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We have so many new amazing books for you this April! [gallery link="none" type="slideshow" ids="3122,3123,3124,3125,3126,3127,3128,3129,3130,3131,3132,3133,3134" orderby="rand"]
Title: The Lightkeepers Read by: Julie Humphrey Author: Abby Geni Genre: literary fiction, mystery Why did you choose to read this book? The main character is a nature photographer who travels to live on a remote island off the California coast with a few biologists who study animals there. I'm interested in travel, photography, and wildlife so it sounded like a good fit for me. It was also described as “part mystery and part ghost story” which intrigued me. What did you like about it? It’s
This movie was watched by Julie Humphrey, Library Director. Title: At Eternity’s Gate Director: Julian Schnabel Genre: Drama Why did you choose to watch this movie? I liked one of the director’s previous films ( The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) and I wanted to learn more about Vincent Van Gogh. Willem Dafoe was nominated for a best actor academy award for this role and I really like his acting and I enjoy biopics. What did you like about it? It was a fascinating and vivid portrait of the
Need general information or some background or basics to get started on a research assignment? Know that you shouldn’t head to Wikipedia if you want to use it for a class assignment? Try Credo Reference! Credo does not contain scholarly journal articles, but it is packed with reference information pulled from hundreds of books that can be cited for assignments. You can filter search results to by source, type, or date. You can look for articles or images. If you find an article that you want to
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
Wait. Why would you celebrate banning books? It's actually the opposite. Banned Books Week draws attention to books that have been challenged for removal in library and school collections and draws attention to historical banning or removal of texts. Celebrating Banned Books Week reminds us of the power of words. Click through to read more about Banned Books Week, including the books that were most frequently challenged in 2020. Removing a book from the collection due to inaccuracies, age, or
April is National Poetry Month! Last year, we did a blackout poetry Crafternoon, and this year we'd like to ask you: Who is your favorite poet? What's your favorite poem? Let me (Meredith Lewis) know by 5:00 this Friday, April 16 either via email (lewisma@durhamtech.edu) or Teams chat for a chance to have you favorite poem made into this year's Durham Tech Library Poetry Month bookmarks. (I'm going to tell you a secret: If you send me a poem or poet that you'd just think would make a good
No joke--it's the official Census Day! What does that mean? Where you live or stay most of the time as of today is what your Census documentation should show. 5 Ws and a H: Census FAQ WHAT? Every 10 years the US Census counts each person in the US. NC loses $16,000 for each person not counted. WHY? Census data is used by the state, county, and city to plan for and fund everything from Head Start to high schools and healthcare to highways. WHO: One person should count every member of their
If you have been studying at Durham Tech for a couple semesters, you are probably familiar with some of the article databases and other research tools that are available through NC LIVE, such as Academic Search Complete and Newspaper Source Plus. This semester--and continuing through 2017--NC LIVE is subscribing to some new resources you'll want to use! ProQuest Central provides access to " thousands of periodical titles and millions of full-text articles." ProQuest Newsstand replaces Newspaper