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During the first few hours or days following a disaster, essential services may not be available and relief workers cannot reach everyone right away. These resources may be used in your efforts to become prepared.
Librarians like to make sure you have all the information, so sometimes it's hard for us to keep it short. There's just so much information out there! We want to make sure you have all the details that you need. Sometimes you just need to keep it short[er] and sweet, though. With that in mind, here's a top 15 list of essential library links for your first few weeks of school and beyond-- Need a laptop? We have Chromebooks and a few PCs for students to borrow: https://www.durhamtech.edu/student
Durham Tech Library has created an extensive online guide to help with evaluating and categorizing news sources. You'll find links to videos, infographics, articles, books, ebooks, handouts, games and activities, a research study from Stanford, and much more! http://durhamtech.libguides.com/infolit Feel free to link this guide to your Sakai course sites and share with students. We also have some new books in the library for further reading and discussion on this important topic: [caption id=
Celebrate Black History Month by watching an inspirational film! The following films are available for viewing online through the library's Films on Demand streaming video collection. Click on the blue titles below for access. There are more than 150 films for African American History available through Films on Demand and the library has many DVDs for check out too. Eyes on the Prize Eyes on the Prize tells the definitive story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men
Conduct electrocardiogram, phonocardiogram, echocardiogram, stress testing, or other cardiovascular tests to record patients' cardiac activity.
2020 is both a US Census and election year. Many of us are thinking about how we can make a meaningful impact in our community. Participating in both the Census and local and national elections can help us make those impacts. Click through to learn a little more about the Census, voting (especially in NC), and a few books to check off your civic engagement category on the Read Great Things 2020 Challenge. At its core, the Census is about more than the government being curious about how many
Opposing Viewpoints in Context is an online resource covering today’s important social issues such as computer hacking, immigration, same-sex marriage, and voting rights. The differing viewpoints present each side of an issue and help students develop critical thinking skills and draw their own conclusions. Content includes viewpoint articles, newspaper, magazine and academic journal articles, videos, audio, recommended websites, graphics, and statistics. It's an excellent place to begin
Donate Books for Kids! The Library and Center for College and Community Service are co-sponsoring a Book Drive for local nonprofit, Book Harvest, that began Monday and runs through Friday, April 1st. Book Harvest collects new and gently used children's books for triangle families who need them. Collection bins are located in the library on Main Campus and at the Orange County Campus, as well as in the Food Pantry, Phillips Building, room 310C. Book Harvest needs books for young children
While students and staff can explore the library's website and its many resources on their smartphones and tablets, dedicated standalone apps for these devices can still offer a great deal of flexibility. Users may already be familiar with Libby, which grants Durham Tech users access to the wonderful Dogwood Digital Library collection, which offers popular fiction and non-fiction books. This post highlights a few other apps that provide unique ways of accessing academic materials while on the go
We had our first few days of fall, which means in addition to warm beverages, I'm also thinking about settling into a series of books to cozy up with (and also to complete one of the categories of the 2020 Read Great Things Challenge: A book that is part of a series). There are lots of series out there, but sometimes it's nice to start on something without having to wait for the next or final installment to be published (which may or may never come--I'm looking at you in particular, George R. R