New titles: October 26, 2012

Title	Author(s)	Call number	ISBN
The Art of Public Speaking	Stephen Lucas	PN4129.15 .L83 2012	9780073406732
Business English for the 21st Century	Pat Taylor Ellison, Robert E. Barry	HF5726 .B27 2007	0131742914
Create Success	Jon Doyle	LB2343.32 .D69 2013	9780073375137
EKG Plain and Simple	Karen M. Ellis	RC683.5 .E5 E442 2011	9780132377294
Modern Dental Assisting	Doni Bird	RK60.5 .T67 2012	9781437717297
Public Speaking for College & Career	Hamilton Gregory	PN4121 .G716 2013	9780078036828
Student Workbook for Modern Dental Assisting	Toni Bird	RK60.5 .T67 2012 Workbook	9781437727289

IHE Library subscribes to Journal of American Dental Association, or JADA,  a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal about dental issues.  The cover story of the October issue is “Reporting Suspecting Child Abuse”—something that some dental office workers have to confront.  You can borrow a print copy, or find articles online.  Articles from issues that are at least a year old are available at http://jada.ada.org/.  This website also includes tables of contents and abstracts (summaries) of articles from issues past and present.  If you want help finding an article, ask your librarian.

IHE Library News Index, Updated October 2012

Last March, I posted IHE Library News Index: Which postings should I read?  All the blog entries posted at that time were categorized.  Since then, I have added some entries, and I am placing most of them in this index.  

You may not need to read every article on this blog, and it might not be obvious what each entry is about based on the title.  Just as the library’s bookshelves are sorted by subject, this entry shows divides the different blog entries into separate categories.  This page will be updated frequently.

IHE Collection 

New Resources: October 11, 2012  The most recent in a series of lists of books and other materials that are new to our library.

New Resources: September 28, 2012  This entry also features some hints about using a table of contents to determine how relevant a book is to you.

 

New Titles: August 31, 2012

 

New Resources: August 27, 2012

 

New Resources: August 20, 2012

 

New books: July 27, 2012

 

New Titles: July 16, 2012

 

Library Additions: June 21, 2012 Mostly classic American novels, some by William Faulkner

 

Additions to the Library: June 20, 2012 Including, but not limited to, books on New Jersey history

 

Additions to the Library: June 13, 2012 Including many volumes of The New York Times Index, a tool for finding articles that appeared in The New York Times

 

Additions to the Library: May 22, 2012; Multivolume Reference Books Including multiple volumes of Contemporary Literary Criticism and McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology:  An International Reference in Twenty Volumes Including an Index

 

Additions to the Library: April 13, 2012

 

New Books: March 12, 2012 

Leap Day Additions  A list of the five books we received February 29, 2012; an explanation why some books do not have ISBNs; and a brief look at the book Ways of Reading:  An Anthology for Writers.

February Books  A partial list of the books we received in February 2012

How are we doing?  Instructions for filling out a survey about IHE Library and a list of books that we received in January 2012

Resource Guides

Using the library—for academic success, career assistance, and just plain fun  An invitation to study in the library, a list of books in our collection about career success, and a note about our fiction

A Short Study of Studying  Ways that the library can help you develop good study habits, including books on how to succeed in school

Externship Resources If you’re curious about how to succeed in your externship, this blog entry should be useful.

Math Resources  A must-read for any IHE students who would like to improve their math skills

Writing Resources  Books on writing in our collection

Finding Books for Your Classes A chart showing where you are likely find books you need for your courses

 

News Briefs, March 28, 2012 Featuring instructions about using a popular website to practice your academic skills

 

A Presidential Library? Just in time for Election Day, a list of our books about Presidents from Washington to Obama.

 

Being an Informed Voter Tips on how to find out about what the candidates stand for and where you can go to vote.

 

I ♥ Books  A look at our books about the heart (and cardiology in general) and ways to find them, written in honor of Valentine’s Day

Information Literacy

What is a scholarly article?  A useful page to read if you have to find scholarly articles for a class but are not 100% sure what one is or how to tell it apart from a popular article

Can Books about Food Become Stale?  An example of why it is important to look at the copyright and publishing dates of books

You can get a Jersey City Free Public Library card  One of the best resources you can use to find information is a library card; find out how to get one

How is Research Like an Onion?  Learn about the important Rule of Three as it applies to research.

Using Computers and Researching on the Internet

What do the keys on your keyboard mean?  A guide for people who do not have a lot of experience with computers

Using Google: What You Can Do, What You Can't...  Many people use Google so much they take it for granted; others have no idea what it can do.  This article is for both groups of people

Using a search box Often the fastest way to find information on a website (including this one) is a little rectangle

Three Little Words--And, Or, and Not When looking for information online and on electronic databases, three very common words can save you a lot of time and frustration.

Something to remember when using the internet  One of the most important rules for researching online

Evaluating websites  How to decide whether or not you can the information you find online

What's wrong with these websites?  Practice your detective skills by figuring out why you should not trust some strange and sometimes funny websites

Google Scholar  Google has at least one tool for finding scholarly articles; this page shows some of its pros and cons

From Martians to Memes  What do you do if something you read on the internet seems strange?

Too Much Information:  Thanks to the internet, millions of pieces of information are at our fingertips.  Is there a downside to that?

Free Computer Classes Last summer, we offered IHE students and alumni a free class on using the computers, including the internet and Microsoft Word, Exel, and PowerPoint.  If enough people express interest, may offer the class again.

Career Help

Taking the GED; New blog from Career Services   If you did not finish high school but want to take classes at IHE, you can take the GED; this page shows you how to take it in Jersey City.

Résumé Writing   This page includes the essential parts of a résumé and three samples.

