Road to the Workplace - Employer Research from the James A. Cannavino Library

The James A. Cannavino Library is introducing a new set of resources for Employer Research:  Road to the Workplace

In response to the competitive job market that all students find themselves in upon graduation, the James A. Cannavino Library is introducing a new set of resources, Road to the Workplace: Research Tools and Road to the Workplace: Employer Profiles. This set of resources is designed to help Marist students preparing for interviews, internships, and their post-college futures.We hope that you will visit this new set of resources and share it with your students.

Road to the Workplace: Research Tools

Road to the Workplace: Research Tools is a guide designed to provide students with the tools to conduct employer research on their own.  This is a guide to databases and websites that will help students gather the best information about potential employers. It contains guidance on how to read important business documents and how to discover what types of salaries are typical of a chosen field. Road to the Workplace: Research Tools can be accessed at:  http://libguides.marist.edu/RoadtotheWorkplace.

Road to the Workplace: Employer Profiles

Road to the Workplace: Employer Profiles provides collected data on potential employers. Public companies, private companies, non-profit organizations, and government agencies are all represented. Employers have been selected based on their relevance to Marist students seeking employment, and based on some of their relationships with the Marist community. Many in the first batch of profiled employers will be present at the upcoming Fall 2014 Career and Internship Fair.

 Road to the Workplace: Employer Profiles can be accessed at http://library.marist.edu/roadtoworkplace/ or through the link provided on Road to the Workplace: Research Tools.

Road to the Workplace is a new resource, still very much in development. We are looking for feedback to help us to develop the best possible tools for the Marist College community. Please take a few minutes to complete our survey on the Road to the Workplace: Research Tools site.

For more information contact:
Nancy L. Lewis
Nancy.Lewis@Marist.edu
845-575-2523
Or
Ask-A-Librarian@marist.edu

Ebrary -- New Online Reader enhancements

On Friday, Ebrary introduced an improved online reader.

1. The number of pages that can be copied or printed are clearly presented.
2. Copy and print functions are more easily accomplished with icons at the top of each page.
3. A "Link" icon provides a URL for a specific page within a book.
4. Citations can be generated for pages in several styles used at Marist.  A default style can be selected by patrons with an Ebrary Bookshelf account.
5. Book navigation, especially finding specific terms on different pages, is simplified.

View the short videos (2 minutes each) for a demonstration of the new Ebrary Reader.

Trial to Two Video Streaming Databases from Alexander Street Press

From now through October 15, 2014, all students, faculty, and staff may access the  video streaming collections below from Alexander Street Press.  These two video databases are under consideration for the next fiscal year.  Faculty input is crucial in the decision making process.


VAST: Academic Video Online - http://libguides.marist.edu/c.php?g=87493&p=904580 

        The VAST Collection is Alexander Street's most comprehenstive video subscription that includes not only our currently subscribed video databases but also over 30 additional collections in the areas of business, cinema, criminal justice, education, environmental studies, health sciences, history, psychology and more.

The Criterion Collection - http://libguides.marist.edu/c.php?g=87493&p=904615

         

       The Criterion Collection includes 300 HD-quality films considered some of the world’s most influential and widely respected for both their scholarly value and importance for the study of cinema, history, and culture. Directors include Bergman, Fellini, Godard, Hitchcock, Kurosawa, and more.

The video databases include synchronized and searchable transcripts, clip-making, send-to-mobile capability, embed/link features, and subtitle toggle.

Please fill out the 3 question survey provided next to the database link You can also  email Judy Diffenderfer (Judy.Diffenderfer@marist.edu) with questions and comments. 

Ghost Map Pathfinder and Display in the Library

This summer, all first year students were asked to read, The Ghost Map, by Steven Johnson.

Assistant Librarian Nancy Lewis has created a Special Topics Pathfinder, FYS Reading – The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson, as a resource for students and Faculty working with the common reading. This pathfinder draws together resources from the James A. Cannavino Library, the author, the publisher and selected online sites  in order to further explore the story of the ghost map, of cholera and other related topics.  Interactive maps and games, a readers' guide, and a TED talk are examples of the resources to be found in the Pathfinder.

While certainly of use to the First Year Seminars, we hope that other classes may find connections to these themes,  and that you will direct your students to the pathfinder as well. This is the second FYS reading pathfinder, after last year’s pathfinder dedicated to The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.

A display that complements the story told in The Ghost Map can be found in the display shelves nearest the Reference Desk and Escriptorium. Curated by Reference Librarian Margaret Cirillo and Assistant Librarian Julia Hughes, the display includes books in the sciences, socials sciences and literature that complement the story told by The Ghost Map.  Included as well are reproductions of XIX illustrations from H. Mayhew and magazines Fun and Punch.

Welcome Back!

The Library looks forward to working with all of you.  Please contact your Library Liaison for any help you need this semester, whether that be recommending new materials, creating a course Pathfinder, or setting up a research presentation for your classes.

We have two new databases this year.  Mango Languages  has 60 self-study language courses.  We had a trial subscription in Spring 2014 and solicited feedback with a web form.  Over 60 students responded and urged us to subscribe. We anticipate it will be very popular with students who are going abroad.

Mango is available to all Marist Faculty, Staff and Students, both on- and off-campus.  It can be used on various devices in addition to desktop computers.

Social Explorer is a data visualization information tool with 220 years of U.S. Census Data, American Community Survey Data from 2005 to 2012, US Religion Data, 1980 to 2010, and Carbon Dioxide Emissions data from 2002.  The data can be used to create maps and multi-map presentations as well as data charts.  Tables can be downloaded to Excel, SAS, SPSS, etc.  Thanks go to the Marist Poll for subscribing to this database for the entire campus.