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If you've decided that you're going to be a more informed voter, now is the time. Elections are coming up soon, and if you're eligible to vote and want to learn more about your choices and the issues on your ballot and how to actually cast that vote, here are some resources that you might find useful. First things first: Have you verified your voter registration? Have you moved recently and need to update your registration? Have you not registered to vote yet? Good news! You can do it all in one

We had our first few days of fall, which means in addition to warm beverages, I'm also thinking about settling into a series of books to cozy up with (and also to complete one of the categories of the 2020 Read Great Things Challenge: A book that is part of a series). There are lots of series out there, but sometimes it's nice to start on something without having to wait for the next or final installment to be published (which may or may never come--I'm looking at you in particular, George R. R

Looking for something to read but don't want to leave your increasingly cozy home both because fall weather is coming (periodically, sporadically) and because, well, pandemic? Well, try out the Home Grown eBook Collection, available through the Durham Tech Articles, Journals, and Databases link on the library homepage (H for Home Grown). This collection comes to North Carolina libraries through NC LIVE and offers more than 3,700 ebooks from North Carolina publishers, though the content is not

While our downstairs stacks may be closed, the Durham Tech 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 Durham Tech 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

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

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

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? Durham Tech 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

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 Durham Tech username and

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 “Alice Walker”… or you can browse content by subject area, by title, or by publisher. JSTOR contains more than 85,000 ebooks from academic publishers

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 Durham Tech faculty, staff, and students and streaming through Films on Demand. This documentary is recommended by Durham Tech biology and microbiology instructor Dorothy Wood. Why does Dr. Wood recommend The Forgotten Plague (other than it being generally