Earth Day – A Book Display

Book Displays, Our Collections

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April 22, 2015 is the 45th anniversary of Earth Day and will be celebrated around the world. Explore the topic further by viewing a PBS Earth Day video or a short NBC video on the history of Earth Day, or by browsing the many resources on the Sustainable Works website or the Earth Day Network.

Here are the Pecan Campus Biology Club’s top picks for Earth Day: Gasland, Food Inc., and Mother: Caring for 7 Billion (2011).

Join in the celebration by visiting the library and checking out one of our many books on the topic in the South Texas College Libraries. Here are a few titles to get started:

Ecotourists save the world : the environmental volunteer’s guide to more than 300 international adventures to conserve, preserve, and rehabilitate wildlife and habitats / Brodowsky, Pamela K.

Call number: G 156.5 .E26 B76 2010

A spring without bees : how colony collapse disorder has endangered our food supply / Schacker, Michael

Call Number: SF 538.5 .C65 S33 2008

The weather makers : how man is changing the climate and what it means for life on Earth / Flannery, Tim F.

Call Number: QC 981.8 .C5 F438 2005

Love Canal : And the Birth of the Environmental Health Movement (eBook) / Gibbs, Lois Marie

Save the Planet : 52 Brilliant Ideas for Rescuing Our World (eBook) / Marshall, Natalia

An unreasonable woman : a true story of shrimpers, politicos, polluters, and the fight for Seadrift, Texas / Wilson, Diane

Call Number: SH 20 .W55 A3 2005

Plastic ocean : how a sea captain’s chance discovery launched a quest to save the oceans / Moore, Charles

Call Number: GC 1085 .M66 2012

The eco-living handbook : a complete green guide for your home and life / Callard, Sarah

Call Number: GE 196 .C353 2009

Planetary citizenship : your values, beliefs, and actions can shape a sustainable world / Henderson, Hazel

Call Number: GE 195 .H46 2004

America Goes Green : An Encyclopedia of Eco-friendly Culture in the United States (eBook) / Duram, Leslie A.; White, Kim Kennedy

Gaia’s garden : a guide to home-scale permaculture / Hemenway, Toby

Call Number: SB 439 .H44 2009

Additionally, learn about environmental issues at Earth Times.

Contributed by Librarian, Maureen Mitchell

Rostros

Library Art Gallery, Pecan Campus, Previous Exhibits

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South Texas College’s Pecan Campus Library Art Gallery presents “Rostros” (Faces) where his characters come from the world of modeling and bullfighting. The decision to use these sources was easy and obvious to find beauty in their personality, as well as their gestures and in their facial structures. The exhibit opens, Thursday, February 5, 2015 and will be on view through May 15, 2015. The Pecan Campus Library Art Gallery is located at 3201 W. Pecan, 2nd Floor, McAllen, Texas. Admission is free and open to the public.

Mr. Ricardo Benavides is a graduate of The University of Texas Pan American where he received a Bachelor’s of Fine Art in 2006. In 2014 he obtained his Masters of Fine Arts from at the University of Texas Pan American.

The exhibit displays paintings of acrylic and oil. Mr. Benavidez’ objective with this exhibit is for the viewers to enjoy the beauty of his characters, sensuality and at the same time the post modern aesthetic that he has tried to capture in his series entitled “Rostros” (Faces).

South Texas College’s Library Art Gallery Program exhibits, regional, national and international artwork, explores new visions and theories of creativity and introduces innovative artistic expressions to the South Texas region.

For more information contact 956-872-3488 or at ngarza24@southtexascollege.edu. You can also visit us at http://lag.suthtexascollege.edu.

New Database: Alexander Street Press: Stanford Executive Briefing Series

Databases, Our Collections

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The Library has added Alexander Street Press’ Stanford Executive Briefing Series: Thought Leaders collection of online videos.  Alexander Street Press is an online service that provides educational videos in streaming video format. The Stanford Executive Briefing Series: Thought Leaders collection consists of 20 lectures by corporate executives and scholars on leadership and business management topics.

Searching and viewing Alexander Street Press Stanford Executive Briefing Series videos does not require creating an account. However, by creating an account, users can create folders with playlists, share video segments by e-mail, or post video segments to online course management programs like Blackboard. The Stanford Executive Briefing Series collectioncan be accessed by selecting Alexander Street Press — Stanford Executive Briefing Series from the Library’s Databases page at http://library.southtexascollege.edu/resources/databases

Contributed by Jesús Campos, Director of Technical Services.

Presentation – “The War of the Rebellion: How the North Crushed the South”

Author / Scholar Visit, Library Events, Mid-Valley Campus, Previous Events

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Our Library will be featuring guest speaker Nathaniel Weber on Thursday, April 9 at 1:00pm.  The focus of his talk will be “The War of the Rebellion: How the North crushed the South, 1861-1865.  We hope you or your students can attend.  

For more information on these events please call (956) 447-1288 or visit http://library.southtexascollege.edu/libraryevents.

All events are free and open to the community.

