The Library's hours during Summer Semester (May 27 - July 24, 2008) are:
It starts with:
Come into the Garden, Fred,
For the neighborhood tabby is gone.
Come into the garden Fred.
I have nothing but my flea collar on....
For more information on poetry check out Columbia Granger's World of Poetry. Use it to find the full text of poems, or to locate the book a poem was published in. Grangers also includes biographies of poets, and streaming audio of poems in the "listening room". Or take a look at the Poetry for Student's 26 volume series. Read about the poet Dana Gioia to learn more about him, his poems, their style, themes and criticisms of his writings. Gale's Poetry Criticism series is another important collection with over 50 volumes available online, providing substantial critical essays and biographical information on major poets from all eras.
Search the Library Catalog for other books of poems written by Dana Gioia to take with you for your enjoyment during National Poetry Month.
Celebrate National Library Week, April 13-19, 2008. First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. All types of libraries - school, public, academic and special - participate. Take a look at this National Library Week fact sheet for more information.
The Library's March 2008 Newsletter is now available. Featured this month is an article about ACLS Humanities e-Books. This is a collection of full text history and humanities books that include titles such as "The Death Penalty: an American History", " The medieval idea of marriage". Read the Library newsletter for more suggested titles . Pick up a copy at the Library's Reference Desk, Satellite Campus ERCs or follow this link to the newsletter:
March 2008 Newsletter
Take a few moments to visit the Black History Month book exhibit in the Division St. ERC, Room 208. Here are a few titles that might be of interest:
Search the Library's Online Catalog for more!
Image from: Library of Congress: African American Odyssey
Good news! Tennessee's four major newspapers--the Knoxville News Sentinel, the Chattanooga Times Free Press, The Tennessean, (Nashville) and The Commercial Appeal(Memphis) -- are now available and searchable through NewsBank on Pellissippi Library's Web site. Paid ads are excluded. What is included is the latest news through today with one exception--since the News Sentinel is a local paper, the current day's news is not available until the next day. Get the latest: Tennessee Newspapers
TimesSelect free to .edu
Do you read the New York Times online? If so, you might be interested in the New York Times offering their Op Ed and news commentary at no cost to college students and faculty.
includes access to commentary and analysis by New York Times Op Ed and news columnists, web journals, multimedia, blogs and podcasts; with free access to NYT archives back to 1981.
normally cost $7.95 a month or $49.95 annually, but as of March 13, 2007 college students and faculty can join for free.
Visit http://NYTimes.com/University to sign on.
The U.S. Institute of Peace is making the
complete Iraq Study Group Report available for download in pdf.
They write: In our efforts to make this report available to all, the report may be downloaded, reproduced, and translated free of charge. The United States Institute of Peace would appreciate being informed of translations so that we may direct our international readers to the respective versions.
The Library's Fall Newsletter, Volume 3, no. 1 is now available at the
Library, the satellite ERCs and online at
http://www.pstcc.edu/library/Library_Archive.htm. It
includes news about the Library's new
Online Catalog,
an up to date, more web friendly catalog. Earlier copies of the newsletter can
be read at
http://www.pstcc.edu/library/Library_Archive.htm.
Pellissippi Library is a member of TIN (Tennessee Innovative
Network ~ Innovative is the name of the library Vendor). Membership consists of
us, Tennessee Tech (our host), Motlow, Roane, and
The
catalog provides access to books located at the Pellissippi campus and the
Satellite ERC campuses. Use it to search for videos and DVDs at Education
Technology Services in Goins, and the CDs in the
Search the catalog for ebooks, over 50,000 ebooks from NetLibrary, over 1,00 eaudiobooks via NetLibrary, over 1,000 ACLS History ebooks, and over 600 Knovel Engineering, Food Science &Chemistry ebooks. Get immediate access to the full text of an ebook (audiobooks require a NetLibrary account and need to be downloaded to a pc or handheld mp3 player ~ sorry, the audio book collection does not work with an IPOD) by clicking on the ebook link.
When off-campus the catalog will prompt you to login with your Pellissippi username and password to enable access to online resources.
NetLibrary is updating its Web interface and providing improved search and display functions. On Monday, July 31 NetLibrary will introduce a "New Web interface" that "combines sleek design and enhanced search performance".
Key features include a sleek new look and feel, automatic summarization to find materials needed quickly, and spell checking wich recognizes commonly misspelled words offering alternative spelling. The new interface will enable searching within search results, provide extensive "Search History" features to review previous searching.
Take a look again at Pellissippi Library's NetLibrary ebook and eAudio book collection consisting of over 50,000 ebooks and over 1,000 eAudio books. The new interface will improve searching and viewing of e-content, providing extensive research and reference resources.
View a demo of Netlibrary 4.0, or read a Quick Start Guide. Learn more at www.netlibrary.org/4.0.
The Library's March 2006 Newsletter, No 4 of Volume 2 in pdf format is now available at the Library Newsletter webpage.
It features a new online database, the Testing & Education Reference Center. Search for colleges, distance learning opportunities, programs for international students, and nursing schools. Search thousands of graduate, law, M.B.A., nursing, and distance learning (online) opportunities. Search vocational schools, career colleges, information technology programs, executive education programs, and private secondary schools (Also try the Library's College Source Online database, it includes complete college catalogs, summary information, and weblinks to U.S. and foreign colleges and universities) .
Test preparation resource to prepare for the GED; civil service and military entrance exams; licensing tests for law enforcement, real estate, the postal service, and many other fields; plus college and graduate school admissions exams, including SAT, ACT and AP college credit exams.
Find over 40 test preparation ebooks for high school, college entrance, college credit, graduate entrance, nursing, civil service and licensing, and military entrance and career test preparation.
The Testing & Education Reference CenterTOEFL test preparation ebooks and practice tests may be of interest to ESL faculty and students.
An update about the Health and Wellness Resource Center, is also included. It recently added streaming video on a variety of health related topics.
The Newsletter also notes of the Library's introduction in May of a new Online Catalog. Take a look at the current testing catalog at http://library.tntech.edu, but beware that come early May it may look somewhat different.
The Library News Letter also provides a select list of New Books available at the Library.
Please open the attached Library Newsletter to read more about these resources and other topics
Go to the Library’s home page to read earlier Library Newsletter editions. Click on the Library Newsletter link at the bottom of the Library’s home page.
