June 2019
Welcome Summer Students!
Welcome new and returning RHEC students for the summer semester!

Do you know any new students, faculty or staff who may not be aware of this newsletter? Please encourage them to sign up !

A reminder that although the library is closed on Saturdays until after Labor Day, we remain open from 9am - 7pm Monday through Thursday, and 9am - 5pm on Fridays.
New Books
Featured new additions to our print collection:

  • Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston
  • All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
  • A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
  • Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  • Notes from a Young Black Chef: a Memoir by Kwame Onwuachi
  • The Teacher's Guide to Student Mental Health by William Dikel
  • Social Work: From Assessment to Intervention by Philip Heslop

Featured Resource:
Oxford Scholarship Online
Oxford Scholarship Online is a full-text e-book database offering access to thousands of academic titles from Oxford University Press. Subjects covered include the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law. RHEC Library has access to over 6,000 titles in this one database alone.

How to access: if you're using the RHEC network, via wired connection or wi-fi, you automatically have access.

This Month's Book Display:
Presentations 101
Have an upcoming presentation you're nervous about? Want to brush up on your public speaking or PowerPoint skills? This month the library is displaying titles that show you how to give engaging and informative presentations, whether it's in front of a classroom, at a conference, or in a business meeting.

In addition to displaying print titles in the library, we also have several e-books and videos on this topic featured at the link below!

Gun Violence Awareness Day:
June 7th

Friday, June 7th is Gun Violence Awareness Day, an effort to raise awareness and spark discussion about how to prevent gun violence in America.

Want to educate yourself more on the issue? Check out the resources below available from the library:

  • Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis (print book)
  • Debating Gun Control (e-book)
  • In Defense of Gun Control (e-book)
  • A Ground-Up Model for Gun Violence Reduction (article)
  • Rooting Out Gun Violence (article)
  • Song of Parkland (HBO) (video)
  • Gunned Down (PBS) (video)
  • Requiem for the Dead: American Spring 2014 (HBO) (video)

(Access to online resources available while connected to RHEC network.)
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