Filmakers Library Online

Database Spotlight - Filmakers Library Online, an Alexander Street database, includes in its collection Sports Medicine and Exercise Science in Video Series and VAST: Academic Video Online. Fields of interest in Filmakers Library Online's database of videos range from history, architecture, art, classical music, education, psychology, and more. Films in this database are mostly documentaries but also include performance, biography, interview, news story, counseling session, diary/memoir/autobiography, dramatized scene, and instructional material videos. All content is searchable by content type, disciplines, titles, publishers, playlists, and clips. Filmakers Library Online offers online streaming and access to videos from any location as well as detailed help tips on searching and finding information in their database.

"Filmakers Library Online provides award­-winning documentaries with relevance across the curriculum - race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, the environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, literature, and more. It presents points of view and historical and current experiences from diverse cultures and traditions world­wide." -­ Filmakers Library Online

Spring Break Hours

Kimbel Library will be observing special hours during Spring Break. Click on the image to see the hours in more detail.

Women's History Month

March is Women's History Month. Check out various displays in the library and stay tuned to see the other ways Kimbel Library will be celebrating the immeasurable contributions of women to society.

Image via womenshistorymonth.gov

Seuss Birthday

You would not, could not,
Want to miss...
A celebration,
Such as this!

Please join us to celebrate the life and inspiration of Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, on Wednesday, March 2 at 2:30 p.m. in the Bryan Information Commons foyer. We will serve cake, have freebies, and host a "guess the number of goldfish" contest. The winner will take home a Dr. Seuss themed prize pack and a copy of the movie The Lorax.

Image courtesy tubbyandcoos

Blind Date with a Book

Kimbel Library is playing matchmaker this February in celebration of Valentine's Day. We will help arrange a meeting with you and a mystery book, wrapped in brown paper, with a only a few keys to its identity written on the cover. With a little information, you can decide whether or not to take it home with you. No peeking! Bring the book to the circulation desk to check it out!

Black History Month

This February, in honor of Black History Month, the Kimbel Library is asking you to test your knowledge of some key figures by taking our "They Made their Stamp on History" quiz. The quiz is located in the foyer and is open to all current CCU students. The grand prize is an unframed motivational poster featuring the images of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela, Bob Marley and Barack Obama entitled "The Thinker."

LIBR Courses

Do you want to improve your research skills? LIBR courses focus on finding, evaluating and using information sources. The library has two different one-credit online courses that start on March 14.

LIBR 103 introduces students to research using a variety of research tools, and LIBR 123 introduces students to using business sources in research. These online courses challenge students to think critically about information, such as how what is considered the best source may change based on what information is needed and how it will be used.

For more information about LIBR courses, please contact Amy Fyn, Coordinator of Library Instruction, at afyn@coastal.edu or x4092.