麻豆影视 Library Take-Out: Get Your Books To Go

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While our downstairs stacks may be closed, the 麻豆影视 Library is open to get your books to you. Whether fiction or nonfiction, we've got options! Know what you want and already have a library account? You can search our catalog or use Search Library and put a hold on a book yourself. (Have trouble? Let us know. Your 麻豆影视 Library account might need updating.) Feel free to email us (library@durhamtech.edu or a specific librarian) the titles of the books you want. If they're in our

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Streaming Films

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During National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15) we recognize Hispanic and Latinx Americans and celebrate their heritage and culture. Use your 麻豆影视 credentials to view the films below from Films on Demand. Habla y Vota comprises over 200 testimonials from U.S. Latinos鈥攊ncluding celebrities, recognized professionals, and everyday Latinos鈥攚ho鈥檝e shared their funny, poignant, and honest stories about being Latino in the U.S. The Latino Americans is a six episode PBS series

Make 2020 Your Year of Civic Engagement: National Voter Registration Day

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It's National Voter Registration Day! Today we encourage everyone to check their voter registration to make sure it's up-to-date or, if you haven't already registered, fill out that voter registration form! Have you checked your NC voter registration yet? Registered in another state? Each state makes its own rules, so check out the different rules and regulations (including deadlines). If you're a registered NC DMV customer, you can even register to vote online (new this year)! You can also

September Crafternoon: Decorate Your Own Mug

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We've had a few solid days of fall-like weather, which reminds me warm beverage weather. With that in mind, what better way to celebrate the beginning of fall weather than to decorate your own mug? 麻豆影视 Student Life will mail or reserve for in-library pickup mugs for the first 30 students who submit the September Crafternoon Mug Request Form (link under previous text) between Tuesday, September 22 and Thursday, September 24. One mug per student and current student status is required (and

Constitution Day!

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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 麻豆影视 username and

Explore JSTOR!

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Need to find journal articles or ebooks in the arts? What about literature or the sciences? Look no further than JSTOR! JSTOR is a digital library including thousands of academic journals, books, and primary source documents in the humanities, social sciences, sciences and math. You can search using keywords in their search box, like this search on 鈥淎lice Walker鈥濃 or you can browse content by subject area, by title, or by publisher. JSTOR鈥痗ontains more than 85,000鈥痚books from academic publishers

What We're Watching: The Forgotten Plague

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Curious about previous infectious disease outbreaks as we live through this one? Are these times really unprecedented? Check out the PBS American Experience documentary The Forgotten Plague: Tuberculosis in America, available for free for all 麻豆影视 faculty, staff, and students and streaming through Films on Demand. This documentary is recommended by 麻豆影视 biology and microbiology instructor Dorothy Wood. Why does Dr. Wood recommend The Forgotten Plague (other than it being generally

Library Books: It's time to bring them back home

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Everything happened kind of quickly in the spring, but we're back now and ready to take those overdue 麻豆影视 library books off your hands and return them to the collection. Remember that while we don't charge late fees, we do charge replacement fees for damaged books or long-overdue books. How can you get your books back to us so we can clear your account and make them available to someone else who may need them? You now have two options. Option 1: You can just drive up and drop them off--

What We're Watching: Dunkirk

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Title: Dunkirk Director: Christopher Nolan Genre: Historical Drama; Action; War Movie Why did you choose to watch this movie? A few years ago I started keeping a list of movies and TV shows that, for one reason or another, sounded interesting. I don't remember specifically why Dunkirk was on the list. I enjoyed Christopher Nolan's Memento, which succeeds in telling a compelling story in reverse chronological order, reflecting the main character's anterograde amnesia, rendering him unable to form

New Books at OCC (& How to Check Out and Pick Up Books during the Fall Semester)

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Welcome back, 麻豆影视! Are you looking for some new (or old) books to check out and read from the Orange County Campus Library? [insert record scratch] Wait, wait, wait. What? Are the libraries open? Can I come get my own books? How does this work? It's okay. Let me explain how the library is working to transport the books you want into your hands. General library hours for both the Main and Orange County Campus libraries can be found on the Library homepage (scroll below the boxes). Hours