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The economy is dour. Textbook prices have skyrocketed. Student enrollment is up at most institutions. Free copies of textbooks at libraries are in high demand. These are all things you already know. What you might not know, however, is how to check out a book on reserve from the library. Here is a handy guide: …
I thought I'd alert everyone that the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), which is a group within the American Libraries Association (ALA), has released their Core Books list on Women and Gender Studies on LibraryThing, which makes the lists arguably more accessible, viewer friendly, and interactive (if you too have a LibraryThing account). …
This is a short and handy guide to locating handbooks and research manuals in EDUCAT, which is the online catalog containing the bibliographic records of TC Gottesman Libraries monograph collection. How would you locate a handbook in your field of inquiry, assuming your instructor doesn’t simply present you with a bibliography? Well, I’m so glad …
When you ride the subway, do you peer at your fellow passengers' paperbacks, trying to figure out what they're reading? You too? Then you'll love this fabulous Tumblr blog called The Underground New York Public Library, which houses a wide collection of photographs of subway riders reading paperback books. The "librarian" of the project, Ourit …
While this is an oddly controversial holiday for a lot of people, love and relationships are an important thing in many people's lives. Here are some posts from our past which you might find particularly appropriate for this upcoming holiday. All of our past posts about love, relationships . . .and maybe even some librarian bo-hunks …
Perhaps you’ve noticed, when looking for a book at TC, the large number of electronic books in our collection. TC’s collection policy states, “Whenever possible, the library endeavors to acquire materials in digital form as the preferred medium to support the widest possible use among library patrons.” Most electronic books in the collections are licensed, …
Weeding... A necessary and often painful reality of collecting books for any library is the fact that librarians must also weed. No one who loves books enjoys the thought of getting rid of books, and yet, there are many tremendously positive reasons for deaccessioning titles the library no longer has use for: an outdated concept …
Title: Natural Learning For A Connected World: Education, Technology, And The Human Brain Author: Renate N. Caine and Geoffrey Caine Publisher: Teachers College Press (April 1, 2011) Call Number: LB1060 .C334 2011 From The Publisher: Were I younger and more vigorous, I would go on the road again just to promote this book. . . . presents an …
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Title: The Story of Charlotte's Web: E. B. White's Eccentric Life in Nature and the Birth of an American Classic Author: Michael Sims Publisher: Walker & Company; First Edition 3rd Printing edition (June 7, 2011) Call Number: PS3545.H5187 Z925 2011 From the Publisher: While composing what would become his most enduring and popular book, E. …
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In an effort to bring more information to the community about library services we are going to answer frequently asked questions right here on Pressible! Of course you are still welcome at all times to stop by the desk and ask your questions. A question we receive often is how to find books at the …
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Title: The Sly Company of People Who Care Author: Rahul Bhattacharya Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (April 26, 2011) Call Number: PR9499.4.B537 S59 2011 From the Publisher: In flight from the tame familiarity of home in Bombay, a twenty-six-year-old cricket journalist chucks his job and arrives in Guyana, a forgotten colonial society of raw, mesmerizing beauty. …
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