Monday, December 17, 2007

See what's new with ECPI's CREDO Reference Databases


CREDO Latest Additions
Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Routledge in Literature
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century, Gale in History
We're updating many of our titles to the latest available editions. The following updated titles were recently released. Expect more soon!
Collins Irish Dictionary, in Bilinguals
The New Penguin Business Dictionary, in Business
The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, in Music
The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology, in Social Sciences
The Penguin Dictionary of Economics, in Business
The Penguin International Dictionary of Finance, in Business


CREDO Featured Title of the Month
Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century from Routledge
This book contains over 400 entries, covering all aspects of American poetry in the twentieth century. Entries fall into three main categories: poet entries (Conrad Aiken to Louis Zukofsky); entries on individual works, which offer closer explication of the most resonant poems in the 20th-century canon; and topical entries, which offer analyses of a given period of literary production, school, thematically constructed category, or other verse tradition that historically has been in dialogue with the poetry of the United States.
View some of the in-depth entries about poets:
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-79) and One Art, one of her well-known poems
T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) and his poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Allen Ginsberg (1926-97), one of the beat poets
Marianne Moore (1887-1972) and her poem about poetry -- Poetry
Charles Simic (1938- ), current Poet Laureate of the United States
In addition to entries on American poets, the book features topical essays on key developments in poetry:
Hispanic American Poetry
The relationship with Canadian poetry
How poetry addresses political and cultural issues, such as War
Little magazines and small presses, one of the current outlets for poetry
Use the encyclopedia's list of entries to find even more essays.

Monday, December 3, 2007

Check out the new books in the Library!!


A+ Fast Pass by David Groth
A+ Technicians OJT Guide to Networking by Curt Simmons
Absolute Beginners Guide to MS Windows Vista
Ace the IT Job Interview by Paula Moreira
Atlas of clinical gross anatomy by Kenneth Moses
Building the perfect PC by Barbara Thompson
Clued In: how to keep customers coming back by Lewis Carbone
Complete idiot's guide to Windows Vista by Paul McFedried
Dictionary of Psychology by Andrew Colman
Guided Tour of MS Office by C. Hoisington
Intrusion Detection and Prevention by Carl Endorf
Mayo Clinic Book of Alternative Medicine
Medical Marvels by Eugene Straus
Network Intrusion Alert by Ankit Fadla
New Harvard Guide to Women's Health by Karen Carlson, M.D. et al
New York Times Almanac 2007 by John Wright
Spanish/English Dictionary Harrap's
80/20 guide to acing the A+ exams by Jean Andrews

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Holiday Events from Student Ambassadors and PTK


Get in the holiday spirit and help those less fortunate.


The Student Ambassadors are sponsoring a clothing drive for the Good Neighbor Shelter. Bring your gently used items to ECPI by December 19.


PTK is helping the Lowcountry Orphan Relief. Be good and give your stuffed animals, small toys, candy, and other stocking stuffers.


There are boxes set up in the library and the lobby to receive your donations.


Thank you!!

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Suzette Asberry is our first AMT RMA Test Taker!


ECPI Charleston is now offering the Registered Medical Technician certification from Pearson VUE testing. Our own Suzette, a recent Medical Assisting graduate, was the first person to take this certfication test at ECPI Charleston. She passed the test with flying colors!!! In the photo, Mr. Rund, campus President, is congratulating Suzette. Way to go, Suzette!

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

ECPI Library and Room 126 move to super new space!



The Library and Room 126 are now located upstairs on the first floor next to the Beazer offices. As you can see from the photos, the new space is bright and cheerful with lots of windows. There are individual study rooms and the workstations are up and running. Many thanks to the staff and students who helped to move the shelving, books, furniture, and workstations.


It's a temporary move to allow the construction crew to work on renovating the existing spaces to make more classrooms and the new library!!


Come visit soon!!


Tuesday, October 16, 2007

It's National Medical Assistants' Week!


American Medical Technologists is pleased to help promote and celebrate National Medical Assistants Week (NMAW) which occurs October 15-19, 2007. This years theme is "Medical Assistants; The Heartbeat of Healthcare." For 20 years now, this week has been set aside to honor and acknowledge the 350,000 medical assistants working in the field and the many of thousands of medical assisting students currently attending programs.
Want to know more about how to find out about Medical Assisting such as how to obtain Certified or Registered medical assistant certification? Visit the library and look for the brochure "Medical Assisting Resources and Information".
We are proud of our Medical Assisting Students. You rock!!!

Monday, October 1, 2007

ECPI celebrates Banned Books Week 2007 - Celebrate Your Freedom to Read!!


Reflect on your freedom to read, cherish it, and by all means, read what you want to read. As the author of Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, said, “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”

First observed in 1982, Banned Books Week reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. The event is sponsored by various bookselling, publishing, and library associations.

Each year the American Library Association compiles a list of Banned Books. The 2006-2007 list is posted on the ECPI Library Display Board or see below. The most challenged book for 2006 was “And Tango makes Three”, about two male penguins parenting an egg from a mixed-sex penguin couple. You can find this book in the juvenile fiction section of your public library.


BANNED BOOKS 2006/2007
"And Tango Makes Three" by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, for homosexuality, anti-family, and unsuited to age group;
"Gossip Girls" series by Cecily Von Ziegesar for homosexuality, sexual content, drugs, unsuited to age group, and offensive language;
"Alice" series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor for sexual content and offensive language;
"The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things" by Carolyn Mackler for sexual content, anti-family, offensive language, and unsuited to age group;
"The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison for sexual content, offensive language, and unsuited to age group;
"Scary Stories" series by Alvin Schwartz for occult/Satanism, unsuited to age group, violence, and insensitivity;
"Athletic Shorts" by Chris Crutcher for homosexuality and offensive language;
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky for homosexuality, sexually explicit, offensive language, and unsuited to age group;
"Beloved" by Toni Morrison for offensive language, sexual content, and unsuited to age group;
"The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier for sexual content, offensive language, and violence.