More New Databases!

The Library is excited to offer several new databases, made available to us through PASCAL.

You may know that PASCAL (Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries) provides rapid delivery of books from other South Carolina college libraries, but did you know that we get a great deal on many of our databases from PASCAL as well?

This summer, we were able to add several new databases that will support the social sciences and many of our new courses and programs. New databases are:

• Criminal Justice with Full Text   About|Search
• Film and Television Literature Index with Full Text About|Search
• Political Science Complete  About|Search
• Women’s Studies International   About|Search
• International Security and Counter-Terrorism Reference Center   About|Search
• Entrepreneurial Study Source   About|Search

In addition, our most-used database, Academic Search Premier, has been upgraded to Academic Search Complete, which includes almost twice the content of ASP, both in the number of full text journals and the number of full-text, peer-reviewed journals.

Business Source Premier has likewise been upgraded to Business Source Complete, which now includes case studies, ebooks, and executive interviews in addition to more business journal content. The addition of Business Insights: Global  this summer supports business students with two outstanding business databases.

Kimbel Library is pleased to offer these new resources. Happy searching!

Blackboard Resources for Students and Faculty

Kimbel Library provides many online resources to help faculty and students be successful with Blackboard courses this semester. Check out our Resource Guides and some new additions below.


The  Blackboard Resource Guide for Students provides Test Taking Tips (NEW) and step-by-step guides for FAQ's:

• Submitting an assignment 
• Sending email in Blackboard 
• Taking a test 
• Posting to a discussion forum. 

There is also the Blackboard Resource Guide for Faculty. On the NEW Accessibility Page, see How to Provide Extended Time on a Test for students who require this accommodation and link to make Microsoft 2010 document accessible.

Good luck this semester!

The Top 10 Library Resources

This year we've added Top-10 Books and Top-10 Videos!

0 Current Spot          0 Previous Spot          NEW New Top 10 Entry


Top 10 Print Periodicals

1	1	Newsweek
2	3	Rolling Stone
3	2	Time
4	NEW	Hola
5	5	Fortune
6	4	Bloomberg Business Week
7	6	School Arts
8	NEW	Bunte Illustrierte
9	9	Forbes
10	10	National Geographic

Top 10 Online Resources

1	1	Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
2	5	Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
3	NEW	The Elementary School Journal
4	NEW	Middle School Journal
5	NEW	Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
6	NEW	Reading Teacher
7	NEW	YC Young Children
8	NEW	American Political Science Review
9	10	Journal of Athletic Training
10	NEW	Chronicle of Higher Education

Top 10 Books

1	Critical Essays on Kate Chopin, edited by Alice Hall Petry
2	Kate Chopin, by Peggy Skaggs
3	Kate Chopin, by Emily Toth
4	F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Collection of Criticism, edited by Kenneth E. Eble
5	The Poems of Robert Frost: An Explication, by Mordecai Marcus
6	Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman: Text and Criticism, edited by Gerald Weales
7	Kate Chopin: A Study of the Short Fiction, by Bernard Koloski
8	F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Study of the Short Fiction, by John Kuehl
9	Twentieth Century Interpretations of Death of a Salesman, edited by Helene Wickham Koon
10	The Complete Poems and Stories of Edgar Allan Poe

Top 10 Videos

1	The Godfather DVD Collection
2	The Effective Teacher
3	Alles Gute!: A German Course for Television
4	A History of Britan
5	Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts
6	Dr. Who: The Complete Third Series
7	MythBusters: Season 1
8	The Scarlet Letter: A Romance
9   2 TIES	Shakespeare in Love and Taxi Driver
10 3 TIES	Beckett on Film, Jazz, and Super Size Me

The new Research Consultation Room

Have you seen the Research Consultation Room on the second floor of Bryan Information Commons? The Consultation Room is staffed during Bryan Information Commons hours of operation. Feel free to drop by!

Would you like help with papers, research or citation and know that your questions might require a bit more time? Then you can schedule a one-on-one research consultation with a librarian from 1-7 p.m. on weekdays. A Librarian will help you search databases, find the types of sources required for your assignments, and even help you with citation!


Through September, keep an eye out for weekly questions written on the whiteboards in Bryan Information Commons. Bring your answers to the Research Consultation Room to get some free candy. Students, you can also enter your name into a drawing for 2 free movie tickets to the Grand 14 at Market Commons in Myrtle Beach! The winner will be announced the first week of October on our Facebook page.

Pulp and Pixels Newsletter for Fall

Pulp and Pixels, the online newsletter for Kimbel Library, has been completely re-designed! Featuring a sleek new look, the newsletter includes a slideshow of articles on topics that you, our users, expressed an interest in, as well as information about important upcoming events taking place in Kimbel Library and Bryan information Commons and regularly-updated surveys, polls and quizzes. We want to continue providing access to library services in the way that is best for you, so let us know what you think. Enjoy!

Has anyone seen the Information Desk?

Wondering where all of helpful, smiling faces at the reference desk went? Well, we didn't just move. We built an even better desk for you to visit in the Bryan Information Commons!

Introducing the Peter C. Bolton Help Desk, a one-stop shop for all of your circulation, reference, and information technology needs:

Both circulation services and reference assistance are available at this desk during normal hours of operation (24/6 starting Tuesday, Sept. 4), and Student Computing Services will hold the following hours:

Monday through Thursday: 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Sunday: 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Also, all equipment needed to use the newly installed ENO boards (interactive whiteboards) found in the study rooms of the Bryan Information Commons can be checked out at the Bolton Help Desk. Please, let us know if you need assistance. We're here to help!

New databases from DISCUS

Kimbel Library has access to about 15 new databases this semester, thanks to DISCUS (Digital Information for South Carolina Users), a program from the South Carolina State Library.

The good news is that most of the new databases are on the EBSCO platform, which is easy to use and familiar to most students.

Some of the new databases available as of July 1^st are:

• Education Full Text: full-text articles on special, multi-cultural and adult education and literacy standards.
• Bloom’s Literary Reference: articles on literary criticism, topics and themes.
• European Views of the Americas 1493-1750: a digital archive of printed records about the Americas.
• Fuente Académica: scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain.
• Points of View Reference Center:  essays on current issues.
• Religion and Philosophy Collection: full-text articles on denominations, biblical studies, epistemology, political and moral philosophy.
• Teacher Reference Center: index of best practices, curriculum development, instructional media and literacy standards.
• Professional Development Collection: full-text education journals and educational reports.

Find ALL of Kimbel Library’s databases under the Databases tab on the Library page.