Wednesday, June 30, 2010

The Bicycle Races are Coming Your Way

The Tour de France starts Saturday, July 3! Bicycle race, bicycle race.

For some history of the race, check out this entry on the first race from one of our online ebooks, Great Events from History: The 20th Century: 1901-1940.

Use the official "Le Tour" website to keep up with the daily events. Vive le tour!

Monday, June 28, 2010

Forbidden Wikipedia?

Do you need a quick topic overview, but are forbidden from using Wikipedia? Try Credo Reference!

Credo has always been an easy source for credible information from online dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. Now they have a "Topic Page" feature that pulls background, definition, references and news items together for many commonly researched topics. Try global warming or World War II to see examples.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

New ID numbers needed for all library services

Whether you're on or off campus this summer, it's official. EVERYONE (faculty, staff, students) needs their new ID for library services.



 



ON CAMPUS? Get your new ID card in Student Life today, Room X-161

ID Center Hours are 8am-5pm Monday – Thursday, as well as 5pm – 7pm on Tuesday


OFF CAMPUS? If you need your ID number to renew library materials or for other purposes, go to Web Advisor, part of my.parkland

  1. Click here https://my.parkland.edu/staff/Pages/WebAdvisor.aspx
  2. Login.
  3. Click “Academic Profile.”
  4. Click “My Profile.” Your ID number is right below your name.

Don’t forget to get your new ID card when you return to campus.

See Librarian for Summer Romance

. . .or science fiction, mystery, poetry. . .whatever you need for your perfect summer reading moment! There’s nothing like sitting in the sun with a good book to get the feeling of summer deep in your bones.


Come and check out our display of fun summer reading, plus movies. Ah, a summer night with the windows open, watching a scary movie while the cicadas shrill away—it doesn’t get any better than that!