CSM Library is Closed this Weekend in Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The College of San Mateo Library is closed Saturday-Monday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. We reopen on Tuesday, January 22 at 7:45 am.

Explore these resources available from the Peninsula Library System about civil rights movements to learn more about his time and impact on history.

Fright Night! Get Ready for Halloween with Horror, Thrillers, & More From Swank Streaming Films

Halloween Favorites: Stream Films from Swank

Film Studies is taking a dark turn this October!

All CSM students, faculty, and staff can join in and watch films--just log in to Swank using your library card account.

Please note that at this time Swank is not compatible with the Safari browser and mobile devices.

Got questions about using Swank Digital Campus? Contact a Librarian.

Wall Street Journal online now at CSM Library

In a world where education and career opportunities are more competitive than ever, the need for you to obtain broader perspectives on a variety of global business issues is a necessity. Which is why The College of San Mateo has joined The Wall Street Journal in a collaboration that will provide students and faculty full access to the Journal. The Journal provides career advice and ties real-world examples into what you learn, giving you the opportunity to enhance your educational experience and stay ahead.

You can use your school-sponsored WSJ membership to:

• Research topics relevant to your courses and careers
• Save and share pertinent articles with other students
• Follow companies and industries that interest you
• Track real-time stories and trends
• Enjoy the most engaging coverage of arts, culture and life

Activate your school-sponsored Journal membership by going to: wsj.com/CoSM

Please note--you must be on campus to create an account. If you are an online student, please contact the CSM Library for help.

If you already have an account and have questions about your school-sponsored membership, call 1-800-JOURNAL or email support@wsj.com. 

CSM Library Summer Schedule

 

Summer Session Hours

June 11 - July 19 

Monday - Thursday: 9am - 7pm

July 23 - August 2

Monday - Thursday: 2pm - 7pm

 

Closed for Summer Break

The Library is closed:

• May 26 - June 10
• August 3 - August 14

The Library will be closed March 8, 2018

Flex Day at CSM means the Library will be closed.

CSM will be closed for business on Thursday March 8, 2018, as faculty and staff are dedicating the day to professional development. We apologize for any convenience this may cause you.

Fortunately, due to our partnership with the Peninsula Library System, there are other Libraries in the area that are open. Your PLS library card, including CSM Library cards, allow you to check out materials from any public library in San Mateo County.

Please contact us if you have any questions during regular open hours.

Free Films for Ethnic Studies courses, and the Umoja Learning Community

Streaming Film from Swank Digital Campus!
Free with your Library Card Account 

Explore Swank Digital Campus, a database of streaming film titles selected for courses and learning communities at CSM. Available free to students, faculty, and staff of CSM with your PLS Library Card. Contact a librarian if you have questions.

Moonlight

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp, Alex Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, Trevante Rhodes. Directed by Barry Jenkins (2016).

Featured for the Umoja Learning Community.

Pariah

Who do you become when you can't be yourself?

A black teenager living in Brooklyn embraces her identity as a lesbian, but she struggles with how much she can confide in her parents.

Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Aasha Davis, Charles Parnell, Sahra Mellesse. Directed by Dee Rees (2011).

Featured for Professor Erin Persley's FILM 100: Intro to Film course.

Get Out

A brilliantly crafted thriller! 

It's time for a young African-American to meet with his white girlfriend's parents for a weekend in their secluded estate in the woods, but before long, the friendly and polite ambience will give way to a nightmare.

Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones. Directed by Jordan Peele (2017).

Recommended by Professor Robbie Baden. Featured for the Umoja Learning Community.

Rosewood

In 1923, a black town in Florida was burned to the ground, its people murdered because of a lie. Some escaped and survived because of the courage and compassion of a few extraordinary people. This film is for them.

Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Esther Rolle. John Singleton directed (1997).

Featured in Dr. Frederick Gaines ETHN 288: African-American Cinema course.

Loving

The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court's historic 1967 decision.

Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Marton Csokas, Nick Kroll, Michael Shannon. Directed by Jeff Nichols (2016).

Featured for IDST 110: College 1 course taught by Professor Fi Tovo & Professor Allie Fasth.

