Streaming Music Now Available

CLC Library added Music Online, a streaming music service to its list of databases.  Music Online includes collections for American Song, Classical Music, Jazz, Contemporary World Music, and the Smithsonian Global Sound, all searchable through the Music Online interface.  It also includes some popular music

This resource is available to current CLC students, faculty and staff and can be found on the library's digital downloads page.  Using Music Online you may create an account to maintain personal playlists that can be shared with other CLC students and faculty.  Though this is a streaming service, there are free weekly downloads available, featuring songs from all of the collections.


You can explore some of the collections in Music Online using the links below.

• Jazz Music Library
• Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries
• Classical Music Library
• American Song
• Contemporary World Music

Let Us Know What You Think About Streaming Music

The library wants to know what you think!

We have set up a trial to a potential database of streaming music called Music Online from Alexander Street Press that can accessed from all of our campus locations. Music Online is a broad, comprehensive resource available for the study of classical, jazz, world, and American music. Using this resource you can browse and search the interface to obtain results in streaming audio, scores, and more. You can also create play lists, embed songs in pages, and sign up for free downloads.

You can access the database from on campus using this link.
http://music.alexanderstreet.com

Use this form to let us know what you think.

See this announcement on our website

Films On Demand: Sexy Inc.: A Critical Look at the Hypersexualization of Childhood

Sexy Inc.: A Critical Look at the Hypersexualization of Childhood

The eroticization and physical objectification that are staples of the youth-focused business/media complex give the impression that exploitative, age-inappropriate sexuality is natural, normal, and even necessary. This documentary condemns the hypersexualization of kid culture and exposes the severely damaging effects of hypersexuality on young psyches—female, predominantly, but male as well. Pervasive Internet porn, which serves children as a toxic artificial standard for sexual intimacy, is also addressed. Commentary is provided by psychologist Sharon Lamb, medical and education professionals, and others working to offset the pernicious effects of “Sexy Inc.” in children’s lives. Contains mature themes and explicit language and imagery. A viewable/printable facilitation guide is available online. Original CBC broadcast title: Sexy Inc.: Our Children under Influence. (Portions in French with English subtitles, 26 minutes)

View the Video

(users must have a valid CLC ID number to watch this film)

Films On Demand

The Library has added Films on Demand to its list of electronic resources.  You can use Films on Demand to access videos from any subject from both on campus and from home with authentication using your CLC ID.

In addition to being able to watch streaming video from on campus and from home, you can also create an account with Films on Demand and maintain a list of favorites, create a play list of different video titles, and email links to a video.  Films on Demand also has a built in citation generator that will create a citation for any video in either MLA or Chicago style.  Films on Demand also allows for direct linking to videos or play lists, using the Title URL, so you can get to a particular video and add these links to any application.

These tutorials can help get you started.

Searching Basics
Browsing Basics

My Media Mall: A Students Perspective

As a child born and raised in the age of technology, I have watched it grow and evolve as I have done the same. Technology is slowly replacing the need for physical texts (for example, the Amazon Kindle), and this push towards more convenient access by students and faculty to reference and source materials is persistent. MyMediaMall enables a user to gain instant access to a very wide selection of various media, including books in electronic form (Audiobooks, eBooks). 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, you can access this database and ‘check out’ books to download to your PDA, digital devices, music players, and all Apple Products, such as the iPod. All that is required is your CLC ID and an internet enabled computer. You can even rent videos of concerts and other media either for education or recreation!

By simply visiting the main website, MyMediaMall.net, and searching through the archives, you can select what you wish to download and ‘check out’ your media. As long as you have your CLC ID you can use the material as you wish with no late fees or worries about returns. Also, the files can be downloaded to any of your digital media players or devices, as well as burnt to CD’s!

Illinois Holocaust Museum and Resource Center (Library)

First hand information enriches student research, and the recently opened Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, located in Skokie offers students at CLC researching topics of worldwide genocide today, World War II and the Holocaust access to an incredible collection of artifacts, artwork, videos.

The facility also houses the Brill Resource Center --a library with a collection of 13,000 items, all of which are searchable through the library’s online catalog, and soon available through the OCLC WorldCat (FirstSearch) database. Although the library does not allow materials to be circulated, there is a reading room and 16 computers with access to databases and of the library’s resources during open hours. Access to the library is free and open to the public (12 years or older unless supervised by an adult). This Pioneer Press article provides more information about the Resource Center.

