The PSC Library is open M-W from 8am - 8pm and Th-F 8am - 4:30pm. Librarians are available to answer questions virtually through email or the "Chat Now" button at the bottom of the page.
Student technology drop off will be on December 11, 14, 15, and 16 from 9 am to 2 pm in the Atrium. This will be walk-in only without appointment slots. Anyone can drop off these laptops; it doesn’t have to the patron who checked them out. Faculty do not have to return technology and can renew by emailing Dawn at dsterning@prairiestate.edu.
Just in time for the end of the semester, we have our research guide, Video Tutorials: How-To Videos, which covers the entire research process. The guide has two new videos, Getting Started on Your Research Project and Prepping for Smarter Searching for Smarter Search Results. Make sure your students know where to find them, and if they run into any research challenges, they can always Ask a Librarian.
We miss all of you and one of the things we aren’t getting to experience is a sense of community. In an effort to try and bring people together, and have some much needed fun, this upcoming winter break we are hosting a book club. The book club will be an informal, “read anything” club meeting over social media throughout the course of the break. It will be followed by a Google Meet gathering on January 12 at noon to talk about what we read.
“Searching for information is often nonlinear and iterative, requiring the evaluation
of a range of information sources and the mental flexibility to pursue alternate avenues
as new understanding develops.”
Association of College and Research Libraries. (2015, February 9). Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. American Library Association. http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework
Since our newest research guide is dedicated to creating both Annotated Bibliographies and Literature Reviews, this is a great opportunity to talk about the ACRL (The Association of College and Research Libraries) frame, "Searching as Strategic Exploration."
Illustration of the search process. Inspired by Saunders, Mark, Lewis, Philip & Thornhill, Adran (2007)
To help our students with the research process, we can walk them through the steps of research, but we also need to help them tolerate failure. We need to guide them through the times when their research process is two steps forward, and one step back- or worse… one step forward and two steps back. In the end though, when they submit their work, they will have a greater understanding of the topic and have contributed their own voice to the body of knowledge.
It wouldn’t be the holidays without coming together to break bread. That isn’t a good idea this year, but the library would like to share some eBooks to whet your appetite.
 Chocolate : History, Culture, and HeritageLouis E. Grivetti and Howard-Yana Shapiro |
 Cuisine and Culture: A History of Food and PeopleLinda Civitello |
 In a French KitchenSusan Herrmann Loomis |
 Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good CookingSamin Nosrat |
 Vegetarian Viet NamCameron Stauch |
 La Cocina Mexicana: Many Cultures, One CuisineMarilyn Tausend, Ignacio Urquiza, and Ricardo Muñoz Zurita |
 The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through ScienceJ. Kenji López-Alt |
Recipes for Respect: African American Meals and MeaningRafia Zafar |
 My Kitchen YearRuth Reichl |
 Chicago: A Food BiographyDaniel R. Block and Howard Rosing |
 Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and FortuneRoselle Lim |
Every Nation Has Its Dish: Black Bodies and Black Food in Twentieth-Century AmericaJennifer Jensen Wallach |
Cooking Lessons: The Politics of Gender and FoodSherrie A. Inness |
Eating Puerto Rico : A History of Food, Culture, and IdentityCruz Miguel Ortíz Cuadra |
