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Explore new frontiers with a book set in or about space with the Read Great Things 2021 Challenge. Keep reading for some suggestions, including some double-dippers. Double dip and get into a novella series to fill that short book category (could we also call these LITTLE DIPPERS? Eh?): Double dip and travel to space with a book with pictures: Explore new frontiers with some fiction from our collections: Or get the facts with nonfiction about space: Or just read about cats in space (as ya do)
Next week is Open Education Week 2022! Here are a few links to get you started thinking about Open Educational Resources (OER): The Library's 2020 OE Week blog post, which has an introduction to OER and why it is important The Durham Tech Library's OER Research Guide, which has tons of information and resources related to open education openNCCC through the North Carolina Community College System, which has local information about sharing and discovering OER through collections and communities
Need a little more football in your life? This show was watched by Rachel Smith, Northern Durham Center Librarian. Title: All American (tv series; 2 seasons available streaming on Netflix and the CW) Genre: Drama The series opens when a rising high school football player from South Central Los Angeles is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High. The show details the wins, losses, and the struggles of two families. They are in the same city, but they're from two different worlds— the poverty
It's scholarship time! Learn all about the scholarships available to Durham Tech students through the Durham Tech Foundation from Cassandra Rycek, Coordinator of Development Operations. Apply for scholarships on the Durham Tech website! The application window is March 15th through April 15th, 2022. Click through to the post to listen! Need help from a librarian? Use this form to book an appointment with us! Learn more about our new Recording Room and our Tech Tools on our website. Use the
Every year, millions of people in the United States contract influenza ("the flu"). Hundreds of thousands of people are hospitalized for the flu each year and thousands die from it. You can help prevent the spread of this virus--and protect yourself from it--by getting a flu vaccine every year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say that all people aged six months and older need to get the vaccine. As a reference librarian, I come into contact with many people every day at work
It's Earth Day, as you know, and in honor of that I'd like to highlight a database we have that is focused on environmental issues. Then, I'll tell you a story and ask for your stories in return. Just go with it, it's gonna be fun! Through the library you have access to Environmental Studies: Gale in Context. You can find it on our Articles, Journals, and Databases page. This database is focused on providing resources for topics related to environmental studies, including includes things like
We know you can get innumerable recipes online, but there's just something about a cookbook that someone has put together and (hopefully) tested the recipes until they're just right. Both Durham Tech Library locations with circulating book collections have cookbooks available. From classics to new releases, check out the TX location on our shelves for all your cookbook needs. Prefer to read your cookbook on a tablet? The NC LIVE HomeGrown Ebooks Collection has some real gems-- from bacon to
Title: Wrecked: An IQ Novel Author: Joe Ide Genre: mystery, street lit Why did you choose to read this book? This is the third book in the IQ series, which features protagonist Isaiah Quintabe (“IQ”), a small-time, self-styled private investigator from East Long Beach, California. I enjoyed the first two books— IQ and Righteous —so I picked up the third. There are several traits of the main character I appreciate. IQ, motivated by the memory of his older brother Marcus, who was murdered, pursues
Do you like coming-of-age stories [a.k.a. bildungsromans] and dragons, but in contemporary settings? Oh, and bad guys and mob guys and the swamp? Don't mind a little drinking and swearing (well, more than just a little)? Want something that isn't super depressing? Have I got the read for you! This book was read by Meredith Lewis, the [mostly] Orange County Campus Librarian. Title: Highfire Author: Eoin Colfer (yes, the Artemis Fowl guy) Genre: contemporary fantasy, dragon and boy stories, swamp
When you're doing research online and find some resources, how do you know that they're credible resources? There are billions of websites on the Internet and it can be difficult to discern which ones to use in your research. Here's a video from Films on Demand that provides an excellent overview of evaluating websites for credible information. One tool mentioned in the video, which is good for evaluating a website's credibility, is the CRAAP test. CRAAP stands for " currency, relevance