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We're 11.5/12ths of the way through 2018, and the end of the year and the end of the Durham Tech Library's Read Great Things Challenge 2018 is coming up fast. To give us an idea of how many prizes (!!!) and participation items we need, if you're participating or have been trying to participate, please fill out our survey if you haven't already: Read Great Things Challenge 2018 Check-In Survey All participants (whether you finish or not) are welcome to stop by the Main Campus Library on Wednesday
National Hispanic Heritage Month is from September 15 to October 15 and uplifts the contributions of Hispanic Americans and celebrates their heritages. Check out the Main Campus Library's downstairs display featuring some of our awesome books and DVDs. As with all our displays, all items are available for checkout. Keep reading the check out details about the books and DVDs on display and for additional Durham Tech collections celebrating Spanish language and Hispanic heritages. We also have a
Remember to check out the Read Great Things 2023 Challenge-- there are lots of options below! Fiction, including some literary fiction, mysteries, contemporary romances/"women's fiction" [which your librarian has an issue with the classification even if she does like the genre, since many books that are considered "literary fiction" written by men but dealing the the same issues of family and relationships are lauded], some fantasy, and some books that defy genres [a word that simply means type
Working on a research project and want a little help using our integrated search, also known as Summon, so that you can find the best options for your assignments that aren't going to be behind a paywall? Librarians Stephen Brooks and Courtney Bippley have put together a video tutorial to get you started. You can reach Summon by clicking on the Search Library box on the Durham Tech Library homepage. Login to view articles by using your Durham Tech username and password, the same ones you'd use
This book was read by Susan Baker, a Reference Librarian at the Main Campus Library. Title and Author: Meg & Jo by Virginia Kantra Genre: Contemporary romance, domestic fiction Read Great Things Challenge 2020 category: Recommended by a Durham Tech librarian Description: Meg March Brooke as a stay at home mom may not stretch the imagination too far, but Jo March as a prep cook and food blogger in New York City sure does! Louisa May Alcott's classic Little Women is delightfully re-imagined by
In a place that was once the center of the voting rights movement, another struggle faces Lowndes County, Alabama--basic sanitation. Catherine Coleman Flowers examines the class, racial, and geographic conditions that lead to many people not having an affordable way of disposing of sewage. --paraphrased from publisher's summary Title: Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret Author: Catherine Coleman Flowers Genre: Memoir; Nonfiction Read Great Things 2023 Categories: A book about
Calling all nursing students and instructors—we have a new audio and video collection for you! Nursing: Current Concepts and Practices Collection from Films on Demand is designed to help students pass licensure exams and prepare for long-term job success. It includes titles from the last 5 years from trusted nursing education sources such as Medcom-Trainex, Elsevier, Medivision, American Academy of Pediatrics, and more! Because this is a database of only video and audio resources, it’s perfect
Researching scientific and medical topics can sometimes be daunting. Sometimes you want to go to a big lots-of-topics-in-one database like ProQuest Central or search everything available in the Durham Tech digital and physical collection all at once using the Search Library option, but other times you want to go directly to a database that caters to the subject at hand. ScienceDirect is one of our specialty databases containing primarily ebooks and peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles about
[caption id="attachment_4332" align="alignright" width="371"] " New desk in use" by brewbooks is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.[/caption] NC LIVE recently announced that it is wading into the Open Educational Resources waters with a new initiative, Open Education North Carolina. NC LIVE's initiative "aims to reduce the cost of higher education for North Carolina students by providing free, open e-textbooks for 30 of the most frequently-taught courses across North Carolina’s colleges and
Announcing our library's new reference service, Book A Librarian! Do you need help doing research for an assignment for class? Want to learn more about searching for resources in general? Want someone to walk you through citing a paper in a new-to-you format? Have a busy schedule and want to make sure that a librarian is available to help you when you come into the library? Now you can make an appointment with one of the Durham Tech librarians for some one-on-one help! What we can do: - Give you