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Do you have Olympic fever?

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Collage with four images and the text "Check out the library's books and movies about sports." The images, from top left clockwise show: a female running track, a male swimmer, a female gymnast, and a male soccer player.

The library has sports-related books and DVDs to get you excited about the London Olympics 2012, which begin on July 27th.

Here are some of our titles:

Sport and Society in the Global Age GV 706.5 .M36 2012

Muhammad Ali : the king of the ring GV 1132 .A44 H45 2011

Sports and Athletes GV 565 .S66 2011

Grace & Glory : a century of women in the Olympics GV 721.5 .G63 1996

Moneyball [DVD] PN 1997.2 .M66 2011

Invictus [DVD] PN 1997.2 .I58 2010

The Heart of the Game [DVD] GV 886 .H43 2007

 

Here is the official website for the summer Olympics:

http://www.olympic.org/london-2012-summer-olympics

Here is the ESPN Olympic portal:

http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/

Here is the Sports Illustrated Olympics coverage:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2012/

Have fun watching awesome athletes from around the world compete!

Maurice Sendak and Where the Wild Things Are

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Photograph from PBS.org of Maurice Sendak with a picture of one of the creatures from Where the Wild Things Are behind him

Image of Maurice Sendak from PBS.org

Do you remember reading the book Where the Wild Things Are?

Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator, died on May 8, 2012, in Danbury, CT, at the age of 83.

Maurice Sendak received the Caldecott Medal in 1964 as the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Read more about the man and his work in the following New York Times article.

http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA289048261&v=2.1&u=durham_tccl&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w

In September 2011, Bumble-Ardy, written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, was published.  A posthumous book, My Brother’s Book, is scheduled to be published in February 2013.

The Durham Tech main campus library has books written/illustrated by Maurice Sendak.

PZ 7 .S47 In 1995  In the Night Kitchen

PZ 8.3 .S4684 We 1993x  We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy : two nursery rhymes with pictures

PZ 7 .D3675 Wg 1972  The Wheel on the School

PZ 8 .S3294 Wh 1963  Where the Wild Things Are

Remembering Science Fiction Author Ray Bradbury

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Cover of the book Fahrenheit 451 showing a manlike figure on fire

Image from readingnow.wordpress.com

The following books are available from the Main Campus Library:

  • Conversations with Ray Bradbury,  PS 3503 .R167 Z466 2004
  • Dandelion Wine,  PS 3503 .R167 D26 1976
  • Fahrenheit 451,  PS 3503 .R167 F3 1982
  • The Martian Chronicles,  PS 3503 .R167 M3 1954
  • The Illustrated Man,   PS 3503 .R167 I44 1967

Here is a link to a nice article from the NY Times about Bradbury’s life and work:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/books/ray-bradbury-popularizer-of-science-fiction-dies-at-91.html?pagewanted=all

Here is a short essay written by Bradbury published in the New Yorker, June 4, 2o12:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/06/04/120604fa_fact_bradbury

Visit the author’s website : http://www.raybradbury.com/

New Career Resources

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Check out our LibGuide on Career Resources for books, DVD’s, and e-books available from the library.  This guide also features links to great online video content and excellent web resources.

The library has lots of materials on writing resumes, job searching, and interviewing but we also have some new resources to help with choosing a college  major and career exploration.  Borrow one today!

Get the Career You Want: A Teach Yourself Guide
Call Number: HF 5549.5 .J63 M36 2011
Publication Date: 2011

College Majors and Careers, 6th Edition
Call Number: HF 5382.5 .U5 P445 2009
Publication Date: 2009

I Don’t Know What I Want, but I Know It’s Not This: A Step-By-Step Guide to Finding Gratifying Work
Call Number: HF 5384 .J36 2010
Publication Date: 2010

Life after College: the complete guide to getting what you want
Call Number: HQ 799.5 .B53 2011
Publication Date: 2011

Cool Resource: Learning Express Library

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Image of a lightbulb that is on with the text "Learning Express"LearningExpress Library offers online tutorials, practice tests and eBooks aimed at people who want to improve their test-taking and workplace skills.

