Nursing Management Salary Compensation Survey

Each year the journal Nursing Management sends a salary questionaire to subscribers. The results of the survey are then published in that publication and placed on the Web.

The results for 2010 have just been posted and include the graphs and tables that illustrated the printed report. These images can be downloaded as a Powerpoint presentation as well as copied individually.

Use the title link above to access the survey.

Let’s go on a (Pro)Quest!!

One of the Ritz Library’s more widely used databases, ProQuest, has a new look this year – please don’t panic! The database’s designers have redone the interface to make searching for specific topics more effective when you do your research, and most of the same search options are still available and can be easily found on the Advanced Search page. The good news is that there are several brand new features that can also help you focus your search to find more specific results.

Most of the new features can be found over to the right of your search results list or when you bring up an article. There’s a Thesaurus which will help you find terms that are similar to those you’re searching on. When you’ve searched and brought up your list of results you’ll find the Sidebar containing additional functions that will allow you to limit your results to specific dates, source types (publication types), titles, companies and specific names. There’s also a new Share box which connects to social networking sites and services like Facebook, Twitter or StumbleUpon.

If you have any difficulties or you have any questions about the new ProQuest, please be sure to contact the Ritz Library Reference staff via email, phone or Meebo. We’ll be happy to help you out.

Mobile Access to ArtStor Now Available

ArtStor,the Ritz's database of digital images of art works, can now be accessed through Apple's iPad, iPhone, & iPod Touch mobile devices using Safari.

Containing over 1 million images of paintings, sculpture, drawing and photographs, ArtStor is considered to be the best Internet source for images of art works. All images are in extremely high resolution. A special feature of mobile access is Flashcard View, which allows users to test their knowledge of artworks without descriptions of the object.

To use ArtStor mobile, set up an account on the system. You must do that by accessing ArtStor from a computer on the DCC campus. Start by going to http://library.artstor.org/library/welcome.html . Register for an account through the "Welcome to ArtStor" link.

More information on this resource is available from ArtStor's Mobile page.

Go to The Ritz Mobile Access Guide for a listing of all the Ritz library's mobile applications.

Get Appy!!

Now you can easily get to some of the Ritz's best electronic resources from mobile devices!

Access My Library is an app for the iPhone Touch & iPad that allows you to search over 50 databases with millions of magazine & journal articles from the DCC Library. Interested?

Get more information on the app and download it for free from:

http://www.gale.cengage.com/apps/aml/CollegeStudent

Currency Conversion!!!

Planning a trip to Europe or elsewhere in the world? Want to know how many euros are in a United States dollar? Would you like to know the name of the currency in, say, South Africa? (It's the "rand" by the way...). XE (whom call themselves "the world's favorite currency site") has several tools available for you. One of the first features you'll see is their Quick Cross Rates chart, which has values for the most common currencies of the world. Just below that is XE's Universal Currency Converter where you can convert currencies yourself.

Click on the XE link above or go here to visit the site.

By the way, if you were wondering about the image above, it's an Italian 1000 "lira" note, a defunct form of money since the introduction of the euro.

English vs Metric Measurement Conversion: NOW it's WAR!!!

Ever wonder what the temperature in Fahrenheit degrees would be in Centigrade? Planning a trip to Montreal and you'd like to know how many liters are in a gallon? World Wide Metric has a pretty handy online Metric/English conversion device that'll change any English unit of measure to Metric with a few clicks. Find the unit of measure you want to convert, type the amount you have in the appropriate box and click on calculate.

Try it out here.

2010 Big Read: Edgar Allan Poe

“Once upon a midnight, dreary...” – Poe, The Raven

It’s the Big Read time of the year again! This year’s Big Read is author Edgar Allan Poe and the Poughkeepsie Public Library District will be celebrating the works of the famous mystery author throughout the month of October. If you’d like to know more, go to their site for a schedule of events and locations.

The Ritz Library of Dutchess Community College will be featuring a display dedicated to Poe’s life and work, featuring books, curio objects and photographs of Poe’s homes. The Ritz Reference Department staff has also created a webpage for the event here.

On October 19th and 20th the Dutchess Community College Department of English presents “Poe Goes to the Movies.” Clips from film adaptations will be shown in conjunction with live readings of Poe’s works by DCC professors John Desmond and Richard Malboeuf. Light refreshments will be served and both events are free and open to the public. Times and locations for both dates are:

October 19: 7:30pm-8:30pm, in Bowne Hall, Rm 122

October 20: 9:30am-12pm, in the DCC Theatre, Dutchess Hall