There are a lot of reasons why people are cooking and baking more right now, including restaurant closures and the fact that many of us are at home more. Check out some of our digital cookbooks through the Home Grown eBook collection and how to access (and help) our own Durham Tech Food Pantry.
Continue Reading →National Library Week 2020: Find the Library at your Place (and our New Social Media Accounts)
It’s Friday, y’all! We made it to the end of another week doing the social distance disco. This week is National Library Week, too.
What We’re Reading: Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna
(PS 3612 .U53 T96 2019)
Emotionally intuitive PIs help an overworked small town investigate the sudden disappearance of two young girls from a parking lot. Fast-paced plot with unexpected twists and turns.
This book was read by Meredith Lewis, the [mostly] Orange County Campus Librarian.
Title: Two Girls Down
Author: Louisa Luna
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, PI Crime Novel
#ReadGreatThings2020 Category: A book that is part of a series [The Janes— the second book in the Alex Vega series–is also available at the Orange County Campus]; A book suggested by a Durham Tech librarian
Continue Reading →Earth Day! A Database and Story Time
It’s Earth Day, as you know, and in honor of that I’d like to highlight a database we have that is focused on environmental issues. Then, I’ll tell you a story and ask for your stories in return. Just go with it, it’s gonna be fun!
Learn a database and read a storyTry TERC
Do you need….
- In-depth information on college, graduate, and professional programs?
- Professional training, scholarships, and entrance tests?
- Practice tests for entrance exams, certifications, and licensing exams?
- Help with basic skills such as arithmetic or grammar?
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TERC is for you!
Continue Reading →Stop, Look, and Listen during Poetry Month
It’s still April, which means it’s still Poetry Month. (Yay for that!)
There’s something powerful about hearing an author reading their own work, especially with poetry. Where do they stop and start? What words do they emphasize? It adds something extra (at least for that particular moment).
Continue Reading →Test Prep with PrepSTEP
We’re all looking to succeed and make it to the next level, right? Step up your career prep and achieve success with PrepSTEP.
Need to study for the NCLEX, TEAS, Nurse Aide, Culinary Arts, Cosmetology, or other career certifications, including additional allied health exams? Need to study for a placement test, boost your math, science, or writing skills, or even work on your basic computer skills?
PrepSTEP provides interactive tutorials, practice tests for entrance exams and occupational exams, and ebooks—for self-guided skill building, career preparation, and workforce readiness.
Continue Reading →#QuaranReads: What We’re Reading at Home
The results are in! Check out Durham Tech’s #QuaranReads (including some friendly faces and a few unpaid work-from-home coworkers).
Continue Reading →Over 200,000 E-books Are Now Available from EBSCO for a Limited Time
EBSCOhost has offered Durham Tech temporary access to its eBook 
Academic Collection to help students and instructors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, Durham Tech has set up a trial subscription with EBSCOhost for its eBook Community College Collection. Between the two collections, that’s over 200,000 e-books, 88,000 of which are unique among Durham Tech’s current e-books.
What We’re Reading: The City We Became
This audiobook was listened to by Courtney Bippley, a Reference Librarian at the Main Campus Library (currently working from home). It was received for free from through the Libro.fm ALC program.
Title: The City We Became: A Novel
Author: N.K. Jemisin
Narrator: Robin Miles
Genre: Fantasy
Summary: Three-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts her most incredible novel yet, a story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City.
In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn’t remember who he is, where he’s from, or even his own name. But he can sense the beating heart of the city, see its history, and feel its power.
In the Bronx, a Lenape gallery director discovers strange graffiti scattered throughout the city, so beautiful and powerful it’s as if the paint is literally calling to her.
In Brooklyn, a politician and mother finds she can hear the songs of her city, pulsing to the beat of her Louboutin heels.
And they’re not the only ones.
Every great city has a soul. Some are ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York? She’s got six. –Hachette Book Group
Read Great Things 2020 Challenge Category: Recommended by a Durham Tech Librarian, A book that is part of a series (Great Cities #1)
Read courtney’s thoughts on this book