Group Study Rooms!

Looking for a quiet place to study with a friend or two? Preparing for that big group presentation or final exam?

ACC Library Services Group Study Rooms are here for YOU!

(SAC Group Study Room 2)

Group Study Rooms are available for groups of two or more currently enrolled ACC students studying for ACC courses. Study rooms are available at these ACC Libraries -- CYP, EGN, EVC, HYS, NRG, RRC, RVS, SAC, SGC.

All group study rooms offer one or more of the following:

• Whiteboards for brainstorming and visualization of concepts 
• TV monitors that can be connected to laptops for preparing presentations
• Projectors that can be connected to laptops for viewing presentations

And of course, there's always an ACC Librarian available to help you with your research and citation needs!

Did you know that you can reserve a Group Study Room online?! Simply click on the Reserve a Group Study Room link from the ACC Library Services home page and follow the reservation prompts.   

A to Z World Food

August is National Goat Cheese Month!

Wondering how best to celebrate this and other delectable foods from around the world?

Try exploring the A to Z World Food database by World Trade Press

AtoZ World Food is the only food database that contains traditional recipes for 174 countries of the world in all course categories: appetizers, soups, salads, breads, main courses, side dishes, desserts, and beverages.

FEATURES

 • 174 Countries • 9,000+ Food Photos • 1,700+ Food Quotes • 6,000+ Recipes • 540+ Ingredient Articles • 750+ World Beer Reviews • 850+ Food Culture Articles • 800+ Food Glossary Terms • Personal Recipe Book 

Food Culture by Country 1,400+ Food Culture Articles

Recipes by Country 7,000+ Recipes

Beverages by Country

Ingredients 540+ Ingredient Articles

Country Food Guides Country List (174) 

Testing & Education Reference Center

TESTING & EDUCATION REFERENCE CENTER

Prepare for the future in ways never before possible

Gale's Testing & Education Reference Center provides the tools you need to achieve educational and professional success. Whether you are a student exploring higher education, a recent graduate embarking on a career path, or a business veteran who wants to make a change, you'll find in-depth information and interactive exercises to achieve your goals. With practice exams to identify mastered concepts and opportunities for further study, planning features to simplify financial aid and reveal scholarships, and career tools to explore professional pathways, Testing & Education Reference Center helps turn your goals into realities. 

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COLLEGE PLANNING 

Explore links to test prep, college and scholarship searches, and articles with tips on applying, paying, and preparing for college. 

PRACTICE TESTS AND ONLINE BOOKS 

Access full-length, timed practice exams and online books for AP, ACT, SAT, PSAT, GED, ASVAB, civil service exams, and more. 

QUICK STARTS 

Choose your student type, and then select the task you’d like to complete for quick direction to useful tools.

SEARCHING FOR SCHOOLS

Testing & Education Reference Center’s specialized school searches identify the best institutions for your needs. Search by location and program of study to target universities, career programs, and other schools of interest. Use more extensive options available in several of the searches to find a perfect fit based on school size, special programs, sports, and more.

COLLEGE & SCHOLARSHIP SEARCH

Begin planning your future by searching for the best colleges that fit who you are and what you're looking for. Our extensive databases make up a complete college guide of schools throughout the world. Search our listings of undergraduate colleges and universities, distance learning options, and undergraduate nursing programs.

MASTERING BASIC SKILLS

Testing & Education Reference Center’s interactive tutorials and quizzes teach reading comprehension, sentence skills, writing, and math. Whether you are an English language learner, student, or adult looking to brush up on your skills, use these tools to review fundamental concepts in a straightforward format. 

PREPARING FOR A CAREER

If you are looking for a career, Testing & Education Reference Center offers a variety of prep tools to help.

Virtual Career Library:

Guides you through the career seeking process with individual modules covering searching for jobs, preparing resumes and cover letters, interviewing, and more.

Resume Builder:

Creates a professional resume that outlines your qualifications, skills, and accomplishments 

Career Assessment:

Determines possible career paths, and provides career overviews. 

Stonewall, June 28, 1969--Fifty Years Later

BEFORE STONEWALL

Blank, Hanne. Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality. Beacon Pr., 2012. 264p.

“Like the typewriter and the light bulb, the heterosexual was invented in the 1860s and swiftly and permanently transformed Western culture.”

Bronski, Michael. A Queer History of the United States. Beacon Pr, 2011. 312p. HQ76.3.U5 B696 2011

“Bronski centers LGBTQ+ people in a national narrative, beginning with encounters between indigenous people and early colonizers and ending in the early 21st century.” (LJ 4/15/11)

Canaday, Margot. The Straight State: Sexuality and Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America. Princeton Univ. Pr, 2011. 296p. HQ75.16.U6 C36 2009 EBK

Historian Canaday argues that during the first half of the 20th century, U.S. immigration, military, civil service, and social welfare policies assumed and helped construct the image of the citizen as heterosexual.