Additional Films Include:

• Fruitvale Station (2013): Drama centered on the tragic shooting of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old Bay Area father who was gunned down by a BART subway officer on New Year's Day in 2009, and whose murder shocked the nation after being captured on camera by his fellow passengers. [Selected for Umoja]
• Do The Right Thing (1989): Racial tensions grow in a Brooklyn neighborhood on the hottest day of the summer. A Spike Lee joint. [Selected for FILM 100 & FILM 130]
• Crash (2005): Ensemble drama about racism in present-day Los Angeles. Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon. Directed by Paul Haggis. [Selected for FILM 100]
• Chi Raq (2015): A group of women take a vow of abstinence to help stop the violence in Chicago's South Side, stating that their pledge will only end when their men decide to bring peace to the city. Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson. A Spike Lee joint. [Selected for Umoja]
• The Queen Of Katwe (2016): Biopic of Ugandan chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi traces her journey from the slums of Katwe, where she is forced to abandon her schooling at the age of nine, to the upper echelons of the chess world. Lupita Nyong'o, David Oyelowo, Ntare Mwine, Madina Nalwanga, Martin Kabanza. Directed by Mira Nair. [Selected for ETHN 288]
• Imitation Of Life (1934 Version): A widow builds up a business, aided by a black woman. Claudette Colbert, Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington, Warren William. [Selected for ETHN 585]

International Stories & Films of Interest:

• District 9 (2009): A field operative is exposed to alien biotechnology while working in an internment camp for extraterrestrial refugees. [Selected for FILM 100]
• Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom (2014): Docudrama based on Nelson Mandela's autobiography chronicles his long struggle against apartheid and his contributions to South Africa. Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Riaad Moosa, Jamie Bartlett. Directed by Justin Chadwick. [Selected for IDST 110]
• Invictus (2009): Nelson Mandela inspires the South African rugby team to strive for the World Cup in hopes of soothing the country's racial tensions. Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng, Matt Stern. Directed by Clint Eastwood. [Selected for IDST 110]
• City of God (2002): Based on the novel by Paolo Lin about gangland violence in the slums of Rio in the 1960s and '70s. Shifting alliances result in a brutal gang war, which is documented on film by an amateur photographer. [Selected for FILM 100]
• Running Dry (2005): The Global Water Crisis - RUNNING DRY is a comprehensive public information/education project, established to raise awareness regarding the worsening global humanitarian water crisis. The projects' centerpiece is an explosive and enlightening in-depth documentary. It was inspired by former U.S. Senator Paul Simon’s book TAPPED OUT. [Selected for International Education]

Welcome to Spring Semester!

CSM Library Faculty & Staff Wish You a Happy 2018!

Welcome back to CSM Library! We are ready to help you meet your learning goals and find success this semester.

Reach out to our faculty and staff to get help with your research projects or get answers for library account questions. Need to reach a specific faculty or staff member? Refer to our Staff Directory online.

CSM Library will be closed for Winter Break

Happy Holidays from CSM Library!

Congratulations on making it through Fall semester. Keep in mind that the Library will be closed during winter break. We will reopen January 17, 2018, when Spring semester begins. Visit our website for more information about hours at CSM Library.

Need to return something you've checked out?

Our staff will periodically check the Library "book return" box located outside of the Library building (next to the stairs). However, it won't get checked every day. 

If you are concerned about a late fine, we recommend returning your item to one of the public libraries in the Peninsula Library System (PLS). Check for the nearest location.

Need research help from a Librarian?

Take advantage of our partnership with PLS! Reference Librarians at any of these locations can help you with your research needs. Visit or call to get your questions answered. Check for the nearest location.

Need to talk to a staff member about your account?

Take advantage of our partnership with PLS! Library Staff at any of these locations can help you with your Library Card Account questions. Visit or call to get your questions answered. Check for the nearest location.

LexisNexis Academic is now Nexis Uni

LexisNexis has rebranded and updated its database for college students. Check out what's new in Nexis Uni!

Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.

Nexis Uni replaces LexisNexis Academic

Nexis Uni is designed to address three key components requested by millennial students: personalization, collaboration and quick discovery. Nexis Uni offers many new features to address these needs, and is a better research experience overall for students. Below is a snapshot of each feature:

Personalization

• You may self-register for a user account, giving you added benefits and an improved research experience
• Create alerts on topics or publications of interest
• Save searches, add sources to favorites, and bookmark documents to save time

Quick Discovery

• Usable on your mobile device
• Search all types of content at once, or search specific content like legal cases or company profiles

Collaboration

• Create and share folders for group research projects
• Save documents to shared workspaces
• Mark it up! Highlight or make notes to share your comments with your group

Attention Faculty

If you are sharing links to LexisNexis Academic, or permalinks to individual articles or other content from this database, please be aware that these links will change. Be sure to update your syllabi, Canvas, or other documents in which you are sharing links with your students.

Please ask a Librarian if you need assistance finding the best link to share with your students.

New PLS Library Account App Coming Soon -- Discover, search, check-out, and more!

Your PLS Library in the Palm of Your Hand

We’re offering a new and improved mobile App starting this February.

