The streaming video subscription service newly added to the John Tyler roster of databases Films on Demand, recently included more than 200 of the popular TEDTalks with more to come. TED, according to the website, is “a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.” Begun in 1984 TED stands for the intersection of Technology, Entertainment, and [...]
Are you now the proud owner of an electronic reader? Are you looking for a source of free books to download to your reader? Look no further than the John Tyler Community College Library website! To make your downloading experience even easier I created this “recipe” for adding books to my Barnes and Noble Nook. [...]
Films on Demand, a service of Films for the Humanities, a leading provider of high quality educational videos is now available through the John Tyler Library. With 9,000 full-length videos and 100,000 clips covering 24 subject areas ranging from mathematics to music from history to biology there is something for everyone. Students can stream video [...]
Get the full story when you search for articles–ask for full text. Thousands of articles are available for free through the library’s EBSCO databases, but you have to know how to ask for them. To find the entire article when searching, click the Full Text box in the main search page. (Check here for an [...]
Scholarly Journals are magazines that publish new findings, research and commentary from people in the academic field of study. Unlike popular magazines (like People or Sports Illustrated) scholarly journals have few photographs, have longer articles with in-depth analysis, and often treat a narrow element of a larger subject. Articles like this are excellent sources for [...]
The library is not just books! John Tyler’s Libraries have Google, but we also have databases, audio books, eBooks, WiFi and live chat help. John Tyler’s Librarians are happy to help you with your research, formatting your paper, or even issues with your laptop. Plus, we can help prevent accidents like this one: Google vs. [...]