Newspapers Update

As of March 28, 2011, the New York Times introduced a new access model for their website. Users who wish to view more than 20 articles a month will be asked to subscribe to one of a variety of plans. And, the Tulsa World began a similar plan today, with a limit of 10 articles per user per month without a subscription. They join an increasing number of newspapers turning to digital subscriptions to keep their revenue up.

But do not lose hope! The LRC has subscriptions to both papers through our article databases. Find the New York Times (and the Wall Street Journal, which has always required subscriptions) in ProQuest Newspapers, and the Tulsa World in Newsbank and in EbscoHost. The LRCs at all four campuses subscribe to the print edition of the Tulsa World, and the Metro Campus LRC and the Southeast Campus LRC subscribe to the New York Times as well.

To find more local, national and international newspapers, check out this list on our website.

E-Books

Ever find yourself needing books late at night or on the weekends when the LRC is closed? Need to do research but don't feel like going out in the rain?

In addition to our electronic article databases like Academic Search Premier and CINAHL, the LRC has a dozen e-book subscriptions which provide us with about 55,000 digital, online, always-available e-books! TCC students, faculty and staff can search for books and access them from our library catalog (you have to be logged in through Blackboard to read them, though). To limit your catalog search to just e-resources, choose "Electronic Resources" from the drop down "Limit To:" menu underneath the search box.

You can find more information about using these e-books, see a list of the subscription providers, or access the collections directly from the E-books page on our website (look under the Books & More tab on our homepage).

Earth Day

April 22^nd is Earth Day, a international celebration of our green and blue planet. The LRC has some great resources to help you understand more about earth and environmental sciences:

Science Direct is an online database that includes ten million full text articles from 2,500 scientific, technical and medical well respected, peer reviewed journals.

GreenFILE, an EbscoHost database, offers articles about climate change, sustainable building, waste management, energy practices and agriculture and pollution.


If you’re looking for an introduction to these topics, Facts On File Today’s Science is a great place to start for a student-focused look at scientific disciplines. In addition, they provide access to a glossary of scientific terms and a science encyclopedia to help get you started and provide quick answers when you have questions.

On the Earth Day website, you can learn more about what you can do to preserve the air we breathe, the water we drink and the soil we depend on to grow our food. In addition, the LRC has created an Environment research guide to help you find more of our library resources.

Top photo by Andrew H. Brown, National Geographic Stock. Bottom photo from Facts on File website.

Featured Resource: Greenfile

As we all stop to consider our impact on the environment this month the Learning Resources Center wants you to know about a great resource provided by Ebscohost: Greenfile.

"Focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology" (ebschohost.com).

This is a great resource for research assignments as well as for general information about sustainability and the environment. Stop by the LRC for tips on using Greenfile!