Library Databases and E-Resources - Streaming Video!
by Brenda Mahoney, Library Coordinator, The Learning Resource Centre
Available for classroom use and remote access (where possible)
Streaming video provides us with another way to provide color and movement to class instruction without the fuss of video bookings.
The current videos include cover topics such as customer relations topics, basic business skills and the history of computers. The following titles from Films on Demand are available on campus via http://lts2.algonquincollege.com/LRCVideoStreams/Login.aspx:
- :: Business Communication: Listening
- :: Business Communication: Writing
- :: Coping With Stress
- :: Effective Listening Skills: Listening to What You Hear
- :: Every Call Counts
- :: Graphs (how to interpret them)
- :: Managing Difficult Situations
- :: May I Help You? Commendable Customer Service
- :: Measures of Reliability and Relative Standing
- :: Other Graphical Methods and Numerical Methods
- :: The History of Computers
How to Access the Collection
Log in with your network account.
Videos Coming Soon to Proquest Nursing Database
CultureVisionTM is a video database for healthcare professionals working to overcome the uncertainty associated with cultural differences.
Anticipated availability: end of November, early December
Medcom Video Training Clips includes clips on assessment, procedure, care management, anatomy, prevention, and other nursing topics. Videos offered in short "object" form for information that can be quickly and easily followed. The site's use of metadata allows video objects that are most relevant to you can be found.
Anticipated availability: early in the new year (2009).
Access LRC Databases
A wide range of newspapers, journals, e-books and other kinds of content is available through The Learning Resource Centre's database collection.
Take a few minutes to browse: LRC Databases