We can help! Looking for a book to read over winter break? READsearcher is a new service the Durham Tech Library is offering where we give you personalized book recommendation based on your answers to a few painless questions. You can find the link on the library homepage under 'Forms.' We are excited to offer this new service and look forward to helping all of you find your next book!
There are excellent free apps available for mobile devices that can help you be successful at Durham Tech! Check out this great list from Consumer Reports which features apps for time management, studying, voice recording, wellness, and more. http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2013/08/bet-apps-college-students/index.htm [caption id="attachment_465" align="alignnone" width="515"] Image from http://jquerymobile.com/donate-devices/[/caption]
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Credo Reference Credo is an easy-to-use tool for research projects and assignments. Search in hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, subject-specific titles, as well as 200,000+ images and audio files, and nearly 200 videos. This is an excellent resource for finding background information from reference sources. The topic pages have in-depth articles that give a nice overview and explanation of thousands of topics. Click here to explore Credo or use the link on our Library Databases page.
Need some more suggestions to work your way through the Durham Tech Library's Read Great Things Challenge? This month, in addition to our previous post about memoirs, biographies, and autobiographies, we're highlighting fictionalized stories about real people. Any of these books will count for this category in the challenge, but you are more than welcome to find your own book as well. Many of the books below can be found in our libraries, along with so many more! [gallery type="rectangular" link
Credo Reference is an online database of more than 3 million entries in over 600 reference books. It is helpful when you're developing a topic for an assignment, because it provides brief topic overviews and links to related entries in Credo Reference resources. You can also follow links from Credo Reference into other resources provided by the Durham Tech Library, including the library catalog and online databases. Additionally, you can browse reference books by subject area, use the "image
Come by and visit our new bookshelves to browse for new books to read. There is also a display featuring new books on the lower level of the library. [gallery type="rectangular" ids="2276,2280,2277,2281,2275,2283,2278,2282,2279"]
Whether you've stubbornly decided to deny that you know what a Pikachu is, have whole-heartedly embraced that you're committed to powering up your Snorlax, or are anywhere in between, Pokémon GO is here... and accessible for smartphone gamers of all skill levels. [gallery link="none" size="medium" type="slideshow" ids="2336,2335,2334,2329,2327,2323,2338" orderby="rand"] There are lots of options of places to battle or gather supplies (and catch 'em all!) around Durham Tech. Did you know the Main
The library has many new books by diverse poets. You can find these on a table at the back of the library on the upper level and on a display rack on the lower level. To learn more about National Poetry month events and to sign up to receive poems in your email inbox, visit the Academy of American Poets. [gallery type="rectangular" size="medium" ids="4115,4123,4113,4116,4117,4122,4118,4114,4121,4119,4112,4111,4120"] Reading a book of poetry or a book written in verse qualifies for Durham Tech's
We are pleased to add the Oscar nominated and Golden Globe winning film Boyhood. The film follows a boy named Mason and his family as he experiences the pleasure and pain of growing up. Notable for being filmed with the same cast over a 12 year period, we can watch as the actors themselves grow with the roles they play. [caption id="attachment_1153" align="aligncenter" width="209"] Boyhood[/caption] Also, this month we have a great crop of new books for your reading pleasure. [gallery type=