Subject Guides

6/19/08 

 

Enter your name next to the subject guides you want to update and maintain. If someone has signed up for a guide you want to work on, please contact that person and work it out. Please note certain subject guides that appear under more than one heading (e.g. Writing Assignments & Citations, ESL, etc.)

 

Instead of listing the individual databases on each subject guide, you can link to the subject list of databases. For example, on the Education subject guides, you could put a link to the education databases (http://www.tcc.edu/lrc/indexes/dbsub.htm#edu).

 

Please comment on the organization of the subject guides--some guides should be under more than one category, some guides should be considered for deletion, some guides should be renamed. My suggestions are below. I will wait to send the revised subject guide page until you all have a chance to comment. I would appreciate having comments by June 26.

 

Thanks,

Brittany

 

Contribute Tips (handout for getting starting with Contribute) - Ruth

contact Ruth Midgett, assistant webmaster, Rmidgett@tcc.edu to get contribute installed on your machine and to get rights to the subject guides folder

 

 

Arts & Humanities

Architecture E. Vihnanek

Art Resources B. Wright

Culinary Arts Ruth Shumate

Drama & Theater Cheryl

Film Criticism Hanlin

History, United States **Also under Social Sciences - Ruth Shumate

History, Western Civilization **Also under Social Sciences - Ruth Shumate

History, World Civilization **Also under Social Sciences - Ruth Shumate

Interior Design Carol

Music Appreciation Ruth Shumate

Philosophy **also under Arts & Humanities Sarah 

 

Business & Economics

Business - Steve

Careers **Also under General and Education Dawn

Economics - Steve

Hospitality Ruth

Real Estate - Steve

 

Education

Careers Dawn

Colleges/Education E. Vihnanek

Copyright B. Wright

Developmental Disabilities/Special Ed Carol

Early Childhood Education- E. Vihnanek

ESL (English as a Second Language) **also listed under Lang & Lit Cheryl

GED: Mary

Information Literacy - Steve

Leadership Ruth Shumate

Libraries B. Wright

Stress Management Brittany

Test Preparation: Hanlin

Travel D. Walton

Writing Assignments and Citations **also listed under General and Lang & Lit Hanlin

Learning Centered College

Teacher Preparation E. Vihnanek

Service Learning Mary

 

General

Biography Carol

Careers Dawn

Kids' Sites Beverly

Primary Sources Elizabeth & BethanySearching the Internet Beverly

 

Speeches: Mary

Statistics Steve

Writing Assignments and Citations: Mary

 

Health Sciences Brittany will do all

Addiction

Anatomy

Attention Deficit Disorder

Bioethics

Biology **also under Sciences (Natural and Physical)

Cancer

Child Abuse/Neglect **also listed under Public Affairs & Law

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Death and Dying

Domestic Violence

Emergency Medical Technology

Environmental Health and

Gerontology/Geriatrics

Health

Health Statistics

Medication

Nursing

Nutrition

Occupational Therapy

Physical Therapy

Polysomnography

Psychology

Radiography/Radiology

Respiratory Therapy

Stress Management

Toxicology 

 

Languages & Literature

African American Authors - B. Harrison

American Sign Language/Deaf  Ruth Shumate

Book Reviews  D.Walton

Copyright (this was also under education) B. Wright

ESL (English as a Second Language) Cheryl

Foreign Languages Ruth Shumate

French Language Ruth Shumate

Journalism Cheryl

Literature Mary Hanlin

Poems Mary Hanlin

Primary Sources Elizabeth & Bethany

Russian Language Ruth Shumate

Spanish Language B. Wright

Technical Writing Brittany

Writing Assignments and Citations: Hanlin

 

News & Current Issues

Arab-Israeli Conflict - B. Harrison

Biography Carol

Biological Warfare - B. Harrison

Controversial Topics - D. Walton

Current Events Ruth Shumate

Hoaxes Cheryl

Newspapers Ruth Shumate

Public Opinion Ruth Shumate

 

Public Affairs & Law

Abortion Dawn

Affirmative Action Dawn

African Americans Dawn

American Wars/Conflicts Ruth Shumate

Brown vs. Board of Education Dawn

Capital Punishment Dawn

Child Abuse/Neglect Dawn

Domestic Violence Dawn

Elections: Hanlin

Government D.Walton

Homeless Dawn

Human Rights  Ruth Shumate

Juvenile Justice Dawn

Law Dawn

Political Science (American)  Ruth Shumate

September 11, 2001 Dawn

Statistics Steve

US Armed Forces Dawn

Women's Rights Mary

 

Science (Applied & Math)

Automotive Carol

Computer Science - Ruth

Computer-aided Design E. Vihnanek

Engineering Ruth

Horticulture  Carol and Ruth

Mathematics - Steve

Statistics Steve

Telecommunications Roger

 

Sciences (Natural & Physical) - Sarah G. will take all.

