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This book was read by Courtney Bippley-Reference Librarian at the Main Campus Library Why did you choose to read this book? The premise of this book was intriguing to me. Using mediums to get intelligence from ghosts of soldiers seems like a logical tactic if ghosts were a real and reliable phenomenon. What did you like about it? I like that the book didn’t shy away from the culture of the time in regard to racism and sexism. The author worked these issues into the plot, characters, and setting
Did you know that Durham Tech library staff have created nearly 50 online research guides to help you with your assignments? Click the "LibGuides" link on the library home page to see them! LibGuides is a service provided by Springshare, which allows libraries to create multifaceted guides to research, tailored to the library's resources and to specific subjects. Many of Durham Tech's LibGuides are designed around specific courses ( ENG 231 / ENG 232) or subjects taught at Durham Tech ( Dental
Durham Tech Library and Student Government Association are excited to host fun craft events for students! This will be an ongoing event series in Fall and Spring semesters. We will host this first event at both Orange County Campus and Main Campus Library. PROJECT: Make & decorate your own academic planner or notebook LOCATION: Orange County Campus, room 104 PRESENTER: Meredith Lewis, OCC Librarian WHEN: Thursday, August 24, 11:30-1:00 pm & PROJECT: Make & decorate your own academic planner or
In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Durham Tech, here’s what the awesome and amazing Occupational Therapy Assistant Program faculty are currently reading and have recently read: [gallery link="none" size="medium" ids="3090,3091,3092,3093,3094,3096,3097,3098,3099,3100,3101,3103,3106,3107,3109,3113,3114" orderby="rand"] As always, if you’re interested in a title, you can either search our catalog to see if we have the book or request it through interlibrary loan if
You may be familiar with Films on Demand, a streaming video platform with thousands of educational videos. In January of 2015 we announced this new service for the Durham Tech community. On March 7 Films on Demand added over 100 new films to Durham Tech's collection. You can see a list of the new titles here: https://durhamtech.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=107014&m=2&y=2016&cType=1.These new videos cover a wide range of subjects including business
I don't know if you've heard, but 2018 is here and the library is launching a reading challenge! To help you discover books for the reading challenge categories, we will be highlighting books from our collection that fit into different categories (and also count towards that last one-- librarian recommendations). Get excited! This month we're covering books that will be turned into movies or television shows this year. [gallery type="rectangular" link="none" ids="3803,3804,3806,3807,2847,3808
The library discovered a neat new tool called the North Carolina Literary Map, which is a free resource produced by the University Libraries at UNC Greensboro in collaboration with the North Carolina Center for the Book. The NC Literary Map identifies North Carolina places associated with more than 3000 writers and more than 4700 of their books with an interactive online tool that is designed to foster interest in the state’s rich literary tradition. Travelers interested in literary sites
The Durham Tech Library Book Club is having its first meeting for Fall 2016! It will be held in the Schwartz Room right outside the Main Campus Library at 1pm. Check out our libguide for more information. We will be reading: At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking, reading to partying; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over brainstorming in teams. Although they are often labeled
Through NC LIVE the Durham Tech library offers Films on Demand, which is a collection of almost 30,000 award winning documentaries, interviews, instructional and vocational training videos, historical speeches and newsreels. This collection of video resources is updated regularly. September brought 164 new titles, many of which cover U.S. elections. Other topics in the September additions include energy and the environment, terrorism, human rights, medicine, space exploration and numerous other
Are you participating in the Read Great Things Challenge? Have you heard of it before? Are you interested in participating next year? Wondering why we started a reading challenge at Durham Tech? Learn all these things and more on our last podcast episode of the year! I interview Meredith Lewis, OCC Librarian, and we talk about the reading challenge, why reading can be good for you, and what she is reading right now. Out Loud in the Library will return in January 2021 with new episodes, new