Network to get work  How can you use your connections to other people to get a job?

Web Resources for Job Hunters  There are many websites listing job openings, and this entry is a guide to some of the most useful ones.

Two Web Resources One site can help you focus your career search; the other can help you organize images in a fun, engaging way.

IHE Updates, March 6  Here are three hints and strategies that you may found useful.

Using the Online Catalog and Finding Books

How do I use our online catalog to find materials?  Look through our collection on this computer

How are the library books organized?  (Or, what do all the numbers and letters on the stickers on the books’ spines mean—and why should you care?) 

Truncation: Fewer letters, more results  A hint that can make searching in our catalog easier

The IHE Community

IHE Alumni Association One way in which you can network with people in the field and develop your career

A Nurse's Visit Read about a guest speaker’s talk at IHE

New Resources: October 11, 2012

Title	Author	Call number	ISBN
2012 HCPCS Level II	Carol J. Buck	R123 .B83 2012	9781455707713
2012 ICD-9-CM for Hospitals, Volumes 1, 2, 3	Carol J. Buck	RB115 .B827 2012	9781455707140
CPT 2012:  Current Procedural Terminology	Michelle Abraham, et al.	RB115 .C683 2012	9781603595674
Head, Neck & Dental Anatomy	Marjorie J. Short	QM311 .S48 2013	9781111306786
Human Diseases	Marianne M. Neighbors	RB111 .J66 2010	9781435427518
Understanding Human Behavior:  A Guide for Health Care Providers	Alyson Honeycutt	R727.3 .M55 2012	9781435486607
Using Medical Terminology	Judi Lindsley Nath	R123 .N38 2013	9781451115833
Venatech IV Trainer (CD-ROM)		RM 170 .V46 2004 CD
Workbook to Accompany Human Diseases	Marianne M. Neighbors	RB111 .J66 2010 Workbook	9781435427532

A Presidential Library?

With everyone gearing up for the, you might be wondering about what makes a great President.  You can read about Presidents in our nation’s history.  What qualities do the best Presidents seem to possess?  Which of this year’s candidates seems to have these traits?  Here are some of the IHE Library’s resources about the U. S. Presidents.

Title	Author	Summary	Call number	ISBN or LCCN
The Complete Book of U. S. Presidents	William A. DeGregorio	Lives of the Presidents from Washington to Reagan (who was President when the book was published)	E176.1 .D43 1984	ISBN 0934878366
Living Biographies of American Statesmen	Henry Thomas and Dana Lee Thomas	Lives of Presidents Washington, Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln, Cleveland, Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Wilson, and others	E176 .T54 1942	LCCN 42013211
A Documentary History of the United States	Richard D. Heffner, editor	Texts of “primary sources”—original materials— including important publications and speeches from American history, many by Presidents, from the eighteenth century to the twentieth.   Examples include The Declaration of Independence and Washington’s farewell address.	E173 .H5 1965	LCCN 65004162
Founders of Freedom in America:  Lives of the Men Who Signed the Constitution of the United States and So Helped to Establish the United States of America	David C. Whitney	A collection of short biographies of the Constitution signers, including Presidents George Washing ton and James Madison and other “founding fathers”	E221 .W57 1965	LCCN 65013057
Founders of Freedom in America:  Lives of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence and So Helped to Establish the United States of America	David C. Whitney	A collection of short biographies of the Declaration of Independence signers, including Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson and other “founding fathers”	E221 .W57 1964	LCCN 64013907
Lincoln:  A Novel	Gore Vidal	Before you see the upcoming movie Lincoln, you can read this novel.  It is considered biographical fiction because it combines real people and events with the author’s invention.  Biographical fiction imagines what real people were saying and thinking while their world was changing.	PS3543.126 L5 1984	ISBN 9780375708763
Chester Alan Arthur	Zachary Karabell	The biography of a man who never thought he would become President --until he did in 1881.	E692 .K37 2004	ISBN 0805069518
Theodore Roosevelt	Louis Auchincloss	The colorful life of the 26th President, in large type	E757 .A88 2002b	ISBN 0786241357
Sara and Eleanor:  The Story of Sara Delano Roosevelt and Her Daughter-in-Law, Eleanor Roosevelt	Janice Pottker	This book is about President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s mother and his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, one of the United States’ most active First Ladies.	E807.1.R56 P67 2004	ISBN 0312303408
An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Publications, 1991-2010, on Dwight David Eisenhower	Jessica Ziparo	An annotated biography is a list of books and other resources about a subject featuring notes and opinions and each one.  If you want to read about a subject but are not sure where to start, an annotated biography can help.  This book looks at other books about President Eisenhower.	E836 .Z56 2011	ISBN 9780615490809
A Thousand Days:  John F. Kennedy in the White House	Arthur M. Schlesinger	The term, cut short, of the 35th President	E841 .S3 1965	LCCN 65020218
Thirteen Days:  A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis	Robert F. Kennedy	The account of a crisis that test President Kennedy, written by his brother and Attorney General	E183.8.R9 K42 1969	LCCN 69015949
How the Good Guys Finally Won:  Notes from an Impeachment Summer	Jimmy Breslin	Not all books about Presidents have positive views of their subjects.  This book examines the events surrounding Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974.	E861 .B73 1975	ISBN 0670382078
American Hero	Larry Beinhart	American Hero is considered alternate history:  even though some of the characters, such as President George W. Bush, are real, the author creates events that never happened.  The movie Wag the Dog is loosely based on this satirical novel.	PS3552 .E425 A8 1993	ISBN 0679427260
Great  Speeches:  Volume 19 (DVD)	The Educational Video Group	Watch and listen to speeches by and about Presidents, including Lyndon Johnson and Obama.	PN6121 .G742 2004 DVD