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Database Spotlight – Films on Demand

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Have you checked out Films on Demand  yet? At Films On Demand, content matters. Their video library has been assembled not just with a focus on volume, but also with a discerning eye for quality and relevance. It is the result of decades of careful curating with a single guiding principle: providing every academic department on campus with the most essential video titles for their field of study. We have access to a huge collection of films and documentaries, ranging from publishers like HBO, Arte France, CNBC, PBS, and The History Channel. You can browse the collection by subject, recently added, video type (i.e. Documentary, feature film, animation, newsreel), original language, and features of the month.

How can you use Films on Demand?

  • Find inspiration and material for research papers and presentations
  • Captioning and interactive, searchable transcripts on all titles
  • Keyword tags for all content, linking to related material
  • Follow up on a clip used by a professor in class and watch the rest of the video
  • Get citations for all videos in MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and APA formats, with up-to-date citation creation and export
  • View videos anywhere, 24/7

You can access Films on Demand* from his blog post or from our Databases page.

* Please note: to access databases off campus, you will need to enter your STC username and password.

Contributed by Library Specialist William Heinrich.

Technology upgrade

Technology Upgrade

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Technology Upgrade
Discovery Search will be down from 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. on Friday, September 6th, for a technology upgrade. During the upgrade, you will be unable to search on-campus items, view your checkouts, renew items, or place items on hold.

2018 Veterans Expo

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Please join us, Thursday, November 15, 2018, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at the South Texas College Pecan Campus Library for the 2018 Veteran’s Expo.  Come learn about the services provided by STC to help you succeed.  Some participating agencies will be:

  • Texas Veterans Commission
  • Employers seeking Veterans
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars
  • American Legion
  • Family Endeavors
  • VIDA
  • UTRGV TRANSITION
  • and much more……….

All Students, Staff, Faculty and Veterans Welcome!!!!

For more information please contact Mr. Jessie Luna at 956-872-2606

National Novel Writing Month Lecture Series Presents: Daniel Chacon

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Daniel Chacon

Please join us, Thursday, November 8 at 6:00 pm, as we welcome Mr. Daniel Chacón.

Mr. Chacón is the author of five books of fiction, including Hotel Juárez, Stories, Rooms and Loops andThe Cholo Tree. He is editor of A Jury of Trees, the posthumous poems of Andrés Montoya and The Last Supper of Chicano Heroes: The Selected Works of José Antonio Burciaga. 

He has won the Southwest Book Award, the American Book Award, the Pen-Oakland Prize for Fiction, and the Hudson Prize, among others. His work has been translated into Spanish, Italian, and Swedish. He is cohost of Words on a Wire, a radio show about books. https://soychacon.wordpress.com

Harvest of Health-Treasure Your Health

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Harvest of Health

Please come and enjoy the fun! South Texas College Nursing and Allied Health Division Invites you to the 11th Annual Harvest of Health “Treasure Your Health”

STC’s Nursing and Allied Health Community Outreach Committee will host the event. It is a great way to see what types of programs NAH offers and for students to educate the community with health-related activities. There will be door prizes, a scavenger hunt, puppet show, haunted house, 911 services (McAllen Fire Department Smoke Trailer, McAllen Police Department, Air-Evac Helicopter), face painting, dementia tour, karaoke, photo booth, massage bar, and food.

Date: Thursday, November 15, 2018

Where: Nursing and Allied Health Campus

Time: 4pm-7pm

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month

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October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month which is an annual campaign to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity. The Internet touches almost all aspects of everyone’s daily life, whether we realize it or not. National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) is designed to engage and educate public and private sector partners through events and initiatives to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity, provide them with the tools and resources needed to stay safe online, and increase the resiliency of the Nation in the event of a cyber incident.

Please join us at our four of our South Texas College Libraries for a presentation about the resources you need to stay safe and secure online.

Wednesday, October 10th. Mid-Valley Campus Library, E1.106 at 10am. 

Thursday, October 11th. Technology Campus Auditorium at 10am. 

Tuesday, October 16th, Starr Campus Library, Event Room K1.200 at 10am.

Thursday, October 18th, Pecan Campus Library, F-102 at 10am.

 

Family Reading Night 2018

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Want to find some fun entertainment for the entire family? Your local library is a good place to start. And you can get to know your South Texas College Mid-Valley Campus Library at its annual “Family Reading Night” on Wednesday, Oct. 17 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The free event, which is open to the public, is held in conjunction with Reading Week.

“We want to help children develop a love of reading and to encourage Valley parents to read with their children,” said Lillian Carrillo, Mid-Valley Campus Librarian. “Our college’s libraries are a gateway to the community, and we hope that participants will not only take advantage of these fun activities, but also learn more about some of the great services that the college has to offer.”

The night’s festivities include book distribution by South Texas Literacy Coalition, entertainer Teensy Weensy the Clown, face painting and a variety of arts and crafts activities for the entire family offered by The Storybook Garden, and Mayor Joe V. Sánchez Public Library.  As an added bonus, fun opportunities will be featured by the college’s Architectural & Engineering Design Technology Program, Office Administration Program, Construction, Electrician & HVACR Program, Mid Valley Education Club, Jerry the Jaguar, and a special photo booth.

While on campus, attendees have the opportunity to use the library’s free services or anyone 18 years or older may sign up for a Community Library Card, which allows community members to check out books at any of STC’s libraries for free.

The library is located in Building E1.200 at 400 N. Border in Weslaco. For more information about the event contact Lillian Carrillo at 956-447-6663.