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Student Success Skills Videos from Films on Demand

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Academic Success: Smart Tips for Serious Students is a 6-video series. Each video is between 10 and 12 minutes long. Link: http://ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login?url=http://digital.films.com/PortalPlayLists.aspx?pstid=16423&aid=71584 Videos:

Values and Goals

Time Management

Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving

Active Listening and Note-Taking

Researching, Reading, and Writing

Studying and Test-Taking

Communication Essentials is a 4-video series. Each video is between 20 and 25 minutes long. Link: http://ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login?url=http://digital.films.com/PortalPlayLists.aspx?pstid=16951&aid=17584  Videos:

Listening Essentials

Speaking Essentials

Writing Essentials

Reading Essentials

Internet Research and Information Literacy: Effective Strategies and Cautionary Tales is a 3-video series. Each video is between 19 and 22 minutes long. Link:http://ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login?url=http://digital.films.com/PortalPlayLists.aspx?pstid=20146&aid=17584 Videos:

Effective Internet Search: Basic Tools and Advanced Strategies

Recognizing Online Propaganda, Bias, and Advertising

Plagiarism 2.0: Information Ethics in the Digital Age

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Mango Languages Trial at JRSCC Libraries

On July 23rd, our library started a trial subscription to Mango Languages. For 30 days, students, faculty, and staff can access this self-paced, online and mobile language learning application both on campus and off. See the JSRCC Library Blog for access information.

From the JSRCC Library Blog:

Beginning July 23rd, and for the next thirty days, Reynolds library will be evaluating Mango Languages, a software that supports language acquisition. Mango offers content in over fifty languages, including (but not limited to) Spanish, Italian, Farsi, Yiddish and aye Matey, even Pirate!

Mango also offers extensive tutorials for those trying to learn English as a second language, and it may serve to complement classroom learning. Mango software is available both online and as an app for iPads, iPhones, iPod Touches and Droids. 

If you enjoy the app, please leave feedback at the Library's libguides trial database page to help the Library decide whether to purchase a full subscription to Mango Languages.