Astronomy

Biology

Chemistry

Geology

Oceanography

Physics

 

Social Sciences

American Wars/Conflicts -Ruth Shumate

Criminology B. Wright

Funeral Services Brittany

Genealogy B. Wright

Geography Ruth Shumate

History, United States - Ruth Shumate

History, Western Civilization - Ruth Shumate

History, World Civilization - Ruth Shumate

Men's Studies Bob

Philosophy - Sarah G. will take. Should this be under Arts & Humanities also? (Done. Brittany)

Religion  E. Vihnanek

Russian Culture Ruth Shumate

Sociology Ruth Shumate

Women's Studies: Hanlin (Dessino too?)

 

 

Brittany's Suggestions:

ESL (English as a Second Language)--rename  ESL

Writing Assignments and Citations--rename Writing and Citations

Poems--rename Poetry

Consider deleting French Language, Holocaust (or is this used by a class?), Russian Culture, Russian Language, Smoking, Homeless, Capital Punishment, Brown vs. Board of Education, Affirmative Action, Attention Deficit Disorder,

Combine Domestic Violence and Child Abuse/Neglect

 

Carol's Suggestion:

Move Interior Design to Arts & Humanities (Done. Brittany)

 

Dawn's Suggestions:

Incorporate some of the topics under Public Affairs & Law into the Controversial Topics guide.

Should Careers only be under one heading or should it stay in 3 places as it is now?

 

Steve's Suggestions:

Regarding:  "Instead of listing the individual databases on each subject guide, you can link to the subject list of databases. For example, on the Education subject guides, you could put a link to the education databases."

One thing I want to see on a subject guide is a concise description of what each resource contains.  I realize that there is a separate "descriptions" page for databases.   I think it would be helpful to our students to make recommendations for specific databases on the subject guides, with reference to content available in each one.  The whole point of subject guides seems to be making recommendations like this. What do you all think?

Other thoughts:I think "Religion and Philosophy Collection" should be added to the "Arts & Humanities" category on the databases by subject page.  (Good catch.  I just added it. Beverly)

 

I agree with Sarah that the Philosophy subject guide should be added to Arts & Humanities.

 

I agree with Carol that “Interior Design” belongs under Arts & Humanities as Architecture does.

 

Ruth 

The language subject guides were requested by faculty members.

History is usually considered as a humanities. My undergraduate degree in history was in the humanities department. Some do consider it a social science so maybe both places.  History is covered mainly in the humanities databases. (Done. Brittany)

 

From Brittany: If a subject guide or any other help is requested by a faculty member for a specific class, could we urge him or her to put the content in BlackBoard? That way it targets the intended audience and doesn't muddle up the general list.

 

Mary:  I added a GED subject guide because I get a lot of GED questions, or we could just make it a subsection in another guide.  I like Steve's point about describing our databases in our subject guides, but we need to make the descriptions shorter than they are now.  Could we have, instead of bulky paragrahphs, database descriptors? I was also thinking every guide could have a link to the TCC ref account at the bottom with the heading something like "Tell Us What You Think."  I'd really like to encourage people to respond to these, and for us to think about their remarks and revise our guides accordingly.

 

Beverly:

The long page of database descriptions (designed to be printed) has outlasted it's initial purpose and needs to be redone.  I was thinking of having links to the descriptions on the vendor sites or VIVA so that we use the vendor information instead of recreating the wheel.  You could also add mouse-over text but then if the guide were printed for distribution the descriptions wouldn't show up. 

 

Regarding Steve's comments, his idea of a reason for recommendation would be more helpful than a description.  If a database is listed on a history subject guide then wouldn't one assume it has history sources in it?  But highlighting features related to class assignments would be very useful.  A database will have the same description but on various subject guides its reason for use might change. 

 

I think something to ponder is the purpose of the guides.  Is a subject guide a portal that combines library and college resources, a quick handout to print and distribute, an entry point for a specific class, a page to help students identify key word and related subjects and call numbers, or just a collection of links?  I guess it depends on the subject guide.  Does form follow function or function follow form?

 

Also, some of these guides really aren't guides but they didn't warrant a new folder on the server so I put them with the guides.  For example, kids sites, controversial topics and libraries are really just place holders for some very popular links.  So even though I'm trying to be hands off I wouldn't mind taking care of those non-subject guide subject guides. :) 

 

Like Ruth, I've added many links to guides at the request of teaching faculty and librarians.  Especially on the Writing & Citations guide.  Seems every English faculty member has their own favorite site. 

 

Lastly, what about a subject area for Vocational Guidance?  Then guides like nursing, horticulture, automotive, interior design, etc. could have their own spot.  Just a thought. 

 

Elizabeth:

Can we consider changing "Library Resources" to Databases? This would make more sense to the students.

 

Steve:

How often do these get printed?  Would it be worthwhile to include URLs for non-library resources?  Savvy students can just Google the resource title and get there.

 

Ruth:

Elizabeth, I think your idea for changing to "databases" is excellent! It does make more sense to me also.

 

Beverly:

I'd like to suggest the guides continue to recommend individual book titles that are available at most campuses.  We have so many good resources in print that are under utilized.  For example Ruth uses "Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History (REF E185.E54 2006)" that I think is very helpful along with "Browse E185".