The New Library App is Coming Soon!

Now you can:

• Discover new materials
• Find your nearest library
• Search, renew and checkout items
• Look for events
• Display your digital library card
• View social media feeds and more….

Stay tuned for the release date!

Brought to you by the Peninsula Library System

What about the old app?

If you have been using the old app, please note that it will be discontinued January 3. We apologize for any inconvenience. You may log in to your Library account online in the mean time, or contact your Library directly to renew materials, place holds, and more.

Changes coming soon to our EBSCO databases

The Library contract with EBSCO is changing Spring 2018 semester, and as a result, there are a few changes you might notice to content available from EBSCO.

What's New 

The most exciting change is that both Academic Search Premier & MasterFile Search Premier will both be upgraded! We will get access to a lot more new content, covering more topics.

Some specific resources will be discontinued, as follows:

• Auto Repair Resource Center
• Book Index with Reviews (BIR)
• Consumer Health Complete
• Professional Development Collection
• Religion and Philosophy Collection

Recommended resources to use instead

Here are our recommendations for finding the content you need from the databases that will be discontinued.

Auto Repair Resource Center: A lot of auto repair information and how-to videos are now available freely online. Please check with a Librarian if you need assistance searching the internet for auto repair information.

Book Index with Reviews: The Library has other databases with book review information. Additionally, many book review resources can be found freely online.

Library databases to try include Literature Resource Center and Magill's Literary Annual. Online sources include Booklist Online, New York Times Book Reviews, NPR Book Reviews, Goodreads, and many more.

Consumer Health Complete: The Library has many health databases to turn to when you need to answer your health questions. See recommended health databases on the Library website. Of particular note are Health Source (Consumer Edition), Salem Online, and Natural Medicines.

Professional Development Collection: The Library recommends turning to ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center in place of the Professional Development Collection.

Religion and Philosophy Database: Content from this database will be included in our updated Academic Search Premier database. However, for additional information on Philosophy, we recommend JSTOR, ProQuest Research Library, and the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Attention Faculty

If you are sharing links to any of the seven impacted databases, or permalinks to individual articles or other content from the impacted databases, please be aware that these links will change. Be sure to update your syllabi, Canvas, or other documents in which you are sharing links with your students.

Please ask a Librarian if you need assistance finding the best link to share with your students.

Films on Demand adds 254 new titles during June

254 new films added

✔ View your newly added titles: View a full list of the new titles just added to your collection.

Explore Films on Demand.

Requires Library Card account login.

AtoZdatabases introduces a new mapping tool

What is AtoZ?

AtoZdatabases is a premier marketing database. This simple, user-friendly, web-based solution provides details on businesses and households within the U.S. 

AtoZ will help you: Find a business; find a job; develop mailing & email lists; and find a person.

To use AtoZdatabases, login with your PLS Library Card. To see other business and entrepreneurship database search tools available at CSM, visit the CSM website.

New Map Tool

CSM Library is excited to share the Map Tool feature with you! You can now visualize density in businesses or residents across the geography and other criteria of which you selected. You will use the map tool in the 30 Million Businesses and Executives database as well as the 220 Million Residents database for any searches that yield less than 500,000 results.

You can select the tool once you are on the results page, then simply click the “Map” button. You are able to Zoom in and out on the map as well as Download, Print, or E-mail this information.

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Try out Kanopy Streaming Film database through April 15

Let us know what you think of Kanopy!

What is Kanopy?

Kanopy is a video streaming solution for colleges offering a "Netflix-like" user experience and a broad selection of over 26,000 documentaries, feature films and training videos from thousands of producers. 

Touching on all topics, featured producers in Kanopy's collection include Criterion Collection, PBS, HBO, The Video Project, New Day Films, The Great Courses, California Newsreel, Kino Lorber, Media Education Foundation, First Run Features, BBC, and many more. Films can be watched from anywhere, anytime by all staff and students.

How do I watch Kanopy films?

You can explore their films on our trial website until April 15, 2017. You'll need to login with your Peninsula Library System Library card account number and PIN (usually the last four digits of your phone number) to watch the movies.

Then just add popcorn & soda! You are ready to enjoy. 

If you have trouble accessing the trial database, contact a Librarian during Library open hours.

