There are multiple facets to being a Civil Engineer.
Did you know that Red River College Library has many great resources on the design, construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and more? Check out our guide on Civil Engineering for links to many resources (print and electronic).
Find the CIVIL ENGINEERING guide here:
RRCLibrary.libguides.com/civil_engineering
or
- Go to library.rrc.ca
- Click on “Your GUIDE is ready“
- Select the subject box – Civil Engineering is in the Engineering and Construction Technology section – to see all the guides on this subject
- Click the desired guide and you have a great starting point.
Other guides you may find interesting:
What is a Guide?
Guides are curated web pages created by our library staff. Many people who are starting to explore a topic aren’t sure where to start – there are so many options and it can be overwhelming.
Guides are a starting spot for students looking for more information on a particular topic in the collection. A guide will typically include featured books and journals (both print and electronic), databases, Videos (DVDs and streaming) and websites. They may also include specialized information specific to the topic (i.e. WHIMIS or resources specific to an assignment).
Do not hesitate to contact guide owners (information is on the guide) if you have any suggestions to improve this guide (content or special interest areas) or stop by the library – we would love to hear from you. If you would like to see a specific guide for a particular topic please let us know.
We encourage you to share this resource with your students, include it on your Learn site and help us promote this Library tool.
AV Services’ new Web content
There is more to AV Services than meets the eye. In our newly enhanced Web content, we would like to provide a central place where users can look up information about our services and resources. You will also find handy online forms that you may use to communicate with us. Of course, you may also stop by in person, call us, or email us at your convenience.
Hope to hear from you soon,
RRC Library – AV Services
The Red River College Libraries would like to remind our patrons of the following holiday hours of operation:
- Sat 15 Dec – Sun 16 Dec
Closed
- Mon 17 Dec – Tue 18 Dec
Notre Dame Campus Library: 7:45AM – 4:00PM
Exchange District Campus Library: 8:00AM – 4:00PM
- Wed 19 Dec
Notre Dame Campus Library: Closed.
Exchange District Campus Library: 8:00AM – 4:00PM
- Thu 20 Dec – Fri 21 Dec
Notre Dame Campus Library: 7:45AM – 4:00PM
Exchange District Campus Library: 8:00AM – 4:00PM
- Sat 22 Dec – Tue 1 Jan
All locations closed throughout the holidays.
- Wed 2 Jan 2019
Return to regular hours.
Please refer to our web pages for detailed info:
Holiday Hours Page | View the hours for the next 30 Days
Veterans know the price paid for our freedom and they want all Canadians to share in this understanding. They are passing the torch of remembrance to us, the people of Canada, to ensure that the memory of their efforts and sacrifices will not die with them, and that an appreciation of the values they fought for will live on in all Canadians.
Reference: http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance
Canada’s Hundred Days and the Armistice
100th anniversary – 1918-2018
This year, Canada remembers our country’s great contributions and sacrifices in the First World War. Our many achievements on the battlefields of Europe were capped by a three-month stretch of victories at the end of the war – August 8th to November 11th, 1918 – that came to be known as “Canada’s Hundred Days”.
100th Anniversary of Canada’s Hundred Days and the Armistice
The First World War (August 4, 1914 – November 11, 1918)
- 650,000+ Canadians and Newfoundlanders served
- 170,000+ wounded
- 66,000+ dead
Canada’s Hundred Days (August 8 – November 11, 1918)
The last 3 months of Canadian Corps’ victories at the end of the First World War
- 100,000+ Canadians advanced 130 km
- 32,000+ prisoners taken
- 3,750+ artillery pieces, machine guns and mortars captured
- 39,000+ wounded
- 6,800+ dead
- 29 Canadians and 1 Newfoundlander received the Victoria Cross (VC)—the highest award for military valour service members could earn. This represents nearly one-third of all VC’s earned in Canadian history.
Reference: http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/news/info-graphics/hundred-days-armistice
Acts of Remembrance – Social Media
Every year in November, we stop to remember, salute and honour Canada’s Veterans and active duty personnel. This year, we hope that Canadians from coast to coast to coast will join us to pay tribute to our heroes for their service and sacrifice. Let’s start a social media movement that tells our Veterans that #CanadaRemembers.
Posted by Mark Nelson – RRC Library
Red River College has obtained access to “Visible Body – Anatomy & Physiology”, a visually stunning, step-by-step introduction to each human body system from Wolters Kluwer.
RRC Staff and students may now use this resource, by connecting through the library web site. For instructions, please refer to our guide (link is below).
What does Visible Body provide?
“Visible Body – Anatomy & Physiology” provides a 3D introduction to the human body in 50 visual interactive chapters. Anatomy and physiology is presented in 3D model sets, animations, and illustrations.
Each unit presents a body system in a series of chapters, with bite-sized visual interactivities and quizzes. The site also features trackable unit objectives, with multiple-choice and dissection quizzes for assessing self-paced learning.
What units are included?
12 units are included: cells and tissues, integumentary, skeleton and joints, muscle types, nervous, endocrine, circulatory, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive
What are some of the features?
- The user can view anatomy and physiology of all 12 body systems, and study the detail of the complex physiology by rotating, zooming and dissecting 3D models of bones, organs, and tissues.
- The user can work through a bite-sized presentation of a concept, then use the self-assessment quizzes to assess mastery
- The user can use study tools to reinforce and track learning
Would you like to see a demo?
