October 29, 2008

New Digital-Tutors Discs In

We have thirty new Digital-Tutors titles! If you are an animator you should check these out - I have have seen some amazing work by beginner students who tell me that these tutorials are super helpful.

For a list of all the Digital-Tutors titles we have:
1. Go into our online catalog, Voyager
2. Highlight Ai Seattle in the Quick Limit fields
3. Type in "Digital-Tutors"
4. Click Search at the bottom of the page
5. Voila! You have a list of all 102 tutorials

Write down the call numbers of the titles you want and we'll get them for you. You may check out three at time, for three days. Don't forget your student ID - that's your library card. See ya!

October 16, 2008

Believe!


I love this book. It's about photography of the paranormal (spirits, ghosts, etc.) in the early age of photography (19th c) when the art of capturing 'reality' on film was a young, 'scientific', and relatively idealistic endeavor. As such, manipulation of said 'reality' through experimental techniques substantiated specious mysteries of the occult - and created believers! The images are amazing. It's also interesting to consider how image creators and media producers participate in a long tradition of deception - yesteryear and today. Check it out at BF 1381 .P47 2005

October 8, 2008

Upcoming RefWorks Tutorial for Argosy Students!

"This tutorial should be a requirement for every incoming student!"

"RefWorks will allow me to easily organize and search my references, as well as create an APA style bibliography..."

"Very knowledgeable instructor who gives clear and concise explanations about how to use this resource. Excellent session!"

Students and faculty have great things to say about the AU Seattle RefWorks Tutorial Sessions led by Subject Specialist Librarian, Melissa Dunn! Reserve a space today and learn how to use RefWorks, a web-based bibliographic management system available to all Argosy students!

--Organize and manage your references
--Easily insert citations into your paper
--Build a bibliography in a variety of formats, including APA 5th edition!
--Import references from many data sources
--Format references in a variety of bibliographic styles with the click of a button!

Thursday, October 23rd
1:30 - 3:00PM, Room A122


OR

Saturday, October 25th
1:30 - 3:00PM, Room A122



Send an e-mail to Melissa Dunn, Argosy Librarian at medunn@argosy.edu to reserve a space in either session!

October 7, 2008

Distracted by Blogs

Fall quarter is just getting underway and you're soon likely to find yourself swamped with classwork. While you've still got some free time left, you may want to take a few minutes to be distracted by these entertaining blogs.

Advanced Style describes itself as "proof from the wizened and silver-haired set that personal style advances with age." This blog is similar to the street fashion blogs Sara mentioned a little while ago, but with a focus on stylish older people in New York City.
http://advancedstyle.blogspot.com/

Cake Wrecks offers hilarious and occasionally disturbing pictures of cake decoration gone horribly wrong.
http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/

Local blog Plush You is the official blog of the annual Plush You exhibition at Schmancy (which opens this Friday, October 10). The blog features amazing plush creations of crafters from all around the world.
http://plushyou.blogspot.com/