Presentation: “Border Contraband: A History of Smuggling Across the Rio Grande”

Author / Scholar Visit, Library Events, Mid-Valley Campus, Pecan Campus, Previous Events, Starr County Campus

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Present-day smuggling across the U.S.-Mexico border is a professional, often violent, criminal activity. However, it is only the latest chapter in a history of illicit business dealings that stretches back to 1848, when attempts by Mexico and the United States to tax commerce across the Rio Grande upset local trade and caused popular resentment.

This April, Dr. George Diaz will join the South Texas College Library to discuss the first history of smuggling across the U.S.-Mexico border based on the research for his book Border Contraband: A History of Smuggling Across the Rio Grande.

Dr. Diaz will visit three of South Texas College’s campuses. On April 6th at 1:00 pm, he will visit the MidValley campus library, and at 6:00 pm, he will visit the Pecan campus library. To conclude his visit, Dr. Diaz will visit the Starr campus library on April 7th at 10:00 am. Following his discussion, there will be an opportunity to purchase his book and have the author sign it.

“The topic is very relevant to the news we hear every day, but it is fascinating to learn about how it happened historically for over 160 years,” said librarian Esther Garcia. “Dr. Diaz visit will help illuminate our border’s history.”

For more information on these events please contact Esther Garcia at (956) 872-6485 or egarcia10@southtexascollege.edu or visit http://library.southtexascollege.edu/libraryevents. All events are free and open to the community.

Who Knew? Searching Google Scholar

Databases, Our Collections

Did you know you can search for journal articles from our TexShare Databases in Google Scholar? From Google Scholar, click on Settings as shown below.

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Next, click on Library links on the left which will bring up a search box. Type South Texas College and search to bring up the below options. Check: Open WorldCat and South Texas College, and Save.

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In Google Scholar, search your keywords, for example, “adhesive capsulitis” “mobilization techniques”, will bring up the below results. To see the article from our databases, click on the Texshare EBSCOhost link. To find more articles on the same topic, click on Related articles. To see the article citation in several formats, click on Cite.

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Additionally, students of Paralegal Studies can find case law in Google Scholar by clicking on the case law option found below the search box on the initial Google Scholar search page, in the top illustration.

Contributed by Librarian, Maureen Mitchell

 

Burning Flowers

Library Art Gallery, Previous Exhibits, Technology Campus

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The South Texas College Library Art Gallery is preparing for its newest exhibit “Burning Flowers” featuring works by local photographer Errol Hodgson. The exhibit opens Monday, March 2, 2015, and will be on view through May 8, 2015, at the South Texas College Technology Campus Library. In addition, Hodgson will conduct an artist lecture on Thursday, March 5, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. at the Technology Campus, Bldg. A, Room 179.  The South Texas College Technology Campus is  located at 3700 W. Military Hwy. in McAllen. Admission to the exhibit and artist lecture is free and open to the public.

In this exhibit, Hodgson focuses on his interpretation of flowers. “To me, flowers represent the beginning of loving relationships and the ending of life,” said Hodgson.

“Those who visit the exhibit will be able to use their imagination,” said South Texas College Library Specialist Maximilian Garcia. “The public is invited to do the same with “Burning Flowers” at the Technology Campus Art Gallery.”

Originally from New York, Hodgson moved to the Rio Grande Valley in 2010. In 2013, he earned an associate’s degree in computer maintenance from South Texas College.

The South Texas College Library Art Gallery exhibits regional, national and international artwork, explores new visions and theories of creativity and introduces innovative artistic expressions to the South Texas region.

For more information, contact Maximilian Garcia at max@southtexascollege.edu, (956) 872-6207, or visit library.southtexascollege.edu/newsevents/libraryartgallery.

Victor Alvarez: Conquering a Wayward Body with Winning Spirit

Library Art Gallery, Previous Exhibits, Starr County Campus

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South Texas College’s Starr County Campus Library Art Gallery presents “The Art of Victor Alvarez, conquering a wayward body with a winning spirit” an exhibit featuring the paintings of Victor Alvarez. The exhibit opens Thursday, Feb. 5th and will be on view through Monday, May 4th, 2015 at STC’s Starr County Campus Library Art Galley which is located at 142 FM 3167 in Rio Grande City. There will be an art talk on Monday, February 16th at 1:00 pm. Admission is free and open to the public.

Victor Alvarez was a Bill Gates Millennium Scholar at the University of Texas-Pan American. Alvarez had Spinal Muscular Atrophy and could not walk, sit up or lift his head without assistance, nonetheless he was a poet, a newspaper columnist, a motivational speaker, an award-winning artist. “His paintings primarily focused on his understanding of himself and his place in the world as an artist, scholar, and person of value despite his physical frailty” says Yolanda Morado.

The exhibit displays paintings of acrylics, ink, charcoal, pencil and digital media. Yolanda Morado who adopted Victor Alvarez and who will be giving the art talk on his paintings says that art was a driving force for Victor. “Art was Victor’s connection to the world around him and the way he expressed what was in his heart”.

South Texas College’s Library Art Gallery Program exhibits regional, national and international artwork, explores new visions and theories of creativity, and introduces innovative artistic expressions to the South Texas region.

For more information contact Terri Rosalez at 956-488-5822 or mtrosalez@southtexascollege.edu or visit http://lag.southtexascollege.edu.