LearningExpress Library offers the following :

  • Self-paced e-courses for improving skills with Microsoft Word and Excel, social networking as part of the job search, and professional writing for cover letters and on-the-job reports.
  • Practice tests for the GED, SAT, and GRE, plus a variety of occupational assessments. There are even resources for children and young adults preparing for standardized testing!
  • eBooks that focus on career-ready basics, including managing personal finances, public speaking and statistics.

Patrons create a free account to access and save resources to their profile.

LearningExpress Library is available here: http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=219

New Online Practice Exams Available in April 2012:

  • NCLEX-RN Practice Test
  • ASSET Practice Tests: Writing, Numerial, Reading, Elementary, Intermediate, and College Algebra, and Geometry Skills

New eBooks Available in April 2012:

  • Nursing Assistant/Nurse Aide Exam, Fifth Edition
  • Career Changer’s Manual
  • 501 Geometry Questions, Second Edition
  • ACT Flash Review
  • Practical Math Success in 20 Minutes a Day, Fifth Edition

Celebrate National Poetry Month

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Image with several black and white photos and the text "Celebrate National Poetry Month. Explore the library's poetry collection." The images are of Adrienne Rich, Maya Angelou, Pablo Neruda, Billy Collins, and Langston Hughes.

The library is featuring a display on the lower level of poetry books.  Check out classic poets or modern poets!  Be inspired to write your own poetry.

Here are some great websites for reading, learning about, and listening to poetry!

 

Poets.org

A resource from the Academy of American Poets with thousands of poems, essays, biographies, weekly features, and poems for every occasion.

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/

Find poems, poets, poetry news, articles, and book reviews

http://www.loc.gov/poetry/

Library of Congress poetry resources including poems, poetry readings, poetry news and events, and information about U.S. poet laureates.

http://www.poetryarchive.org/

The Poetry Archive is an ever expanding archive of poets reading their own work.

 

 

 

 

March Madness and Women’s History Month in the library

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This month the library is featuring several March-themed displays.

Image with the phrases "March madness," "Dunks," "Steals," "Double-double," "Alley-oop," "Assists," and "Fast breaks" around a basketballDo you have the fever?

Check out the library’s collection of basketball books and DVDs.

  • Shooting Stars by LeBron James
  • Tobacco Road : Duke, Carolina, N.C. State, Wake Forest, and the history of the most intense backyard rivalries in sports
  • Heart of the Game DVD
  • The Last Shot : city streets, basketball dreams                                                        

 

Women’s History Month

Four black and white photos of women below the text "Celebrate Women's History Month." The top left photo shows two women carrying a sign that says "Votes for Women". The top right photo shows women gathered, one with her fist in the air. The bottom left image shows a woman talking at a podium. The bottom right image shows a woman with her head resting on her hand.Test yourself on your knowledge of women’s history with this quiz from the National Women’s History Project.

Explore the library’s collection of biographies of inspirational women in history and other books celebrating women’s achievements.

  • Her story : a timeline of the women who changed America
  • Women’s letters : America from the Revolutionary War to the present
  • A strange stirring : the Feminine mystique and American women at the dawn of the 1960s
  • Gloria Steinem : her passions, politics, and mystique
  • Maya Angelou : a voice to be heard DVD

Citation Workshops for spring semester

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Citation Workshops for students at the Durham Tech Library
ERC Computer Lab classroom 52

Photo of a red grade, "A+", circled on a paper
Wed. Mar. 21st  5:30-6:45 p.m
Tues. Apr. 3rd  12:30-1:45 p.m.
Wed. Apr. 11th  11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Workshop Objectives:
-Learn to determine why, when, and how to cite sources
-Learn to locate and follow proper citation guidelines for MLA and APA formats
-Learn how to avoid plagiarism
-Practice creating citations

No pre-registration is required but each workshop is limited to the first 30 participants.

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