Religion Db with ATLASerials & login. Click on the Scripture link (blue bar on top of page). This will open the ATLA Hierarchical Scripture Authority file. If you click on the book of the Bible, e.g. Genesis, the database will search for all articles that are indexed for Genesis. Clicking on [Expand] will take you to more specific chapters, then verses of Genesis. This updated search automatically includes the ranges of Scripture contained within your verse selection.
Now that things are winding down, we started experimenting with the social bookmarking site, Delicious. Now our list of recommended websites sport annotations, descriptive tags & the whole collection is searchable! We've added nearly 300 websites so far; by fall we should be done.
Visit sdcclibrary's Bookmarks @ http://delicious.com/sdcclibrary.
The only downside to the source is the annoying ads. But that's the flipside when you don't have to pay for it.
My favorite part of the site is the "Compare side-by-side" feature. Check out this article on the Iran Hostage Crisis (click on the "Compare side-by-side" tab). You can see three rather current reference articles all on one page.
CLIO Notes provides a new way of exploring historical periods. Created with the help of historians and librarians, it helps gather necessary information quickly through expanded searching opportunities for studying historical periods in detail and providing guidance through the key historical and cultural issues covered in American history courses:
You will find CLIO Notes inside the America: History & Life database on the blue bar at the top of the screen.
Also this week, I was cataloging the latest volume of Mars Hill Audio, a bimonthly audio magazine of contemporary culture & Christian conviction, that the library subscribes to -- there is an 'article' in volume 93. The interview with James A. Herrick discusses evolution as a religion. You can listen to the discussion here. Or check out the whole issue on from the library: CD 261 M363h v.93.
The library is celebrating Dr. Seuss’ birthday on Monday, March 2—with cake!
Many of us have fond memories of reading The Cat in the Hat and other delightful stories he wrote. Dr. Seuss was a longtime resident of La Jolla and is being inducted into the California Hall of Fame. Join us in Solid Rock Café, during lunch, to celebrate his birthday.
Having reviewed many of the citation products out there, College Librarians suggest MyBibPro.
MyBibPro cites sources according to the latest citation guidelines for APA, MLA and Turabian. MyBibPro offers footnote and parenthetical citation formatting, which can easily be copied and pasted directly into a research paper. If you frequently use electronic databases like EBSCO, you can export your journal citations into MyBibPro list easily. OR If you're citing a book, use the ISBN Autocite feature. Just type in the ISBN and MyBibPro will pull the book's bibliographical data to instantly create a citation. If you have access to the Internet, you can access MyBibPro. There's no download and nothing to install.
After February 3, 2009, cost per year is $8.99.
Our new number is 619-201-8747.
For PowerPoint 2003 (and earlier) -- Note: the classroom computers are still using 2003 (not 2007)! Instructions for PowerPoint 2007 are located on the website listed at the end of this posting.
You need to download a PowerPoint Add-in -- Download the YouTube Video Add-in for PowerPoint
a. Extract the Add-in from the Zipped File
b. Install the Add-in into PowerPoint
c. Now you can add YouTube videos to your PowerPoint presentations.
d. The Add-In is temporary (one use only). Once you close PowerPoint, the add-in disappears.
These instructions were taken from Presentation Software in About.com YouTube Videos and PowerPoint
Monday, December 8 - Thursday, December 11 7:30 am to MIDNIGHT
Friday, December 12 from 7:30 am to 9:00 pm
Saturday December 13 from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Monday, December 15 from 7:30 am to MIDNIGHT
Tuesday, December 16 from 7:30 am to 10:30 pm (regular closing time)
Wednesday, December 17 from 7:30 am to 5:00 pm (Christmas/New Years Holiday Hours Begin)
Don't forget, you can put them in the book return (outside the library entrance) if we aren't open.
The library has created a guide for the basic citation formats that you will encounter for APA, MLA and Turabian.
The Citation Machine -- choose APA or MLA, choose from print or nonprint, enter your information and submit.
The Citation Builder -- This is an interesting utility. It generates both a citation for MLA & APA from the same information so that you can compare them.
KnightCite -- by far, my favorite of the "free versions". Select your style (MLA, APA or Turabian), the source type (print/electronic) & the resource (book, article, etc.) and submit.
EasyBib -- an automatic bibliography & citation maker for MLA only (free). You can search for books using the ISBN (how cool is that?) and export the bibliography (Works Cited) to Word. For APA you have to upgrade to MyBib Pro for an annual fee.
BibMe -- while this site requires free registration, it offers citation help for books, magazines, newspapers, websites, journals, film, and other (from interview to encyclopedia). Some interesting features include autofill mode (book, magazine, newspaper, journal, and film) and manual entry mode, a Suggested Further Reading (based upon books in your bibliography), and you can save as many bibliographies as you need. Supports APA, MLA, Turabian and Chicago formats.
MyBibPro -- cites sources according to the latest citation guidelines for APA, MLA and Turabian. MyBibPro offers footnote and parenthetical citation formatting, which can easily be copied and pasted directly into a research paper. If you frequently use electronic databases like EBSCO, you can export your journal citations into MyBibPro list easily. OR If you're citing a book, use the ISBN Autocite feature. Just type in the ISBN and MyBibPro will pull the book's bibliographical data to instantly create a citation. If you have access to the Internet, you can access MyBibPro. There's no download and nothing to install. Having reviewed many of the citation products out there, the College Librarians suggest this citation builder for its overall usability. Cost per year is $8.99.
