Plagiarism Resource Now Available

Pine Technical College has placed a new link in Student Tools regarding plagiarism. Students have access to a resource explaining what it is and how to avoid it. It also gives tips for citations. Look under Academics>College Library>Student Tools>Plagiarism and Citations. Check out this new source!

New Books at PTC

The wild west: companion volume to the television series with a foreword by Dee Brown
Vietnam: A history, a companion to the PBS Television series
The diversity of life, by Edward O. Wilson, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes
Local wonders: seasons in the Bohemian Alps by Ted Kooser

Summer Session Ends

Another successful session ended on July 24th, 2009. The LRTC was a busy place, with students doing research papers and other course work on the computers. We had students in again this week checking their grades, and another orientation session as well.
The announcement went out to your email accounts, but worth mentioning here as well, the LRTC WILL BE CLOSED FOR FALL SEMESTER PREPARATIONS THE WEEK OF AUGUST 10-14. Please plan accordingly so you don't come in and find you can't use the LRTC.

Tax Dollars at Work for You!

The State of Minnesota funds the services we offer in the LRTC for your research needs.
This legislative session, the following appropriations were approved:

Subdivision 8. Electronic library for Minnesota (ELM). This section appropriates $900,000 each year for statewide licenses to online databases selected in cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education for school media centers, public libraries, state government agency libraries, and public or private college or university libraries.
Subd. 17. MnLINK Gateway and Minitex. Appropriates $6.031 million each year for MnLINK, the Minnesota Library Information Network and Minitex, a publicly supported network of academic, public, state government, and special libraries working to improve library service.

This legislation and the resulting access to special databases and cooperative services allow all types of Minnesota libraries to provide services at a much lower annual cost than if each library was acting and operating alone.

Career Center Brochure Now Available

Library staff have just completed a new career center brochure highlighting the many resources available in our Career Center in the Learning Resource and Technology Center. You may find a brochure in the LRTC. Stop in and see what we have.

Computers Update

The logins should be faster now with a change to the policies used when loading Vista.

Vista on LRTC Computers

The Vista operating system has been installed on the LRTC and lab computers for summer session. You will initially have a slow login time, this should speed up with subsequent logins. You also need to logon, logoff and on again in order for printing to work. Your first initial and last name along with your former password should still be operational, unless your password has expired. Email me if you have trouble logging on the computers.