Entries from February 2008

February 21, 2008

Yeast & Rocks & Accounting & Caves

Online tutorials are available in numerous disciplines and formats. Check out Yeast Cell & Rock cycle & Geology animations, 10 Steps to Accounting, or Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, all available through the HCC library Information Literacy Toolkit. Other tutorials on how to search databases or evaluate websites are listed on the library’s [...]

February 12, 2008

Myriad Resources, One Portal

The library website now boasts an Information Literacy page featuring How To tutorials, Tips for Your Topic subject guides, and a Student Showcase.  The page also provides access to the Faculty Toolkit and directions for scheduling instruction sessions in the library.  If you know of student work that deserves exhibition in the Showcase, or have [...]

February 7, 2008

Free Tax Help @ HCC (updated room location)

This ever-popular service provided by Highline Accounting students — Free Tax help — will start on Friday, February 15th
When: Only Fridays, including April 11, 2008 — 12:30pm-6:30pm
Where: Building 29-308
What to bring:

identification
well documented social security numbers for household family members as well as the individual
2006 tax return form 1040
2007 tax forms received in the mail [...]

February 5, 2008

New Tutorials: Scholarly articles and Subject Guides

We are making online tutorials for students and for faculty. Two new tutorials are on the definition of Scholarly Articles and on how to find our Subject Guides. These tutorials are available through the Faculty Toolkit for building information literacy.

February 1, 2008

250+ Killer Digital Libraries and Archives

Hundreds of libraries and archives exist online, from university-supported sites to individual efforts.  This list contains over 250 libraries and archives.  Its worth your while to scroll through the entire list, but at least check out Washington highlights, as selected by the Online Education Database:

King [...]