New Magazine Subscriptions

Check out our newest magazine subscriptions! We've started some new subscriptions for the new year.

• At Home in Central Illinois
 
• Canadian Journal of Occupation Therapy
 
• Communication Teacher
 
• CU in Print (we're receiving a number of free subscriptions relating to Champaign-Urbana, and will put them on display at this "address")
 
• Digital Arts
 
• Ode : for Intelligent Optimists
 
• Piensa in Espanol (Think Spanish!)
 
• Seed: Science is Culture
 
• Yes: Supporting you in building a just and sustainable world
  

Stop in and relax with a good magazine.

Who's that girl?

Introducing our librarian intern, Lora Smallman!




A little about Lora...

Education: I spent my undergraduate years at UIUC studying German, which included a year abroad in Vienna, Austria. I just graduated from the University of Illinois with a master's degree in library and information science.

Library/Work Experience: I first learned I wanted to be a librarian when I was class librarian in 5th grade (we had an extensive Nancy Drew collection that I took full advantage of.)

Personal: I love dogs, especially my toy poodle, Peanut, that lives with my parents. I once knitted a scarf. I hate working out. I love baking (go figure). Ella Fitzgerald is my one of my favorite singers. I stand at a towering 5'1".

Interesting fact: I worked as a flight attendant after college and am much happier to work on solid ground.
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Lora will work as a librarian intern at Parkland Library until July 2009. She comes to us through the IMLS/GSLIS/NILRC community college librarianship grant intern program. For information about this program, click here.

Happy Holidays from the Parkland Library

Take a look at a little something the Parkland Library put together just for you...because we care. Happy Holidays!

Library Hours : Winter Break

Winter Break Hours

December 13-14, 2008
Saturday - Sunday
Closed

December 15-19, 2008
Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

December 20, 2008 - January 4, 2009
Closed

January 5-9, 2009
Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

January 10-11, 2009
Closed

Regular hours resume on Monday, January 12th.

Finals Week = Free Coffee & Tea!

Need a boost to get you through finals week? Come into the library for a FREE cup of coffee or tea!

Stop in between finals or as a study break.

Hurry...this offer won't last forever...only during Finals Week!

Good luck with your finals!

Thanksgiving Week Hours

The Parkland Library hours for the week of November 24-30:

Monday-Tuesday
7:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Wednesday
7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Thursday-Sunday
CLOSED

Have a Safe & Happy Thanksgiving!

Something to be Thankful for...

Bathrooms! This Vermont library has gone 85 years without one...read all about it here. Ahhh, modern conveniences...

Quiet Computer Room

The library classroom (R227) is now a QUIET space for students to use for computer-based work. Like the upper floor of the library, this means there are a few do's & don'ts to remember:

Do’s: headphones (only YOU should be able to hear the music) and turn cell phones on vibrate/silent.

Don’ts: cell phone rings or conversations (take the call out of the room or outside the library), talking, whispering, group work, and music anyone else can hear.

As always, this room is primarily used as a library classroom. Take a look at the calendar on the door before walking in to use a computer.

Enjoy the silence...

Database Trials - EBSCO Research Starters: Education & Business

Check out two database trials Parkland Library has to offer through June 30, 2009:

• Research Starters: Business

• Research Starters: Education

Each contain study and research guides designed specifically for advanced high school students, college students and selected graduate students. They consist of comprehensive, yet concise topic summary articles of about 3,000 words in length written by researchers, scholars and other subject matter experts.

Topics parallel course offerings at major colleges and universities in the subject areas covered. These articles are designed to be starting points for students, providing them with topic overviews, definitions of relevant terms and concepts, detailed bibliographies, and importantly, links to top articles from the relevant database(s). Research Starters supplements textbooks and other materials with current and focused topic overviews, assisting students in undertaking their assignments and research successfully.

Trash Talk with Elizabeth Royte