Tuesday, July 31, 2012

The fight against plagiarism

When you work hard to write an "A" quality paper using your own words, it wouldn't be fair for someone else to get a good grade by cheating. Plagiarists steal value from your honest work, and copy/pasting words written by someone else into a paper without citing the source is a serious academic offense.
Fortunately, Instructors have online tools to protect you in the fight against plagiarism!  Here are just a few:

 

 

Monday, July 23, 2012

The Library's CD Collection



Did you know that Holman Library has over 1,600 CDs that you can borrow for free?

It’s true! Our collection includes Blues, Classical, Folk, Gospel, International, Jazz, Pop, Rock, and R&B music. We also have U.S. Historical Music and a Spoken Word collection.

Use the Library Catalog to search for CDs, and come in to get your music fix!

Borrowing is free, but late items are fined 25₵ per day so please return CDs on time.
If you want to keep your CDs for longer, renew online or give us a call @ 253-833-9111 x2090.



The CD collection is located on the first floor
along the outer wall of the Silent Study Room.


Open drawers for more choices!

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

COURSE RESERVES



TRYING TO SAVE MONEY?

Holman Library hosts a collection of textbooks placed on reserve by GRCC instructors!

           
For new and returning students there can be a financial struggle when it comes to the purchase of textbooks.  Holman Library offers its extensive selection of services and materials for the use of both students and staff, however the collection of textbooks within the library is limited to the textbooks which are placed on reserve by instructors.

Using course reserve textbooks in the library can SAVE MONEY! SAVE TIME! & cut down on excess weight in the backpack!

  • ·         Course reserve textbooks can be checked out by students for use in the library, (usually for a two hour period).
  •          Course Reserve textbooks are generally for LIBRARY USE ONLY.  This means that textbooks may be used in the library, and cannot be taken from the library. 
  • ·         A wide range of textbooks is available. 
  • ·         EVERY QUARTER our collection cycles textbooks: books are both added and removed.
  • ·         Holman Library cannot guarantee that we will have your textbook on course reserve.
                Library services include scanners which are available for student use, and it may be permissible for students to scan homework or short reading sections from textbooks, but copyright laws apply. For information on copyright laws or textbooks on-hand, please contact the Reference Desk, 253-833-9111 X2090

Textbooks placed on reserve by instructors consist of personal copies, sample textbooks, copies purchased for the class, and occasionally library-based materials (usually for ESOL class use, or Main Collection materials for textbook enhancement).
For information on how to place books on reserve, please visit the Circulation Desk.




Sunday, July 15, 2012

Library Materials in Different Languages

Have you ever wanted to read a book or watch a DVD in a language other than English? You can find them at the library!

Here at Holman Library, we have lots of materials to help you improve your skills in languages other than English such as dictionaries, phrase books and grammar books. To find them, use the Library Catalog. Then choose "Subject List" and type in the language you are looking for.


The results will show you the types of materials we have in that language.


Then you can look at the individual titles and find the materials in the library.

The King County Library System has many, many materials in a variety of languages. If you are a speaker of another language, you should get a KCLS card today. Each branch specializes in different languages, but you can also have any material brought to the closest library. It's a great service that you should be taking advantage of! Our closest libraries have materials in the followingforeign languages:

Kent: Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Panjabi, Polish, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Ukranian, Vietnamese

Auburn: Russian, Spanish, Ukranian

A complete list of libraries and their foreign language collections is located on the KCLS website.

If you need help locating materials, placing holds to have library items delivered to your branch, or anything else related to foreign language materials, please ask a librarian!