Entries from October 2006

October 29, 2006

Google Book Search

Lately, I’ve seen a lot of questions at the desk on how to access whole books on Google Book Search. Google has a page that explains this very well, but I’ll summarize here:

You can view an entire book on Google Book Search in these two categories: if the book is out of copyright or [...]

October 29, 2006

Resources by Subject

Our librarians have created a great tool to find general resources in any subject. From our home page or our Research Resources page you will see a pull-down box labeled, “Resources by Subject.” You can choose from 37 different subjects, including Education, Law, Writing, Anthropology, Biology, Business and Career Information. When you choose your subject, [...]

October 22, 2006

Quiet Study Floor

The Fourth Floor is where the Serious Learners Go
Originally uploaded by highlinelibrary.
Did you know the fourth floor of our library is for silent study? So if the Highline Student Union building is too crowded and noisy and you just can’t concentrate for midterms around all those people talking, bring your coffee and your books and [...]

October 15, 2006

“Free” Movie Rental

How about checking out a DVD or video from our library? Unlike Blockbuster and Netflix, our DVDs are free to check out for 24 hours. Here are some that we just recently added to our shelves:

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The Manchurian Candidate (the newer [...]

October 12, 2006

New Resource Available!

We have a new database available, Literary Reference Center. Literary Reference Center (LRC) is a comprehensive literary reference database, which provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. LRC is a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and [...]

October 8, 2006

Online Word Processors

One thing that we unfortunately don’t offer in the library is word processing software like Microsoft Word. Fortunately for us, there are some smart computer programmers that have created online word processing software that you can use for free. Here are two programs that our reference librarians often refer patrons to:
Writely (which is now a [...]

October 7, 2006

More pictures, Fewer words

Looking for something to read besides your textbook? Stop by the library this month and check out our Recommended Reading shelf. This month’s theme is Graphic Novels. We have a selection from our Collection on the shelf, and a full list of Graphic Novels, books about Graphic Novels, and websites listed on [...]

October 7, 2006

more than books

What do you think of when you hear that word: library? Books? A place to quietly study? Well, we definitely have books, and there are lots of study carrels, sofas and tables that make excellent comfy study spots. But here are some other things we offer:

DVDs and videos for check out, including movies like Napolean [...]