Global Issues in Context

Interested in world issues and events?  Need to write a paper that has a global focus?  Just want to know what's going on in other countries?  If so, then check out our new trial database, Global Issues in Context provided by Gale / Cengage Learning.  Similar in concept to Opposing Viewpoints, Global Issues is designed to cover a broad range of social issues in detail and provide students and academics with accessible multimedia research resoures - video, audio and print. This pdf gives further information on the database. 

For access to the database itself, click below the image. 

Click here to access

For a video tour of Global Issues in Context, http://www.gale.cengage.com/media/training/GlobalIssues/HomeScreen/GlobalIssues_HomeScreen.htm

Feel free to send feedback to Tina Kiernan. 

New Playaways Hit the Ritz!

Everybody's favorite audio players are back at the Ritz.  With over 50 new titles, Playaways are a big hit. Portable and easy to use, these pocket size devices make listening fun!  From history to comedy, there's something for everyone.  If you've been thinking about learning a language, here's your chance to listen with Berlitz language programs. 

Here are the latest titles purchased:

1775

1984

101 Secrets of Highly Effective Speakers

77 Love Sonnets

A Hustler's Wife

Adventures of Sam Spade Detective, The - Volume One

Affirmations for Change, Confidence and Success

Ah-Choo!

All Joy and No Fun

Art Forger

Astoria

Bark

Berlitz French Guaranteed

Berlitz German Guaranteed

Berlitz Italian Guaranteed

Berlitz Spanish Guaranteed

Black Lotus

Blogging for Business

Brilliant Blunders

Cancer Is Not a Disease

Celtic Poets

Change Your Words, Change Your Life

Chilling Ghost Stories

Crucial Conversations

Dave Barry's Money Secrets

Destroyer Angel

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

From Missouri

Grain Brain

Great Poets, The - William Wordsworth

Guided Mindfulness Meditation

How to Become a Rainmaker

Keep Quiet

Louis L'Amour's Desert Tales

New Yorkers: Short Stories

Seven Classic Plays, Vol. 1

Short Stories Volume I

The 10 Commandments of Money

The 250 Job Interview Questions You'll Most Likely Be Asked

The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown

The Astronaut Wives Club

The Collector

The Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

The Funny Thing Is...

The Man Who Would be King & Other Stories

The Neil Simon Collection

The Power of Now

The Target

Tips For The Savvy Traveler

Twelve Angry Men

Voices of Poetry - Volume 1

Yoga Stretch for Fitness

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Stop in the Ritz Library today and pick up a title to listen to on your ride home!

BoardVitals: the NCLEX Prep Exam

In short, BoardVitals is a one-stop shopping place for NCLEX prep questions.  Thousands of questions comprise a question bank accessible to DCC students.  In order to access these questions, click on the link http://marketing.statref.com/lp/suny_nursing.html and create an account by hitting the Register button.  To register, enter your name and email address.  The email address you use MUST be a sunydutchess one.  For instance, your.name@email.sunydutchess.edu.   Once you register, you will get a verification email that you must respond to.  Once this occurs, you're in.

Our purchased subscriptions allow you to access either the NCLEX-RN or the NCLEX-PN question bank.  There are also a myriad of sample questions from other banks that can be played with.  The beauty of BoardVitals is that you create your own review test by selecting how many questions and the topics you'd like to be quizzed on at any given moment.   There are no restrictions on how long / short a quiz can be. 

Log onto BoardVitals today and start making use of this test-prep resource!