5 Tips for Starting the Semester Off Right

1. Don't skip the first day of class. You'll find out more information about the class and most importantly get an idea of what the professor expects of you.
2. Stay organized! Make your planner your best friend this semester and don't miss an assignment! Planners are available at the Columbia bookstore or online. (http://www.bkstr.com/Home/10001-10369-1?demoKey=d)
3. Ask questions. You'll be glad you got everything cleared up before classes start to get more intense. Visit your professor during office hours. They'll be happy to help!
4. Be optimistic! Embrace the fresh new start and look forward to it. You can become an even better student this semester! 
5. Visit the Library. It's a versatile place where you can print your homework, borrow your textbooks, get help with your research, and so much more! 

(Thanks to Jenna Stolz for helping compile this list!)

New Comics & Graphic Novels Database!

Underground and Independent Comics - a new resource from the Library.

Underground and Independent Comics includes more than 100,000 pages of materials, 75,000 pages of primary materials (the comics themselves), and more than 25,000 pages of materials about comics—interviews, commentary, theory, and criticism—from The Comics Journal and other secondary sources.

Browse and search by character, genre, people, publisher, series and titles. 

Questions? Ask a Librarian, we're always happy to help!

Berg Fashion Library Database - New!

The Library has added Berg Fashion Library to our list of databases available to Columbia College Chicago students.

You can scroll through the slideshow of designers...

...explore fashion and textile by Place...

...or by Time...

...and Search the image collection ...

...and Browse by topic...

... all through the Berg Fashion Library!

Vote - Tuesday, November 2nd

Do your civic duty and Vote!
Some resources to help you make an informed decision and some photos to inspire you to have your say:

• Locate polling place (Google voter info): maps.google.com/vote - 1st time voters need to bring a valid photo ID
  




• Print sample ballots for IL: http://illinois.evoter.com/
  
• Non-partisan judicial evaluations - voting for judges in IL: http://www.voteforjudges.org/
  



• Chicago Sun-Times Election 2010: http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/index.html
• Chicago Tribune election center: http://elections.chicagotribune.com/
  

Interested in the Day of the Dead?

Day of the Dead, or el Día de los Muertos, is a traditional Mexican holiday celebrated annually on Oct. 31-Nov. 2 to honor friends and family members who have died. The actual Day of the Dead falls on Nov. 2.

Part commemoration and part celebration, Day of the Dead is a blend of indigenous beliefs and Catholic rituals from the coinciding All Souls' Day. This year, Columbia’s Latino Alliance is putting its own spin on this celebration – and you can expect it to be a little less traditional and a little more Columbia.

For more information on what is going on with Columbia's Day of the Dead on Wednesday, October 28th, take a look at the Student Loop website.

Interested in learning more about the traditions of the Day of the Dead?
Take a look at the Library Resources...



Skulls to the living, bread to the dead : [the day of the dead in Mexico and beyond] / Stanley Brandes.

Day of the Dead : Dia de los Muertos

The days of the dead : Mexico's Festival of Communion with the Departed

Digging the Days of the Dead : a reading of Mexico's dias de muertos

El corazón de la muerte : altars and offerings for days of the dead

The skeleton at the feast : the Day of the Dead in Mexico

Calavera abecedario : a Day of the Dead alphabet book

Days of death, days of life : ritual in the popular culture of Oaxaca

Artes de México: serenidad ritual

Bordering fires : the vintage book of contemporary Mexican and Chicano/a literature

Death and the idea of Mexico

Masks of Mexico [film]

La Ofrenda - the Days of the Dead : a film

El dia la noche y los muertos