Andy Warhol collection in ArtStor launches with 35,000 images

How two new collections  can deepen our understanding of  Andy Warhol’s legacy Explore ArtStor, using your PLS Library Card account. Michael Hermann, Director of Licensing at The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, explains how the Foundation’s collection, split into two parts in the Artstor Digital Library, provides a comprehensive view of Warhol’s cultural impact--as well as insight into his personal life. Thirty years after his death, Andy Warhol (1928-1987) remains one of the most influential figures in contemporary art and culture. Warhol’s life and work continue to inspire creative thinkers worldwide thanks to his enduring imagery, his artfully cultivated celebrity, and the ongoing research of dedicated scholars. The extensive Andy Warhol Foundation launch available on Artstor provides a thorough presentation of the prolific artist’s works in one place for the first time through more than 35,000* images including paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints, and photography spanning four decades. Read his essay on the Artstor Blog  a) Andy Warhol with vintage 1907 camera; 1971. ; b) Andy Warhol; Red Jackie; 1964. Images © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. and Andy Warhol artwork © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. *Image totals may vary from country to country, reflecting Artstor’s obligation to address variations in international copyright.

242 New Videos Added to our Films on Demand collection!

New Titles Notification SUBSCRIBER NEWS • AUGUST 2016 EDITION Account: College of San Mateo Number of New Titles: 242 We are pleased to announce the new titles that were added to your On Demand subscription over the past month. View your newly added titles: Click here to view a full list of the new titles just added to your collection.  Library Card sign in required if viewing from off campus. Featured Videos: Suited HBO Documentary Films Presents Suited. From producers Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner (HBO’s Girls),Suited tells the story of Bindle & Keep, a Brooklyn tailoring company that looks beyond the gender binary, creating custom-made suits for gender non-conforming and transgender clients. Mosquitoes on the Rise Grand Angle Distribution Presents Mosquitoes on the Rise In Brazil, in Africa, in Southeast Asia, and in the south of Europe, this film will follow the path of four mosquitoes, each of which is capable of transmitting viruses and dangerous parasites to humans. These mosquitoes are the carriers of dengue fever, malaria, Zika, and other infectious diseases.

242 New Videos Added to our Films on Demand collection!

New Titles Notification SUBSCRIBER NEWS • AUGUST 2016 EDITION Account: College of San Mateo Number of New Titles: 242 We are pleased to announce the new titles that were added to your On Demand subscription over the past month. View your newly added titles: Click here to view a full list of the new titles just added to your collection.  Library Card sign in required if viewing from off campus. Featured Videos: Suited HBO Documentary Films Presents Suited. From producers Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner (HBO’s Girls),Suited tells the story of Bindle & Keep, a Brooklyn tailoring company that looks beyond the gender binary, creating custom-made suits for gender non-conforming and transgender clients. Mosquitoes on the Rise Grand Angle Distribution Presents Mosquitoes on the Rise In Brazil, in Africa, in Southeast Asia, and in the south of Europe, this film will follow the path of four mosquitoes, each of which is capable of transmitting viruses and dangerous parasites to humans. These mosquitoes are the carriers of dengue fever, malaria, Zika, and other infectious diseases.

Get to know ARTSTOR, a database of art through the ages

ARTSTOR Database

September Webinars: Get the most from the Artstor Digital Library Looking for some examples of how to use the Digital Library for class projects and exams? Ever wanted to share your local image collections alongside the ones in the Digital Library? Curious about how Artstor’s collections can be used to teach across disciplines? Ready to master the Digital Library’s advanced features? Read on! All sessions are listed in Pacific Time. Find more webinars at artstor.org/webinars or email us to find a time suitable for your schedule (including international times) 30 Minute Mastery: Browse, Search and Refine If you have 30 minutes, you can quickly learn how to navigate Artstor’s digital content with useful pointers about browsing, tips for basic search techniques, and methods to refine your search results. September 7, 11:00 AM

Engage! The Best Ways to Share Images with the Artstor Digital Library We all know that the best audience is one that is engaged. This training will show you how using folders, sharing links to your groups and images, and creating PowerPoint presentations promotes collaboration and sharing – leading to highly engaged users! September 13, 12:00 PM Get Organized! Making Sense of Folders and Image Groups Take full advantage of the Artstor Digital Library! We'll show you how to save searches, create image groups and folders with different access levels, and how to share this content through downloads and exports. September 22, 12:00 PM The Do's and Don'ts of Image Copyright Concerned about copyright? Confused by fair use? Join Artstor's Deputy General Counsel for a primer on copyright law and best practices for making fair use of images for education and scholarship.  September 19, 11:30 AM Explore! New and Unique Digital Library Collections This webinar introduces Artstor Digital Library users to the breadth and depth of content in the Artstor Digital Library. We’ll briefly review how images are contributed then browse through highlights of the Digital Library including some of our most popular, unique, and newest contributed collections. The visual tour includes a look at collections contributed through Shared Shelf Commons. September 26, 9:00 AM