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All campuses of Durham Tech, including the libraries, will be closed this year for Veteran's Day, Fri., Nov. 10. Durham Tech's Veterans Services helps our veteran students succeed with support from GI Bill benefits. For questions about available resources, reach out to Demitrius Bullock, Durham Tech's Veterans Services Coordinator. Originally celebrated as Armistice Day after World War I, the first official Veteran's Day was in 1954, designated to remember and honor American veterans after large
Today is Constitution Day and to celebrate we wanted to highlight a couple of videos about the US Constitution from our Films on Demand database. Films on Demand has streaming video that is free to watch and easily embedded into Sakai. This first video is The Almost Painless Guide to the US Constitution and is a short summary of how the Constitution was created with fun narration and a quick quiz at the end. (If you're off campus you will need to log in with your Durham Tech username and
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
Here are three short poems to read and reflect on during this uncertain and challenging time. blessing the boats by Lucille Clifton - 1936-2010 (at St. Mary's) may the tide that is entering even now the lip of our understanding carry you out beyond the face of fear may you kiss the wind then turn from it certain that it will love your back may you open your eyes to water water waving forever and may you in your innocence sail through this to that From Quilting: Poems 1987-1990 by Lucille Clifton
So technically Tuesday was National Library Workers' Day, but it was also a high pollen count day, so there's been a bit of a delay in posting (apologies). We may be biased (acknowledging bias is an important part of information literacy, you know), but we have a great group of library employees. Your Durham Tech Library staff participate in councils, committees, mentoring, programming, advising, campus planning, and many other parts of the Durham Tech community. We recognize that the way to
⬆️See what I did there? I crack myself up! Check out (literally) our fresh film titles. If you have a library account, they're FREE.* [gallery link="none" size="medium" type="rectangular" ids="3248,3249,3250,3251,3252,3253,3254,3255,3256" orderby="rand"] *You can check anything out for free. It's awesome!
Here are some of the new books we have for check out. So, you know, check them out! [gallery columns="2" ids="1742,1743,1744,1745,1746,1747,1748,1749,1750,1751" orderby="rand"]
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"]
Why not celebrate both the end of the semester and the season of snacks with a food-related book from the Durham Tech library? Click on an image for more details about a title. [gallery columns="5" type="circle" ids="679,680,681,682,683,684,685,686,687,688,690,691,692,693,694,695,696,697,698,699,700,701,702,703,704,705,706,707,689" orderby="rand"] Ask a librarian if you're interested in checking out one of these books highlighted in our front window display.