We just added 100 new titles to our Overdrive eBook collection. Books in Spanish? Check! New young adult series? Got ’em! Audiobooks? Oh, yeah! Fantasy, SciFi, and Romance? You betcha! History and biographies? We’ve got it covered! Cooking and health? Of course! Log in and download a book today! (And call your friendly neighborhood librarians […]
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New Books at your GHC Libraries
We have lots of new books arriving in print and online. Check out the attached flyer for a (very) small sampling, and visit your libraries to see more!
Swank Digital Campus now available!
You asked for it, you got it – a portal for films from major Hollywood studios as well as tons of documentaries and independent productions. We’re starting small, and currently have 25 movies available (chosen by our full-time faculty). You can stream them in your classes, at home, and with multiple users at once. Win! […]
New Book Arrivals at the Library
Looking for something interesting to read over break? Check out our new arrivals – award winning fiction and poetry, books on popular culture, and one excellent gardening tome. The attached flyer has a bit of info about just a few titles that have recently arrived!
Book signing with retiree Leigh Callan!
Join us Monday Dec. 7 from 4-6 pm (Floyd Campus Library) as Leigh Callan, retired GHC Biology professor, shares her latest book, ‘Here’s My Heart: A Legacy of Love and War’. This is an intergenerational story which brings together wartime letters and photographs with the history of her father’s unit and campaigns during World War […]
Book Event with retired professor Leigh Callan
Join us at the Floyd Campus Library on December 7 as Leigh Callan, retired GHC Biology professor, shares her latest book, Here’s My Heart: A Legacy of Love and War. This is an intergenerational story which brings together wartime letters and photographs with the history of her father’s unit and campaigns during World War II, […]
Banned Books Week!
The Floyd Library will be hosting a Banned Books Week reading Wednesday, Sept. 30, from 2:30 – 3:30. Banned Books Week celebrates those books that have been banned or challenged, so join us and read a while.. you can bring your favorite, or borrow one of ours! “You don’t have to burn books to destroy […]
New Database Trial: Theatre in Video II
New trial going on now! http://search.alexanderstreet.com/atv2 Theatre in Video II offers a special focus placed on contemporary and international productions. Users can study the works of playwrights and theatre artists from around the globe, including many new performances from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre collection (Opus Arte), Theatre Arts Films, the BBC, and TMW Media Group. Check […]
New (Awesome) Database Trials!
The library is testing out two databases, and we need your help! One is Swank Motion Pictures, and the other is Black Studies in Video. Swank is a collection of feature films from major studios, and Black Studies is a collection of archival footage, documentaries, and other content. The links for both are on the […]
We have AUDIOBOOKS!
You asked for them, we got them – the library now has downloadable audiobooks! Check one out at http://highlands.lib.overdrive.com/ (Want something different? Let us know what you’d like to listen to!)