Reduced! Bags now only £2.00.

We now have two styles of bag for sale in the Information Store:

They are only £2.00 each, available at the Information Store issue desk.


Which do you prefer?

Facebook online security quiz

Facebook have created a short online quiz (just seven questions) about how to stay safe online.

The quiz was created in conjunction with the National Cyber Security Alliance, the Anti-Phishing Working Group, and the Stop. Think. Connect. public awareness campaign.

Once you've taken the test, post a badge to your Wall and share tips with your friends so they can be more secure as well.

Click here to go to the test page.

New arrivals

More new books in the Book Crossing zone...

come in, grab a book, enjoy.

The books are steadily disappearing and finding new homes, which is very exciting. And today more books were donated, thank you!

Browse online the books that we have book crossed, and see if there is something there for you: www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/CcnInfoStore

Happy reading.

Free books!

We now have a Book Crossing Zone in the Information Store!

1. Come in and pick up a free book from the Book Crossing zone (near the printers)
2. Take it home, read it, enjoy it
3. Log on to bookcrossing.com and enter the unique ID in the book
4. Say where you are going to leave the book for the next person to find it
5. Track your book's journey and see how far it travels!

To make this an ongoing success, we need donations....If you have books at home that you would like to donate to the book crossing zone, pop into the Information Store and ask for Amy - we will get them labelled and registered up for you.

“A book is not only a friend, it makes friends for you. When you have possessed a book with mind and spirit, you are enriched. But when you pass it on you are enriched threefold.”

Henry Miller
The Books In My Life (1969)

Happy Easter from The Information Store staff

We hope you enjoy the Spring break, and manage to squeeze some fun and relaxation around all of your studying.

We are open through the holidays, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, so if there is something you need, just pop in.

Access the catalogue with your Smartphone

Have you noticed these popping up around the Information Store?     
                                                       
They are QR codes, you can point your Smartphone at them to find out information. This particular QR code takes you straight to the library catalogue, so you can search on the move, and go to the shelves with your results (and shelf numbers) on your phone.              

What is a QR code?

A QR code (short for Quick Response) is a type of barcode, readable by QR barcode readers such as Smartphones.

The information encoded can be text, a web link, a text or other data.

How do I use a QR code?

If you have a QR Reader on your Smartphone, simply select the QR Reader app, and point your phone at the QR code.

If you don’t have a QR Code Reader on your Smartphone:

Install a free app for Android phones

1.     Open the "Market" application from the Android home screen.

2.     Press the search button on the Android keyboard and enter 'Neoreader'. Press [ENTER].

3.     Select the application named "NeoReader".

4.     Press the Install button.

Install a free app for iPhones

1.     Open the "App Store" application from the iPhone home screen.

2.     Select "Search" a the bottom of the screen. Search for "Neoreader".

3.     Touch the "Free" icon at the top of the screen. It will change to an "Install" icon.

4.     Touch the "Install" icon that just appeared.

Using your QR code scanner app:

Once the application is downloaded and installed, the scanner can be launched by selecting QR code scanner icon on your phone. Point the scanner at the QR code, and follow the instructions on your phone.

Buy your stamps at a reduced price!

Royal Mail have increased the price of stamps to 46p for First Class stamps and 36p for Second Class stamps.

However, we will be selling stamps at the old rate of 41p and 32p respectively for the rest of this week. (You can buy stamps individually or by the book).

So get in quick, stock up and make some easy savings!

New month, new recommended titles!

The recommended DVD for April is Volver.

Find it on the shelves at 791.430946, or come in and ask us to help you find it.

Synopsis: Set in Spain, this is a generational story of three women: a good mother who is desperately in love with a man who is far from being a saint; a young mother carrying a hard life upon her shoulders; and an illegal hairdresser whose shop is the meeting point for all the neighborhood gossips. (rottentomatoes.com). Starrring Penélope Cruz.  

Accessing online articles via Infotrac

Need instant access to over 80,000 online articles, across all subject areas?

Infotrac contains over 11,500 journal titles, and over 6,500 are full text (i.e. you can read the whole article instantly).

It is easy to search, try it for yourself, or come to the Enquiry Desk for a demonstration.



(You'll need an Athens password to use Infotrac from home, we can quickly set this up for you, or look at yesterday's blogpost on how to create your own).

To access Infotrac, click this link, or

1. Go to Blackboard
2. Go to the Information Store link on the left (not the catalogue)
3. Click on the grey e-resources button
4. Scroll down to Infotrac, and click on the title 
5. Enter your Athens username and password (if off campus)
5. Select General One File to access articles

Tips on searching:

• Try changing the "keyword" dropdown to "abstract" if you want to narrow your search results ("abstract" is the paragraph about the article).
• Select from the AND, OR, NOT dropdowns to broaden or narrow your results. (AND narrows, OR broadens, NOT narrows).
• Consider changing the publication dates.
• Results - look under the "academic journals" tab for peer-reviewed (and therefore trustworthy) articles.

Please come to the Enquiry Desk in the Information Store if you would like help with any of this, we are more than happy to help!

Setting up an Athens account

What is an Athens account?

Athens is a password manager system which provides access to a wide range of electronic resources such as journals and databases to which the CCN subscribes. Your personal Athens username includes a CCN prefix, identifying you as a CCN student or member of staff and allowing access to resources off campus.

In college you can access most electronic resources directly from links on Blackboard, without needing to log in to your Athens account.

How do I access electronic resources using Athens?

There is more than one way of accessing electronic resources using Athens:

1.      The Information Store link on Blackboard lists all the electronic resources that CCN subscribes to. You are able to see those resources which you can access using Athens as well as those requiring an alternative login. You can access these Blackboard pages from off campus.

2.      You can view and access CCN’s electronic resource subscriptions directly from the Athens website: www.openathens.net

3.      When you access an electronic subscription on the internet you will be prompted to enter your Athens user name and password to access the information.

How do I set up my Athens account?

**
You must use a college computer to create your account**

·        Once logged onto the computer open Internet Explorer.

·        In the address box type www.openathens.net

·        Click the “self-registration” option.

·        In the “login to Athens” box, type in the following boxes:

o       username:            ccninfostore2010

o       password:            2010@ccn

o       click the “login” button

·        Fill out the form with your details.

·        We recommend using your college computer user name as your Athens user name (maximum of 20 characters). NB. Athens will automatically prefix ccn to the username you use.

·        Your Athens password must be a mix of letters and numbers or other characters and be between 6 - 20 characters long.

·        The password is case sensitive, so if you use upper case initially you must always use upper case when entering your password.

·        The email address does not have to be your college one.  (Staff are recommended to use their college address).

·        Once you have completed the mandatory fields click the submit button once.

·        A message will state that your account has been created with immediate effect and you will get an automatic confirmation email sent to the email address you provided.

·        If there are any problems with the information you have entered, the system will take you back and indicate with a red * which fields you need to re-enter.

·        Your account will last one academic year and needs to be reset in the autumn term.

Remember you can also ask for help regarding any aspect of electronic resources:

o       at the Information Store Enquiries desk

o       or email tis@ccn.ac.uk

o       or phone 01603 773224.