May 2019
Announcements:
Summer Schedule
& Memorial Day
The summer semester is quickly approaching! Starting May 13th the library will be closed on Saturdays for the summer. We will resume our 10am - 2pm Saturday hours following Labor Day.

Also a reminder that the library will be closed for the observance of Memorial Day on Monday, May 27th.
New Books
Featured new additions to our print collection:

  • Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski
  • Social Work Documentation, 2nd ed. by Nancy Sidell
  • An Introduction to Mental Health by Jo Augustus, Justine Bold, and Briony Williams
  • How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr
  • Sage Guide to Social Work Careers by Melissa Bird
  • Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration by Rachel Elise Barkow

Featured Resource:
Wiley Online Library
Wiley Online Library is a full-text e-book database covering thousands of scholarly titles in the fields of business and finance, chemistry, physical sciences and engineering, health and medical sciences, life and Earth sciences, social sciences and psychology, math, and veterinary sciences. Did you know we have access to over 21,000 e-books 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:
Popular Science
This month the library is displaying some of the best popular science books from our collection. Ranging from microbiology to astrophysics, these titles take intimidating topics and make them accessible, interesting, and entertaining.

Stop by the library before Memorial Day weekend and pick up a good science read!

Featured Title:
Einstein's Shadow

Were you fascinated by the recent scientific breakthrough of the first ever image taken of a black hole ?

If so you may be interested in reading the story of how that remarkable image came to be. The book Einstein's Shadow: A Black Hole, a Band of Astronomers, and a Quest to See the Unseeable , now in our collection, shares the story of the team who worked to create the photograph, using the massive and unprecedented Event Horizon Telescope.

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