How do I connect to “Visible Body – Anatomy & Physiology”
RRC Staff and students should refer to our guide:
How to use and install Visible Body – Anatomy and Physiology.
April 22 is Earth Day, the world’s largest environmental movement. This is a dedicated time to celebrate the Earth and promote environmental awareness. In honour of Earth Day, AV Services at NDC Library has curated a selection of DVDs and streaming videos on environmental topics, which all staff and students at RRC may access or borrow.
View the list of Earth Day videos now on display >> Earth Day Video List
Questions or suggestions?
If you have any questions about AV materials, or you are an instructor and would like to suggest a purchase, please contact AV Services:
Notre Dame Campus
Phone: 204.632.2231
Email: av@rrc.ca
Exchange District Campus
Phone: 204.949.8370
Email: av_edc@rrc.ca
World Water Day is an annual event celebrated on 22 March. The day focuses attention on the importance of universal access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in developing countries.
World Water Day 2018: Thursday, March 22
The theme for World Water Day 2018 is ‘Nature for Water’ – exploring nature-based solutions to the water challenges we face in the 21st century.
Damaged ecosystems affect the quantity and quality of water available for human consumption. Today, 2.1 billion people live without safe drinking water at home; affecting their health, education and livelihoods.
Sustainable Development Goal 6 commits the world to ensuring that everyone has access to safe water by 2030, and includes targets on protecting the natural environment and reducing pollution.
Reference: http://worldwaterday.org/
Library Resources
The Red River College Library maintains items related to “water” and “clean water access” in our collection; patrons are encouraged to search our online catalogue for resources. In addition, please check out our window display at the Notre Dame Campus Library where we have placed related resources.
You may view a list of items in our window display here:
http://library.rrc.ca/Search/Window-Display.aspx
Below you will find a selection of the resources we have in our display. If you see something you like, just come to the Notre Dame Campus Library and inquire at the Circulation Desk. Read More →
Check out our window display at the Notre Dame Campus Library where we have placed library resources related to bullying and Pink Shirt Day.
On February 28, 2018, we encourage everyone to practice kindness and wear pink to symbolize that you do not tolerate bullying.
Bullying is a major problem in our schools, workplaces, homes, and online. Over the month of February, and throughout the year, CKNW Kids’ Fund’s Pink Shirt Day aims to raise awareness of these issues, as well as raise funds to support programs that foster children’s healthy self-esteem.
Reference: https://www.pinkshirtday.ca/
How it began
Now a movement celebrated across the globe, Pink Shirt Day has humble beginnings. Inspired by an act of kindness in small-town Nova Scotia, CKNW Kids’ Fund, working with partners Boys & Girls Clubs and CKNW 980, was inspired to raise funds to support anti-bullying programs. Here is a snippet of an article detailing the original incident:
“David Shepherd, Travis Price and their teenage friends organized a high-school protest to wear pink in sympathy with a Grade 9 boy who was being bullied [for wearing a pink shirt]…[They] took a stand against bullying when they protested against the harassment of a new Grade 9 student by distributing pink T-shirts to all the boys in their school. ‘I learned that two people can come up with an idea, run with it, and it can do wonders,’ says Mr. Price, 17, who organized the pink protest. ‘Finally, someone stood up for a weaker kid.’ So Mr. Shepherd and some other headed off to a discount store and bought 50 pink tank tops. They sent out message to schoolmates that night, and the next morning they hauled the shirts to school in a plastic bag. As they stood in the foyer handing out the shirts, the bullied boy walked in. His face spoke volumes. ‘It looked like a huge weight was lifted off his shoulders,’ Mr. Price recalled. The bullies were never heard from again.” — GLOBE & MAIL
Read More →
The Red River College Library receives plenty of inquiries about the wireless networks on all our Winnipeg campuses. Our goal is to help all our library patrons, though we always have to be clear that we do not control or manage the wireless networks here at RRC. At the Library we are users, just like you!
Were you forced to change your password? Forget this Network!
After you change your password, make sure that any of your devices, such as cell phones or tablets, also have your new password in their settings.
Q: How do you do update your wireless password?
A: Forget this network!
Just ask your device to “Forget this Network” and then setup the network fresh.
Lockouts
When you ask your device to “forget this network”, always keep in mind that it was likely trying to actively connect to the wireless with a bad password. This would have caused the college’s wireless system to lock out your device. So, when you reconnect with your username and your new password it may still not connect. It is probably locked out!
Wait 30 minutes after you “Forget this Network” for your locked-out device to be re-allowed to connect to RRCWireless.
Laptops – Mac and PC
If you have a laptop, you may not need to “Forget this Network”. You can likely just login with your new password when your computer challenges you for credentials. However, you may still have to wait 30 minutes for your laptop to cease being locked out. Just put in your new password, and wait for the lock-out period to expire (30 minutes).
Face-to-face Assistance
We offer help at our Library Helpdesks:
- Notre Dame Campus – Library Computer Lab (8AM to 4PM)
- Exchange District Campus – Lower Learning Commons (8AM to 4PM)
On-line Help
The Library has a guide with extensive wireless information:
http://rrclibrary.libguides.com/wireless
The Red River College IT Departments has a wirless help page:
http://blogs.rrc.ca/its/help-resources/connect-to-rrc-wireless/
Do you want to increase the effectiveness of your study time? Do better on tests? Join these free brain-based workshops to increase your study skills — and your performance on tests and assignments.
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