Selections from The Wooden Books Series

NEW IN THE DCAD LIBRARY COLLECTION The Wooden Books Series http://www.woodenbooks.com N 7430.5 .M36 Perspective and other optical illusions by McNaughton, Phoebe Preview on Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=MilSmluPregC&lpg=PP1&dq=Perspective%20and%20other%20optical%20illusions%20by%20McNaughton%2C%20Phoebe.&pg=PP4#v=onepage&q&f=false NC 715 .S88 Islamic design: a genius for geometry by Sutton, Daud. Preview on Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=zASRP9wZVNQC&lpg=PP1&dq=Islamic%20design%3A%20a%20genius%20for%20geometry%20by%20Sutton%2C%20Daud.&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false Q 172.5 .S95 Symmetry: the ordering principle by Wade, David, 1941- [...]

Welcome to the plagiarism theater!

Watch these entertaining and informative videos identifying plagiarism courtesy of the Paul Robeson Library at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Enter the theater: http://library.camden.rutgers.edu/EducationalModule/Plagiarism/ Part 1: What is plagiarism http://library.camden.rutgers.edu/EducationalModule/Plagiarism/whatisplagiarism.html (View on Youtube http://youtu.be/4P05vgxDoPU) Part 2: Real life examples http://library.camden.rutgers.edu/EducationalModule/Plagiarism/reallifeexamples.html (View on Youtube http://youtu.be/96QEIDznXI4) Part 3: Cite is right http://library.camden.rutgers.edu/EducationalModule/Plagiarism/citeisright.html (View on Youtube [...]

Internet goes dark.

  http://sopastrike.com   http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa   http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/4574 = PIPA, SOPA and OPEN Act Quick Reference Guide This information is made available by the ACRL (“The mission of the ACRL Insider Weblog is to keep members current and informed on the activities, services, and programs of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), including publications, events, [...]

All rise for Bates in the library

New books for the IT king: Surveying the library domain: If you have a computer question, Bates has the answer. Find him on DCAD‘s 3rd floor and everywhere!

Lassitude

Franz Kafka @ DCAD

“A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.” Is English your second language or do you process information best auditorily?  Put your feet up and listen to the online full-text reading of The Metamorphosis.  Follow along with English subtitles on YouTube http://youtu.be/3tSKpgwLYlw. Book cover designed by DCAD student Hayleigh Cooper as extra [...]

Quick guides to study Notecards

Click on images to zoom in. Text modified from Christine Tate’s class requirements as found on her website http://christinetate.info.

EXTENDED LIBRARY HOURS

The research paper for Art History III and Writing & Literature III is due on Wednesday, November 2nd.  Therefore, to allow more time for last minute research, writing, and citation tinkering, the library offers extended hours. Sunday, October 30th = 2 to 8 p.m. (extra 2 hours from the usual 6 p.m. closing) Monday, October [...]

Identifying Scholarly Sources (Thanks, Otis and Roxanne!)

Watch this great video posted on YouTube by Otis College of Art and Design (http://youtu.be/k-2hziLTSyU) “Identify what sources are good to use for your papers. Learn the difference between scholarly, academic, professional, popular, and substantive news publications and the benefits and uses for each. To effectively research for college-level papers, students must learn how to [...]