Meyerowitz, Joanne. How Sex Changed: A History of Transsexuality in the United States. Harvard Univ Pr, 2002. HQ77.95.E85 M48 2002

The author charts the historical development of a modern trans identity from the late 19th to the mid-20th century through cultural and medical discourse.

Richards, Christina. Bouman, Walter Pierre. Barker, Meg-John.(Eds). Genderqueer and Non-Binary Genders. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. Online. 311 p.

“This book addresses the emerging field of genderqueer or non-binary genders - that is, individuals who do not identify as male or female. The first section provides an overview of historical, legal and academic aspects of this phenomenon. The second section explores how psychotherapeutic, psychological and psychiatric theory and practice are adapting to a non-binary model of gender, and the third section considers the body related aspects, from endocrinology to surgery.”

GAY LIBERATION

Faderman, Lillian. The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle. Simon & Schuster, 2015.

832p. HQ76.8.U5 F33 2015  

“A key scholar in the field, Faderman provides a rich narrative history of queer activism from the mid-20th century to the present.” (LJ 7/15)

Frank, Miriam. Out in the Union: A Labor History of Queer America. Temple Univ. Pr, 2014. 240p. HD6285.5.U6 .F73 2014 EBK   

Through oral history interviews and archival research, Frank considers queer involvement in organized labor from the 1960s to the early 21st century.

Jones, Cleve. When We Rise: My Life in the Movement. Hachette, 2016. 304p. HQ75.8 .J66 A3 2016

Jones’s powerful memoir evokes both the heady days of gay liberation in 1970s San Francisco and the ravages of the AIDS epidemic.

Stryker, Susan. Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution. 2d ed. Seal Pr, 2017. 320p. HQ77.9 .S77 2017  

Transgender people have been centrally involved but often overlooked in the history of queer activism. Stryker documents trans lives and activism since the mid- 20th century.

Woods, Gregory.  Homintern: How Gay Culture Liberated the Modern World. Yale Univ. Pr, 2016.421 p. HQ75.15 .W66 2016

"In a hugely ambitious study which crosses continents, languages, and almost a century, Gregory Woods identifies the ways in which homosexuality has helped shape Western culture. Extending from the trials of Oscar Wilde to the gay liberation era, this book examines a period in which increased visibility made acceptance of homosexuality one of the measures of modernity.”

FAMILY

Murray, Heather. Not in This Family: Gays and the Meaning of Kinship in Postwar North America. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 2012. 312p. HQ76 .M87 2010

"A nuanced ethnographic history of the relationships queer people forged with their families of origin in the latter half of the 20th century."

Yoshino, Kenji. Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial: The Story of Hollingsworth v. Perry. Crown, 2015. 373 p. KF229 .H654 Y67 2015

"A renowned legal scholar tells the definitive story of Hollingsworth v. Perry, the trial that will stand as the most potent argument for marriage equality.”

Also see DVDs and Streaming Media below for more on family.

AIDS

Petro, Anthony M. After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion. Oxford Univ. Pr, 2015. 312p. Oxford Scholarship Online.

“Petro's account of AIDS through the lens of religious response helps us look beyond the Christian right in understanding a theology of sex.” (LJ 7/15)

THE FUTURE

McLemee, Scott. (2009, June 24). Fifty Years after Stonewall. Inside Higher Ed.

Ten years ago, McLemeer wrote that “the approaching anniversary of Stonewall seemed like a good occasion to consider what the future of LGBT scholarship might bring,” after noting the changes that had and had not taken place since 1969.

Vaid, Urvashi. Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation. Anchor, 1996. 464p. HQ76.8.U5 V35 1996

Vaid challenges the wealthy whiteness of national queer politics in a critique that is still-relevant.

Yoshino, Kenji. Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights. Random, 2006. 304p. KF373.A3 Y67 2006

A legal scholar presents a memoir that documents his experiences and calls for a return to an authenticity which recognizes that the suppression of personal identity causes harm to all society.

DVDS AND STREAMING MEDIA

France, David. How To Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS.  New York: Sundance Selects: MPI Media Group, 2013. 109 min.  RA643.8 .H697 2013X DVD  

"[T]he story of the brave young men and women who successfully reversed the tide of an epidemic, demanded the attention of a fearful nation, and stopped AIDS from becoming a death sentence.”

Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin. 2010. 84 min.  Streaming Video.

“This award-winning documentary explores the life of Bayard Rustin, a peace, labor, and civil rights activist and gay man who was the organizational mastermind behind the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963).”

Two Dads, Two Moms Gay Couples and Their Families.  Filmoption International, 2013. 52 min. Streaming Video.

Profiling families in the U.S., France, and Spain, this program focuses on the children of gay couples and how their experiences resemble or differ from more conventional upbringings. Fathers Cliff and John were the first same-sex couple in America to produce a family through surrogate motherhood.

