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About Melissa Melissa graduated from Southern Adventist University with a B.A. in English in 2010, then went on to earn her MLS from Indiana University in 2012. After serving in a temporary position as the virtual services librarian for McKee Library,
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What’s Inside
McKee Library welcomes Melissa Hortemiller as Public Services Librarian McKee Library is proud to welcome Melissa Hortemiller as Public Services Librarian. Melissa fills this important role following the departure of Katie McGrath from McKee Library in December 2019. As the Public Services Librarian, Melissa will be leading our information literacy instruction and will be part of the research coaching team. She will also serve as chair of Campus Research Day.
she worked as a federal contractor doing technical writing, logistics, and acquisition. In 2017, she had an opportunity to return to the field of librarianship and accepted the role of public services librarian at Union College. During her first year at Union, she was asked to serve as interim library director and was officially promoted to library director several months later. Though she enjoyed her three years at Union College, she is excited to return to her alma mater and to join the McKee Library team as public services librarian. In her free time, Melissa enjoys exercising, plant-based nutrition, amateur photography, and making and sharing delicious food.
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Contact Melissa can be contacted at mhortemiller@southern.edu.
REFWORKS
Newly adopted bibliographic management tool for university McKee Library is excited to announce the transition to RefWorks as our bibliographic management tool. Research Guide The RefWorks guide includes directions on how to create an account, and links to a series of tutorials covering all aspects of using RefWorks. The FAQ page addresses questions you might have about this transition. Questions As you consider transitioning from Mendeley to RefWorks, keep in mind that although the library will only be providing
access and instruction to RefWorks, Mendeley is a free program. As such, your account will remain active with Mendeley as long as you would like to use the program. You can import your Mendeley library into RefWorks using these directions. Questions Please contact a research coach if you have any questions or would like to schedule a training session via Zoom for your department or summer class.
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Library Faculty & Staff
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Carol Harrison Melissa Hortemiller Donald Martin Seth Shaffer Jessica Spears
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56 Up Directed by Michael Apted Kanopy Starting in 1964 with Seven UP, The UP Series set out to interview 14 children from diverse backgrounds from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Every seven years, renowned director Michael Apted, a researcher for Seven UP, has been back to talk to them, examining the progression of their lives. A towering achievement in the annals of cinema, The UP Series is, according to critic Roger Ebert, “an inspired, almost noble use of the film medium. Apted penetrates to the central mystery of life.�
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PsycARTICLES is the premier peer reviewed database for psychology and behavioral sciences. PsycARTICLES contains more than 150,000 articles from 110 journals - 50 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and its imprint, the Educational Publishing Foundation (EPF). This database includes all journal articles, book reviews, letters to the editor,
and errata from each journal. Nearly all APA journals go back to Volume 1, Issue 1, with some journals dating back to 1894. Searching in PsycARTICLES With the EBSCO interface, PsycARTICLES provides familiar search options. This database is one of the few that allows researchers to limit to a certain methodology, which is extremely helpful in isolating
specific type of studies. Additionally, users can search using the APA Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, available in the top toolbar.
Help & Questions For additional information about the library’s databases or electronic books, contact Donald Martin at dvmartin@ southern.edu.
Accessing the Database To see a list of all our databases, including PsycARTICLES, click here. To access the Library’s databases by subject, click here.
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National Trails Day
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Father’s Day
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National Nature Photograph Day
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Meteor Day
The 50 Best Sights in Astronomy and How to See Them eBook
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D-Day, WWII
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National Weed Your Garden Day
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International Picnic Day
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First Day of Summer
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Forgiveness Day
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The Forgiveness Project eBook
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Anne Frank and her family seek hiding this day in 1942
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Pecan Pie Day
First parking meter introduced in 1935
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Parent’s Day
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Embrace Your Geekness Day
Neil Armstrong and Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin set foot on the moon in 1969
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There’s Always Work at the Post Office eBook
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World Snake Day
Cheer Up the Lonely Day
Snakes Films on Demand
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Amelia Earhart Day
Amelia Earhart: Extraordinary Women Films on Demand
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International Tiger Day
Dynasties: Tigers Films on Demand
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International Day of Friendship
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To Be a Friend eBook
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From Vault Digitized handbooks available on KnowledgeExchange@Southern.
Digitized handbooks from 1943 to current are available on KnowledgeExchange@Southern. The 1943-1944 Student Handbook for Southern Junior College can be seen here. About the Handbooks The student handbook has had different titles and different formats over the years. Titles include Student Handbook, SMC and You, and SMC’s First New College Handbook. We are missing issues 19941995 and 1997-1998. If you have a copy and wouldn’t mind sharing it with McKee Library, please send a message to jspears@southern.edu. View the Collection The digitized collection is available online at https://knowledge.e.southern. edu/student_handbook/.
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