To access the catalog from your mobile device, go to http://sdcclibrary.worldcat.org/m/ and you will see the libary's contact information, hours, and keyword and advanced search options.

Things you can do:

• Conduct keyword search
• Conduct advanced search
• Access library information: phone numbers, and hours

Things you cannot do:

• View your library account, fines, and items checked out
• Place and cancel holds
• Renew checked out items    
• Edit personal information
• Set or reset a password

At the beginning of each year we tend to look backwards to gain perspective on the past year's events and trends.  Barna Research Group has just posted their top six trends from 2011: 

• Changing Role of Christianity
• Downsized American Dreams
• Millennials Rethink Christianity 
• The Digital Family
• Maximizing Spiritual Change 
• Women Making it Alone

Because we have a new Library Catalog, we need you to set a new password for your library account. 

Directions:  

1. From the Library Catalog.
2. Click on Your Library Account Sign in  (upper right corner)
3. Click on Forgot your password?
4. User Name: Enter your student ID number Note: Add an additional 00 to the end.  See the number UNDER your ID’s barcode.
5. The catalog will email you (to your school email account) a link to a form that will direct you to reset your password.

If you have an problems, please contact us at the library (619) 201-8747 or by email.

Your References (APA), Works Cited (MLA), or Bibliography (Turabian) is probably the last thing you do before turning in your paper.   Are you tired of cut & pasting or dragging citations so that they are in alphabetical order?  There is an easier way.  Make Microsoft Word do all the work.

1. Highlight the text you want to sort
2. In the Paragraph box on the Home tab, click on the A/Z (Sort) icon
3. In the Sort Text dialog box, select Sort by: Paragraphs and Type: Text
4. Ascending order (A-Z) and OK

That should do it.  If you see problems, Undo the sort and look for formatting errors. Use the Show/Hide icon (Ctl+*) to show hidden paragraph marks and other formatting symbols.

WARNING:  A paragraph mark (what happens when you hit ENTER) will tell Word that that is the end of the citation and will sort each line as a separate entry.  Using Hanging Indents to fix this.

Creating Hanging Indents.

1. In the Paragraph box on the Home tab, click on the arrow at the lower right of the box, to open the Paragraph dialog box.
2. Under Indentation, set Special to Hanging by 0.5"
3. Under Spacing, Before: 0; After: 12 pt; Line spacing: Double (MLA, APA), Single (Turabian)
4. OK

Recently on a Christian librarian email list that I subscribe to, the discussion turned to online study Bibles.  In a flurry of replies, here's the list of favorite online sites:

Bible Gateway
The Bible Gateway is a tool for reading and researching scripture online -- all in the language or translation of your choice! It provides advanced searching capabilities, which allow readers to find and compare particular passages in scripture based on keywords, phrases, or scripture reference.

Bible Study Tools
Bible Study Tools gives Christians of any age and at any stage the opportunity to read, study, understand, and apply the Bible to their lives. With free devotionals, study guides, helpful articles, and rich personalization functions, visitors to Bible Study Tools will be able to make the most of their Bible study time, and unlock its meaning for their lives in new and important ways.

Blue Letter Bible
BLB includes 18 Bible versions, commentaries, audio/visual, lexicons and dictionaries, maps, etc.  The KJV includes Strongs Concordance, Thayer's Dictionary, etc.

HCSB Study Bible
The HCSB (Holman Christian Standard Bible) Study Bible has been carefully developed and designed for study Bible readers with more than 15,000 study notes, 290 word studies, 141 photographs, 62 timelines, 59 maps, 24 articles, 16 illustrations and reconstructions, 15 charts, 3 Bible reading plans, and much more.

NetBible (new) & NetBible (classic)
The NET Bible ™ Learning Environment offers the most comprehensive set of free resources available online, including commentaries, articles, word studies, original biblical languages and cross references all integrated into a system that empowers you to carefully study the Word of God and to prepare your teaching lessons quickly.

Unbound Bible 
Multiple versions, many languages, able to display parallel versions.  Hosted by Biola University.

YouVersion
YouVersion provides interactive access to 41 translations of the Bible and includes customizable reading plans, social networking, and the ability to sync your account between your computer and mobile phone.

All-in-One: Bible Versions and Translations 
The All-in-One Biblical Resources Search is divided into the following six sections: Bible Versions and Translations, Greek New Testament, Biblical Resource Sites, Ancient World & General Academic and Religion.

• Issues: Controversy and Society
  This database helps students develop an in-depth understanding of how society shapes and is shaped by controversy, providing authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on today's most important issues. Idea Exchange sections offer students the opportunity to model their research writing upon thesis-driven, peer-reviewed scholarly essays, and includes s wide variety of primary sources that provide historical context for each issue.
  
  
• World Geography: Understanding a Changing World
  Provides online tools that develop students' global literacy, focusing on the geographical, political, social, economic, and cultural forces that are increasingly important in our globalized world. Information is presented in a highly visual format that engages users and helps them gain understanding and become informed citizens of the world. Contains almost 200 overviews of countries around the world, the Analyze sections provide everything needed to conduct a historical inquiry lesson, and more 1,700 biographies of important political and cultural figures are provided.

Over the Christmas break the IT department upgraded the library's computers to Windows 7 operating system.  With the new  image, they are running faster and have the bells & whistles of Windows 7: like snag it, Aero snap & shake. 

We also loaded the latest version of e-sword & Google Chrome.

To learn more about the creation of Google Chrome, here's The Chrome comic book, by Scott McCloud.