Librarian Steve Lawson will explore how to find, verify, and manage digital information for research and learning. Visual Resources Curator Meghan Rubenstein will help identify the proper size of digital images for application in print, web, or projection, and discuss "fair use" as it pertains to images. And Instructional Technologist Danna Duncan will uncover passageways leading to safe digital routes and minimize the personal digital footprint.
Streaming Culture and Entertainment
Screencap of Toshiro Mifune in Seven Samurai as viewed in the Kanopy app for iPad.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new windowOn-demand streaming video service. Includes foreign, independent and classic films, documentaries and dramas. Many subject areas are covered.
- Kanopy App for iOS and AndroidStream Kanopy to your device while on- or off-campus. The instructions mention needing a "proxy," but I found my account worked at home after I replied to the email they sent me when I set up my account.
Cover of John Coltrane's classic album, Blue Trane, as found on Jazz Music Library
Search the open web
- Google Advanced SearchThe Google Advanced Search page allows you to greatly customize and narrow your search.
Search library databases
- Tutt Library GuidesGuides written by CC librarians for:
- each academic subject/department
- current CC courses
- general topics like news, maps, etc.
Social Explorer
Social Explorer is one of our newer, more unique databases. The site makes it easy for users to create maps showing data from dozens of trusted data sources.
- Social Explorer This link opens in a new windowDemographic data visualization and research tool. Includes U.S. census and election data from historical to current. See LibGuide by Social Explorer for more info.