Davis, Kate & Heilbroner, David. Stonewall Uprising. American Experience c/o PBS, 2011. 90 min. HQ76.8.U6 A447 2011 DVD

Also available as streaming media

“An engaging documentary that tells the story of the protests at the Stonewall Inn through the voices of participants and places the now-famous event in historical perspective.”

DIGITAL RESOURCES

Asexuality Visibility & Education Network (AVEN)

“Asexuality (a lack of sexual attraction to others) and aromanticism (little or no romantic attraction to others) represent the "A" in LGBTQIA. AVEN is a key network for people who identify as ace and aro.”

Daughters of Bilitis Video Project.  

“The Daughters of Bilitis was a social and activist group founded in 1955. The Video Project began in 1987 and was sponsored by the Lesbian Herstory Educational Foundation Inc. The purpose of the project was to gather interviews with the founders and former members of the Daughters of Bilitis in order to document their critical role in the gay/lesbian liberation movement, as well as the Civil Rights movement.”

Digital Transgender Archive (DTA).

“Transgender histories are often difficult to locate in archival repositories. DTA offers unified access to digitized materials related to trans lives from around the globe.”

Making Gay History: The Podcast.

Eric Marcus's collection of oral history interviews offers a collection of moving, intimate portraits of queer life from the mid-20th century to the present.

OutHistory.org.

“OutHistory.org tells stories about people in the past who identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender; and people who did not conform to dominant norms of sexuality and gender.” 

Stonewall Forever.

“Stonewall Forever is a project to find, preserve and share the untold stories of the Stonewall Riots of 1969 and the early years of the LGBTQ rights movement. The LGBT Community Center with support from Google.org is gathering, digitizing and archiving this crucial history. The stories will be included in an interactive monument in honor of the 50th anniversary of Stonewall.”

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Image sources:
https://www.capitalpride.org/pride_sponsors/stonewall-50/
https://lgbtqcolorado.org/event/rainbow-alley-open-art-studio-art-inspired-by-stonewall/

TexShare Cards

Have you ever done a research project and discovered that there are not enough resources? Did you know that as an ACC student, you have access to just about any library in Texas? If you have not visited an ACC campus library to pick up your FREE TexShare card, do it now!

What is TexShare?

TexShare is a cooperative program designed to improve service to Texans. Members include public libraries that belong to the regional library systems, academic libraries, and libraries of clinical medicine. TexShare enables libraries to offer a broader range of materials and services than any single library can provide for its constituents.

With a TexShare Card, a library patron may directly borrow books, music, movies and more from any other participating TexShare library, just as if he or she were card-holder there. If your local library participates in the TexShare Card program, you can request a TexShare Card at the circulation desk. See each library's lending policy for eligibility and restrictions.

A TexShare card is FREE to any ACC student who is currently enrolled. It lasts all semester and can be renewed every semester that you are enrolled in classes.

With a TexShare card, you can check out materials from any participating library in Texas. This includes, UT, Austin Public, and many more. Click here to find a library near you.

Visit the Texas State Library and Archives Commission website or Ask A Librarian to learn more.

Need some Leisure Reading?

Summer is here! Whether you are looking to find a beach read, or something to

keep your mind off your textbook, we've got lots of options. Each ACC campus

library has a Leisure Reading section, which is full of popular current fiction and

non-fiction. Browse the shelves or ask a librarian if you need help finding a particular title. These books will be marked with a label that indicates they are "Leisure Reading" which is just a fancy way of saying they are more for fun than for a particular class subject.

Check out some of these great leisure reads:

Written by Celebs:

The greatest love story ever told : an oral history
by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally

The last black unicorn by Tiffany Haddish

Bossypants by Tina Fey

Cravings : recipes for all the food you want to eat by Chrissy Teigen

Since Game of Thrones is over:

Fire & Blood by George R. R. Martin

The priory of the orange tree by Samantha Shannon

The raven tower by Ann Leckie

Year one by Nora Roberts

Wise words/Biographies

Braving the wilderness : the quest for true belonging and the courage to stand alone
by Brené Brown

Fail until you don’t: fight, grind, repeat by Bobby Bones

The moment of lift : how empowering women changes the world by Melinda Gates

My own words by Ruth Bader Ginsberg

Becoming by Michelle Obama

The good neighbor: the life and work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King

Mystery/True Crime/Thriller

The road to Jonestown : Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn

The death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware

I'll be gone in the dark : one woman's obsessive search for the Golden State Killer
by Michelle McNamara

Elevation by Stephen King

My sister, the serial killer : a novel by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Beach Reads

99 percent mine: a novel by Sally Thorne

Still me by Jojo Moyes

Children of blood and bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Catwoman: Soulstealer by Sarah J. Maas

Turtles all the way down by John Green

Happy Reading!