John Tyler Community College Library Blog

Exam week is half over by now! Take a deep breath, pat yourself on the back and unwind with this calming time-lapse video found on Vimeo. Fall from jamie scott on Vimeo.

Ever wonder what the books do after the lights go out and everyone goes home? Wonder no more! Type Bookstore has captured their activities on video. It is Study Break Week here at LibrarySpace. All week we are posting interesting and funny videos to relieve the exam stress. Laugh your way to an A!

Remember Jane Eyre? Catherine Linton? Agnes Grey? Of course you do! And what could be better than a set of action figures modeled after their creators? It is Study Break Week here at LibrarySpace. All week we are posting funny videos to relieve the exam stress. Laugh your way to an A!

No classes will be held November 21 – 25. The John Tyler Community College libraries will be closed the same days for the Thanksgiving holiday. Normal hours will resume on Monday, November 26. Digital resources and Ask-a-librarian will still be available so researching can continue!

Promoted as “the war to end all wars,” World War I began the tradition of honoring our nation’s veterans on November 11. According to the US Department of Veterans Affairs the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month saw the end of hostilities between the Allies and Germany. The annual Veterans Day [...]

How you would fare in a post-apocalyptic world? Would you be able to find food, shelter and security? If you were one of a few survivors would you be able to endure the loneliness, boredom and solitude? The Dog Stars, a debut novel by Peter Heller, explores the response of one man to catastrophe. Following [...]

  You may not know her name, but you’ve definitely have seen her work. Cynthia Amrine, an illustrator for children’s books and school art, worked throughout the 50′s and 60′s creating deceptively simple illustrations for children. Her work is not overly stylized, it’s clarity of purpose reflects its audience. And yet, Amrine’s illustrations have taken [...]

Three debates down and two weeks before the election: are you more confused than ever? For an historical view of presidential debates have a look at these video clips from the library database, Films on Demand. The 1960 debate between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon is often cited as a turning point in that year’s [...]

Are life sciences getting you down? The library has resources to help you study and learn. Some resources may be just a click away. On the web you can find: Scritable, a web site developed by Nature magazine with information on cell biology, genetics, and other life sciences. DavidRothman.net with links to medical illustrations. Innerbody.com [...]

Journalist Hannah Vogel is in Poland covering the 1938 St. Martin festival when it comes to her attention that thousands of Polish Jews are being deported from Germany. Her reporter instincts kick in and while investigating the death of a deportee she finds herself abducted by SS agents and taken across the border to Berlin. [...]