For readers, these are some recommended titles about the Holocaust. Check CLC and your local public library.

The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
Hana’s Suitcase (Karen Levine)
A Mad Desire to Dance (Elie Wiesel)
Nazi Officer’s Wife: How one Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust (Edith Beer)
Stones from the River
Those who Save Us

Zookeeper's Wife

Nominate a Librarian

There's still time to nominate your favorite public, school, or college librarian for the "I Love My Librarian! award.

The Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award encourages library users to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional public, school, college, community college, or university librarians. The awards program will demonstrate how librarians are improving the lives of the people in their communities.

The deadline is October 9th, 2009. Click here for more details. And, don't forget your CLC Librarians!

What I'm Reading this Week

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
What are YOU reading this week?

Don't overlook this literary gem because you can't remember the title!
These are a few reasons to read it.

The author was a librarian, and her love of books shows through.

In fact, she loves the printed, or handwritten letter--and the exchange of letters provides the format of the book. At first, this is infuriating since it is impossible to keep up with the many characters, but if you persist, you will not be able to put it down. The characterizations are rich: I especially loved that the heroine is tempestuous, and is subject to outbursts (well deserved) where she throws things.

If you viewed the BBC Series, Foyle's War, this little book will fill in many of the blanks about the history of the Channel Islands and their occupation during World War II.

People don't realize that CLC has bestselling titles in fiction and nonfiction. If you are waiting for a copy at your public library, don't overlook CLC Libraries.

At CLC Libraries copies of this popular book are found in formats for everyone. At this moment a copy of the audiobook is available to check out. You can also place a hold for the print copy (I'm returning it today) or one of the audiobooks or ebook copies from MyMediaMall.

Check the CLC Catalog for this title.

Why Print When You Can Email?

Many of the electronic resources and databases allow users to email articles to themselves or others. This is an excellent solution for instructors who require proof of an article for a paper or project, but who also want to cut down on excessive printing. You can choose to send it to yourself, or to another recipient. Another advantage of emailing an article or source to yourself is that you are creating another backup copy of your work to fall back on.

Below are just a few of our databases that allow users to email articles:

Academic Search Premier
Business Source Elite
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune Historical
CQ Researcher
Credo Reference
Eric
Film & Television Literature Index
Gale Literature Resource Center
Health Source
LexisNexis Academic
Military and Government Collection
Newspaper Source
Opposing Viewpoints
Primary Search
PsychInfo
Regional Business News
PsycArticles
Sage Reference
SocINdex
WILSON WEB

Spring Break 2009

It's Spring Break! And boy do we need it! Just in case you want to do some research over the next week, here's some information you may find useful.

Not on campus? Don't worry.

• Remember that you can use our online resources like EBSCO, Westlaw, and Wilson, any hour of the day by visiting our website at: http://library.clcillinois.edu/ Your CLC ID number will gain you access.

Need to visit our library?

• The Grayslake Campus library is open March 30 through April 3rd, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. We are open the weekend of March 28 & 29 the following times - Saturdays 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sundays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. We are CLOSED on April 4th and April 5th.


• Branch locations, both Lakeshore and Southlake , are closed next week, March 30 through April 3rd.


• Librarians will be available if you need one-on-one assistance.

Still have questions?

• Call the Reference Desk at 847-543-2071.


• Email librarians at: library@clcillinois.edu


• IM Library Screen Names:
  AIM and Yahoo!: CLCLibrary
  MSN: CLCLibrary@hotmail.com

Library Database Provides Audio Software to "Read" Article Text

This feature is ideal for those with difficulty with reading for whatever reason. The text is read by computer-driven software that does not need to be loaded onto your computer. You can therefore hear a reading of the text of any full-text article in the Wilson databases.

To access the Wilson databases, go to the database page on the library website (http://library.clcillinois.edu/database.cfm). Select "Wilson" from the alphabetical listing.

1. Search in WilsonWeb by your chosen subject or keyword (Example: Diabetes)
2. At the results screen- select full text- it has to be full text HTML for the audio portion to work.
3. Then select the article you want to see and go to full article view – select at the bottom of the page "Translate Full Text."
4. This opens a new window- POPUP window and the audio begins to play! You can also select to translate to a different language--like Spanish or German!