Friday, September 18, 2015

Register to Vote

Register to Vote

You are eligible to register to vote if:
  • You are a United States citizen;
  • You are a resident of the county where you submit the application;
  • You are at least 18 years old on Election Day;
  • You are not a convicted felon (you may be eligible to vote if you have completed your sentence, probation, and parole); and
  • You have not been declared by a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be either totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote.

See more information at: http://www.votetexas.gov/register-to-vote/

ACC Image Make Your Mark

Join others at ACC -- ACC Votes is a non-partisan initiative of the Austin Community College Student Government Association, Center for Public Policy and Political Studies, and Office of External Affairs to provide the college community with access to voter registration and information on voting procedures.

Tuesday, September 08, 2015

New databases for the Fall

Check out some new databases for the Fall.

Kanopy

image of a filmstripKanopy is a streaming video platform of over 26,000 titles from over 800 producers. Now, for the first time ever, we have access to streaming film titles from the Criterion Collection, festival documentaries, and TV producers (like HBO).

Wanna stream Grey Gardens? A Hard Day's Night? The Battle of Algiers? You can now. All videos are closed-captioned, shareable, and embed-able.
Note: If you are off campus, you may need to accept a security certificate.

Nursing Reference Center Plus

Nursing Reference Center Plus is an evidence-based database designed specially for nurses, and includes care sheets, videos, and research articles



Testing and Education Reference Center with Career Module

TERC provides career guidance, computer skills support (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite training), and interactive quizzes/tests including:
SAT / ACT    AP
CLEP    TOEFL
STAAR    TAKS
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