WorldCat.org will generate a book citation for practically every book ever held by a library. You can search for the work by author, title, or ISBN. Once you have located the correct publication, click on Cite This. A screen will open with the book's citation in APA, MLA & Turabian (Humanities).
The latest version of Microsoft Word allows you to create citations, a bibliography and add footnotes or endnotes in APA, MLA or Turabian formats.
We have also designed the area so that you can do some customization of your own. By clicking on the pencil icon on the upper right hand corner of the Library Resources box, you can select the subject areas of databases that you routinely use (and filter out the databases that you do not need to use).
If you have any questions about accessing the College Library resources through Blackboard or need help customizing your Library Resources box, please contact the library.
SDCC Library Movie (on YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a25kY2rhFRo
Thanks go to Greg, Ethan and Matt for their hardwork in the making of this.
As the video says, with the library's website, we are never really closed.
Titles include:
If you use section breaks & in the header or footer, click Link to Previous, which in effect, unLinks to Previous (the formatting or data in the previous section), you can limit your pagination (page numbering) to specific sections of your document.
It's easy! Here's how:
First, insert section breaks. Place your cursor at the end of the text or bottom of the page (but not in the footer) before the page that will have a new or different page number.
Word 2003: Insert | Break | Section break types | Next Page
Word 2007: Page Layout | Breaks | Section Breaks | Next Page (insert a section break and start the new section on the next page).
Second, separate section 1 from section 2 in the footer. Go to the next page (after the section break) and go into the footer.
Word 2003: View | Header and Footer
The Header and Footer tool bar opens. The cursor is in the header. Click the icon 'Switch Between Header and Footer' to go to the footer. The cursor will be in the footer. Above the dotted line is 'Footer - Section 2' on the left and 'Same as Previous' on the right. You need to break this link to the previous section.
Again with the Header and Footer tool bar, click on the icon 'Link to Previous.' Notice the 'Same as Previous' note above the dotted line is gone. Now you can add the page number.
Word 2007: Insert | Footer | Blank
This will open Header & Footer Tools | Design (tab). The Type Text box in the footer is highlighted. Above the dotted line is 'Footer - Section 2' on the left and 'Same as Previous' on the right. You need to break this link to the previous section.
Go to the Navigation box | Click on Link to Previous. Notice the 'Same as Previous' note above the dotted line is gone. Now you can add the page number.
Third, add page numbers.
Word 2003: This takes two steps. Still using the Header and Footer tool bar
Insert Page Number (icon). On the Styles & Formatting toolbar above, click on the Center (icon) to center the page number.
Format Page Number (icon) | Number Format (1,2,3 - select from dropdown) & Page numbering | Start at: (1 - select from dropdown).
Close Header & Footer.
Word 2007: This takes two steps.
Header & Footer box | Page Number | Bottom of Page | Plain Number 2 (to set location in footer).
Page Number | Format Page Numers | Number Format (1,2,3 - select from dropdown) & Page numbering | Start at: (1 - select from dropdown).
Close Header & Footer.
If you need to stop the page numbers for the Bibliography, repeat steps 1 & 2, but delete or don't add the page number in step 3.
Today, I'm going to show you how to locate the libraries that own the books in a Google Scholar result list. Here, we are using Google Scholar like a library catalog.
Go to Google Scholar <http://scholar.google.com> and type in Christian Worldview. In the results list, a book is identified before the title by the prefix [BOOK].
[BOOK] Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview
JP Moreland, WL Craig - 2003 - books.google.com
Cited by 19 - Related articles - Web Search - Library Search
At the bottom of the citation look for the Library Search link. This searches for the book in WorldCat. WorldCat lists the libraries that own the item, including San Diego Christian College. You can enter your location information, like city, state or zipcode and WorldCat will tell you how far (in miles) you are from the nearest library.
Part 3 will discuss Google Scholar's Advance Search.
Go to Google Scholar <http://scholar.google.com> and click on Scholar Preferences (option to the right of the Search Box). At the Library Links section, type in San Diego Christian College. From the results list, checkmark San Diego Christian College - Full-Text @ SDCC Library. Open WorldCat - Library Search should already be checkmarked. Click on the Save Preferences button (upper right).
Now, let's try this out...
Back at the Google Scholar search screen, type in Global Warming. In the results list you will see - Full-Text @ SDCC Library at the end of some of the article titles. This is linked to the library's ArticleLinker (which provides access to full text between different databases). You will need to use your student network login & password. If it doesn't open the article to the full text, look for the ArticleLinker banner at the top of the screen with Missing article? Need more sources? Get additional resources related to this. This will take you to the Periodicals Directory page which will link you to the full text (you might have to login again) in the databases.
Part 2 will discuss finding books listed in Google Scholar.
Currently, there are 57 journals (from SDCC & SCS) that include an online subscription (usually through the publisher’s website).
You will need to log in to EJS using your Student Network Account. When you select a journal & you click your way to the publisher’s website, the username & password will be on a banner on the top of the screen. Use this to log in to the website and access the full text.
Please note: the 57 journals full text availability is not listed in the Periodicals Directory at this time. There are still some technical issues that we have to resolve.
If you have any questions or need assistance please contact the library by calling 619-441-2200 x1227 or by email
