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Iwo Jima Flag Raising

Common Reader Project for 2010-2011

Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley is the new AC Common Reader.  Read the book. Then join with AC faculty, staff, administrators and students as well as area community members in exploring a rich period in our nation's history.  Visit the Library's Common Reader page for a wealth of information to enhance your knowledge on: the author ... the Battle of Iwo Jima ... Hirohito ... Iwo Jima commanders ... Iwo Jima Island ... Iwo Jima Memorial ... the Japanese attitude toward surrender ... the internment of Japanese Americans ... Japanese culture ... Marines ... movies ... the Pacific War ... potential controversies ... book reviews ... and movie reviews.



Research Tools

New Citation Style Handouts for APA and MLA

APA has published a new edition (6th) of its handbook. If your class requires this new edition, click here for the library's new printable citation style handout.

For the new MLA (7th edition) ctitation style handout, click here.

New Research Skills and Library Sources Quick Lessons

High-quality library sources and how to use them, plus faculty sources

Time-saving search skills:  Save time and retrieve better results.



Copyright in Higher Education

In this electronic age, copyright issues abound. College Librarian, Mark Hanna, has created a page to answer virtually any question about copyright in higher education.

The article links to a comprehensive subject guide to copyright information maintained at Rutgers University. Topics include legal materials; fair use principle; tips, guides and FAQs; key Internet sites; indexes; organizations; author / publisher agreements; and licensing.

The permanent location for the copyright article is on the Library's Quick Links page.


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Created By Sherrilyn Hromas -- Jun 23 2005
Last updated by mlweathersbee -- Aug 23 2010