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The Durham Tech Library in collaboration with the Student Enrichment Department is thrilled to announce the return of our Crafternoons for the Fall 2022 semester! Take a few minutes to unwind with a creative break and chat with fellow Durham Tech students, faculty, and staff. Students, faculty, and staff from all programs and departments are welcome to participate. Materials will be provided. Keep reading for more details about the upcoming Crafternoon events! You can also find these listed on
There should be another word for cookbooks that are only recipes for baked desserts. Bakebooks? Dessertbooks? Bakertbooks? We can workshop it later. Regardless of what they are called, the library has them! I used one to make a pie on Memorial Day and it did not disappoint. The recipe came from Pie Every Day: Recipes and Slices of Life by Pat Willard. Click through to the rest of the post to see how my pie turned out! Now don't worry. If you aren't a "pie person" you'll still find plenty of
The next Library Book Club selection is Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates which appeared on many best books lists of 2015. We will meet on Thurs. Feb. 4th at 1:00 pm in the ERC Schwartz room. Here's a book description from the Goodreads website: In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and
Need to find journal articles or ebooks in the arts? What about literature or the sciences? Look no further than JSTOR! JSTOR is a digital library including thousands of academic journals, books, and primary source documents in the humanities, social sciences, sciences and math. You can search using keywords in their search box, like this search on “Alice Walker”… or you can browse content by subject area, by title, or by publisher. JSTOR contains more than 85,000 ebooks from academic publishers
Reading and writing are a huge part of being a college student. Essays, research papers and exams require students to think critically and put those thoughts into words. Many written assignments necessitate citations, with which students demonstrate that they have consulted sources and synthesized the information they discover with their own thoughts into a cogent analysis with original conclusions. The library is here to help! The library on the main campus has some books at the circulation
We have a great crop of new books this month with something sure to please everyone. From the hipster cook to the DIY mechanic to the fiction fan there will be a book to catch your eye. Come check out our New Books shelf at the library where these books and more are waiting for you! [gallery link="none" type="rectangular" ids="2637,2638,2639,2640,2641,2642,2643,2644,2645" orderby="rand"]
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
Thinking about coming to the book club? There's still time! The Durham Tech Library Book Club meets on February 4th at 1:00 pm. The meeting will be held in the Schwartz Room in Building 5. We're reading Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates and you can check out a copy from our library, or get your own copy elsewhere. Can't finish the book in time? Come anyway! The more the merrier. Not into non-fiction? Help us choose what fiction book to read next by voting in our online poll here. We
[caption id="attachment_3753" align="aligncenter" width="199"] Available at the OCC Library on the New Book Shelf[/caption] Title: From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death Author: Caitlin Doughty Genre: Nonfiction -- Essay & Travelogue Why did you choose to read this book? I saw it as a nominee for the Goodreads Choice Awards best nonfiction book of 2017 and it seemed interesting-- I read both Mary Roach's Spook and Stiff a few years ago and found the topic of how we as
Hey, Durham Tech students, faculty, and staff? Want to win prizes just for learning more about your Library? Good news! Have we got the virtual scavenger hunt for you! Fill out the Durham Tech Library's SNACK to School Virtual Scavenger Hunt for for a chance to be entered in a drawing to win a gift basket full of Durham Tech and Durham Tech Library swag AND some snacks to get your first few weeks started off right. [gallery] While the literal baskets will vary, the prize packs will not. Each