New Video Service - Kanopy BASE

 

The CVTC library is excited to announce our new Kanopy Video Service, Kanopy Base.  With Kanopy, you and your students can enjoy access to high-quality streaming content, including films, documentaries, and educational content. This valuable resource is a cost-effective way to enhance your teaching and research efforts, and we're excited to offer it to you. There are around 10,000 titles with unlimited streaming options.  You can access and explore what it has to offer here - https://cvtc.kanopy.com/ 

Kanopy BASE includes coverage of the following subjects: 

Film Studies

Race & Class Studies

Gender Studies

Media Studies 

Global Studies 

Education

History

Sociology

Psychology 

Law

Art and Architecture

Science, Technology and Engineering

Political Science

Health and Medicine 

Business

Journalism 

Literature

ESL & Languages

World Cinema 

Music, Theatre and Dance.  

If you have any questions or need assistance getting started, reach out to the library @ library@cvtc.edu for help! 

New Access Engineering Database

 

If you haven’t heard, we have a new database that is great for our mechanical, engineering and technical programs!  Several instructors have found materials for their classes that students can access for free, instead of paying for.  The database features books, videos, spreadsheets and case studies.  

Check out the McGraw Hill Access Engineering Database today!  Let the library know if you find something you can use in your classes!

Access Engineering Database

We are excited to share with all of you this exciting new database from McGraw Hill, Access Engineering.  Access Engineering is a reference and teaching platform that delivers world-renowned, interdisciplinary engineering content integrated with analytical teaching and learning tools.  

Access Engineering will help faculty prepare students to solve real-world problems.  It makes curriculum planning easy and features easy delivery options.  Access the database information to learn more about our new addition!  

JSTOR Trail Access

Just a reminder that CVTC has secured a trial to the database JSTOR until the end of September.  If you haven't had the chance to check it out please do so now and see if you would find it useful for your classes.  

Access is limited off campus during the trial, but wide open on campus.  

Please let Jen, jcook34@cvtc.edu know if you have any feedback about the trial and the database.  

 

LinkedIn Learning Available

Did you know that all CVTC employees and students have FREE access to LinkedIn Learning? Formerly Lynda.com, LinkedIn Learning provides one of the most comprehensive catalogs of personal and professional learning resources available. Popular courses and subjects include:

• Mastering Self-Motivation & Time Management Tips

• Customer Service & Communicating with Charisma

• Success Habits &  Emotional Intelligence

• Microsoft Office, HTML training, & Mobile Photography

Access to these courses and many more are available to you free through the library’s help guide. Need help accessing or linking videos into your Canvas course? Join our spring PD session “Expanding your CVTC Technology Toolbox” on June 3 or contact library@cvtc.edu to learn more.

Free Access for CVTC: Chronicle of Higher Education

 

The Chronicle of Higher Education: Free Subscription

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! Did you know the library offers free access to The Chronicle of Higher Education for all CVTC students and employees? This publication provides readers with the most relevant news for all types of disciplines, topics, and institutions in higher education.

Virtual events are also offered, both synchronously and on-demand. Topics include: “Why Coronavirus Will Change Higher Ed More Than the Great Recession” and “Engaging a New Generation of Learners”. Additionally, you have access to The Review - the ideas magazine of The Chronicle, which covers culture, scholarly trends, publishing, higher education policy, and academic life. 

You can have regular updates and new issues delivered right to your inbox, or sync with your social media account. If you would like us to get you set-up with your free subscription please fill out this short form.

 

Tumble Books

 New Resource for Students & Employees: TumbleBooks!

The CVTC Library is excited to offer a new children’s literature resource - the TumbleBook Library. This is an exciting database to explore. Here are 10 fast and fun facts:

1. There are over 1100 eBooks including story books, read-along chapter books, independent chapter books, graphic novels, and nonfiction books!

2. Story books are animated! (see an example: Bloom by Doreen Cronin & David Small)

3. There are also videos from National Geographic, games, and even book reports and quizzes!

4. Some of the books are available in English, Spanish, and French!

5. You can access TumbleBooks on any device that has an internet connection!

6. CVTC Students & Employees can share any of these digital materials with the children in their lives!

7. Students in Early Childhood Education, Foundations of Teacher Education, and Library & Information Services programs can use this resource in their classes!

8. The digital materials in TumbleBooks are always available, so you’ll never have to wait to read!

9. You can browse by category which makes it easy to find something to read! And… 

10. Kids LOVE TumbleBooks!

If you’d like more information about this resource, please contact nbreed@cvtc.edu. 

New Nursing/Health Programs Video Database

The library has recently added Nursing Education in Video to its collections.

This database consists of hundreds of full-length training videos from Medcom-Trainex, created specifically for the education and training of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers. The videos cover the fundamentals through more advanced topics, from anatomy to basic clinical skills, medication administration, and more.

All of the videos in the collection have been created with the guidance of the Medcom-Trainex advisory board, and are regularly reviewed for accuracy, currency, and compliance with US Federal regulations from agencies such as OSHA and CMS. They are widely used in nursing courses and hospitals. Additionally, the videos are fully captioned and can easily be embedded into Canvas courses.

This is a trial subscription for the next year. At the end of that time, the library will look at usage statistics to make sure it warrants our funds. If it proves to be a valuable resource for our students and instructors, we'll continue our subscription into future years.

Access Nursing Education in Video here, or through the CVTC library's database list, or CVTC library's OneSearch (screenshot below). Please reach out to Nicole Breed, health and education librarian (nbreed@cvtc.edu), for questions or demonstrations.